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Preface \\ Acknowledgments \\ Chapter 1 • Conceptualizing Relational Communication: Definitions and Principles \\ The Field of Personal Relationships: A Brief History \\ Relationships \\ Principles of Interpersonal Communication \\ Principles of Relational Communication \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 2 • Communicating Identity: The Social Self \\ The Development of Personal Identity \\ Principles of Identity Management \\ Communicating Identity to Others \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 3 • Drawing People Together: Forces of Social Attraction \\ Attraction \\ A Framework for Understanding Attraction \\ Personal Qualities \\ Other People’s Qualities \\ Qualities of the Pair \\ Qualities of the Physical or Social Environment \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 4 • Making Sense of Our World: Managing Uncertainty and Expectancy Violations \\ What Is Uncertainty? \\ Uncertainty Reduction Theory \\ Secret Tests \\ Predicted Outcome Value Theory \\ The Theory of Motivated Information Management \\ Relational Turbulence Theory \\ Expectancy Violations \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 5 • Changing Relationships: Stages, Turning Points, and Dialectics \\ Communication Skills \\ Relationship Stages \\ Turning Points \\ Relational Dialectics \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 6 • Revealing and Hiding Ourselves: Self-Disclosure and Privacy \\ Self-Disclosure \\ Privacy \\ Topic Avoidance and Secret Keeping \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 7 • Communicating Closeness: Affection, Immediacy, and Social Support \\ Closeness in Relationships \\ Affectionate Communication \\ Immediacy Behavior \\ Cognitive Valence Theory \\ Supportive Communication \\ Sex Differences in the Experience and Expression of Closeness \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 8 • Making a Love Connection: Styles of Love and Attachment \\ What Is Love? \\ Love Styles \\ Attachment Theory \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 9 • Communicating Sexually: The Closest Physical Encounter \\ Sexual Attitudes \\ Casual Sex \\ Sex in Relationships \\ Communication About Sex \\ Safe Sex \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 10 • Staying Close: Maintaining Relationships \\ Defining Relational Maintenance \\ Behaviors Used to Maintain Relationships \\ Maintenance Behavior in Romantic Relationships \\ Maintenance Behavior in Same-Sex Friendships \\ Maintenance Behavior in Cross-Sex Friendships \\ Maintenance Challenges in Other Relationships \\ Equity Theory \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 11 • Coping With Conflict: When Relational Partners Disagree \\ Conflict in Relationships \\ Conflict Styles \\ Patterns of Conflict Interaction \\ Attributions During Conflict \\ Communication Skill Deficits \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 12 • Influencing Each Other: Dominance and Power Plays in Relationships \\ Defining Power and Related Terms \\ Power Principles \\ Interpersonal Influence Goals \\ Verbal Power Ploys \\ Nonverbal Positions of Power \\ Traditional Versus Egalitarian Marriages \\ Culture, Equality, and Power \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 13 • Hurting the Ones We Love: Relational Transgressions \\ Hurt Feelings in Relationships \\ Deception \\ Infidelity \\ Jealousy \\ Unrequited Love \\ Obsessive Relational Intrusion \\ Relational Violence \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 14 • Healing the Hurt: Relationship Repair and Reconciliation \\ The Investment Model of Relationship-Maintaining Behavior \\ The Model of Accommodation \\ Remedial Strategies \\ Forgiveness \\ Relational Reconciliation \\ On-Again Off-Again Relationships \\ Relational Redefinition: Can We Still Be Friends? \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Chapter 15 • Ending Relationships: Disengagement and Termination \\ Why Relationships End \\ Communication as a Cause of Breakups \\ The Disengagement Process \\ The Many Ways to Leave Your Partner \\ The Bad and the Good of Relationship Endings \\ Summary and Application \\ Key Terms \\ Discussion Questions \\ Glossary \\ References \\ Author Index \\ Subject Index \\ About the Authors

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