IARR - Essential Reads

Attachment

Bartholomew, K. (1990). Avoidance of intimacy: An attachment perspective. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships, 7, 147–178.

Brennan, K. A., Clark, C. L., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Self-report measurement of adult attachment: An integrative overview. In J. A. Simpson & W. S. Rholes (Eds.), Attachment theory and close relationships (pp. 46–76). New York: Guilford Press.

Feeney, B. C., & Thrush, R. L. (2010). Relationship influences on exploration in adulthood: The characteristics and function of a secure base. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 57-76.

Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. (1987). Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 511–524

Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2012). Attachment theory expanded: A behavioral systems approach. In K. Deaux & M. Snyder (Eds.), Oxford Library of Psychology. The Oxford handbook of personality and social psychology (p. 467–492). Oxford University Press.

Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., Sahdra, B., & Gross, J. T. (2016). Attachment as a foundation for kindness toward self and others. In K. W. Brown & M. R. Leary (Eds.), Oxford handbook of hypo-egoic phenomena. New York: Oxford University Press.

Attraction

Byrne, D., Ervin, C. E., & Lamberth, J. (1970). Continuity between the experimental study of attraction and real-life computer dating. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 16, 157–165.

Clark, M. S., & Mills, J. (1979). Interpersonal attraction in exchange and communal relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, 12-24.

Dion, K. K., Berscheid, E., & Walster, E. (1972). What is beautiful is good. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 24, 285–290.

Eastwick, P. W. & Finkel, E. J. (2008). Sex differences in mate preferences revisited: Do people know what they initially desire in a romantic partner? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 245-264.

Finkel, E. J., & Eastwick, P. W. (2015). Interpersonal attraction: In search of a theoretical Rosetta Stone. In M. Mikulincer, P. R. Shaver, J. A. Simpson, & J. F. Dovidio (Eds.), APA handbooks in psychology. APA handbook of personality and social psychology, Vol. 3. Interpersonal relations (p. 179–210). American Psychological Association.

Graziano, W. G., & Bruce, J. W. (2008). Attraction and the initiation of relationships: A review of the empirical literature. In S. Sprecher, A. Wenzel, & J. Harvey (Eds.), Handbook of relationship initiation (pp. 269–295). New York: Psychology Press.

Montoya, R. M., Horton, R. S., & Kirchner, J. (2008). Is actual similarity necessary for attraction? A meta-analysis of actual and perceived similarity. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 25, 889-922.

Moreland, R. L., & Beach, S. R. (1992). Exposure effects in the classroom: The development of affinity among students. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 28, 255–276.

Shanteau, J., & Nagy, G. F. (1979). Probability of acceptance in dating choice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, 522–533.

Zajonc, R. B. (2001). Mere exposure: A gateway to the subliminal. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 10(6), 224–228. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8721.00154

Commitment

Arriaga, X. B., & Agnew, C. R. (2001). Being committed: Affective, cognitive, and conative components of relationship commitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27(9), 1190–1203. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167201279011

Rusbult, C. E. (1983). A longitudinal test of the investment model: The development (and deterioration) of satisfaction and commitment in heterosexual involvements. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45(1), 101–117. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.45.1.101

Rusbult, C. E., Martz, J. M., & Agnew, C. R. (1998). The Investment Model Scale: Measuring commitment level, satisfaction level, quality of alternatives, and investment size. Personal Relationships, 5(4), 357–391. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.1998.tb00177.x

Communication

Berger, C. R., & Calabrese, R. J. (1975). Some explorations in initial interaction and beyond: Toward a theory of interpersonal communication. Human Communication Research, 199-112.

Cupach, W. R., & Metts, S. (1986). Accounts of relational dissolution: A comparison of marital and non-marital relationships. Communication Monographs, 53(4), 311-334.

Dillard, J., & Solomon, D. (1999). Structuring the concept of relational communication. Communication Monographs, 66(1), 49-64.

Duck, S., Rutt, D. J., Hurst, M., & Strejc, H. (1991). Some evident truths about conversations in everyday relationships: All communications are not created equal. Human Communication Research, 17, 228-267.

Knapp, M. L., Ellis, D. G., & Williams, B. A. (1980). Perceptions of communication behavior associated with relationship terms. Communication Monographs, 47(4), 262-378.

Petronio, S. G. (1991). Communication boundary management: A theoretical model of managing disclosure of private information between marital couples. Communication Theory, 1(4), 311-335.

