TY - BOOK AU - Manning,Jimmie AU - Kunkel,Andrianne TI - Researching interpersonal relationship: Qualitative methods, studies, and analysis SN - 9781452203904 AV - HM1106 M366 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Research N1 - Preface --Introduction: embracing a full spectrum of interpersonal communication research -- Understanding personal relationships through an interpretivist-oriented lens -- Method and analysis in qualitative relationships research -- Interviews, emotion coding, and a family communication study -- Focus groups, values coding, and a romantic relationships study -- Open-ended surveys, taxonomic coding, and a friendship study -- Ethnography, dramaturgical coding, and a sexuality study -- Discourse analysis, thematic analysis, and a study of computer-mediated communication -- Narrative inquiry, crystallization, and a study of workplace relationships -- Writing and presenting qualitative interpersonal communication studies -- References -- Index -- About the authors N2 - This title explores and demonstrates methodological tools and theories used to guide relationships research, especially studies of interpersonal communication. Featuring chapters illustrated by research studies conducted by leading communication scholars, this book introduces both classic and cutting-edge methodological approaches to qualitative inquiry and analysis. Each chapter highlights a particular method context, and analytical tool ER -