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Violent Emotions - Shame and Rage in Marital Quarrels (Paperback)
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Violent Emotions - Shame and Rage in Marital Quarrels (Paperback)
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In Violent Emotions, Retzinger explores the role of hidden
alienation and shame as the source of repetitious cycles of
conflict. Theories and research from large-scale conflict, marital
disputes, and communication processes are reviewed and provide a
background for a new integrative theory developed by the author. In
testing her theory of prolonged conflict, Retzinger utilizes
complex verbal and nonverbal coding schemes, identifies specific
emotions within the context of marital disputes, and points out
recurring patterns preceding the escalation of an argument. She
provides exemplars of how this theory works through an intensive
analysis of conflict exchange in four case studies and uses vivid
descriptions to illustrate important points about communication in
intimate relationships. Violent Emotions provides much needed data
that will be useful for preventive and predictive measures in early
marital problems and insight into the dynamics of family and other
violence. It is an excellent volume for students and professionals
in the fields of victimology, psychology, interpersonal
communication, gender studies, and family studies. "Suzanne
Retzinger has done such a fine job of presenting her theory and
research. . . . I suspect that many researchers, teachers, and
therapists will turn to the vivid descriptions and transcripts the
author provides to illustrate important points about communication
in intimate relationships." --from the Preface by Mary Anne
Fitzpatrick University of Wisconsin, Madison (use the fitzpatrick
quote for communication catalogs--she is the president of ICA) "Dr.
Retzinger's book is good news for both researchers and
practitioners. It opens up a whole new field of emotions for
understanding the sources of hidden conflict. . . .
Psychotherapists, counselors, and mediators will find it
particularly helpful, since the book shows in concrete detail how
to detect and change underground conflicts. A gold mine of new
ideas and techniques." --Thomas J. Scheff, University of
California, Santa Barbara "It is a splendid work that goes to the
heart of the possibilities for a world where conflict is dealt with
more constructively and less violently. The integration of case
study and theory is masterful." --Dr. John Braithwaite, The
Australian National University, Australia "The author focuses on
the crucial importance of shame in human bonding and the underlying
dynamics of escalating conflict. The problem of escalating conflict
and its relationship to unity is the foundation of this book."
--Familiy Violence & Sexual Assault Bulletin "The author is
well read and integrates with ease perspectives of conflict,
communication, and bonding theories. . . . Researchers and
practitioners concerned with marital and family interaction will be
interested in this interdisciplinary approach to emotion." --Choice
"A very impressive portrayal of the moment-by-moment flow of
emotional meaning in disputes. Retzinger's case studies add flesh
and blood to the interactional skeleton of conflict and
successfully reveal the subtle dynamics of marital quarrels that
escape other methodologies. . . . Retzinger's analysis of the
dynamics of marital conflict make a lot of sense, both in the
abstract and in concrete application. . . . Her findings are
important and provocative. The book has the sensitivity and clarity
that will make it useful reading for professionals or for
bridge-level and graduate classes." --Contemporary Sociology
"[Retzinger] offers the researcher in the field of family violence
a potentially powerful explanatory tool to investigate why conflict
is consistently found to be patterned in a specific sequence for
each couple. Retzinger also offers the clinician concrete
suggestions for interrupting the pattern and for guiding fighting
couples to healthier interaction. I highly recommend this book to
all working in the field of family violence." --The American
Journal of Family Therapy "Retzinger's book makes a [great]
contribution to the field of sociological practice by offering
information and making direct suggestions that can be translated
readily into intervention tactics, especially for the counseling
sociologist. . . . The book should appeal to a wide range of
professionals, especially marital therapists." --Journal of
Marriage and the Family "Dr. Retzinger's landmark contribution is a
major breakthrough for the clinician. Using sophisticated research
methodology applied to the assessment of marital interaction, she
convincingly demonstrates the relationship of hostility and rage to
antecedent shame, however subtle or unacknowledged that shame might
be. The central insights to this book place in the therapist's
hands the capacity both to recognize and to resolve a major
impediment in the treatment of marital tension--the escalation of
marital conflict resulting from shame-rage spirals." --Melvin R.
Lansky, UCLA Medical School
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