Change processes in relationships : a relational-historical research approach / Alan Fogel, Andrea Garvey, Hui-Chin Hsu, and Delisa West-Stroming.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Overview of the research problem and summary of findings -- Relationships as developing systems: theoretical foundations -- Mother-infant relationship development in the first six months: from face-to-face play to object play -- Relational-historical research on developmental change -- Relational-historical research: the multiple case study approach, frame analysis, qualitative and quantitative analysis -- Research propositions about relationship change processes -- Research methods for the current investigation: subjects, procedures, and data analysis -- Results of the current investigation : quantitative analysis of developmental changes in relationship frames and in infant actions -- Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Richard and his mother -- Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Betsy and her mother -- Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Lewis and his mother -- Results of the current investigation: qualitative analysis of Susan and her mother -- Summary of findings on relational-historical change -- Epilogue: Laws of change: implications for theory and practice.

Just as each person develops from infancy to adulthood, all interpersonal relationships have a life history that encompasses the changes in how people communicate with each other. This book is about how a relationship transforms itself from one pattern of communication to another. Compelling and innovative, it offers original research.

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