Letting Go: A Practical Theory of Relationship Disengagement and Re-engagement (SUNY series, Human Communication Processes) - Hardcover

Cahn, Dudley D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0887064523 ISBN 13: 9780887064524

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1987

Synopsis

While many books in the popular press deal with relationships, Letting Go is among the first to draw upon scholarly research to offer a theoretical perspective with practical implications. Cahn examines interpersonal relationship disengagement and reengagement by tapping the resources of social science literature. The result is a model for communication which seeks to achieve and maintain interpersonal understanding, while promoting communication behaviors that encourage growth of the individual and relationship satisfaction.

The author's integrated approach combines three models of relationship development; namely, quality communication, recognition and availability of more desirable alternatives, and degree of personal investments. He also surveys the literature on friendship, mateship, supervisor and subordinate relationships, and teacher-student relationships, and demonstrates that a quality communication environment, as measured by the Perceived Understanding Instrument, is crucial for understanding relationship disengagement and reengagement.

About this title

About the Author

Dudley D. Cahn is Professor of Communication at the State University of New York College at New Paltz. He is the editor of several books, the author of Conflict in Intimate Relationships, and the coauthor (with Ruth Anna Abigail) of Managing Conflict Through Communication.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887064523
• ISBN 13: 9780887064524
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 243