Close relationships
Subtitle: functions, forms & processes
By: edited by Patricia Noller & Judith A. Feeney.
Contributors: Noller, Patricia.; Feeney, Judith.
Series: Frontiers of social psychology
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Interpersonal relations
Description: "This volume provides an overview of current theory and research in the area of close relationships, written by internationally renowned scholars whose work is at the cutting edge of research in the field. This book is designed to be an essential resource for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and practitioners, and will be suitable as a resource in advanced courses dealing with the social psychology of close relationships."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The needs, benefits, and perils of close relationships / J. A. Simpson & S. Tran; title: The changing social context of relationships / C. M. Bryant, J. M. Bolland, L. Burton, T. Hurt, & B. M. Bryant; title: Studying close relationships : methodological challenges and advances / J. A. Feeney; title: Marital relations / P. Noller; title: Parent-child relationships : contemporary perspectives / R. D. Parke, K. Morris, T. Schofield, M. Leidy, M. Miller, & M. Flyr; title: Parent-adolescent relationships / W. A. Collins & B. Laursen; title: Sibling relationships in childhood and adolescence / S. M. McHale, J. Kim, & S. Whiteman; title: Adult friendship : a decade review / K. Ueno & R. G. Adams; title: Interethnic relationships / S. O. Gaines Jr., R. A. R. Gurung, Y.Lin, & N. Pouli; title: Attachment across the lifespan / C. Hazan, M. Campa, & N. Gur-Yaish; title: Intimacy and the self : an iterative model of the self and close relationships / S. L. Gable & H. T. Reis; title: Passionate love, sexual desire, and mate-selection : cross-cultural and historical perspectives / E. Hatfield & R. L. Rapson; title: Mate-selection : adaptive problems and evolved cognitive programs / D. Lieberman; title: Sexuality in close relationships / S. Sprecher; title: Emotion and cognition in close relationships / J. Fitness; title: What partners do to maintain their close relationships / K. Dindia & T. M. Emmers-Sommer; title: From bickering to battering : destructive conflict processes in intimate relationships / Linda J. Roberts; title: Relationship dissolution : antecedents, processes and consequences / A. L. Vangelisti.