Psychology of Close Relationships
- New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2012
- xxix, 392p. Volume I xiii, 388p. Volume II xiii, 459p. Volume III xii, 392p. Volume IV
- Sage Library in Social Psychology .
VOLUME ONE: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS - WHY RELATIONSHIPS MATTER PART ONE: THEORETICAL INTRODUCTION TO CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS Ellen Berscheid The Greening of Relationship Science Roy Baumeister and Mark Leary The Need to Belong Desire for Interpersonal Attachments as a Fundamental Human Motivation
Douglas Kenrick and Melanie Trost Evolutionary Approaches to Relationships Vivian Zayas, Yuichi Shoda and Ozlem Ayduk Personality in Context An Interpersonal Systems Perspective
James McNulty and Frank Fincham Beyond Positive Psychology? Toward a Contextual View of Psychological Processes and Well-Being Bella DePaulo and Wendy Morris The Unrecognized Stereotyping and Discrimination against People Who Are Single Lawrence Kurdek What Do We Know about Gay and Lesbian Couples? PART TWO: RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Timothy Smith and J. Bradley Layton Social Relationships and Mortality Risk A Meta-Analytic Review
Bert Uchino, John Cacioppo and Janice Kiecolt-Glaser The Relationship between Social Support and Physiological Processes A Review with Emphasis on Underlying Mechanisms and Implications for Health
Lauri Pasch and Thomas Bradbury Social Support, Conflict and the Development of Marital Dysfunction Niall Bolger, Adam Zuckerman and Ronald Kessler Invisible Support and Adjustment to Stress James Coyne Toward an Interactional Description of Depression Nicole Eberhart and Constance Hammen Interpersonal Predictors of Onset of Depression during the Transition to Adulthood PART THREE: RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN Wyndol Furman and Duane Buhrmester Age and Sex Differences in Perceptions of Networks of Personal Relationships Laura Carstensen, Derek Isaacowitz and Susan Charles Taking Time Seriously A Theory of Socio-Emotional Selectivity
VOLUME TWO: ATTRACTION AND RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT PART ONE: SIMILARITY AND ATTRACTION Theodore Newcomb The Prediction of Interpersonal Attraction Donn Byrne Attitudes and Attraction John Condon and William Crano Inferred Evaluation and the Relation between Attitude Similarity and Interpersonal Attraction David Watson et al Match Makers and Deal Breakers Analyses of Assortative Mating in Newlywed Couples
R. Matthew Montoya, Robert Horton and Jeffrey Kirchner Is Actual Similarity Necessary for Attraction? A Meta-Analysis of Actual and Perceived Similarity PART TWO: FAMILIARITY, PROXIMITY AND RECIPROCITY Richard Moreland and Scott Beach Exposure Effects in the Classroom The Development of Affinity among Students
Ebbe Ebbesen, Glenn Kjos and Vladimir Kone?ni Spatial Ecology Its Effects on the Choice of Friends and Enemies
Paul Eastwick et al Selective versus Unselective Romantic Desire Not All Reciprocity Is Created Equal
PART THREE: ATTRACTIVENESS Ellen Berscheid and Elaine Walster Physical Attractiveness Ladd Wheeler and Youngmee Kim What Is Beautiful Is Culturally Good The Physical Attractiveness Stereotype Has Different Content in Collectivistic Cultures
Mark Snyder, Elizabeth Decker Tanke and Ellen Berscheid Social Perception and Interpersonal Behavior On the Self-Fulfilling Nature of Social Stereotypes Intimacy and Friendship Development
Michael Argyle and Monika Henderson The Rules of Friendship Dalmas Taylor and Irwin Altman Communication in Interpersonal Relationships Social Penetration Processes
Harry Reis and Phillip Shaver Intimacy as an Interpersonal Process Margaret Clark and Judson Mills Interpersonal Attraction in Exchange and Communal Relationships VOLUME THREE: RELATIONSHIP COGNITION AND EMOTION PART ONE: ATTACHMENT THEORY Phillip Shaver and Mario Mikulincer Attachment-Related Psychodynamics Kim Bartholomew Avoidance of Intimacy An Attachment Perspective
Mario Mikulincer Attachment Working Models and the Sense of Trust An Exploration of Interaction Goals and Affect Regulation
Nancy Collins and Brooke Feeney A Safe Haven An Attachment Theory Perspective on Support-Seeking and Care-Giving Processes in Intimate Relationships
PART TWO: EMOTION IN RELATIONSHIPS Susan Sprecher The Relation between Inequity and Emotions in Close Relationships Madoka Kumashiro and Constantine Sedikides Taking on Board Liability-Focused Information Close Positive Relationships as a Self-Bolstering Resource
PART THREE: LOVE AND SEX Harry Reis and Arthur Aron Love What Is It, Why Does It Matter and How Does It Operate?
