Laura V. Machia is Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Close Relationships Laboratory at Syracuse University, USA. Christopher R. Agnew is Professor of Psychological Sciences and the Associate Vice President for Research at Purdue University, USA. Ximena B. Arriaga is Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University, USA, and currently serves as President of the Midwestern Psychological Association.

• List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction Laura V. Machia; Part I. Interdependence, Situations, and Context: 1. Situations in close relationships Simon Columbus, Francesca Righetti and Daniel Balliet; 2. The structure of interdependence shapes social cognition in relationships John G. Holmes; 3. Home is where the heart is: geographic variation in relational behavior and outcomes William J. Chopik; 4. Ethnicity, interdependence, and the investment model of commitment processes Stanley O. Gaines, Jr. and Deletha P. Hardin; Part II. Interdependence, Security, and Risk: 5. An interdependence analysis of enhancing attachment security Lucy L. Hunt, Madoka Kumashiro and Ximena B. Arriaga; 6. Safe and secure: how interdependent close relationships mitigate risks and ease insecurities Brittany K. Jakubiak; 7. Partner buffering in interdependent relationships: an attachment perspective Monique S. Nakamura, Jeffry A. Simpson and Nickola C. Overall; 8. Stress as a risk factor to well-being: role of dyadic coping Valentina Rauch-Anderegg and Ashley K. Randall; Part III. Interdependence, Goal Pursuit, and Person Factors: 9. Autonomous interdependence: a complementary understanding of personal and relational needs in interdependent relationships Benjamin W. Hadden and Yuthika U. Girme; 10. Pursuing interpersonal value: an interdependence perspective Edward P. Lemay, Jr; 11. Advances in self-expansion Brent A. Mattingly, Jennifer M. Tomlinson and Kevin P. McIntyre; 12. Self-esteem, negative expressivity, and partner responsiveness Kassandra Cortes and Joanne V. Wood; Part IV. Interdependence, Timing, and Expectations: 13. Relationship receptivity theory: timing and interdependent relationships Christopher R. Agnew, Benjamin W. Hadden and Kenneth Tan; 14. A new measure of expected relationship satisfaction, alternatives, and investment supports an expectations model of interdependence Levi R. Baker, James K. McNulty, Ashlyn Brady and Shae Montalvo; 15. Relationship expectations about the commitment to wed: a contextual analysis TeKisha M. Rice and Brian G. Ogolsky; 16. Creating closeness and interdependence: results of laboratory-based studies involving getting-acquainted dyads Susan Sprecher; Index.

'This is a comprehensive and timely overview of how interdependence theory has shaped relationship science. It is a must-read for anyone who likes to keep up to date about the latest on classic and completely new research topics in the study of relationships.' Paul van Lange, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam