The Experience and Expression of Uncertainty in Close Relationships (Paperback)

Part I. Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations of Uncertainty in Close Relationships: 1. Defining uncertainty as a relational construct; 2. Theoretical perspectives on uncertainty; Part II. Antecedents and Consequences of Uncertainty in Close Relationships: 3. Conditions ripe for uncertainty; 4. The effects of uncertainty in close relationships; Part III. Communicating and Coping Under Conditions of Uncertainty in Close Relationships: 5. Uncertainty and communication in close relationships; 6. Coping with uncertainty in close relationships; Part IV. Refining the Conceptualization and Operationalization of Uncertainty in Close Relationships: 7. Measuring relational uncertainty in empirical research; 8. Exploring new orientations toward uncertainty in close relationships.