Researching interpersonal relationships : qualitative methods, studies, and analysis / Jimmie Manning, Northern Illinois University, Adrianne Kunkel, University of Kansas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manning, Jimmie, author.

Kunkel, Adrianne D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations--Research.

Interpersonal relations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages): illustrations

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This accessible book explores and demonstrates methodological tools and theories used to guide relationships research, especially studies of interpersonal communication. Featuring chapters illustrated by research studies conducted by leading communication scholars, this book introduces both classic and cutting-edge methodological approaches to qualitative inquiry and analysis. Each chapter highlights a particular method, context, and analytical tool. Through the methodological and analytical overviews, illustrative research studies, and post-study interviews with the researchers, you will gain a better understand of how qualitative research approaches can expand and solidify understandings of personal relationships. Key Features, Real research studies illustrate research methods in practice. "How To" coverage helps you find the right methodological tools and approaches to conduct research on interpersonal relationships. Practical insights illustrate how and why specific qualitative methods are best suited for studying particular types of relationships. Synthesized research demonstrates how others are using qualitative methods to study interpersonal communication and allows new insights to approaching qualitative studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: embracing a full spectrum of interpersonal communication research

Understanding personal relationships through an interpretivist-oriented lens

Method and analysis in qualitative relationships research

Interviews, emotion coding, and a family communication study

Focus groups, values coding, and a romantic relationships study

Open-ended surveys, taxonomic coding, and a friendship study

Ethnography, dramaturgical coding, and a sexuality study

Discourse analysis, thematic analysis, and a study of computer-mediated communication

Narrative inquiry, crystallization, and a study of workplace relationships

Writing and presenting qualitative interpersonal communication studies

References

Index

About the authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Manning, Jimmie. Researching interpersonal relationships : qualitative methods, studies, and analysis.

ISBN:

9781483308906

OCLC:

871643167

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.