ISBN:
9780863778117
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (273 p)
Series Statement:
European Monographs in Social Psychology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Conflict and Decision Making in Close Relationships : Love, Money and Daily Routines
DDC:
306.81
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Love and money are important aspects of the everyday lives of couples. This book focuses on the daily routines of disagreement, conflict and joint decisions on these, and other issues such as work, leisure and children, create in the household.Central to the authors' research is a unique diary study of forty couples, who kept a daily record of their joint decisions over the course of a year. The diaries show how challenging, varied and complex the conflicts and decision making of normal everyday life can be and reveal that goals frequently change during the decision-making process with the res
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Conflict and decision-making in close relationships: Love, money and daily routines; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE Decisions in the Shared Home; THE VIENNA DIARY STUDY; CASE STUDIES FROM THE VIENNA DIARY STUDY: STORIES OF THREE DECISIONS; FROM DESIRES, DISCUSSIONS, AND DISAGREEMENTS TO DECISIONS; CHAPTER TWO Love, Money, and Everyday Matters; LOVE; MONEY; EVERYDAY MATTERS; CHAPTER THREE Close Relationships; UNIQUENESS OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS; PARTNERS' AIMS AND OBLIGATIONS; RELATIONSHIP STRUCTURES; MODELS OF INTERACTION; CHAPTER FOUR Decision-making
Description / Table of Contents:
DISAGREEMENTS VERSUS DECISION-MAKING PROCESSESTYPES OF DECISION-MAKING; MODELS OF DECISION-MAKING; CHAPTER FIVE Methods for Studying Decision-making; OBSERVATION IN THE LABORATORY AND IN PRIVATE SETTINGS; INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES; DIARIES; CHAPTER SIX Close Relationships and Influence in Decisions; INTERACTION AND DISAGREEMENTS OVER EVERYDAY MATTERS; THE INFLUENCE OF PARTNERS IN CONFLICTS AND DECISION-MAKING; CHAPTER SEVEN Close Relationships and Decision Dynamics; THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF DECISIONS; INFLUENCE TACTICS; DECISION OUTCOMES: SENSE, FAIRNESS, AND SATISFACTION; CHAPTER EIGHT Summary
Description / Table of Contents:
ReferencesAuthor Index; Subject Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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