Charles T. Hill

Intimate Relationships Across Cultures

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A ground breaking study of the ways that intimate relationships are similar around the world, and the ways they are different.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9781107196629
• ISBN-10: 1107196620
• Artikelnr.: 55387584

Autorenporträt

Charles T. Hill is Professor of Psychology at Whittier College, California, where he won the Nerhood Teaching Excellence Award. He has a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Psychological Association, and the American Sociological Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Daniel Perlman
Introduction: why was this book written?
1. How do we know what matters in intimate relationships?
2. Why do people seek intimate relationships?
3. How are intimate partners selected?
4. What is love and how is intimacy expressed?
5. How do sexual attitudes and behaviors matter?
6. What are the dynamics of exchange and power?
7. How do couples cope with conflict?
8. How do external factors matter in intimate relationships?
9. How do intimate relationships relate to well-being?
10. How do the predictions combine in comprehensive models?
11. How much do the levels of factors vary?
12. What are the implications of the study?
13. How might the findings apply to other social relationships?
Epilogue: what future research is needed?