Questa serie approfondisce le complessità della connessione umana, presentando ricerche e teorie all'avanguardia sulle relazioni personali. Offre una prospettiva multidisciplinare, attingendo da psicologia, sociologia, comunicazione e altro ancora. Ogni volume sintetizza recensioni integrative, pezzi concettuali e importanti lavori teorici di studiosi riconosciuti a livello internazionale. È una risorsa essenziale per comprendere le complesse dinamiche che plasmano i nostri legami con gli altri.
Written for academic researchers, students, and health professionals, this is the first volume to review and synthesize the current literature on health and illness in close relationships. The author provides an integrated theoretical framework for understanding the complexities of health trajectories and relationship processes.
Using interdisciplinary theorizing and research about power from disciplines such as social psychology, communications, family studies, and public health, this book is an essential resource for any researcher, professional, student, or layperson seeking to better understand how power operates in those relationships that are most important to us.
We often turn to our friends, family, spouses, and partners for help in coping with daily stress or major crises. Daena Goldsmith provides a communication-based approach for understanding why some conversations about problems are more helpful than others. In contrast to other research on the social support processes, Goldsmith focuses on interpersonal communication--what people say and how they say it, as well as their reactions to the conversations. Her studies cover adults of all ages and various kinds of stresses, ranging from everyday hassles to serious illnesses and other major crises.