Maintaining Relationships Through Communication: Relational, Contextual, and Cultural Variations

by Marianne Dainton

Book Overview

Relational maintenance provides a rallying point for those seeking to discover the behaviors that individuals utilize to sustain their personal relationships. Theoretical models, research programs, and specific studies have examined how people in a variety of close relationships choose to define and maintain those relationships. In addition, relational maintenance turns our attention to communicative processes that help people sustain their close...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805839909
• ISBN13: 9780805839906
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 8.7"