Theoretical Frameworks for Personal Relationships

• Contents: Preface. G. Levinger, Figure Versus Ground: Micro- and Macroperspectives on the Social Psychology of Personal Relationships. J. Mills, M.S. Clark, Communal and Exchange Relationships: Controversies and Research. T.L. Huston, Courtship Antecedents of Marital Satisfaction and Love. J.D. Lane, D.M. Wegner, Secret Relationships: The Back Alley to Love. H.T. Reis, Domains of Experience: Investigating Relationship Processes From Three Perspectives. D.A. Kenny, Using the Social Relations Model to Understand Relationships. K.A. Kerns, A Developmental Model of the Relations Between Mother-Child Attachment and Friendship. R. Sharabany, Continuities in the Development of Intimate Friendships: Object Relations, Interpersonal and Attachment Perspectives. K.E. Davis, L.A. Kirkpatrick, M.B. Levy, R. O'Hearn, Stalking the Elusive Love Style: Attachment Styles, Love Styles, and Relationship Development. R. Erber, A. Tesser, Self-Evaluation Maintenance: A Social Psychological Approach to Interpersonal Relationships. P.A. Dykstra, J. de Jong-Gierveld, The Theory of Mental Incongruity, With a Specific Application to Loneliness Among Widowed Men and Women.

"...the reader will find an informative description of some of the major theoretical perspectives in the personal relationships field....one will come away from reading this book with a good understanding of some of the principal perspectives, along with the research pertaining to them."—ISSPR Bulletin