Sillars, A. L., & Vangelisti, A. L. (2006). Communication: Basic properties and their relevance to relationship research. In A. L. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships (pp. 331-351). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Theiss, J. A., & Haunani, D. (2006). A relational turbulence model of communication about irritations in romantic relationships. Communication Research, 33(5), 391-418.

Vangelisti, A. L., Young, S. L., Carpenter-Theune, K. E., & Alexander, A. L. (2005). Why does it hurt?: The perceived causes of hurt feelings. Communication Research, 32(4), 443-477.doi:10.1177/0093650205277319

Walther, J. B. (1996). Computer-mediated communication: Impersonal, interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction. Communication Research, 23(1), 3-43.

Consumer-Brand Relationships

Aggarwal, Pankaj (2004), “The Effects of Brand Relationship Norms on Consumer Attitudes and Behavior,” Journal of Consumer Research, 31, 87-101.
Aggarwal’s article argues that when consumers form relationships with brands they use norms of interpersonal relationships as a guide in their brand assessments. Exchange and communal relationships are the main application in this article.

Fournier, Susan (1998), “Consumers and Their Brands: Developing Relationship Theory in Consumer Research,” Journal of Consumer Research, 24, 343-373.
Susan Fournier’s article is a call for consumer research to use psychological relationship theories as tools in investigating the bond between consumer and brand, where brand loyalty is conceptualized as a relationship with the brand acting as an active and animated relationship partner for reciprocal exchange and relationship interdependence to grow.

Emotion

Algoe, S. B., Fredrickson, B. L., & Gable, S. L. (2013, June 3). The social functions of the emotion of gratitude via expression. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi: 10.1037/a0032701

Butler, E. A., & Randall, A. K. (2013). Emotional coregulation in close relationships. Emotion Review, 5(2), 202-210.

Haase, C. M., Holley, S. R., Bloch, L., Verstaen, A., & Levenson, R. W. (2016). Interpersonal emotional behaviors and physical health: A 20-year longitudinal study of long-term married couples. Emotion, 16, 965–977.

Evolutionary Psychology

Buss, D. M. (2013). Seven tools for teaching evolutionary psychology. In R. A. R. Gurung, K. Z. Naufel, & J. H. Wilson (Eds.), Controversy in the psychology classroom: Using hot topics to foster critical thinking (pp. 49-64). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Buss, D. M., & Schmitt, D. P. (1993). Sexual Strategies Theory: An evolutionary perspective on human mating. Psychological Review, 100(2), 204-232. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.100.2.204

Meltzer, A. L., McNulty, J. K., Jackson, G., & Karney, B.R. (2014). Sex differences in the implications of partner physical attractiveness for the trajectory of marital satisfaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Schmitt, D. P. (2008). An evolutionary perspective on mate choice and relationship initiation. In S. Sprecher, A. Wenzel, & J. Harvey (Eds.), Handbook of relationship initiation (pp. 55–74). New York: Psychology Press.

Friendship

Lemay, E. P., & Wolf, N. R. (2016). Projection of romantic and sexual desire in opposite-sex friendships: How wishful thinking creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(7), 864–878. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216646077

Seger-Guttmann, T., Medler-Liraz, H., & Guttmann, J. (2012). "If you are my friend, please show your anger…" Differences between friends and colleagues in faking emotions. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 6(2), 155-162. https://doi:10.5964/ijpr.v6i2.97

Individual Differences

Daly, J.A. (2011). Personality and interpersonal communication. In M. L. Knapp & J. A. Daly (Eds.). Handbook of interpersonal communication (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Pp. 131-168.

Hyde, J. S. (2007). New directions in the study of gender similarities and differences. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 259–263.

Ickes, W. (1985). Sex-role influences on compatibility in relationships. In W. Ickes (Ed.), Compatible and incompatible relationships (pp. 187–208). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Interdependence

Arriaga, X. B. (2013). An interdependence theory analysis of close relationships. In J. A. Simpson & L. Campbell (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of close relationships. (pp. 39–65). Oxford University Press.

Miller, R. S. (1997). We always hurt the ones we love: Aversive interactions in close relationships. In R. Kowalski (Ed.), Aversive interpersonal interactions (pp. 11–29). New York: Plenum.

