Minding the Close Relationship
Minding the Close Relationship
This volume provides a statement of a new theory of how committed romantic partners can maintain and enhance their close relationships over an extended period. It blends the latest relationship scholarship on closeness with practical advice and comparison of minding with several other major theories of how to maintain closeness. Minding is a package of reciprocal thought, feeling, and behavior and involves components of behavior aimed at knowing and being known by one's partner, attribution about one's partner and the relationship, respect, acceptance, and a never ending commitment to the process.
- John Harvey is a major figure in the field of relationships, and his name will sell the book
- Integrates research with practical implications
- Includes interesting research based in Romania
Awards
Winner of the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships 1999 New Contribution Award
Reviews & endorsements
"This book offers an original, coherent theory of how relationships are maintained....The book is an important contribution to the literature on close relationships." Frank D. Fincham, University of Wales
Product details
July 1999Hardback
9780521633185
236 pages
236 × 160 × 22 mm
0.475kg
1 table
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction to the minding concept
- 2. Minding: definition and components
- 3. Knowing and being known by one's partner
- 4. Attributions in close relationships
- 5. Acceptance, respect, reciprocity, and continuity
- 6. Beginnings and endings
- 7. Minding in the close relationship literature
- 8. Minding and other major concepts of closeness
- 9. Evidence about minding in close relationships
- 10. An international perspective on minding
- 11. Minding in couples therapy and counseling
- 12. Limitations and future directions
- References
- Index.
