The Oxford Handbook of Relationship Science and Couple Interventions

Kieran T. Sullivan, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at Santa Clara University. She has published widely in the area of intimate relationships, including the predictors of relationship distress and divorce, prevention for relationship distress, and support processes in intimate relationships. Her current research focuses on support, control, and health behavior in intimate relationships and the effects of online communication on dating relationships. Dr. Sullivan is a licensed clinical psychologist.Erika Lawrence, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Arizona. Her research program has broadly focused on evidence-based interventions for perpetrators of intimate partner violence, the developmental course of intimate partner violence, and the developmental course of intimate relationship processes. She has over 100 publications and her work has been funded by NIMH, NICHD, the CDC and the DOJ. Over the last decade, Dr. Lawrence's research has been focused on developing and testing evidence-based treatments targeting intimate partner violence (IPV) and associated psychopathology for perpetrators, victims, and children. Dr. Lawrence also has extensive experience teaching and supervising undergraduate and graduate students and has maintained a couple therapy practice for two decades.

• 1. Introduction: The Oxford Handbook of Relationship Science and Interventions Kieran T. Sullivan and Erika Lawrence Part 1: Defining and Classifying Relationship Dysfunction 2. Relational Processes: Historical Background, Current Considerations, and Future Directions for DSM-V and ICD-11 Steven R.H. Beach, Heather M. Foran, Richard E. Heyman, Amy M. Smith Slep, Anthony R. Cordaro Jr., Marianne Z. Wamboldt, David Reiss, and Nadine J. Kaslow 3. Moving Toward Universal Definitions and Assessment of Relational Problems Heather M. Foran, Richard E. Heyman, Amy M. Smith Slep, Steven R.H. Beach, Nadine J. Kaslow, Anthony R. Cordaro Jr., Marianne Z. Wamboldt, and David Reiss Part 2: Biological Processes, Individual Pathology, and Interpersonal Processes in the Development of Couple Dysfunction 4. Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics in the Context of Family and Couple Problems Steven R.H. Beach, Gene H. Brody, and Steven M. Kogan 5. Relationships and Chronic Medical Problems Jessica Pieczynski, Sarah Thilges, Leland Bardsley, and Tamara Goldman Sher 6. Intimate Relationship Functioning and Psychopathology Mark A. Whisman & Briana L. Robustelli 7. Sexual Dysfunction and Couple Dysfunction Barry McCarthy and Lana M. Wald 8. Treatment of Partner Aggression in Intimate Relationships Katie Lee Salis and K. Daniel O'Leary 9. Understanding and Treating Infidelity Jennifer Willett Howell, Sarah E. Gilbert, and Kristina Coop Gordon Part 3: Best Practices and Empirically Supported Treatments for Couple Distress 10. Best Practices in Assessment for Couple Therapy Christina M. Balderrama-Durbin, Caitlin L. Fissette, and Douglas K. Snyder 11. Emerging Methodological and Statistical Techniques in Couple Research David C. Atkins and Brian R. Baucom 12. Finding What Works: Systematically Evaluating the Research Evidence in Couple and Family Therapy Thomas L. Sexton and Julie R. LaFollette 13. Empirically Supported Couple TherapiesLisa A. Benson and Andrew Christensen 14. Empirically Based Couple Relationship EducationW. Kim Halford, Jemima Petch, and Karina Bate 15. Emerging Approaches to Empirically Based Couples InterventionsC. J. Eubanks Fleming, MA and James V. Córdova Part 4: Diversity in Couple Therapy 16. Cultural Considerations in Evidence-Based Couple TherapyMia Sevier, Leah Brew, and Jean C. Yi 17. Couple Therapy With Same-Sex and Gender-Variant (LGBT) Couples: Sociocultural Problems and Intrapsychic and Relational ConsequencesValory Mitchell Part 5: Conclusion 18. Relationship Science and Interventions: Where We Are and Where We Are GoingErika Lawrence Index

"Infuses rigorous research into practical application [and] energizes the scientist and clinician to bridge the gap of understanding between current research and future directions. Overall, the book was well thought out and well written. The text was scientific. The authors accomplished their overall goal of describing cutting edge research development, maintenance, and dysfunction. Many chapters (e.g., the chapter on genetics and epigenetic processes) werecutting edge with the field of mental health research." -- PsycCRITIQUES