Communicating Affection: Interpersonal Behavior and Social Context

by Kory Floyd

Book Overview

Few behavioral processes are more central to the development and maintenance of intimate relationships than the communication of affection. Indeed, affectionate expressions often initiate and accelerate relational development. By contrast, their absence in established relationships frequently coincides with relational deterioration. This text explores the scientific research on affection exchange to emerge from the disciplines of communication, social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521731747
• ISBN13: 9780521731744
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"