Books in the Advances in Personal Relationships series

This 2002 volume examines stability and change in personal relationships. The first section of the book includes chapters that describe the 'scaffolding' of stability and change. The second section emphasizes ongoing processes that characterize relationships. Finally the volume describes the influences of social environments on stability and change in relationships.

Relationship science is dominated by studies that emphasize situational or outside-person influences on close relationship processes. In contrast, Gaines, Jr emphasizes personality or within-person influences on relationship dynamics. This book integrates personality theories and research on attitudes, traits, values, motives, emotions, and moods as influences on close relationship processes.

Written for academic researchers, students, and health professionals, this is the first volume to review and synthesize the current literature on health and illness in close relationships. The author provides an integrated theoretical framework for understanding the complexities of health trajectories and relationship processes.

Relationship maintenance encompasses a wide range of activities that partners use to preserve their relationships. In this volume, experts from a variety of disciplines describe diverse sets of relationship maintenance efforts in order to paint a comprehensive picture of why some relationships endure, while others falter.

Written for researchers, practitioners, and students interested in cutting-edge and cross-disciplinary research on the interplay between close relationships and health, this volume explores relationship processes that are significant in health contexts, including influence, information management, uncertainty, social support, and communication.

Relationship science knows what produces optimal relationship development. Whereas most prior work has emphasized the elimination of negative factors, this volume shows that good relationships are more than simply the absence of a bad relationship. It integrates recent scientifically tested theories and research on ways to make relationships flourish.

Uncertainty is inevitable in close relationships, arising in response to a variety of relational circumstances. This book is for scholars, researchers, practitioners, and students who seek empirical, theoretical, and practical information about the role of uncertainty in close relationships, including the conditions that give rise to uncertainty, and its consequences.

How do external factors influence close personal relationships? This volume presents theory and research by social and behavioral scientists on external influences on adult intimate relationships. The chapters bring together interdisciplinary perspectives, combining different methodologies and levels of analysis to address social influences at key stages of coupled relationships.

Relationship science knows what produces optimal relationship development. Whereas most prior work has emphasized the elimination of negative factors, this volume shows that good relationships are more than simply the absence of a bad relationship. It integrates recent scientifically tested theories and research on ways to make relationships flourish.

How do external factors influence close personal relationships? This volume presents theory and research by social and behavioral scientists on external influences on adult intimate relationships. The chapters bring together interdisciplinary perspectives, combining different methodologies and levels of analysis to address social influences at key stages of coupled relationships.

Emerging adulthood is a unique and important developmental period during which people gain relationship experience. In this book, leading scholars from demography, sociology, family studies, and psychology provide original data and theoretical analyses that address the formation, nature, and significance of romantic relationships in emerging adults.

Feeling Hurt in Close Relationships presents a synthesis of cutting-edge research and theory on hurt.

In a fast-changing world, what impact does social change have on everyday relationships? Reviewing work from across the globe, Goodwin brings together contemporary debates in psychology, sociology and political science on the 'end of intimacy', the inevitable decline of personal commitment and the impact of social change on personal relations.

This book presents the results of a ground breaking study that explores cross-cultural comparisons of romantic or sexual relationships from almost 9,000 participants worldwide, in order to answer the fundamental question: in what ways are intimate relationships similar around the world, and in what ways are they different?

This book draws together a wide range of developments in the study of marital interaction. The book should be of great interest both to those who study couple interaction, and to those who work with couples to help them resolve their differences, and improve their communication.

Originally published in 2001, this volume brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines whose work focuses on the interplay of attribution processes and communication behavior in close relationships. The book shows ways in which diverse scholarly perspectives can blend to provide insight into areas of common interest.

Emerging adulthood is a unique and important developmental period during which people gain relationship experience. In this book, leading scholars from demography, sociology, family studies, and psychology provide original data and theoretical analyses that address the formation, nature, and significance of romantic relationships in emerging adults.

This book draws together a wide range of developments in the study of marital interaction. The book should be of great interest both to those who study couple interaction, and to those who work with couples to help them resolve their differences, and improve their communication.

Understanding personal relationships throughout the life course is a crucial issue in the behavioral and social sciences. This book stimulates discussion of personal relationships as resources for and outcomes of individual development throughout the life course. Each chapter addresses social development across the entire life span.

This innovative program of research combines qualitative and quantitative methods to develop a distinctive communication-based framework for understanding why the content, form, style, and sequence of talk matter for our evaluations of the help we receive from others.

Originally published in 2001, this volume brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines whose work focuses on the interplay of attribution processes and communication behavior in close relationships. The book shows ways in which diverse scholarly perspectives can blend to provide insight into areas of common interest.

This book examines the informal social context of rape and domestic violence against women. Renate Klein explores the complex development of responses to domestic violence, emphasizing the critical role of informal third parties as agents for intervention and social change.

This 2002 volume examines stability and change in personal relationships. The first section of the book includes chapters that describe the 'scaffolding' of stability and change. The second section emphasizes ongoing processes that characterize relationships. Finally the volume describes the influences of social environments on stability and change in relationships.

Using interdisciplinary theorizing and research about power from disciplines such as social psychology, communications, family studies, and public health, this book is an essential resource for any researcher, professional, student, or layperson seeking to better understand how power operates in those relationships that are most important to us.

Written for researchers, practitioners, and students interested in cutting-edge and cross-disciplinary research on the interplay between close relationships and health, this volume explores relationship processes that are significant in health contexts, including influence, information management, uncertainty, social support, and communication.

The communication of affection is not without its potential pitfalls, many of which are not well understood. Floyd explores how and why people express affection to each other, the many positive effects it can have, and the risks it often carries.

Are you an undergraduate, graduate, or academic researcher interested in understanding close relationships, including the development of trust and dependence? Discover how personality and psychological states are shaped by interaction, from the perspective of a foundational theory that enables one to think beyond existing research.