The Oxford Handbook of Close Relationships
Published on 2. May 2013
Book
Hardback
864 pages
978-0-19-539869-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Oxford Handbook of Close Relationships provides the best, most in-depth, and most comprehensive summary of the study of close relationships. The book is divided into eight sections: introductory comments, major theoretical approaches to relationships, attraction in relationships, models of relationship functioning and processes, daily relationship functioning, psychological and physical well-being in relationships, relationships across development and time, and concluding comments. The 37 chapters showcase the most important classic and contemporary theories, models, and empirical research that have been conducted across three dozen major topic areas within the field of close relationships. Chapter topics range in scope from evolutionary approaches to understanding relationships, the "battle between the sexes," cultural influences on relationships, female sexuality, personality in relationships, intimate partner violence, relationships and health, social development, and adult relationship outcomes. Each chapter is structured around three themes: (1) the most important and foundational principles, ideas, and findings on each chapter topic, (2) the most important and novel emerging themes and issues relevant to each topic, and (3) the newest and most promising directions for future research. Current, comprehensive, and with heretofore unmatched breadth and depth, this volume will serve as a roadmap for future theory and research in the study of close relationship during the next decade.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academics, relationship scholars, and practitioners across the social, behavioral, and health sciences
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 50 mm
Weight
1791 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-539869-4 (9780195398694)
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Persons
Jeffry A. Simpson, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Doctoral Minor in Interpersonal Relationships at the University of Minnesota.
Lorne Campbell, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at The University of Western Ontario.
Lorne Campbell, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at The University of Western Ontario.
Content
Part One: Introduction to the Volume ; 1. The Blossoming of Relationship Science ; Lorne Campbell and Jeffry A. Simpson ; Part Two: Major Theoretical Approaches to Relationships ; 2. Relationships from an Evolutionary Life History Perspective ; Douglas T. Kenrick, Steven L. Neuberg, and Andrew E. White ; 3. An Interdependence Theory Analysis of Close Relationships ; Ximena B. Arriaga ; 4. The Role of Attachment Security in Adolescent and Adult Close Relationships ; Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver ; 5. The Self-Expansion Model of Motivation and Cognition in Close Relationships ; Arthur Aron, Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Debra Mashek, and Elaine N. Aron ; 6. Regulating Interpersonal Risk ; Justin V. Cavallo, Sandra L. Murray, and John G. Holmes ; Part Three: Attraction in Relationships ; 7. Love is a battlefield: Romantic Attraction, Intrasexual Competition, and Conflict between the Sexes ; Jon K. Maner and Joshua M. Ackerman ; 8. Cultural Influences on Attraction ; Paul W. Eastwick ; 9. Implicit Theories of Relationships: Destiny and Growth Beliefs ; C. Raymond Knee and Kristen N. Petty ; Part Four: Models of Relationship Functioning and Processes ; 10. The Social Psychology of Love ; Beverley Fehr ; 11. Error Management in Relationships ; Martie G. Haselton and Andrew Galperin ; 12. Communal (and Other) Relationships: History, Theory Development, Recent Findings, and Future Directions ; Margaret S. Clark and Oriana R. Aragon ; 13. Transference and the Relational Self ; Serena Chen, Helen C. Boucher, Susan M. Andersen, and S. Adil Saribay ; 14. Love, Reality, and Illusion in Intimate Relationships ; Garth Fletcher and Patrick Kerr ; 15. Motivations for Promotion or Prevention in Close Relationships ; Daniel C. Molden and Heike A. Winterheld ; 16. Empathic Accuracy in Close Relationships ; William Ickes and Sara D. Hodges ; 17. The Nature of Female Sexuality: Insights into the Dynamics of Romantic Relationships ; Steven W. Gangestad and Christine E. Garver-Apgar ; 18. Responsiveness ; Harry T. Reis and Margaret S. Clark ; Part Five: Daily Relationship Functioning ; 19. Regulation Processes in Close Relationships ; Nickola C. Overall and Jeffry A. Simpson ; 20. Intimate Partner Violence ; Eli J. Finkel and Christopher I. Eckhardt ; 21. Implicit Cognition and Relationship Processes ; Rainer Banse and Roland Imhoff ; 22. Emotion Regulation in Close Relationships ; Tammy English, Oliver P. John, and James J. Gross ; 23. Emotion in Relationships ; Leanne K. Knobloch and Sandra Metts ; 24. Personality and Relationships ; James K. McNulty ; 25. Interdependence Revisited: Perspectives from Cultural Psychology ; Stanley O. Gaines Jr. and Deletha P. Hardin ; 26. Relationship Maintenance Processes ; John E. Lydon and Sara K. Quinn ; 27. Sexuality in Relationships ; Lisa M. Diamond ; Part Six: Psychological and Physical Well-Being in Relationships ; 28. Romantic Relationships and Health ; Timothy J. Loving and Richard Slatcher ; 29. Gratitude and Forgiveness in Relationships ; Frank D. Fincham and Steven R.H. Beach ; 30. Couples and Stress: How Demands Outside a Relationship Affect Intimacy within the Relationship ; Benjamin R. Karney and Lisa A. Neff ; 31. Toward an Integrative Neuroscience of Relationships ; Lane Beckes and James A. Coan ; 32. Social Support Processes in Relationships ; Brian Lakey ; Part Seven: Relationships Across Development and Time ; 33. Repeated Measures with Dyads ; Tessa V. West ; 34. What's Past is Prologue: Social Developmental Antecedents of Close Relationships ; Katherine C. Haydon and Glenn I. Roisman ; 35. The Development of Human Reproductive Strategies: Toward an Integration of Life History and Sexual Selection Models ; Jenee James and Bruce J. Ellis ; 36. Divorce and Close Relationships: Findings, Themes, and Future Directions ; David A. Sbarra and Connie J.A. Beck ; Part Eight: Capstone ; 37. The Waving of the Relationship Flag ; Jeffry A. Simpson and Lorne Campbell