Close Romantic Relationships : Maintenance and Enhancement

by Harvey, John H.; Wenzel, Amy; Markman, Howard J.; Rusbult, Caryl E.

• ISBN13: 9780805835526
• ISBN10: 0805835520
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

With contributions from the leading experts on relationships, this book covers important issues, such as love as self-expansion, equity in maintaining close relationships, commitment, social support, self-verification, and minding the relationship. The end result is a comprehensive account of the reasons why close relationships are or are not maintained and the manner in which these principles can be applied to current social issues and clinical interventions. Divided into two sections, Part I describes models developed to characterize how relationships are maintained over time, accounts of specific mechanisms at work in close relationships, and conceptualizations of the maintenance and enhancement of close relationships using existing theoretical paradigms. Part II addresses contemporary social issues, as well as clinical applications. Close Romantic Relationships will appeal to students, researchers, and professionals due to its broad sampling of theory and research on relationship maintenance and enhancement.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Movement Toward Studying the Maintenance and Enhancement of Close Romantic Relationships	1	(12)
Amy Wenzel
John Harvey
I THEORETICAL APPROACHES
Viewing Close Romantic Relationships as Communal Relationships: Implications for Maintenance and Enhancement	13	(14)
Judson Mills
Margaret S. Clark
Emphatic Accuracy and Preemptive Relationship Maintenance	27	(20)
Jeffry A. Simpson
William Ickes
Minda Orina
Shared Self-Expanding Activities as a Means of Maintaining and Enhancing Close Romantic Relationships	47	(20)
Arthur Aron
Christina C. Norman
Elaine N. Aron
The Paradox of the Sincere Chameleon: Strategic Self-Verification in Close Relationships	67	(20)
Jennifer K. Bosson
William B. Swann, Jr.
Commitment and Relationship Maintenance Mechanisms	87	(28)
Caryl E. Rusbult
Nils Olsen
Jody L. Davis
Peggy A. Hannon
Improvising Commitment in Close Relationships: A Relational Dialectics Perspective	115	(18)
Erin M. Sahlstein
Leslie A. Baxter
Equity in the Preservation of Personal Relationships	133	(20)
Daniel J. Canary
Laura Stafford
Maintaining and Enhancing a Relationship by Attending to It	153	(16)
Linda K. Acitelli
Appetitive and Aversive Social Interaction	169	(26)
Shelly L. Gable
Harry T. Reis
A Social-Cognitive Perspective on the Maintenance and Deterioration of Relationship Satisfaction	195	(20)
Benjamin R. Karney
James K. McNulty
Nancy E. Frye
Evolution and Evolutionary Psychology: Their Application to Close Relationships	215	(22)
Kevin D. Wu
II APPLIED ISSUES
Establishing and Maintaining Satisfaction in Multicultural Relationships	237	(18)
Stanley O. Gaines, Jr.
Kelly A. Brennan
Relationship Maintenance and Enhancement in Remarried Families	255	(22)
Marilyn Coleman
Lawrence Ganong
Shannon Weaver
Ongoing Aspects of Relationships and Health Outcomes: Social Support, Social Control, Companionship, and Relationship Meaning	277	(22)
Barbara R. Sarason
Irwin G. Sarason
Depression in Marriage	299	(22)
Heather A. O'Mahen
Steven R. H. Beach
Sammy F. Banawan
Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy	321	(24)
Janice Jones
Brian D. Doss
Andrew Christensen
How Well Do You Mind Your Relationship? A Preliminary Scale to Test the Minding Theory of Relating	345	(12)
Julia Omarzu
Joanne Whalen
John H. Harvey
Maintaining and Enhancing Relationships: Concluding Commentary	357	(22)
Daniel Perlman
Author Index	379	(2)
Subject Index	381