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Intimacy and Power : The Dynamics of Personal Relationships in Modern Society /

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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...

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Main Author: Layder, Derek (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Children, Youth and Family Policy.
Family.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Sexual Behavior.
Social work.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Families.
Personality.
Sex (Psychology)
Sex customs.
Sex.
Social policy.
Social psychology.
Social sciences.
Social service.
Electronic books.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VII, 190 pages)
ISBN:9780230245143
DOI:10.1057/9780230245143