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"This volume demonstrates that a good relationship is more than simply the absence of a bad relationship, and that establishing and maintaining optimal relationships entails enacting a set of processes that are distinct from merely avoiding negative or harmful behaviors. Drawing on recent relat...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: |
2017. ©2016 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First paperback edition. |
| Series: |
Advances in personal relationships
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| Summary: |
"This volume demonstrates that a good relationship is more than simply the absence of a bad relationship, and that establishing and maintaining optimal relationships entails enacting a set of processes that are distinct from merely avoiding negative or harmful behaviors. Drawing on recent relationship science to explore issues such as intimacy, attachment, passion, sacrifice, and compassionate goals, the essays in this volume emphasize the positive features that allow relationships to flourish. In doing so, they integrate several theoretical perspectives, concepts, and mechanisms that produc |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 351 pages : illustrations, form ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107500891 (paperback) : |
| Index Number: | BF575 |
| CLC: |
C912.11 C913.14 |
| Call Number: | C913.14/P855 |
| Contents: | Cover ; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures and tables; Contributors; Preface; Part I Major theoretical perspectives; 1 Promoting intimacy: strategies suggested by the appetitive side; 2 Optimal relationships as mutual fulfillment of self-determination theory's basic psychological needs; 3 Attachment theory as a framework for the promotion of optimal relationships; 4 The self-expansion model and optimal relationship development; Part II Concepts and mechanisms; 5 Capitalization: the good news about close relationships. |