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The Normalization of Problematic Emotion in Conversations Between Close Relational Partners

Interpersonal Emotion Work

Bibliographic Data

ID2481317
AuthorsShirley A Staske (Eastern Illinois University, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume21
Issue1
Pages59-86
Publication date1998-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSymbolic Interaction (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/si.1998.21.1.59
OpenAlexW2084047246
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited27

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

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Unique citing works22
Citations per year0,81
Citation span1999 - 2025 (27)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 22
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