Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction to the Volume ; 1. The Blossoming of Relationship Science ; Lorne Campbell and Jeffry A. Simpson ; Part Two: Major Theoretical Approaches to Relationships ; 2. Relationships from an Evolutionary Life History Perspective ; Douglas T. Kenrick, Steven L. Neuberg, and Andrew E. White ; 3. An Interdependence Theory Analysis of Close Relationships ; Ximena B. Arriaga ; 4. The Role of Attachment Security in Adolescent and Adult Close Relationships ; Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver ; 5. The Self-Expansion Model of Motivation and Cognition in Close Relationships ; Arthur Aron, Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Debra Mashek, and Elaine N. Aron ; 6. Regulating Interpersonal Risk ; Justin V. Cavallo, Sandra L. Murray, and John G. Holmes ; Part Three: Attraction in Relationships ; 7. Love is a battlefield: Romantic Attraction, Intrasexual Competition, and Conflict between the Sexes ; Jon K. Maner and Joshua M. Ackerman ; 8. Cultural Influences on Attraction ; Paul W. Eastwick ; 9. Implicit Theories of Relationships: Destiny and Growth Beliefs ; C. Raymond Knee and Kristen N. Petty ; Part Four: Models of Relationship Functioning and Processes ; 10. The Social Psychology of Love ; Beverley Fehr ; 11. Error Management in Relationships ; Martie G. Haselton and Andrew Galperin ; 12. Communal (and Other) Relationships: History, Theory Development, Recent Findings, and Future Directions ; Margaret S. Clark and Oriana R. Aragon ; 13. Transference and the Relational Self ; Serena Chen, Helen C. Boucher, Susan M. Andersen, and S. Adil Saribay ; 14. Love, Reality, and Illusion in Intimate Relationships ; Garth Fletcher and Patrick Kerr ; 15. Motivations for Promotion or Prevention in Close Relationships ; Daniel C. Molden and Heike A. Winterheld ; 16. Empathic Accuracy in Close Relationships ; William Ickes and Sara D. Hodges ; 17. The Nature of Female Sexuality: Insights into the Dynamics of Romantic Relationships ; Steven W. Gangestad and Christine E. Garver-Apgar ; 18. Responsiveness ; Harry T. Reis and Margaret S. Clark ; Part Five: Daily Relationship Functioning ; 19. Regulation Processes in Close Relationships ; Nickola C. Overall and Jeffry A. Simpson ; 20. Intimate Partner Violence ; Eli J. Finkel and Christopher I. Eckhardt ; 21. Implicit Cognition and Relationship Processes ; Rainer Banse and Roland Imhoff ; 22. Emotion Regulation in Close Relationships ; Tammy English, Oliver P. John, and James J. Gross ; 23. Emotion in Relationships ; Leanne K. Knobloch and Sandra Metts ; 24. Personality and Relationships ; James K. McNulty ; 25. Interdependence Revisited: Perspectives from Cultural Psychology ; Stanley O. Gaines Jr. and Deletha P. Hardin ; 26. Relationship Maintenance Processes ; John E. Lydon and Sara K. Quinn ; 27. Sexuality in Relationships ; Lisa M. Diamond ; Part Six: Psychological and Physical Well-Being in Relationships ; 28. Romantic Relationships and Health ; Timothy J. Loving and Richard Slatcher ; 29. Gratitude and Forgiveness in Relationships ; Frank D. Fincham and Steven R.H. Beach ; 30. Couples and Stress: How Demands Outside a Relationship Affect Intimacy within the Relationship ; Benjamin R. Karney and Lisa A. Neff ; 31. Toward an Integrative Neuroscience of Relationships ; Lane Beckes and James A. Coan ; 32. Social Support Processes in Relationships ; Brian Lakey ; Part Seven: Relationships Across Development and Time ; 33. Repeated Measures with Dyads ; Tessa V. West ; 34. What's Past is Prologue: Social Developmental Antecedents of Close Relationships ; Katherine C. Haydon and Glenn I. Roisman ; 35. The Development of Human Reproductive Strategies: Toward an Integration of Life History and Sexual Selection Models ; Jenee James and Bruce J. Ellis ; 36. Divorce and Close Relationships: Findings, Themes, and Future Directions ; David A. Sbarra and Connie J.A. Beck ; Part Eight: Capstone ; 37. The Waving of the Relationship Flag ; Jeffry A. Simpson and Lorne Campbell

About the Author

Jeffry A. Simpson, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Doctoral Minor in Interpersonal Relationships at the University of Minnesota. Lorne Campbell, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at The University of Western Ontario.