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Attributions, Accounts, and Close Relationships

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Editors:
  1. John H. Harvey

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA

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  2. Terri L. Orbuch

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA

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  3. Ann L. Weber

    1. Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Asheville, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  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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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Attributions, Accounts, and Close Relationships

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

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4386-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-97461-3Published: 16 December 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8750-6Published: 22 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-4386-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 304

  • Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

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