Cindy Hazan and Phillip Shaver Romantic Love Conceptualized as an Attachment Process Robert Levine et al Love and Marriage in 11 Cultures David Buss Sex Differences in Human Mate Preferences Evolutionary Hypotheses Tested in 37 Cultures
Letitia Anne Peplau Human Sexuality How Do Men and Women Differ?
PART FOUR: RELATIONSHIP COGNITION Mark Baldwin Relational Schemas and the Processing of Social Information Arthur Aron et al Close Relationships as Including Other in Self Faby Gagné and John Lydon Bias and Accuracy in Close Relationships An Integrative Review
Cathy McFarland and Michael Ross The Relation between Current Impressions and Memories of Self and Dating Partners C. Raymond Knee, Heather Patrick and Cynthia Lonsbary Implicit Theories of Relationships Orientations toward Evaluation and Cultivation
Susan Andersen, Inga Reznik and Lenora Manzella Eliciting Facial Affect, Motivation and Expectancies in Transference Significant-Other Representations in Social Relations
VOLUME FOUR: RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE PROCESSES PART ONE: INTERDEPENDENCE PROCESSES J.G. Holmes and J.K. Rempel Trust in Close Relationships Sandra Murray, John Holmes and Nancy Collins Optimizing Assurance The Risk Regulation System in Relationships
Sandra Murray, John Holmes and Dale Griffin The Benefits of Positive Illusions Idealization and the Construction of Satisfaction in Close Relationships
Caryl Rusbult et al Accommodation Processes in Close Relationships Theory and Preliminary Empirical Evidence
Caryl Rusbult, Eli Finkel and Madoka Kumashiro The Michelangelo Phenomenon PART TWO: SELF-REGULATION AND MOTIVATION Abraham Tesser Toward a Self-Evaluation Maintenance Model of Social Behavior William Swann Jr., Chris De La Ronde and J. Gregory Hixon Authenticity and Positivity Strivings in Marriage and Courtship Lisa Neff and Benjamin Karney To Know You Is to Love You The Implications of Global Adoration and Specific Accuracy for Marital Relationships
Gráinne Fitzsimons and John Bargh Thinking of You Non-Conscious Pursuit of Interpersonal Goals Associated with Relationship Partners
Shelly Gable and Harry Reis Good News! Capitalizing on Positive Events in an Interpersonal Context Amy Canevello and Jennifer Crocker Creating Good Relationships Responsiveness, Relationship Quality and Interpersonal Goals
VOLUME FIVE: RELATIONSHIP DETERIORATION PART ONE: MARRIAGE AND MARITAL CONFLICT Frank Fincham and Steven Beach Conflict in Marriage Implications for Working with Couples
Benjamin Karney and Thomas Bradbury The Longitudinal Course of Marital Quality and Stability A Review of Theory, Method and Research
Ted Huston What's Love Got to Do with It? Why Some Marriages Succeed and Others Fail John Gottman et al Predicting Marital Happiness and Stability from Newlywed Interactions Christopher Heavey, Christopher Layne and Andrew Christensen Gender and Conflict Structure in Marital Interaction A Replication and Extension
Catrin Finkenauer and Hana Hazam Disclosure and Secrecy in Marriage Do Both Contribute to Marital Satisfaction
Jeffry Simpson, W. Steven Rholes and Dede Phillips Conflict in Close Relationships An Attachment Perspective
Geraldine Downey et al The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in Close Relationships Rejection Sensitivity and Rejection by Romantic Partners
PART TWO: INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE Michael Johnson Patriarchal Terrorism and Common Couple Violence Two Forms of Violence against Women
Caryl Rusbult and John Martz Remaining in Abusive Relationships An Investment Model Analysis of Non-Voluntary Dependence
Eli Finkel et al Self-Regulatory Failure and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration PART THREE: DIVORCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES George Levinger A Social Psychological Perspective on Marital Dissolution Paul Amato The Consequences of Divorce for Adults and Children