The Normalization of Problematic Emotion in Conversations Between Close Relational Partners

Interpersonal Emotion Work

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2481317
AutoresShirley A Staske (Eastern Illinois University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1998
Volumen21
Número1
Páginas59-86
Fecha de publicación1998-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSymbolic Interaction (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/si.1998.21.1.59
OpenAlexW2084047246
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas22
Referencias citadas27

This paper is based upon recent investigations into emotional talk between close relational partners. Analysis of conversations between romantic partners, same-sex friends, and cross-sex friends (which were videotaped and transcribed) illustrates conversants' interactive work to 'normalize' emotional experiences which are seen to be problematic. This was accomplished with the use of both direct strategies, which define the experience as a product of the ordinary human world, and indirect strategies, which included partner-matching of the experience and the linking of the problematic emotion to larger, positive individual or relational processes

Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Emotion work · Psychoanalysis · Romance · Sociology · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology