"This is a useful book...for postgraduates on family therapy training courses with a research requirement, and whose area of interest is couples in conflict...this book would be a 'must'." --Journal of Family Therapy "Students of psychology, communications, sociology, and family studies interested in becoming knowledgeable of the past research and the future of the field of conflict in intimate relationships should begin their quest with Cahn's book. Cahn's approach to the existing body of conflict literature, not only helped catalog and organize the current state of theory and research, but also aimed to identify the unanswered questions of interest to all disciplines." --Personal Relationships Issues "This book is a useful addition to the literature, particularly since it attempts to match research to the theoretical orientation of the therapist or mediator and to draw conclusions for students and workers in the field of human interaction. It is a valuable contribution to the study of human conflict across different orientations which students, therapists, and mediators will find helpful..." --Sexual and Marital Therapy -- Review --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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"This book will be greeted enthusiastically by readers seeking an overview of conflict in intimate relationships. The breadth of coverage and the interdisciplinary framework used to review the field are rare and provide a welcome antidote to disciplinary myopia. CONFLICT IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS will appeal equally to readers from different intellectual backgrounds and should prove to be a useful text for courses in a variety of disciplines, including communication studies, psychology, psychiatry, and family studies." --Frank Fincham, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Organized by major paradigmatic orientations, this book offers valuable insight into the genesis of research and theory on interpersonal conflict. This format also provides a useful conceptual tool for comprehending the broad array of scholarship in this broad field. Cahn's work is a novel and important contribution." --Denise Cloven, Assistant Professor of Communications, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Professor Cahn's important work fills a void in the conflict literature. In recent years, research on intimate conflict has proliferated to the extend that it has become increasingly difficult to manage. Critical work is published in outlets that are scattered across academic disciplines and fields such that some of it is unknown to scholars.
In a well-written and organized fashion, Professor Cahn has synthesized and critiqued conflict research falling into three dominant perspectives: system-interactionist, rules-interventionist, and cognitive-exchange. He articulates their respective assumptions, research, and most importantly, measurement techniques. The focus on operationalizations in and of itself makes this volume essential for the bookshelf of scholars and students interested in intimate conflict." --Michael Roloff, Ph.D., Northwestern University
"Organized by major paradigmatic orientations, this book offers valuable insight into the genesis of research and theory on interpersonal conflict. This format also provides a useful conceptual tool for comprehending the broad array of scholarship in this broad field. Cahn's work is a novel and important contribution." --Denise Cloven, Assistant Professor of Communications, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Professor Cahn's important work fills a void in the conflict literature. In recent years, research on intimate conflict has proliferated to the extend that it has become increasingly difficult to manage. Critical work is published in outlets that are scattered across academic disciplines and fields such that some of it is unknown to scholars.
In a well-written and organized fashion, Professor Cahn has synthesized and critiqued conflict research falling into three dominant perspectives: system-interactionist, rules-interventionist, and cognitive-exchange. He articulates their respective assumptions, research, and most importantly, measurement techniques. The focus on operationalizations in and of itself makes this volume essential for the bookshelf of scholars and students interested in intimate conflict." --Michael Roloff, Ph.D., Northwestern University
"This is a useful book...for postgraduates on family therapy training courses with a research requirement, and whose area of interest is couples in conflict...this book would be a 'must'." --Journal of Family Therapy
"Students of psychology, communications, sociology, and family studies interested in becoming knowledgeable of the past research and the future of the field of conflict in intimate relationships should begin their quest with Cahn's book. Cahn's approach to the existing body of conflict literature, not only helped catalog and organize the current state of theory and research, but also aimed to identify the unanswered questions of interest to all disciplines." --Personal Relationships Issues
"This book is a useful addition to the literature, particularly since it attempts to match research to the theoretical orientation of the therapist or mediator and to draw conclusions for students and workers in the field of human interaction. It is a valuable contribution to the study of human conflict across different orientations which students, therapists, and mediators will find helpful..." --Sexual and Marital Therapy
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
"Students of psychology, communications, sociology, and family studies interested in becoming knowledgeable of the past research and the future of the field of conflict in intimate relationships should begin their quest with Cahn's book. Cahn's approach to the existing body of conflict literature, not only helped catalog and organize the current state of theory and research, but also aimed to identify the unanswered questions of interest to all disciplines." --Personal Relationships Issues
"This book is a useful addition to the literature, particularly since it attempts to match research to the theoretical orientation of the therapist or mediator and to draw conclusions for students and workers in the field of human interaction. It is a valuable contribution to the study of human conflict across different orientations which students, therapists, and mediators will find helpful..." --Sexual and Marital Therapy
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