{"product_id":"relational-transitions-the-evolution-of-personal-relationships-hardcover","title":"Relational Transitions: The Evolution of Personal Relationships - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard L. Conville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this practical and innovative study, Richard Conville proposes a way to think about the process of communication in personal relationships. He moves beyond rigid stage models of relational development and advocates a new, helical model with a four-phase structure of transition between relational phases. The model is based on Difference--developed as a theoretical concept--and on structural analysis of relational partners' narratives of their transition experiences. This perspective offers both a conceptual and a methodological alternative to current work in relationship development. Though its focus is only one part of the wide-ranging communication field, its principles can easily be applied to other communication contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConville opens with a description of Difference, a necessary component of current theory in interpersonal relationships, and its role in the structure of relationships. He examines narratives by partners in three personal relationships to locate dialectical differences of time, intimacy, and affect. Later chapters examine the four transition phases of relationships: security, disintegration, alienation, and resynthesis. These four phases are seen as meta-dialectics that mark the social domain in which personal relationships are played out. \u003ci\u003eRelational Transitions\u003c\/i\u003e will prove to be of particular interest to scholars and students of communication, psychology, sociology, family studies, and anthropology.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRICHARD L. CONVILLE is Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has taught in the field of interpersonal communication since 1972, and his research has appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003eHuman Communication Research\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Social and Personal Relationships\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eQuarterly Journal of Speech\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCommunication Monographs\u003c\/i\u003e. Professor Conville has served on the Board of Directors of the International Communication Association and on the editorial boards of the Southern Communication Journal and Communication Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754111238432,"sku":"9780275935238","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/03214850b5cf1a43dbf7bceb264cee76.webp?v=1780033676","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/relational-transitions-the-evolution-of-personal-relationships-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}