Love, Family and Friendship

A Latin American Perspective
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ISBN: 978-1-4438-6623-1
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten

Love, Family and Friendship: A Latin American Perspective presents current research on different aspects of interpersonal relationships, including romantic and couple relations, family relationships and friendship, either conducted in Latin America or involving Latin American participants. The contributors to this volume are drawn from different universities in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico and USA. The chapters are based on papers presented at the First Latin American Meeting on Family and Interpersonal Relationships, which took place in Vitória, Brazil, in July of 2013, organized by the Latin American Network for Interpersonal Relationship Research.

Latin America has a population of approximately 600 million people, according to estimative data from the World Bank. Latin American migrant populations are also important in both North America and Europe. Despite this, studies on interpersonal relationships in the continent are still scarce compared to those produced in other areas. This book includes the results of empirical quantitative and qualitative studies about romantic and couple relationships conducted in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Puerto Rico, dealing with themes such as satisfaction, violence and intercultural relationships. Family issues are discussed in different contexts and countries, including family relationships in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia. Studies about friendship include results from investigations conducted in Mexico and Brazil. The book is particularly aimed at students and researchers in psychology and family studies, sociology, communication studies, Latin American studies, and anthropology, and represents an important contribution to the development of relationship research in Latin America and to the fostering of international cooperation on the subject.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garcia, Agnaldo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Familienpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Über Autor(innen)

Garcia, Agnaldo
Agnaldo Garcia was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and obtained his Doctorate in Psychology from the University of São Paulo. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology and at the Graduate Program in Psychology at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil. He has already published more than 100 papers, book chapters and books, and supervised several Master’s theses and doctoral dissertations on different aspects of human relationships. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Personal Relationships, published by the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR), and the founder and current Editor-in-Chief of Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, published by PsychOpen, Leibniz-Institute for Psychology Information, Germany. He coordinates the International Center for Interpersonal Relationship Research, in Brazil, the Latin American Network for Interpersonal Relationship Research, and the International Scientific Psychology Network, which aims at promoting the advancement of psychology in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries through international scientific cooperation. Dr Garcia has received financial support from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), in Brazil, for more than a decade, receiving several research grants for scientific productivity.

Agnaldo Garcia was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and obtained his Doctorate in Psychology from the University of São Paulo. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology and at the Graduate Program in Psychology at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil. He has already published more than 100 papers, book chapters and books, and supervised several Master’s theses and doctoral dissertations on different aspects of human relationships. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Personal Relationships, published by the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR), and the founder and current Editor-in-Chief of Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, published by PsychOpen, Leibniz-Institute for Psychology Information, Germany. He coordinates the International Center for Interpersonal Relationship Research, in Brazil, the Latin American Network for Interpersonal Relationship Research, and the International Scientific Psychology Network, which aims at promoting the advancement of psychology in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries through international scientific cooperation. Dr Garcia has received financial support from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), in Brazil, for more than a decade, receiving several research grants for scientific productivity.