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.