Rusbult, C. E., Arriaga, X. B., & Agnew, C. R. (2001). Interdependence in close relationships. In G. J. O. Fletcher & M. S. Clark (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Interpersonal processes (pp. 359–387). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Rusbult, C. E., Drigotas, S. M., & Verette, J. (1994). The investment model: An interdependence analysis of commitment processes and relationship maintenance phenomena. In D. J. Canary & L. Stafford (Eds.), Communication and relational maintenance (p. 115–139). Academic Press.

Rusbult, C. E., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2008). Why we need interdependence theory. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 2049–2070.

Tan, K., Agnew, C. R., & Hadden, B. W. (2020). Seeking and ensuring interdependence: Desiring commitment and the strategic initiation and maintenance of close relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(1), 36–50. https://doi-org.sagecolleges.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0146167219841633

Internet and Relationships

Dutton, W. H., Helsper, E. J., Whitty, M. T., Li, N., Buckwalter, J. G., & Lee, E. (2009). The role of the internet in reconfiguring marriages: A cross-national study. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 3(supp2), 3-18. https://doi:10.5964/ijpr.v3isupp2.73

Ellison, N. B., Vitak, J., Gray, R., & Lampe, C. (2014). Cultivating social resources on social network sites: Facebook relationship maintenance behaviors and their role in social capital Processes, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19(4), 855 870, https://doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12078

Whitty, M. T., & Buchanan, T. (2009). Looking for love in so many places: Characteristics of online daters and speed daters. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 3(supp2), 63-86. https://doi:10.5964/ijpr.v3isupp2.76

Interpersonal Conflict

Baucom, D. H., Epstein, N., & Stanton, S. (2006). The treatment of relationship distress: Theoretical perspectives and empirical findings. In A. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships (pp. 745–769). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Dunbar, N. E., Bippus, A. M., & Young, S. L. (2008). Interpersonal dominance in relational conflict: A view from dyadic power theory. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 2(1), 1-33. https://doi:10.5964/ijpr.v2i1.16

Hurley, L., & Reese-Weber, M. (2012). Conflict strategies and intimacy: Variations by romantic relationship development and gender. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 6(2), 200-210. https://doi:10.5964/ijpr.v6i2.101

Rusbult, C. E., Zembrodt, I. M., & Gunn, L. K. (1982). Exit, voice, loyalty, and neglect: Responses to dissatisfaction in romantic involvements. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43(6), 1230-1242. https://doi:10.1037//0022-3514.43.6.1230

Schudlich, T. D. D. R., Stettler, N. M., Stouder, K. A., & Harrington, C. (2013). Adult romantic attachment and couple conflict behaviors: Intimacy as a multi-dimensional mediator. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 7(1), 26-43. https://doi:10.5964/ijpr.v7i1.107

Interpersonal Processes

Caughlin, J. P. (2002). The demand/withdraw pattern of communication as a predictor of marital satisfaction over time: Unresolved issues and future directions. Human Communication Research, 28, 49-85.

Cloven, D. H., & Roloff, M. E. (1993). The chilling effect of aggressive potential on the expression of complaints in intimate relationships Communication Monographs, 60, 199-219.

DeWall, C. N., Baumeister, R. F., & Vohs, K. D. (2008). Satiated with belongingness? Effects of acceptance, rejection, and task framing on self-regulatory performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 1367-1382.

Gable, S. L., Reis, H. T., Impett, E. A., & Asher, E. R. (2004). What do you do when things go right? The intrapersonal and interpersonal benefits of sharing positive events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87(2), 228–245. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.87.2.228

Huston, T. L., & Vangelisti, A. L. (1991). Socioemotional behavior and satisfaction in marital relationships: A longitudinal study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 721-733.

Murray, S. L. (2008). Realizing connectedness goals? The risk regulation system in relationships. In J. P. Forgas & J. Fitness (Eds.), Social relationships: Cognitive, affective and motivational processes (pp. 289–303). New York: Psychology Press.

Swann, W. B., Jr., De La Ronde, C., & Hixon, J. G. (1994). Authenticity and positivity strivings in marriage and courtship. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 857–869.

Interpersonal Support

Chow, C. M., & Glaman, R. (2013). Support-seeking and closeness across social relationships: Relationship-general and relationship-specific levels analysis. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 7(1), 88-96. https://doi:10.5964/ijpr.v7i1.114

Collins, N. L., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Lobel, M., & Scrimshaw, S. C. (1993). Social support in pregnancy: Psychosocial correlates of birth outcomes and postpartum depression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65(6), 1243–1258. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.65.6.1243

Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L. (2015). A new look at social support: A theoretical perspective on thriving through relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 19(2), 113–147. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868314544222

Intimacy and Responsiveness

Clark, M. S., & Aragon, O. R. (2013). Communal (and other) relationships: History, theory development, recent findings, and future development. In J. A. Simpson & L. Campbell (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Close Relationships (pp. 255-280). New York: Oxford University Press.

