Science of Intimate Relationships (eBook)

Lorne Campbell, Garth J. O. Fletcher, Nickola C. Overall, Jeffry A. Simpson (Autoren)

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2012 | 1. Auflage
416 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-118-37873-1 (ISBN)

Infos

The Science of Intimate Relationships represents the first interdisciplinary approach to the latest scientific findings relating to human sexual relationships. Offers an unusual degree of integration across topics, which include intimate relationships in terms of both mind and body; bonding from infancy to adulthood; selecting mates; love; communication and interaction; sex; passion; relationship dissolution; and more Summarizes the links among human nature, culture, and intimate relationships Presents and integrates the latest findings in the fields of social psychology, evolutionary psychology, human sexuality, neuroscience and biology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and clinical psychology. Authored by four leading experts in the field Instructor materials are available at www.wiley.com/go/fletcher

Autor

Garth Fletcher is Professor of Psychology at VictoriaUniversity Wellington. He is a fellow of five societies includingthe Royal Society of New Zealand, the Association forPsychological Science, and the Society forPersonality and Social Psychology, and has been associateeditor of both Personal Relationships and Journal ofPersonality and Social Psychology. Fletcher has published over100 articles and book chapters, and has authored and edited 6books. Jeffry A. Simpson is Professor of Psychology and Directorof the Doctoral Minor in Interpersonal Relationships (IREL) at theUniversity of Minnesota. He has been the editor of the journalPersonal Relationships and is currently the editor ofJournal of Personality and Social Psychology: InterpersonalRelations and Group Processes (JPSP-IRGP). Simpson is theincoming president of the International Association forRelationship Research, and has published nearly 200 articlesand chapters along with several edited books. Lorne Campbell is Associate Professor of Psychology theUniversity of Western Ontario. He has published over 40 articlesand book chapters, serves on the editorial board of Journal ofPersonality and Social Psychology and Personality and SocialPsychology Bulletin, and has been the editor of the journalPersonal Relationships.Nickola Overall is Senior Lecturer of Psychology at theUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand. She has published over 35articles and book chapters, serves on the editorial board of theJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, and iscurrently associate editor for Personal Relationships.

Inhalt

About the Authors xv

Preface xvi

Part One: Introduction 1

1 The Science of Intimate Relationships 3

2 Intimate Relationships in Context: Key Theories, Concepts, and Human Nature 14

Part Two: The Relationship Animal 39

3 The Intimate Relationship Mind 41

4 The Intimate Relationship Body 69

Part Three: Beginning Relationships: Att achment and Mate Selection 97

5 Born to Bond: from Infancy to Adulthood 99

6 Selecting Mates 125

Part Four: Maintaining Relationships:the Psychology of Intimacy 155

7 Love, Sweet Love 157

8 Reading Minds, Partners, and Relationships 184

9 Communication and Interaction 210

10 Sex and Passion 236

11 Relationship Violence 259

Part Five: Ending Relationships: the Causes and Consequences of Relationship Dissolution 285

12 Relationship Dissolution 287

Part Six: Conclusion 313

13 Assembling the Relationship Jigsaw 315

Glossary 327

References 338

Author Index 383

Subject Index 390

Rezensionen

"This textbook would work well for a collegeclass." (Metapsychology Online Reviews, 29 July2014)

"The text can be used academically at an advancedbaccalaureate or graduate level. There is an equally well-organizede-study guide available as a Kindle download that highlightsconcepts to facilitate the memorization of terms. The book can alsobe drawn upon in arenas outside of academia. The busy clinician,for example, may find that the work is simply a good read whilealso encouraging currency with scientific domains falling outsideof his or her immediate field." (Journal of Sex& Marital Therapy, 22July 2014)

"Overall, The Science of Intimate Relationshipsserves asan important contribution to the array of books available in thefield of relationship science. Its breadth of coverage would makeit an excellent choice for college courses in intimaterelationships, as noted above, as well as make it of interest toanyone wishing to have a good background in the science of romanticrelationships." (PsycCRITIQUES, 11 September2013)

"...An essential read for budding relationshipsexperts." (Psychology Today, 30 April 2013)

"Fletcher and colleagues do an excellent job simplifying(but not oversimplifying) the sometimes very complex scientificliterature on intimate relationships...The book succeeds inaddressing relationships from several different perspectives, mostnotably social psychological, evolutionary, and neuroscientific.This produces a much broader approach than is seen in most otherbooks on relationships. The book is highly interdisciplinary andforeshadows an emerging integrative science of intimaterelationships."--Dr. Jon Maner, Director,Florida State University

"What makes this book distinctive is its strong,integrative theoretical underpinning and its coherent narrativestyle. The authors' approach is unabashedly scientific andthe text makes it very clear that relationship science is exactlythat. However, the text is also perfectly pitched fornon-scientists, with each chapter telling a lucid,thought-provoking and deeply informative story - sciencewriting at its most graceful and engaging. This is a truly greattext that will stand as a benchmark for many years tocome."--Professor Julie Fitness, MacquarieUniversity

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.12.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Familien- / Systemische Therapie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Schlagworte: Psychologie • Psychology • Relationships, Marriage & Family • Sozialpsychologie • Zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen, Ehe u. Familie
• ISBN-10: 1-118-37873-3 / 1118378733
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-37873-1 / 9781118378731