Jennifer A. Theiss (New Jersey Rutgers University)

The Experience and Expression of Uncertainty in Close Relationships

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Uncertainty is inevitable in close relationships, arising in response to a variety of relational circumstances. This book is for scholars, researchers, practitioners, and students who seek empirical, theoretical, and practical information about the role of uncertainty in close relationships, including the conditions that give rise to uncertainty, and its consequences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9781107130555
• ISBN-10: 1107130557
• Artikelnr.: 48434792

Autorenporträt

Jennifer A. Theiss is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Her research has contributed to the development of relational turbulence theory, which focuses on conditions during transitions in close relationships that give rise to cognitive, emotional, and communicative turmoil. She is a Rutgers University Chancellor's Scholar and her scholarship has received several awards, including the Early Career Award from the Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association, the Distinguished Article Award from the International Association for Relationship Research, and the John Garrison Award for Interpersonal Communication Research in Applied Contexts.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations of Uncertainty in Close
Relationships: 1. Defining uncertainty as a relational construct; 2.
Theoretical perspectives on uncertainty; Part II. Antecedents and
Consequences of Uncertainty in Close Relationships: 3. Conditions ripe for
uncertainty; 4. The effects of uncertainty in close relationships; Part
III. Communicating and Coping Under Conditions of Uncertainty in Close
Relationships: 5. Uncertainty and communication in close relationships; 6.
Coping with uncertainty in close relationships; Part IV. Refining the
Conceptualization and Operationalization of Uncertainty in Close
Relationships: 7. Measuring relational uncertainty in empirical research;
8. Exploring new orientations toward uncertainty in close relationships.