Vangelisti A.L. - The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships

The Cambridge Handbookof Personal Relationships

The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relation-ships serves as a benchmark of the current state ofscholarship in this dynamic eld, synthesizing theextant theoretical and empirical literature, trac-ing its historical roots, and making recommenda-tions for future directions. The volume addressesa broad range of established and emerging topics,including theoretical and methodological issuesthat inuence the study of personal relationships;research and theory on relationship development;the nature and functions of personal relation-ships across the life span; individual differencesand their inuences on relationships; relationshipprocesses such as cognition, emotion, and com-munication; relational qualities such as satisfac-tion and commitment; environmental inuenceson personal relationships; and maintenance andrepair of relationships. The authors are expertsfrom a variety of disciplines, including severalsubelds of psychology, communication, familystudies, and sociology, who have made major con-tributions to the understanding of relationships.

Anita L. Vangelisti is a professor in the Depart-ment of Communication Studies at the Uni-

versity of Texas at Austin. Her work focuseson the associations between communication andemotion in the context of close, personal rela-tionships. She has published numerous arti-cles and chapters and has edited several books.Vangelisti has served on the editorial boardsof over a dozen scholarly journals and hasreceived recognition for her research from theNational Communication Association and theInternational Society for the Study of PersonalRelationships.

Daniel Perlman is an academic psychologistwith broad, applied interests that cut acrosssocial, developmental, and clinical psychologyas focused on the study of close relationships.He is a professor of Family Studies and alsoteaches in the Department of Psychology at theUniversity of British Columbia. He was presi-dent of the International Society for the Studyof Personal Relationships and the Canadian Psy-chological Association. He has authored morethan 5 0 articles, edited or authored 15 books,and been the editor or associate editor for fourjournals.

The Cambridge Handbookof Personal Relationships

Edited by

Anita L. VangelistiandDaniel Perlman

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Contents

Preface

Ellen Berscheid

page ix

xvii

4 . Research Methods for the Studyof Personal Relationships

Mahnaz CharaniaWilliam J. Ickes

Contributors

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INTRODUCTION

1 . Personal Relationships: AnIntroduction

Daniel PerlmanAnita L. Vangelisti

5 . Advances in Data AnalyticApproaches for RelationshipsResearch: The Broad Utilityof Hierarchical LinearModeling

Deborah A. KashyLorne CampbellDavid W. Harris

p a r t ii

FOUNDATIONS FOR STUDYINGRELATIONSHIPS

2 . The Seven Seas of the Study ofPersonal Relationships: FromThe Thousand Islands toInterconnected Waterways

Daniel PerlmanSteve Duck

6 . Relationship Typologies

C. Arthur VanLearAscan KoernerDonna M. Allen

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DEVELOPMENT OFRELATIONSHIPS

7 . From Courtship to UniversalProperties: Research on Datingand Mate Selection, 195 0 to 2003

Catherine A. SurraChristine R. Gray

v

3 . Theoretical Perspectives in theStudy of Close Relationships

John H. HarveyAmy Wenzel

vi

Tyfany M. J. BoettcherNathan R. CottleAdam R. West

contents

16 . The Intimate Same-SexRelationships of SexualMinorities

Lisa M. Diamond

8 . The Affective Structure ofMarriage

John P. CaughlinTed L. Huston

13 1

17 . Family Relationships andDepression

Deborah J. JonesSteven R. H. BeachFrank D. Fincham

3 13

9 . Divorce and PostdivorceRelationships

Marilyn ColemanLawrence GanongKim Leon

15 7

p a r t vi

BASIC PROCESSES

18 . Communication: BasicProperties and TheirRelevance to RelationshipResearch

Alan L. SillarsAnita L. Vangelisti

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RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THELIFE SPAN

10 . Relationships in Early andMiddle Childhood

Willard W. Hartup

11 . Personal Relationships inAdolescence and EarlyAdulthood

W. Andrew CollinsStephanie D. Madsen

19 . Social Cognition in IntimateRelationships

Garth J. O. FletcherNickola C. OverallMyron D. Friesen

12 . Close Relationships in Middleand Late Adulthood

Rosemary Blieszner

2 0 . Emotion in Theories of CloseRelationships

Sally PlanalpJulie FitnessBeverley Fehr

3 69

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2 1 . Physiology and InterpersonalRelationships

Timothy J. LovingKathi L. HeffnerJanice K. Kiecolt-Glaser

3 85

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

13 . Personality and Relationships: ATemperament Perspective

Jeffry A. SimpsonHeike A. WinterheldJennie Y. Chen

23 1

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INTERACTIVE PROCESSES

2 2 . Self-Disclosure in PersonalRelationships

25 1

Kathryn GreeneValerian J. DerlegaAlicia Mathews

14 . Attachment Theory,Individual Psychodynamics,and RelationshipFunctioning

Phillip R. ShaverMario Mikulincer

15 . His and Her Relationships? AReview of the EmpiricalEvidence

Emily A. ImpettLetitia Anne Peplau

2 3 . Close Relationships and SocialSupport: Implications forthe Measurement of SocialSupport

Barbara R. SarasonIrwin G. Sarason

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2 4 . Understanding Couple Conict

Galena H. KlineNicole D. PleasantSarah W. WhittonHoward J. Markman

34 . Intimacy in PersonalRelationships

Jean-Philippe LaurenceauBrighid M. Kleinman

63 7

2 5 . Sexuality in Close Relationships

Susan SprecherF. Scott ChristopherRodney Cate

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CONTEXT

35 . Social Networks and PersonalCommunities

Graham Allan

65 7

p a r t viii

THREATS TO RELATIONSHIPS

2 6 . Loneliness and Social Isolation

Jenny de Jong GierveldTheo van TilburgPearl A. Dykstra