Relational Transitions: The Evolution of Personal Relationships

by Richard L. Conville

In 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027593523X
• ISBN13: 9780275935238
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"