Table of Contents

Foreword
Back to the Future and Forward to the Past
PART ONE: RELATIONSHIP METHODS - Deborah A Kashy and Maurice J Levesque
Quantitative Methods in Close Relationships - Katherine R Allen and Alexis J Walker
Qualitative Research
PART TWO: RELATIONSHIP FORMS - Robert M Milardo and Heather Helms-Erikson
Network Overlap and Third-Party Influence in Close Relationships - Amanda J Rose and Steven R Asher
Children′s Friendships - W Andrew Collins and Brett Laursen
Adolescent Relationships
The Art of Fugue - Beverley Fehr
The Life-Cycle of Friendship - Rosemary Blieszner
Close Relationships in Old Age - Stanley O Gaines Jr and James H Liu
Multicultural//Multiracial Relationships - Leticia Anne Peplau and Leah R Spalding
The Close Relationships of Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals - Janice M Steil
Contemporary Marriage
Still Unequal Partnership - Mark A Fine
Divorce and Single Parenting - Lawrence H Ganong and Marilyn Coleman
Remarried Families
PART THREE: RELATIONSHIP PROCESSES - Laura K Guerrero and Peter A Andersen
Emotion in Close Relationships - Judith A Feeney, Patricia Noller and Nigel Roberts
Attachment and Close Relationships - Susan S Hendrick and Clyde Hendrick
Romantic Love - Susan Sprecher and Pamela C Regan
Sexuality in a Relational Context - Karen J Prager
Intimacy in Personal Relationships - Brant R Burleson, Sandra Metts and Michael W Kirch
Communication in Close Relationships - Daniel J Canary and Susan J Messman
Relationship Conflict - Michael R Cunningham and Anita P Barbee
Social Support - Kathryn Dindia
Relational Maintenance - Julia T Wood
Gender and Personal Relationships
PART FOUR: RELATIONSHIP THREATS - Bram P Buunk and Pieternel Dijkstra
Extradyadic Relationships and Jealousy - F Scott Christopher and Sally A Lloyd
Physical and Sexual Aggression in Relationships - Steven R H Beach and Heather A O′Mahen-Gray
Depression in Close Relationships - John H Harvey and Andrea M Hansen
Loss and Bereavement in Close Romantic Relationships