Interdisciplinary research on close relationships
Subtitle: the case for integration
By: edited by Lorne Campbell and Timothy J. Loving
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781433810725
Subjects: Social psychology; Interpersonal relations; Research
Description: Given the importance of close relationships in all facets of human life, it is no surprise that research on relationship processes is multidisciplinary and divergent in methodology. Such diversity in the study of close relationships should allow for a more detailed and comprehensive understanding of relationship processes, but researchers in different fields have yet to integrate their findings into a deeper, more holistic model of close relationship functioning. This book brings together different perspectives on close relationships to explore how such relationships develop, function, and interact across a variety of contexts. Prominent scholars contribute theory and empirical research rooted in developmental, social, and cross-cultural psychology, as well as evolutionary science, individual differences, and psychophysiology. Both early and adult relationships are examined, along with parentchild relationships. This excellent resource will be well received by researchers and students in the social sciences who are interested in a broader, more collaborative approach to relationship science.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Research on close relationships : call for an interdisciplinary integration / Lorne Campbell and Catherine Surra; title: Interpersonal responsiveness in close relationships; title: Perceived partner responsiveness as an organizing theme for the study of relationships and well-being / arry T. Reis; title: The emergence of social approach and avoidance motivation in early parent-child relationships / Theodore Dix and Katharine Ann Buck; title: Emotion regulation in close relationships : implications for social threat and its effects on immunological functioning / Lisa M. Diamond and Christopher P. Fagundes; title: Relationships in early life; title: Parent-child and child-peer close relationships : understanding parental influences on peer relations from a cultural context / Nancy E. Hill; title: Social networks and attachment bonds during adolescence : implications for early pair bonding and risky behaviors / Roger Kobak and Joanna Herres; title: Adult relationships; title: An organizational-developmental perspective on functioning in adult romantic relationships / Jessica E. Salvatore, W. Andrew Collins, and Jeffry A. Simpson; title: Putting marriage in its context: the influence of external stress on early marital development / Lisa A. Neff; title: The utility of evolutionary perspectives on romantic relationships : women's estrus as illustration / Steven W. Gangestad; title: Examining divorce consequences and policies and the question : is marriage more than a piece of paper? / Robert E. Emery, Hyun Joo Shim, and Erin Horn; title: Conclusions; title: A path to interdisciplinary scholarship / Aletha C. Huston; title: Back to the future : resurrecting and vitalizing the unrealized call for interdisciplinary research on close relationships / Timothy J. Loving and Ted L. Huston.