Relationship course theory: An interdisciplinary integrative proposition to address the complexification of interpersonal relationships

IF 1.4 3区 心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Carl Rodrigue
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Researchers have been observing a complexification of interpersonal relationships in contemporary societies. However, current theoretical perspectives on relationships fall short of comprehensively grasping increasingly diverse and fluid relationship types (e.g., friends with benefits, polyamory, living-apart-together, coparenting, etc.) and patterns of change. In an attempt to meet the need for more integrative and interdisciplinary theorizing, this paper introduces a first outline of relationship course theory to better comprehend the complexity of relationships. In contrast to previous theoretical perspectives that conceptualize relationships as a single trajectory, I posit that the course of a relationship is composed of multiple intertwined trajectories, each of which stemming from differentiated domains such as sexuality, friendship, love, family, domesticity, and occupation. These relationship domains constitute a metatypology from which to examine the multiple sets of meanings and temporalities that intertwine throughout the course of a relationship. I propose that relationships are defined based on the combination of relationship domains, with different iterations and permutations of these domains producing various relationship configurations. Furthermore, the theory defines three levels of relationship courses: Sociocultural (i.e., stories that circulate about relationships in given sociocultural contexts), interpersonal (i.e., stories that individuals co-construct about the particular relationships they experience), and life courses (i.e., stories that individuals co-construct about themselves as relational beings). This proposition will hopefully stimulate the theoretical conversation on the complexity of relationships and foster dialogue between researchers from different theoretical and disciplinary affiliations.

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关系课程理论:解决人际关系复杂性的跨学科综合命题
研究人员一直在观察当代社会中人际关系的复杂化。然而,目前关于关系的理论观点未能全面把握日益多样化和流动的关系类型(例如,有好处的朋友、多角恋、分居同居、共同养育等)和变化模式。为了适应更综合和跨学科的理论需求,本文介绍了关系过程理论的第一个概述,以更好地理解关系的复杂性。与以往将人际关系概念化为单一轨迹的理论观点相反,我认为人际关系的过程是由多个相互交织的轨迹组成的,每一个轨迹都源于不同的领域,如性、友谊、爱情、家庭、家庭生活和职业。这些关系域构成了一种元类型学,从中可以研究在整个关系过程中交织在一起的多重意义和时间性。我建议基于关系域的组合来定义关系,这些域的不同迭代和排列产生不同的关系配置。此外,该理论还定义了三个层次的关系过程:社会文化(即,在特定的社会文化背景下关于关系的故事)、人际关系(即,个人共同构建的关于他们所经历的特定关系的故事)和生活过程(即,个人共同构建的关于自己作为关系存在的故事)。这一命题有望激发关于关系复杂性的理论对话,并促进来自不同理论和学科背景的研究人员之间的对话。
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3.30
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14.30%
发文量
36
期刊介绍: The Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour publishes original theoretical and methodological articles that examine the links between social structures and human agency embedded in behavioural practices. The Journal is truly unique in focusing first and foremost on social behaviour, over and above any disciplinary or local framing of such behaviour. In so doing, it embraces a range of theoretical orientations and, by requiring authors to write for a wide audience, the Journal is distinctively interdisciplinary and accessible to readers world-wide in the fields of psychology, sociology and philosophy.
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