The Social Psychology of Personal Relationships

by Ickes, William; Duck, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780471998815
• ISBN10: 0471998818
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-15
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

The Social Psychology of Personal Relationships provides a concise and highly readable introduction to the major social psychological perspectives on the study of personal relationships. The contributors, all internationally recognized scholars in their respective fields, address the study of personal relationships from the following key social psychological perspectives: * attachment theory * evolutionary psychology * interdependence relations * interracial relationships * self-expansion theory * self-presentation theory This important text also contains an innovative chapter on how to analyze data from dyadic relationship studies, along with meta-theoretical commentaries by Ickes and Duck, and by Acitelli, Duck and West. A useful reference for professionals whose research and/or clinical practice focuses on personal relationships, this book is also intended for advanced students in the areas of social psychology, clinical and counseling psychology, communication studies, family studies and sociology courses. The Social Psychology of Personal Relationships is one of a series of paperbacks dedicated to the study and application of processes by which individuals relate to each other in social and family settings. Each book provides an expanded and up-to-date version of a section in the original Handbook of Personal Relationships (second edition) edited by Steve Duck.

Author Biography

William Ickes, University of Texas, USA.

Steve Duck, University of Iowa, USA.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	vi
About the Authors	vii
Personal Relationships and Social Psychology	1	(8)
William Ickes
Steve Duck
An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Relationships	9	(28)
Douglas T. Kenrick
Melanie R. Trost
A Process Model of Adult Attachment Formation	37	(18)
Debra Zeifman
Cindy Hazan
Perspectives on Interracial Relationships	55	(24)
Stanley O. Gaines
William Ickes
Interdependence in Personal Relationships	79	(30)
Caryl Rusbult
Ximena Arriaga
Self-expansion Motivation and Including Other in the Self	109	(20)
Art Aron
Elaine Aron
Self-presentational Perspectives on Personal Relationships	129	(28)
Mark R. Leary
Rowland S. Miller
Methods of Studying Close Relationships	157	(24)
William Ickes
On the Statistics of Interdendence: Treating Dyadic Data with Respect	181	(34)
Richard Gonzalez
Dale Griffin
Embracing the Social in Personal Relationships and Research	215	(14)
Linda Acitelli
Steve Duck
Lee West
References	229	(54)
Author Index	283	(12)
Subject Index	295