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The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships

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With the field of personal relationships continuing to see significant growth over the past quarter century, The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships stands as a crucial benchmark of the current state of scholarship. This third edition presents new chapters addressing significant changes in techniques for studying relationships and examining recent emphases on technology and diverse relationships while also featuring a fresh analysis of current research foci and applications. By synthesizing theoretical and empirical literature, the work not only traces the discipline's historical roots but recommends future directions, marking an important step forward in improving research and theory on personal relationships. Featuring contributions from internationally known experts who have significantly enhanced relationship research in multiple fields including psychology, communication, family studies, and sociology, it is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and practitioners alike.

Table of Contents:
Personal relationships: an introduction; 1. The tides of change: recent trends and developments in close relationships research; 2. Theories and research in personal relationships; 3. Lift every voice: an inclusive perspective on considering methodological trade-offs in relationships research; 4. Dyadic data analysis: current issues and directions; 5. Relationship beginnings: selection and initiation; 6. Relationship development and growth; 7. The longitudinal course of couple relationships; 8. Recent advances in research on children's friendships; 9. Personal relationships with parents and peers in adolescence; 10. Close relationships in middle and late adulthood; 11. Family systems and family relationships: family subsystems across diverse families; 12. Personality influences in relationships: how self-esteem, neuroticism, and agreeableness affect hurt feelings; 13. Internal working models of attachment: a lifespan perspective; 14. Ethnicity, culture, and close relationships: examining intraracial and interracial relationships; 15. Relationship neuroscience; 16. Interpersonal social cognition and relationship evaluation; 17. Communication: basic properties and their relevance to relationship research; 18. How communal relational contexts shape (and are shaped by) emotional lives; 19. Self-disclosure in relationships: disclosure dynamics as a seismograph of relationship quality; 20. Social support in close relationships; 21. Understanding couple conflict; 22. Sexuality in relationships: highlights and oversights from recent research; 23. Transgressions, (un)forgiveness and revenge; 24. Stress and dyadic coping; 25. Aggression and violence in romantic relationships; 26. Understanding the problem of loneliness and the challenge of addressing it; 27. Relationship dissolution; 28. Love in relationships; 29. Relationship satisfaction; 30. Commitment processes in close relationships; 31. Relationships and physical health; 32. Social networks and personal relationships; 33. Friendships and acquaintanceships; 34. Technology and personal relationships; 35. Examining intimate relationships across black populations with a focus on context: socioeconomic status and racial discrimination; 36. Promoting healthy couple relationships; 37. Maintaining relationships; 38. Treating relationship distress; 39. Teaching relationship science; 40. Relationship science: a hard look at the state of the science and an agenda for moving forward; Index.

About the Author :
Anita L. Vangelisti holds the Jesse H. Jones Centennial Chair in Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. She was editor of the Cambridge University Press book series on Advances in Personal Relationships and has served on the editorial boards of over a dozen scholarly journals. Vangelisti served as President and is a fellow of the International Association for Relationship Research, a fellow of the International Communication Association, and a distinguished scholar of the National Communication Association. Daniel Perlman is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia and University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has been President of four academic associations including the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships and the International Association for Relationship Research and has been editor or co-editor of five journals including Personal Relationships, and the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Susan Sprecher is Distinguished Professor at Illinois State University in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, with a joint appointment with Psychology. She was the editor of Personal Relationships (2002–2006), and she has published over 140 articles and chapters as well as co-edited several books. She has been actively involved in various positions for the International Association for Relationship Research, including a term as President.

Review :
'The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships is the most venerated reference volume in relationship science. Here, in its third edition, it delivers an up-to-date, expansive, and essential overview of a flourishing discipline. I'm so grateful that such a tremendous resource exists. Highly recommended!' Eli J. Finkel, Professor of Psychology and Management & Organizations, Northwestern University, USA 'Our social relationships can be our greatest sources of joy and sometimes our greatest sources of despair. Bringing together interdisciplinary scholars, Vangelisti, Perlman, Sprecher, and the contributing authors beautifully present cutting-edge research on pertinent topics related to the study of social and personal relationships. Spanning from theory to practice, this handbook is a 'go-to' guide for those interested in the science and practice of personal relationships.' Ashley K. Randall, Professor and Senior Global Futures Scientist, Arizona State University, USA 'The editors have compiled a comprehensive and timely text examining personal relationship research and pedagogy, comprised of expert interdisciplinary contributors. Foundational content contextualizes current trends and future directions for relationship scholars. It is an ideal text to assign in graduate courses and belongs in every research(er's) library. If I were to recommend one book as a primer on the state of relationships science, it would be this one.' Leah E. Bryant, President, International Association for Relationship Research, and Associate Professor of Communication Studies, DePaul University, USA


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  • ISBN-13: 9781009381949
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1009381946
  • Publisher Date: 09 Feb 2026


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