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P1:KAE 0521832055pre CUNY356B/FLOYD 0521832055 February10,2006 8:48 Advances in Personal Relationships CommunicatingAffection Few behavioral processes are more central to the development and maintenance of intimate relationships than the communi- cation of affection. Indeed, affectionate expressions often ini- tiate and accelerate relational development. By contrast, their absence in established relationships frequently coincides with relationaldeterioration.Thistextexploresthescientificresearch on affection exchange to emerge from the disciplines of com- munication,socialpsychology,familystudies,psychophysiology, anthropology, and nursing. Specific foci include the individual andrelationalbenefits(includinghealthbenefits)ofaffection- atebehavior,aswellasthesignificantrisksoftenassociatedwith expressing affection. A new, comprehensive theory of human affection exchange is offered, and its merits relative to existing theoriesareexplored. Kory Floyd is associate professor and director of graduate M.A. studies in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication atArizonaStateUniversity.HeholdsaPh.D.incommunication fromtheUniversityofArizona(1998),anM.A.inspeechcommu- nicationfromtheUniversityofWashington(1994),andaB.A.in English literature from Western Washington University (1991). Hehasauthoredorcoauthoredfourotherbooksandmorethan 60journalarticlesandbookchaptersontopicsrelatedtoaffec- tionatecommunication,nonverbalbehavior,andfamilyrelation- ships.Inaddition,heiscurrentlyeditorofJournalofFamilyCom- munication and has been an associate editor of Journal of Social andPersonalRelationships.Hehasearnedanumberofawardsfor hisresearch,includingtheNewScholaroftheYearawardfrom theInternationalNetworkonPersonalRelationships. i P1:KAE 0521832055pre CUNY356B/FLOYD 0521832055 February10,2006 8:48 ii P1:KAE 0521832055pre CUNY356B/FLOYD 0521832055 February10,2006 8:48 Advances in Personal Relationships SeriesEditors: HarryT.Reis,UniversityofRochester MaryAnneFitzpatrick,UniversityofWisconsin-Madison AnitaL.Vangelisti,UniversityofTexas,Austin Althoughscholarsfromavarietyofdisciplineshavewrittenandconversedabout theimportanceofpersonalrelationshipsfordecades,theemergenceofpersonal relationshipsasafieldofstudyisrelativelyrecent.AdvancesinPersonalRelationships represents the culmination of years of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary workonpersonalrelationships.SponsoredbytheInternationalAssociationfor RelationshipResearch,theseriesoffersreaderscutting-edgeresearchandtheo- ryinthefield.Contributingauthorsareinternationallyknownscholarsfroma varietyofdisciplines,includingsocialpsychology,clinicalpsychology,communi- cation,history,sociology,gerontology,andfamilystudies.Volumesincludeinte- grativereviews,conceptualpieces,summariesofresearchprograms,andmajor theoreticalworks.AdvancesinPersonalRelationshipspresentsfirst-ratescholarship thatisbothprovocativeandtheoreticallygrounded.Thetheoreticalandempiri- cal work described by authors will stimulate readers and advance the field by offering up new ideas and retooling old ones. The series will be of interest to upperdivisionundergraduatestudents,graduatestudents,researchers,andprac- titioners. Attribution,CommunicationBehavior,andCloseRelationships ValerieManusovandJohnH.Harvey StabilityandChangeinRelationships AnitaL.Vangelisti,HarryT.Reis,andMaryAnneFitzpatrick UnderstandingMarriage:DevelopmentsintheStudyofCoupleInteraction PatriciaNollerandJudithA.Feeney GrowingTogether:PersonalRelationshipsAcrosstheLifespan FriederR.LangandKarenL.Fingerman CommunicatingSocialSupport DaenaGoldsmith iii P1:KAE 0521832055pre CUNY356B/FLOYD 0521832055 February10,2006 8:48 iv P1:KAE 0521832055pre CUNY356B/FLOYD 0521832055 February10,2006 8:48 Communicating Affection Interpersonal Behavior and Social Context KORY FLOYD ArizonaStateUniversity v P1:KAE 0521832055pre CUNY356B/FLOYD 0521832055 February10,2006 8:48 cambridgeuniversitypress Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo CambridgeUniversityPress 40West20thStreet,NewYork,NY10011-4211,USA www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521832052 (cid:1)c CambridgeUniversityPress2006 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2006 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Floyd,Kory. Communicatingaffection:interpersonalbehaviorandsocialcontext/ KoryFloyd.–1sted. p. cm.–(Advancesinpersonalrelationships) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindexes. ISBN0-521-83205-5(hardcover) 1.Interpersonalrelations. 2.Interpersonalcommunication. 3.Love. I.Title. II.Advancesinpersonalrelationships(Cambridge,England) HM1106.F56 2006 (cid:2) 302.34–dc22 2005023097 ISBN-13 978-0-521-83205-2hardback ISBN-10 0-521-83205-5hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityfor thepersistenceoraccuracyofURLsforexternalor third-partyInternetWebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch Websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. vi P1:KAE 0521832055pre CUNY356B/FLOYD 0521832055 February10,2006 8:48 ThisbookisdedicatedtomyMaster’sdegreeadvisor, MacParks. Forturningmeontocommunicationresearch, forteachingmethevalueofagoodidea, andforbeingthekindofmentorthatImyselfstrivetobe, Iwillalwaysbemostgrateful. vii P1:KAE 0521832055pre CUNY356B/FLOYD 0521832055 February10,2006 8:48 viii P1:KAE 0521832055pre CUNY356B/FLOYD 0521832055 February10,2006 8:48 Contents ListofTables page xi ListofFigures xii Foreword xiii 1 AnIntroductiontoAffectionateCommunication 1 AffectionandAffectionateCommunication 3 APreviewoftheChapters 6 2 Thinking about Affection: The Theories 9 BioevolutionaryParadigm 10 SocioculturalParadigm 18 OntheStatusofAffectionateCommunicationTheory 25 3 Encoding Affectionate Messages 28 ATripartiteModelforEncodingAffectionateMessages 28 IdiomaticExpressionsofAffection 36 InfluencesonAffectionateCommunication 38 4 Decoding and Responding to Affectionate Expressions 51 DecodingBehaviorsasAffectionate 51 RespondingtoExpressionsofAffection 59 5 Benefits of Expressing and Receiving Affection 87 DescribingtheBenefitsofAffectionateCommunication 88 AttributionsfortheBenefitsofAffectionateCommunication 96 6 Risks Associated with Affectionate Communication 121 RisksforSendersofAffectionateMessages 122 PotentialProblemsforReceiversofAffectionateExpressions 128 ix P1:KAE 0521832055pre CUNY356B/FLOYD 0521832055 February10,2006 8:48 x contents 7 A New Theoretic Approach 140 OntheSufficiencyofExistingTheoriesRelatedtoAffectionate Communication 141 PrefacestoaNeo-DarwinianTheory ofAffectionateCommunication 153 ATheoryonHumanAffectionateCommunication 159 8 Affectionate Communication in Human Interaction 185 SomeQualifiedConclusionsaboutAffectionate Communication 186 Afterthoughts 193 References 195 Index 217

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Few behavioral processes are more central to the development and maintenance of intimate relationships than the communication of affection. Indeed, affectionate expressions often initiate and accelerate relational development. By contrast, their absence in established relationships frequently coinci
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