Conversations of Friends: Speculations on Affective Development

By John M. Gottman

This book describes the results of thirteen years spent studying conversations between friends and speculates about the implications for a new theory of social and emotional development. The authors succinctly review the literature on the role of friendship in people's lives. They also thoughtfully delineate and clarify a number of methodological issues: naturalistic sampling, reliable and valid observations coding, sequential analysis, first vs. second order change, valid laboratory analogues, quantitative sociolinguistic techniques, and clinical applications. The notion of a support network is given an observational basis.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521263212
• ISBN13: 9780521263214
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"