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The Experience and Expression of Uncertainty in Close Relationships Closerelationshipsareanimportantanddesiredaspectofthehuman experience; but as individuals pursue intimacy and connection with others, they will encounter a variety of questions about the nature, status,andfutureoftheirrelationships.Consequently,uncertaintyis aninevitableelementofcloserelationships.Itcanariseinresponseto avarietyofrelationalcircumstancesandcanshapethewaysinwhich partnersthink,feel,andacttowardoneanother. This book summarizes the expansive body of theoretical and empirical research regarding the nature of uncertainty, the conditions that promote uncertainty about relational involvement, and the emotional,cognitive,andcommunicativeoutcomesofuncertaintyfor individualsandtheirrelationships.Basedontherobustaccumulationof data about uncertainty in close relationships, the book also offers recommendationsforcopingwithambiguousrelationalcircumstances and proposes new directions for conceptualizing and studying uncertaintyincloserelationships. jennifer a. theiss (PhD, University of Wisconsin) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Rutgers University.Herresearchhascontributedtothedevelopmentofrela- tionalturbulencetheory,whichfocusesonconditionsduringtransi- tionsincloserelationshipsthatgiverisetocognitive,emotional,and communicative turmoil. She is a Rutgers University Chancellor’s Scholar and her scholarship has received several awards, including the Early Career Award from the Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association, the Distinguished Article Award from the International Association for RelationshipResearch,andtheJohnGarrisonAwardforInterpersonal CommunicationResearchinAppliedContexts. AdvancesInPersonalRelationships ChristopherR.Agnew PurdueUniversity JohnP.Caughlin UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign C.RaymondKnee UniversityofHouston TerriL.Orbuch OaklandUniversity Althoughscholarsfromavarietyofdisciplineshavewrittenandconversed abouttheimportanceofpersonalrelationshipsfordecades,theemergence ofpersonalrelationshipsasafieldofstudyisrelativelyrecent.Advancesin PersonalRelationshipsrepresentstheculminationofyearsofmultidisci- plinaryandinterdisciplinaryworkonpersonalrelationships.Sponsoredby the International Association for Relationship Research, the series offers readerscutting-edgeresearchandtheoryinthefield.Contributingauthors areinternationallyknownscholarsfromavarietyofdisciplines,including socialpsychology,clinicalpsychology,communication,history,sociology, gerontology,andfamilystudies.Volumesincludeintegrativereviews,con- ceptual pieces, summaries of research programs, and major theoretical works.AdvancesinPersonalRelationshipspresentsfirst-ratescholarship that is both provocative and theoretically grounded. The theoretical and empiricalworkdescribedbyauthorswillstimulatereadersandadvancethe field by offering new ideas and retooling old ones. The series will be of interest to upper-division undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers,andpractitioners. 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ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107130555 DOI:10.1017/781316423264 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2018 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2018 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyClays,StIvesplc AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Theiss,Jennifer,author. Title:Theexperienceandexpressionofuncertaintyincloserelationships/Jennifer A.Theiss. Description:NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress,2017.|Series:Advancesin personalrelationships|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2017030489|ISBN9781107130555(hardback) Subjects:LCSH:Interpersonalrelations.|Uncertainty.|Socialpsychology.| BISAC:PSYCHOLOGY/SocialPsychology. Classification:LCCHM1106.T43942017|DDC302–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2017030489 ISBN978-1-107-13055-5Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. ForKevin,withoutadoubt
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