Overview

Love and money are important aspects of the everyday lives of couples. This book focuses on the daily routines of disagreement, conflict and joint decisions that these, and other issues such as work, leisure and children, create in the household. Central to the authors' research is a unique diary study of forty couples, who kept a daily record of their joint decisions over the course of a year. The diaries show how challenging, varied and complex the conflicts and decision making of normal everyday life can be and reveal that goals frequently change during the decision-making process, with the result that the final outcome often achieves a goal distinct from the original intention. Furthermore, the dynamics of decision making differ with the problem at stake, the decision-making history of the couple, and the quality of the partnership. The results of the diary study are discussed within the overall context of current research in the field as a whole, including discussion of joint decision-making case studies, close relationships, decision-making research in general and special research methods. Numerous results of psychological, sociological, economic and consumer behaviour studies are summarized and integrated into a model of household decision making.

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Author:   Erich Kirchler ,  Christa Rodler ,  Erik Holzl ,  Katja Meier
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Psychology Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780863778117

ISBN 10:   0863778119
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 November 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword. Part 1. Decisions in a Shared Home. The Vienna Diary Study. Case Studies from the Vienna Diary Study: Stories of Three Decisions. Part 2. Love, Money and Everyday Matters. Love. Money. Everyday Matters. Part 3. Close Relationships. Uniqueness of Close Relationships. Partners' Aims and Obligations. Relationship Structures. Models of Interactions. Part 4. Decision-making. Disagreements versus Decision-making Processes. Types of Decision-making. Models of Decision-making. Part 5. Methods for Studying Decision-making. Observation in the Laboratory and in Private Settings. Interview Techniques. Diaries. Part 6. Close Relationships and Influence in Decisions. Interaction and Disagreements over Everyday Matters. The Influence of Partners in Conflicts and Decision-making. Part 7. Close Relationships and Decision Dynamics. The Interconnectedness of Decisions. Influence Tactics. Results of Decisions: Sense, Fairness and Satisfaction. Part 8. Summary.

Reviews

'This careful set of studies of family life creates a vibrant understanding of the mechanics and disagreements of marital life ... and takes us well beyond exisiting knowledge. ...This is a book that will have wide appeal and constitute a major contribution to the understanding of the continuities of daily life that make up the whole experience of belonging to a partnership.' - Steve Duck, University of Iowa

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Kirchler, Erich; Christa Rodler, ; Erik Holzl, ; Katja Meier,

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