Personal Relationships and Personal Networks

Contents: Series Foreword. Preface. Framing Personal Relationships. Inside Relationships and Networks. Initiating Personal Relationships. Becoming Friends. Becoming Romantic Partners. Comparing Age Groups and Relational Types. Comparing Genders and Ethnicities. Mananging Networks and Relational Boundaries. Following Relationships to Their End and Beyond. Prospects for the Social Contextual Perspective. Appendix A: Measures of Relationship Development and Networks. Appendix B: Technical Notes on the Models.