Do relationship scholars need such a conept as "repair"? : A review

タイジン カンケイ ノ シュウフク ノ ケンキュウ ハ ユウヨウ カ

マスダ, マサヒロ

Masuda, Masahiro

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

対人関係の維持

対人関係の崩壊

対人関係の再定義

立ち直り

repair of relationship

relational maintenance

dissolution of relationship

relational redefinition

coping behaviors

This review article discusses whether or not the adoption of the term “repair” contributes to the development of personal relationship research, in which “repair” is associated with various relational interactions as well as individual social behaviors, including relational maintenance, relational redefinition, dissolution, and coping behaviors. Such diversity in definitions of “repair” represents multiple values in researchers’ societies; and therefore, the term “repair” is expected to clarify each scholar ’s theoretical view of an “ideal” personal relationship, that is, how a personal relationship should be. Thus, although it is very difficult to construct an overarching theory of “repair,” this term has a potential meta-theoretical function which integrates research findings in one research area with those in another.