Close Relationships: A Sourcebook

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