Attributions, Accounts, and Close Relationships

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Convergence of the Attribution and Accounts Concepts in the Study of Close Relationships

   1. Introduction: Convergence of the Attribution and Accounts Concepts in the Study of Close Relationships

      • John H. Harvey, Terri L. Orbuch, Ann L. Weber

      Pages 1-18

3. What Is a “Personal” Relationship? A Rhetorical-Responsive Account of “Unfinished Business”

   1. What Is a “Personal” Relationship? A Rhetorical-Responsive Account of “Unfinished Business”

      • John Shotter

      Pages 19-39

4. Interactions of Process and Moderator Variables in Account Episodes

   1. Interactions of Process and Moderator Variables in Account Episodes

      • Peter Schönbach

      Pages 40-51

5. Autobiographical Accounts, Situational Roles, and Motivated Biases: When Stories Don’t Match Up

   1. Autobiographical Accounts, Situational Roles, and Motivated Biases: When Stories Don’t Match Up

      • Roy F. Baumeister, Arlene M. Stillwell

      Pages 52-70

6. The Role of Account-Making in the Growth and Deterioration of Close Relationships

   1. The Role of Account-Making in the Growth and Deterioration of Close Relationships

      • Sally Planalp, Catherine A. Surra

      Pages 71-92

7. Coping with Relational Dissolutions: Attributions, Account Credibility, and Plans for Resolving Conflicts

   1. Coping with Relational Dissolutions: Attributions, Account Credibility, and Plans for Resolving Conflicts

      • Michael J. Cody, Larry Kersten, David O. Braaten, Risa Dickson

      Pages 93-115

8. Accounting for Relationships: A Knowledge Structure Approach

   1. Accounting for Relationships: A Knowledge Structure Approach

      • Stephen J. Read, Nancy L. Collins

      Pages 116-143

9. Communication Problems in Committed Relationships: An Attributional Analysis

   1. Communication Problems in Committed Relationships: An Attributional Analysis

      • Anita L. Vangelisti

      Pages 144-164

10. Attributions and Maritally Violent Men: The Role of Cognitions in Marital Violence

    1. Attributions and Maritally Violent Men: The Role of Cognitions in Marital Violence

       • Amy Holtzworth-Munroe

       Pages 165-175

11. Attribution Processes in Victims of Marital Violence: Who Do Women Blame and Why?

    1. Attribution Processes in Victims of Marital Violence: Who Do Women Blame and Why?

       • Bernice Andrews

       Pages 176-193

12. Attribution and Emotion in Patients’ Families

    1. Attribution and Emotion in Patients’ Families

       • Chris R. Brewin

       Pages 194-208

13. Attributions and Apologies in Letters of Complaint to Hospitals and Letters of Response

    1. Attributions and Apologies in Letters of Complaint to Hospitals and Letters of Response

       • Sally Lloyd-Bostock

       Pages 209-220

14. Accounts of Intimate Support Relationships in the Early Months of Mothering

    1. Accounts of Intimate Support Relationships in the Early Months of Mothering

       • Rosaleen Croghan, Dorothy Miell

       Pages 221-243

15. Commentaries

    1. Front Matter

       Pages 245-245

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    2. Richness and Rigor: Advancing the Study of Attributions and Accounts in Close Relationships

       • Frank D. Fincham

       Pages 247-256

    3. Toward a Deeper Understanding of Close Relationships

       • Miles Hewstone

       Pages 257-268

    4. Attributions, Accounts, and Close Relationships: Close Calls and Relational Resolutions

       • Mary M. Gergen, Kenneth J. Gergen

       Pages 269-279

    5. A Meta-Account

       • Ann L. Weber

       Pages 280-287

16. Back Matter

    Pages 289-303

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ATTRIBUTIONS, ACCOUNTS AND CLOSE RELATIONSHPIS documents attributional and accounts approaches to the study of close relationships. Issues of focus include communication pro- blems in marriage and their relationship with causal attri- butions; marital violence and its relationship with early learning experience; ego-defensive attribution and excuse- making in couples and with respect to medical problems; and attributions about transitions in relationships.

• Attribution
• Attributionstheorie
• Beziehungen, zwischenmenschliche
• Emotion
• Menschliche Beziehungen
• cognition
• communication
• learning
• relationships

• Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA

  John H. Harvey, Terri L. Orbuch

• Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Asheville, USA

  Ann L. Weber

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