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Attributions, accounts, and close relationships

Abstract: This work documents attributional and account approaches to the study of close relationships. The volume, which includes theoretical and empirical work, examines both distressed and non-distressed types of relationships such as nonmarital-romantic, marital and familial, as well as those between patients and medical professionals, and others. Among the issues discussed are also communication problems in marriage and their relationship with casual attributions; marital violence and its relationship with early learning experience; ego-defensive attribution and excuse-making in couples and with respect to medical problems; and attributions about transitions in relationships. Commentaries by a number of academics who have written extensively about attributional and narrative processes conclude the volume. This monograph on social psychology, differential psychology and personality research is intended for social psychologists, family studies scholars and sociologists.

House of pain and hope: Accounts of loss

Abstract: We are grateful to Robert Neimeyer, Mary Passmore, Phil Shaver, and Susan Veach for perceptive comments on a draft of this article. The article is based on a talk given by the first author at the Third Meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, Normal, Illinois, May 1991. Thanks are extended to Drs. Sue Sprecher, Sandra Metts, and Bill Cupach for making this presentation possible and to the participants in the studies described for their invaluable contribution to knowledge about loss, will, and hope. Editor's Note: This article is the first in a series of occasional invited manuscripts, whose purpose is to promote greater conceptual exchange among thanatologists and colleagues in other disciplines who are concerned with similar issues. In House ofpain and Hope, Harvey and his colleagues outline their provocative research on account-making as a process for finding meaning in and growing from experiences of loss, whether through bereavement, abuse, or relationship dissolution....

Introduction: Convergence of the Attribution and Accounts Concepts in the Study of Close Relationships

Abstract: In this chapter, we will review the logic behind our assembling of scholars who use the concepts of attribution and accounts in their inquiry into the dynamics of close relationships. In the first section, we will try to provide a bridge partially for linking and contrasting some of the key ideas in this book. We will define and compare the attribution, accounts, and narratives approaches to understanding relationship phenomena. Next, we will discuss some of the strengths and limitations of the attribution and accounts/narratives perspectives on close relationships. In the course of this discussion, we will note some points of research rapprochement between these perspectives. Finally, we will briefly describe a further application of our account-making approach for the study of close relationships.