The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Contributors......Page 18
Part I - INTRODUCTION......Page 24
Personal 1. Relationships: An Introduction......Page 26
Part II - FOUNDATIONS FOR STUDYING RELATIONSHIPS......Page 32
2. The Seven Seas of the Study of Personal Relationships: From “The Thousand Islands” to Interconnected Waterways......Page 34
3. Theoretical Perspectives in the Study of Close Relationships......Page 58
4. Research Methods for the Study of Personal Relationships......Page 74
5. Advances in Data Analytic Approaches for Relationships Research: The Broad Utility of Hierarchical Linear Modeling......Page 96
5. Relationship Typologies......Page 114
Part III - DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONSHIPS......Page 134
7. From Courtship to Universal Properties: Research on Dating and Mate Selection, 1950 to 2003......Page 136
8. The Affective Structure of Marriage......Page 154
9. Divorce and Postdivorce Relationships......Page 180
Part IV - RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN......Page 198
10. Relationships in Early and Middle Childhood......Page 200
11. Personal Relationships in Adolescence and Early Adulthood......Page 214
12. Close Relationships in Middle and Late Adulthood......Page 234
Part V - INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES......Page 252
13. Personality and Relationships: ATemperament Perspective......Page 254
14. Attachment Theory, Individual Psychodynamics, and Relationship Functioning......Page 274
15. “His” and “Her” Relationships? A Review of the Empirical Evidence......Page 296
16. The Intimate Same-Sex Relationships of Sexual Minorities......Page 316
17. Family Relationships and Depression......Page 336
Part VI - BASIC PROCESSES......Page 352
18. Communication: Basic Properties and Their Relevance to Relationship Research......Page 354
19. Social Cognition in Intimate Relationships......Page 376
20. Emotion in Theories of Close Relationships......Page 392
21. Physiology and Interpersonal Relationships......Page 408
Part VII - INTERACTIVE PROCESSES......Page 430
22. Self-Disclosure in Personal Relationships......Page 432
23. Close Relationships and Social Support: Implications for the Measurement of Social Support......Page 452
24. Understanding Couple Conflic......Page 468
25. Sexuality in Close Relationships......Page 486
Part VIII - THREATS TO RELATIONSHIPS......Page 506
26. Loneliness and Social Isolation......Page 508
27. Stress in Couples: The Process of Dyadic Coping......Page 524
28. Lying and Deception in Close Relationships......Page 540
29. Temptation and Threat: Extradyadic Relations and Jealousy......Page 556
30. Violence and Abuse in Personal Relationships: Conflict Terror, and Resistance in Intimate Partnerships......Page 580
Part IX - RELATIONAL QUALITIES......Page 600
31. Relationship Satisfaction......Page 602
32. Romantic Love......Page 618
33. Commitment......Page 638
34. Intimacy in Personal Relationships......Page 660
Part X - CONTEXT......Page 678
35. Social Networks and Personal Communities......Page 680
36. Relationships in Home and Community Environments: A Transactional and Dialectic Analysis......Page 696
37. Relationships, Culture, and Social Change......Page 718
38. Personal Relationships: On and Off the Internet......Page 732
Part XI - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF RELATIONSHIPS......Page 748
39. Maintaining Relationships......Page 750
40. The Treatment of Relationship Distress: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings......Page 768
Part XII - CONCLUSION......Page 790
Bringing It All Together: A Theoretical Approach......Page 792
Author Index......Page 814
Subject Index......Page 851