The sixth edition ofIntimate Relationshipsis the most accessible, comprehensive, and current work available. This text has a broad reach, drawing from all the relationship sciences including material from social psychology, communication studies, family studies, sociology, clinical psychology, and neuroscience. Clearly on the cutting edge, it presents all of the new developments in the field and exudes vigorous standards of scholarship while maintaining a highly acclaimed reader-friendly style that sets the text apart.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
PREFACE
1. The Building Blocks of Relationships
2. Research Methods
3. Attraction
4. Social Cognition
5. Communication
6. Interdependency
7. Friendship
8. Love
9. Sexuality
10. Stresses and Strains
11. Conflict
12. Power and Violence
13. The Dissolution and Loss of Relationships
14. Maintaining and Repairing Relationships
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