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AUTHOR
Carine Cools
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Kulttuurienvälisten parisuhteiden relationaalinen dialektiikka
2012
Lektio praecursoria puheviestinnän väitöskirjaksi tarkoitetun tutkimuksen Relational Dialectics in Intercultural Couples’ Relationships tarkastustilaisuudessa Jyväskylän yliopistossa 19.12.2011. Vastaväittäjänä toimi dosentti Fred Dervin (Turun yliopisto) ja kustoksena professori Maarit Valo.
Relational Communication in Intercultural Couples
2006
This qualitative study utilises the relational dialectics of Baxter and Montgomery (1996) to examine the relationship communication of six heterosexual intercultural couples living in Finland. In this study, I attempt to answer the following questions: what cultural issues are relevant in the couples' relationship? What intercultural relational dialectics do the intercultural couples experience in their relationship? The interviews are based on a concept map, and were recorded, transcribed, and analysed qualitatively. The findings are categorised under two headers: cultural issues and intercultural relational dialectics. The cultural issues consist of the following topics: language and comm…
Relational Dialectics in Intercultural Couples' Relationships
2011
Cultural aspects in the interactions between Finnish medical practitioners and non-Finnish clients: perceptions and strategies
1998
Relational dialectics in intercultural couples' relationships
2012
The main purpose of this study is to describe and to understand the intercultural couples’ relationships in Finland from the relational-dialectics perspective by Baxter and Montgomery (1996). Following the interpretive research tradition, in this qualitative study, data were collected from 18 heterosexual intercultural couples (36 persons), utilizing the multi-method approach. The multi-method approach in this study includes theme interviews (5 couples), concept map interviews (six couples) and e-mail interviews (seven couples). The data were analyzed following an inductive content analysis approach. The intercultural couples in this study experienced internal and external dialectics, relat…