Personality and Close Relationship Processes
Part of Advances in Personal Relationships
- Author: Stanley O. Gaines, Jr, Brunel University
- Date Published: November 2018
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107524750
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Few observers of relationship dynamics would dispute the claim of interdependence theorists that a defining feature of close relationships is the extent to which partners influence each other's thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. However, partners do not behave simply in response to each other's behavior; both partners in a given relationship bring themselves - indeed, their selves - into the relationship as well. Not only are individuals' selves enormously complex and rich in content, but so too are the multitude of personality characteristics, including traits, values, attitudes, motives, and emotions, that contribute to selves' richness. Gaines, Jr provides a major integration of research on personality with research on relationship science, and demonstrates how personality constructs can be readily incorporated into the two most influential theories of close relationships: attachment theory and interdependence theory. This study will be of value to scholars in the fields of close relationships, personality psychology, communication studies, and family studies.
Read more- Recasts the familiar concepts of adult attachment styles/orientations as interpersonal attitudes
- Explores the degree to which particular personality theories do or do not allow researchers to explain individual differences in close relationship processes
- Offers directions for future research in a manner that identifies the major schools of thought in personality
Awards
- Winner, 2018 IARR Book Award, International Association for Relationship Research
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- Date Published: November 2018
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107524750
- length: 258 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 151 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.38kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction:
1. Behaviorist foundations of the field of close relationships
Part II. Self and Personality Constructs as Reflected in Close Relationship Processes:
2. The self as reflected in close relationship processes
3. Traits as reflected in close relationship processes
4. Values as reflected in close relationship processes
5. Attitudes as reflected in close relationship processes
6. Motives as reflected in close relationship processes
7. Emotions as reflected in close relationship processes
Part III. Conclusion:
8. Taking stock of the literature on personality and close relationship processes.
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