The state of affairs : explorations in infidelity and commitment /

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The State of Affairs' brings together contributions on the study of sexual affairs in committed personal relationships. Based on a range of survey data, the chapters discuss the impacts of affairs on individuals, partners and other members of the family unit.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Duncombe, Jean, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
Series:LEA's series on personal relationships.
Subjects:
Adultery.
Commitment (Psychology)
Marriage.
Couples.
Marriage
Family Characteristics
Extramarital Relations
Adultère.
Engagement.
Mariage.
couples.
adultery.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Marriage.
Adultery
Couples
Buitenechtelijke relaties.
Echtparen.
Loyaliteit.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sex, lies, and transformations
  • The sociological significance of affairs
  • Intimacy, negotiated nonmonogamy, and the limits of the couple
  • Communication and marital infidelity
  • Renaissance of romanticism in the era of increasing individualism
  • Men, women, and infidelity : sex differences in extradyadic sex and jealously
  • Being unfaithful : his and her affairs
  • "From here to epiphany" : power and identity in the narrative of an affair
  • A different affair? openness and nonmonogamy in same sex relationships
  • Affairs and children
  • The role of female friends in the management of affairs.

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