Lemay, E. P., Jr., Clark, M. S., & Feeney, B. C. (2007). Projection of responsiveness to needs and the construction of satisfying communal relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(5), 834–853. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.92.5.834

Lemay, E. P., & Muir, H. J. (2016). The action model of relationship security: How one's own behavior shapes confidence in partners' care, regard, and commitment. Personal Relationships, 23(2), 339-363. Reis, H. T. (2012). Perceived partner responsiveness as an organizing theme for the study of relationships and well-being. In L. Campbell & T. J. Loving (Eds.), Interdisciplinary research on close relationships: The case for integration (pp. 27-52). Washinggton, DC: American Psychological Association.

Reis, H. T. (2007), Steps toward the ripening of relationship science. Personal Relationships, 14, 1-23. https://doi:10.1111/j.1475-6811.2006.00139.x

Reis, H. T., & Clark, M. S. (2013). Responsiveness. In J. A. Simpson & L. Campbell (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Close Relationships (pp. 400-423). New York: Oxford University Press.

Love

Aron, A., Aron, E. N., & Smollan, D. (1992). Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale and the structure of interpersonal closeness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63(4), 596–612. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.63.4.596

Aron, A., Fisher, H. E., & Strong, G. (2006). Romantic love. In A. L. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships (pp. 595–614). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Baumeister, R. F., & Bratslavsky, E. (1999). Passion, intimacy, and time: Passionate love as a function of change in intimacy. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 3, 49-67.

Berscheid, E. (2010). Love in the fourth dimension. Annual Review of Psychology, 61, 1-25.

Dutton, D. G., & Aron, A. P. (1974). Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 30, 510–517.

Fehr, B., & Sprecher, S. (2009). Prototype analysis of the concept of compassionate love. Personal Relationships, 16, 343-364.

Fisher, H. E, Aron, A. & Brown, L. L. (2005). Romantic love: An fMRI study of a neural mechanism for mate choice. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 493, 58-62.

Hatfield, E., Singelis, T., Levine, T., Bachman, G., Muto, K., & Choo, P. (2007). Love schemas, preferences in romantic partners, and reactions to commitment. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 1(1), 1-24. https://doi:10.5964/ijpr.v1i1.2

Hatfield, E., Pillemer, J. T., O’Brien, M. U., & Le, Y.-C. L. (2008). The Endurance of love: Passionate and companionate love in newlywed and long-term marriages. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 2(1), 35-64. https://doi:10.5964/ijpr.v2i1.17

Sternberg, R. J. (1986). A triangular theory of love. Psychological Review, 93, 119-135.

Relationship Dissolution

Amato, P. R., & Booth, A. (2001). The legacy of parents’ marital discord: Consequences for children’s marital quality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81(4), 627–638.

Baxter, L. A. (1986). Gender differences in the heterosexual relationship rules embedded in break-up accounts. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 3(3), 289–306.

Choo, P., Levine, T., & Hatfield, E. (1996). Gender, love schemas, and reactions to romantic break-ups. Journal of Social Behavior & Personality, 11, 143–160.

Drigotas, S. M. & Rusbult, C. E. (1992). Should I stay or should I go? A dependence model of breakups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 62-87.

Duck, S. W., & Lea, M. (1983). Breakdown of relationships as a threat to personal identity. In G. M. Breakwell (Ed.), Threatened identities (pp. 53–73). New York: Wiley.

Frazier, P., & Cook, S. W. (1993). Correlates of distress following heterosexual relationship dissolution. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 10, 55–67.

Gottman, J. M., & Levenson, R. W. (1992). Marital processes predictive of later dissolution: Behavior, physiology, and health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 221–233.

Karney, B. R., & Bradbury, T. N. (1995). The longitudinal course of marital quality and stability: A review of theory, methods, and research. Psychological Bulletin, 118(1), 3–34.

Larson, G. M., & Sbarra, D. A. (2015). Participating in research on romantic breakups promotes emotional recovery via changes in self-concept clarity. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6(4), 399–406.

