Close Encounters

Communication in Relationships

Laura K Guerrero author Walid Afifi author Peter A Andersen author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc

Published:6th Oct '21

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Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships helps students learn about their own relationships with romantic partners, friends, and family members by focusing on issues that are central to describing and understanding close relationships. Best-selling authors Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, and Walid A. Afifi present research-based insights and content illustrated with engaging scenarios to show how state-of-the-art research and theory can be applied to specific issues within relationships. The updated Sixth Edition includes fresh content reflecting current research and trends in relationships, balanced with coverage of classic research, and continues to empower readers to be more critical consumers of information about relationships.

"Close Encounters is a great text for undergraduate students. The authors manage to balance breadth and depth; the book presents a variety of interpersonal topics and each topic is explored thoroughly, with relevant, up-to-date research."

-- Christine K. Anzur

"Close Encounters is a text that makes heavy theories easy to grasp yet pushes our students to greater lengths of critical examination of their interpersonal relationships."

-- Anasheh Gharabighi

"This book is an excellent resource for any learner interested in knowing more about the research, theories, and ideas studied by interpersonal communication scholars. Not only can students develop a solid foundation about the field from this text, but they can frequently refer back as they deepen their understanding."


-- Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey

"This text engages relationship research and theorizing to illuminate the complex experiences embedded in close relationships."

-- Colleen Warner Colaner

"Close Encounters is a solid, well-written, and well-organized textbook for interpersonal communication."


-- Zuoming

ISBN: 9781544349220

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1160g

664 pages

6th Revised edition