Fitzpatrick, Mary Anne, 1949-,

Between husbands & wives : communication in marriage / Mary Anne Fitzpatrick. - Newbury Park, California : Sage Publications, (c)1988. - 283 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Sage series in interpersonal communication ; 7 .



Part I: An overview of marital interaction -- Marital interaction: what do we know? -- Marital types: classifying marriages -- Validating the types: gender roles and marital happiness -- Part II: Power, conflict, and compliance gaining -- Who's in charge: power strategies in marital conversations -- Marital conflict: avoidance, cooperation, and confrontation -- Getting your own way: strategies for gaining compliance -- Part III: The communication of emotions -- Revealing yourself: self-disclosure in marriage -- Communicating without words: sending and receiving nonverbal messages -- Part IV: Thinking about marriage -- Psychological realities: the views of marital insiders and outsiders.



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Communication in marriage.
Body language.
Self-disclosure.

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