Researching interpersonal relationships : qualitative methods, studies, and analysis / Jimmie Manning, Northern Illinois University, Adrianne Kunkel, University of Kansas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction: embracing a full spectrum of interpersonal communication research -- Understanding personal relationships through an interpretivist-oriented lens -- Method and analysis in qualitative relationships research -- Interviews, emotion coding, and a family communication study -- Focus groups, values coding, and a romantic relationships study -- Open-ended surveys, taxonomic coding, and a friendship study -- Ethnography, dramaturgical coding, and a sexuality study -- Discourse analysis, thematic analysis, and a study of computer-mediated communication -- Narrative inquiry, crystallization, and a study of workplace relationships -- Writing and presenting qualitative interpersonal communication studies -- References -- Index -- About the authors.