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Steve Duck is a social psychologist.
Biographical information[]
Education[]
Ph.D. University of Sheffield, UK
Positions[]
Currently Professor of Communication Studies and the Daniel and Amy Starch Research Chair at the University of Iowa.
Main areas of interest[]
Communication processes in relationship development and disintegration, with an emphasis on everyday communication in the context of personal relationships.
Funded grants[]
Honors[]
Editorial board/consulting editor[]
Founding editor of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Association affiliations[]
See also[]
Publications[]
Books[]
- Wood, J. T., & Duck, S. W. (Eds.). (2006). Composing relationships: Communication in everyday life. Belmont, CA: Thomson Learning/Wadsworth.
- Dragon, W., & Duck, S. W. (Eds.). (2005). Understanding research in personal relationships: A text with readings. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Dindia, K., & Duck, S. W. (Eds.). (2000). Communication and personal relationships. New York: Wiley.
- Ickes, W., & Duck, S. W. (Eds.). (2000). The social psychology of personal relationships. New York: Wiley.
- Mills, R. S. L., & Duck, S. W. (Eds.). (2000). The developmental psychology of personal relationships.; New York: Wiley.
- Sarason, B. R., & Duck, S. W. (Eds.). (2001). Personal relationships: Implications for clinical and community psychology. New York: Wiley.
- Duck, S. (1999). Relating to others (2nd ed.). Buckingham, PA: Open University Press.
- Duck, S. (1998). Human relationships (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Duck, S. (1994). Meaningful relationships: Talking, sense, and relating. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Vanzetti, N., & Duck, S. W. (Eds.). (1996). A lifetime of relationships. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.
- Duck, S. (1991). Understanding relationships. New York: Guilford Press.
- Duck, S.W. (1988) Relating to Others, Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
- Duck, S. (1977). The study of acquaintance. London: Saxon House.
Duck, S.W. (1977) The study of acquaintance, Farnborough: Gower.
- Baggaley, J. P., & Duck, S. W. (1976). Dynamics of television. London: Saxon House Press.
- Duck, S. (1973). Personal relationships and personal constructs: A study of friendship formation. London: Wiley.
Book Chapters[]
- Duck, S.W. arid Miell, D.E. (1984) Towards an understanding of relationship development and breakdown. In: H. Tajfel, C. Fraser and J. Jaspars (eds) The Social Dimension: European Perspectives on Social Psychology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Duck, S.W. and Miell, D.E. (1986) Charting the development of personal relationships. In: R. Gilmour and S.W. Duck (eds) The Emerging Field of Personal Relationships, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Papers[]
- Duck, S.W. (1980) Personal relationships in the 1980s: toward an understanding of complex human sociality, Western Journal of Speech Communication 44: 114-19.
- Duck, S.W. and Sants, H.K.A. (1983) On the origin of the specious: are personal relationships really interpersonal states? Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 1: 27-41.