Maintaining long-distance and cross-residential relationships / Laura Stafford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stafford, Laura.

Series:

LEA's communication series.

LEA's communication series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations.

Long-distance relationships.

Separation (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This thought-provoking volume offers an innovative and intriguing approach to the study of long-distance relationships. Author Laura Stafford examines romantic long-distance relationships and then expands the conception of long-distance relationships to include other relational types. She summarizes literature across the social sciences on various types of long-distance relationships and extracts themes and patterns across the relational types. In so doing, she reconsiders approaches to and offers an expanded vision of relational maintenance.By expanding her scope beyond romantic relat

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Rationale, Definitions, and Assumptions; 3 Theoretical Orientations; 4 Long-Distance Dating Relationships; 5 Adult Romantic Relationships; 6 Young Children and Parents; 7 Across Generations: Adult Children, Parents, and Grandparents; 8 Peer Relationships: Siblings and Friends; 9 Computer-Mediated LDRs; 10 Propositions, Implications, Limitations, and Lacunae; 11 Toward an Expanded Vision of Relational Maintenance; Epilogue; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-140) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-135-60797-4

1-282-32278-8

9786612322785

1-4106-1151-5

9781410611512

OCLC:

239633479