Intimacy and Power [electronic resource] : The Dynamics of Personal Relationships in Modern Society /
Layder, D.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Understanding couple intimacy -- The varieties of couple intimacy -- Psycho-emotional needs -- Intimacy and interpersonal control -- Gender, intimacy styles & skills -- Arguments, indirectness & non-disclosure -- Personal strategies & repertoires -- Deficit or energy-draining games -- Energising games -- The erosion of intimacy -- The nature of modern intimacy -- Intimacy, power & social domains.
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.
Social policy.
Families.
Families—Social aspects.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Social work.
Social groups.
Family.
Sexual behavior.
Sexual psychology.
Children, Youth and Family Policy.
Family.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Social Work.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Sexual Behavior.