Theoretical Frameworks for Personal Relationships

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Erber, Ralph; Gilmour, Robin

Summary

Provides grounds for arguing that the diversity of theorizing in the field of personal relationships is healthy at this point in time. Each chapter contributes to thinking and research about personal relationships and adds to a range of usable theoretical structures.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ralph Erber (Editor), Erber Ralph (Editor), Robin Gilmour (Editor), Gilmour Robin (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1994
• EAN: 9780805805734
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-0573-4
• No. of pages: 284
• Weight: 635 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Sociology: family & relationships, Social, group or collective psychology, Sociology: family and relationships