Table of Contents

Introduction to the Percheron Press Edition, Ellen Berscheid and Harold H. Kelley

1. The Emerging Science of Relationships

2. Analyzing Close Relationships

3. Interaction

4. Emotion

5. Power

6. Roles and Gender

7. Love and Commitment

8. Development and Change

9. Conflict

10. Intervention

11. Research Methods

12. Epilogue: An Essential Science

References

Index of Names

Index of Topics

About the Author

Harold H. Kelley, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Ellen Berscheid, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Andrew Christensen, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

John H. Harvey, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Ted L. Huston, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

George Levinger, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts

Evie McClintock, Formerly of Family Care Center, Santa Barbara, California

Letitia Anne Peplau, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Donald R. Peterson, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Reviews

'The book reflects the expertise of its authors in social, clinical, and developmental psychology . . . . [S]cholarly and readable . . . . There is no question that it will become a major source for investigators and students interested in close relationships.' (Sharon S. Brehmin, Science)

'[A] book of singular importance. . . . Kelley and his colleagues . . . have been extraordinarily successful. . . . And as a result of their landmark effort, a science of close relationships seems for the first time to be a real possibility.' (Zick Rubinin, Contemporary Psychology)