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Inside Relationships: Critical Creative Case Studies in Interpersonal Communication

Sandra L. Faulkner (editor)

Chapter 2

Health, Discourse, Dialectics, and Disclosure - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

What does it mean to support a friend or family member? Describe specific communication behaviors. How do you see social support in this narrative?

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Problem 2

How does writing about the cancer experience help Faulkner cope and process the news? Have you ever written about a difficult relational situation? What does writing or journaling about close relationships offer our physical, emotional, and relational health?

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Problem 3

How do illness and other life events influence our close relationships? Have you had relationship challenges in your close relationships? Describe the challenges and how you and your social network dealt with them.

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Alyssa Mae L.
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Problem 4

Write a script for a conversation with a close other who is dealing with an illness or life challenge. Be sure to be highly person-centered (i.e., your dialogue explicitly recognizes and legitimates the other's feelings by helping them articulate those feelings, elaborating reasons the other might felt those feelings, and assisting the other to see how those feelings fit into a broader context).

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