Intimacy and power: the dynamics of personal relationships in modern society

This book explores the nature of intimacy by revealing how the influence of individual, interpersonal and wider social factors create variations in self-disclosure, intimacy games and relationship habits. It describes how the dynamics of power and control in relationships give rise either to mutual satisfaction or to the unraveling of intimacy. INDICE: Introduction - Understanding Couple Intimacy - The Varieties of Couple Intimacy - Psycho-Emotional Needs - Intimacy ; Interpersonal Control - Gender, Intimacy Styles ; Skills - Arguments, Indirectness ; Non-Disclosure - Personal Strategies ; Repertoires - Energy-Draining Games - Energising Games - The Erosion of Intimacy - The Nature of Modern Intimacy - Intimacy, Power ; Social Domains - Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-230-57956-9
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 28/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés