Psychology of Close Relationships

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