Social Relationships

"This is a marvelous collection of the latest, cutting-edge research and thinking, including contributions by some of the best respected authorities and most vigorous young researchers in the area. Fascinating and informative, it significantly advances the scientific understanding of love and interspersonal connection." - Roy F. Baumeister, Social Psychology Area Director and Francis Eppes Eminent Scholar, Florida State University

"This book marks the start of the next stage of relationship research in which the study of human relationships becomes fully integrated which mainstream areas of social and behavioral science. The contributors to this volume area veritable "Who's Who" of relationship scientists who draw upon research from many disparate areas -- including social, developmental, cognitive, clinical, and evolutionary psychology -- to offer new, expanded, and integrative perspectives on close relationships. As a result, readers are treated not only to enriching descriptions of cutting-edge research on relationship phenomena but also to new theoretical insights into the fundamental processes that influence our relationships with other people." - Mark R. Leary, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University

"This is a marvelous collection of the latest, cutting-edge research and thinking, including contributions by some of the best respected authorities and most vigorous young researchers in the area. Fascinating and informative, it significantly advances the scientific understanding of love and interspersonal connection." - Roy F. Baumeister, Social Psychology Area Director and Francis Eppes Eminent Scholar, Florida State University

"This book marks the start of the next stage of relationship research in which the study of human relationships becomes fully integrated which mainstream areas of social and behavioral science. The contributors to this volume area veritable "Who's Who" of relationship scientists who draw upon research from many disparate areas -- including social, developmental, cognitive, clinical, and evolutionary psychology -- to offer new, expanded, and integrative perspectives on close relationships. As a result, readers are treated not only to enriching descriptions of cutting-edge research on relationship phenomena but also to new theoretical insights into the fundamental processes that influence our relationships with other people." - Mark R. Leary, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University