Conflict and Decision Making in Close Relationships - Love, Money and Daily Routines

Love and money are important aspects of the everyday lives of couples. This book focuses on the daily routines of disagreement, conflict and joint decisions that these, and other issues such as work, leisure and children, create in a household.

List of contents

Foreword. Part 1. Decisions in a Shared Home. The Vienna Diary Study. Case Studies from the Vienna Diary Study: Stories of Three Decisions. Part 2. Love, Money and Everyday Matters. Love. Money. Everyday Matters. Part 3. Close Relationships. Uniqueness of Close Relationships. Partners' Aims and Obligations. Relationship Structures. Models of Interactions. Part 4. Decision-making. Disagreements versus Decision-making Processes. Types of Decision-making. Models of Decision-making. Part 5. Methods for Studying Decision-making. Observation in the Laboratory and in Private Settings. Interview Techniques. Diaries. Part 6. Close Relationships and Influence in Decisions. Interaction and Disagreements over Everyday Matters. The Influence of Partners in Conflicts and Decision-making. Part 7. Close Relationships and Decision Dynamics. The Interconnectedness of Decisions. Influence Tactics. Results of Decisions: Sense, Fairness and Satisfaction. Part 8. Summary.

About the author

Kirchler, Erich; Christa Rodler, ; Erik Holzl, ; Katja Meier,

Summary

Love and money are important aspects of the everyday lives of couples. This book focuses on the daily routines of disagreement, conflict and joint decisions that these, and other issues such as work, leisure and children, create in a household.

Product details

• Authors: Christa Rodler, Erik Holzl, Katja Meier, Erich Kirchler, Kirchler Erich
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2000
• EAN: 9780863778117
• ISBN: 978-0-86377-811-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 660 g
• Series: European Monographs in Social Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Arithmetic, algebra; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Groups & group theory, Groups and group theory