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Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors [electronic resource] / edited by Robin M. Kowalski.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: The Springer Series in Social Clinical PsychologyPublisher: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1997Edition: 1st ed. 1997Description: XIV, 245 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781475793543
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 155 23
LOC classification:
  • BF698-698.9
  • BF697-697.5
Online resources:
Contents:
1 The Underbelly of Social Interaction: Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors -- 2 We Always Hurt the Ones We Love: Aversive Interactions in Close Relationships -- 3 Making Someone Feel Guilty: Causes, Strategies, and Consequences -- 4 Why Would Anyone Want to Intentionally Embarrass Me? -- 5 Complaining: What’s All the Fuss About? -- 6 Blowhards, Snobs, and Narcissists: Interpersonal Reactions to Excessive Egotism -- 7 Social Ostracism -- 8 Circuitous Harm: Determinants and Consequences of Nondirect Aggression -- 9 Social Allergens and the Reactions That They Produce: Escalation of Annoyance and Disgust in Love and Work -- 10 Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors: An Overarching Framework -- Author Index.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: Aversive behaviors have greater influence on social interactions than is generally acknowledged, determining personal satisfaction, interpersonal attraction, choice of partners, and the course of relationships. What motivates aversive behaviors? To what extent do they obtain desired outcomes? In what ways are they unnecessary and destructive? How do other people respond, emotionally and behaviorally? These are just a few of the many interesting questions addressed by the 16 respected researchers who contribute to Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors. Nine chapters give this heretofore neglected subject the attention it is due, probing a dark side of interpersonal relationships to understand both its destructive and adaptive nature.
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1 The Underbelly of Social Interaction: Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors -- 2 We Always Hurt the Ones We Love: Aversive Interactions in Close Relationships -- 3 Making Someone Feel Guilty: Causes, Strategies, and Consequences -- 4 Why Would Anyone Want to Intentionally Embarrass Me? -- 5 Complaining: What’s All the Fuss About? -- 6 Blowhards, Snobs, and Narcissists: Interpersonal Reactions to Excessive Egotism -- 7 Social Ostracism -- 8 Circuitous Harm: Determinants and Consequences of Nondirect Aggression -- 9 Social Allergens and the Reactions That They Produce: Escalation of Annoyance and Disgust in Love and Work -- 10 Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors: An Overarching Framework -- Author Index.

Aversive behaviors have greater influence on social interactions than is generally acknowledged, determining personal satisfaction, interpersonal attraction, choice of partners, and the course of relationships. What motivates aversive behaviors? To what extent do they obtain desired outcomes? In what ways are they unnecessary and destructive? How do other people respond, emotionally and behaviorally? These are just a few of the many interesting questions addressed by the 16 respected researchers who contribute to Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors. Nine chapters give this heretofore neglected subject the attention it is due, probing a dark side of interpersonal relationships to understand both its destructive and adaptive nature.

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