ISBN:
0230579566
,
9780230579569
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vii, 190 p)
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Intimacy and Power : The Dynamics of Personal Relationships in Modern Society
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Interpersonal relations
;
Intimacy (Psychology)
;
Control (Psychology)
;
Intimsphäre
;
Zweierbeziehung
;
Psychologie
Abstract:
This book explores the nature of intimacy by revealing how the influence of individual, interpersonal and wider social factors create variations in self-disclosure, intimacy games and relationship habits. It describes how the dynamics of power and control in relationships give rise either to mutual satisfaction or to the unraveling of intimacy
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Understanding Couple Intimacy; 2 The Varieties of Couple Intimacy; 3 Psycho-Emotional Needs; 4 Intimacy and Interpersonal Control; 5 Gender, Intimacy Styles and Skills; 6 Arguments, Indirectness and Non-Disclosure; 7 Personal Strategies and Repertoires; 8 Deficit or Energy-Draining Games; 9 Energising Games; 10 The Erosion of Intimacy; 11 The Nature of Modern Intimacy; 12 Intimacy, Power and Social Domains; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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