The experience and expression of uncertainty in close relationships /

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Author / Creator:	Theiss, Jennifer, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Description:	xiv, 210 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Advances in personal relationships Advances in personal relationships (Cambridge, England)
Subject:	Interpersonal relations. Uncertainty. Social psychology. Interpersonal relations. Social psychology. Uncertainty.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11409666

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ISBN:	9781107130555 1107130557
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Close relationships are an important and desired aspect of the human experience; but as individuals pursue intimacy and connection with others, they will encounter a variety of questions about the nature, status, and future of their relationships. Consequently, uncertainty is an inevitable and unavoidable element of close relationships. It can arise in response to a variety of relational circumstances and can shape the ways that partners think, feel, and act toward one another. This book summarizes the expansive body of theoretical and empirical research regarding the nature of uncertainty, the conditions that promote uncertainty about relational involvement, and the emotional, cognitive, and communicative outcomes of uncertainty for individuals and their relationships. Based on the robust accumulation of data about uncertainty in close relationships, the book also offers recommendations for coping with ambiguous relational circumstances and proposes new directions for conceptualizing and studying uncertainty in close relationships"-- "This book summarizes the expansive body of theoretical and empirical research regarding the nature of uncertainty, the conditions that promote uncertainty about relational involvement, and the emotional, cognitive, and communicative outcomes of uncertainty for individuals and their relationships. Based on the robust accumulation of data about uncertainty in close relationships, the book also offers recommendations for coping with ambiguous relational circumstances and proposes new directions for conceptualizing and studying uncertainty in close relationships"--

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Machine generated contents note: Part I. Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations of Uncertainty in Close Relationships: 1. Defining uncertainty as a relational construct; 2. Theoretical perspectives on uncertainty; Part II. Antecedents and Consequences of Uncertainty in Close Relationships: 3. Conditions ripe for uncertainty; 4. The effects of uncertainty in close relationships; Part III. Communicating and Coping Under Conditions of Uncertainty in Close Relationships: 5. Uncertainty and communication in close relationships; 6. Coping with uncertainty in close relationships; Part IV. Refining the Conceptualization and Operationalization of Uncertainty in Close Relationships: 7. Measuring relational uncertainty in empirical research; 8. Exploring new orientations toward uncertainty in close relationships.

The experience and expression of uncertainty in close relationships /

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