Levinger, G. (1976). A social psychological perspective on marital dissolution. Journal of Social Issues, 32(1), 21–47.

Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., & Bizzoco, N. M. (2007). Addition through subtraction: Growth following the dissolution of a low quality relationship. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2(1), 40–54.

Mason, A. E., Law, R. W., Bryan, A. E. B., Portley, R. M., & Sbarra, D. A. (2012). Facing a breakup: Electromyographic responses moderate self‐concept recovery following a romantic separation. Personal Relationships, 19(3), 551–568.

Rodrigues, A. E., Hall, J. H., & Fincham, F. D. (2006). What predicts divorce and relationship dissolution? In M. A. Fine & J. H. Harvey (Eds.), Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution (pp. 85-112). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Rollie, S. S., & Duck, S. (2006). Divorce and dissolution of romantic relationships: Stage models and their limitations. In M. A. Fine & J. H. Harvey (Eds.), Handbook of divorce and relationship dissolution. (pp. 223–240). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.

Sbarra, D. A., & Emery, R. E. (2005). The emotional sequelae of nonmarital relationship dissolution: Analysis of change and intraindividual variability over time. Personal Relationships, 12(2), 213–232.

Simpson, J. A. (1987). The dissolution of romantic relationships: Factors involved in relationship stability and emotional distress. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53, 683–692.

Slotter, E. B., & Ward, D. E. (2015). Finding the silver lining: The relative roles of redemptive narratives and cognitive reappraisal in individuals’ emotional distress after the end of a romantic relationship. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 32(6), 737–756.

Sprecher, S., Felmlee, D., Metts, S., Fehr, B., & Vanni, D. (1998). Factors associated with distress following the breakup of a close relationship. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 15, 791–809.

Tashiro, T., & Frazier, P. (2003). ‘‘I’ll never be in a relationship like that again’’: Personal growth following romantic relationship breakups. Personal Relationships, 10, 113–128.

Relationship-Induced Self-Concept Change

Aron, A., Lewandowski Jr, G. W., Mashek, D., & Aron, E. N. (2013). The self-expansion model of motivation and cognition in close relationships. In J. A. Simpson & L. Campbell (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of close relationships. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Drigotas, S. M. (2002). The Michelangelo phenomenon and personal well‐being. Journal of Personality, 70, 59-77.

Lewandowski Jr, G. W., Aron, A., Bassis, S., & Kunak, J. (2006). Losing a self‐expanding relationship: Implications for the self‐concept. Personal Relationships, 13(3), 317-331.

Mattingly, B. A., & Lewandowski Jr, G. W. (2014). Broadening horizons: Self‐expansion in relational and non‐relational contexts. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 8(1), 30-40.

Slotter, E. B., Emery, L. F., & Luchies, L. B. (2014). Me after you: Partner influence and individual effort predict rejection of self-aspects and self-concept clarity after relationship dissolution. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(7), 831–844.

Relationship Maintenance

Murray, S. L., Holmes, J. G., & Griffin, D. W. (1996). The benefits of positive illusions: Idealization and the construction of satisfaction in close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 79-98.**

Ogolsky, B. G., & Monk, J. K. (2018). Maintaining relationships. In A. L. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships., 2nd ed. (pp. 523–537). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316417867.040

Rusbult, C. E., Olsen, N., Davis, J. L., & Hannon, P. A. (2001). Commitment and relationship maintenance mechanisms. In J. Harvey & A. Wenzel (Eds.), Close romantic relationships: Maintenance and enhancement. (pp. 87–113). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.

Rusbult, C. E., Verette, J., Whitney, G. A., Slovik, L. F., & Lipkus, I. (1991). Accommodation processes in close relationships: Theory and preliminary empirical evidence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60(1), 53–78. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.60.1.53

Stafford, L. (2003). Maintaining romantic relationships: A summary and analysis of one research program. In D. J. Canary & M. Dainton (Eds.), Maintaining relationships through communication: Relational, contextual, and cultural variations (pp. 51–77). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Van Lange, P. A. M., Rusbult, C. E., Drigotas, S. M., Arriaga, X. B., Witcher, B. S., & Cox, C. L. (1997). Willingness to sacrifice in close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72(6), 1373–1395. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.72.6.1373

Relationships and Health

Cohen, S., Doyle, W. J., Skoner, D. P., Rabin, B. S., & Gwaltney, J. M. (1997). Social ties and susceptibility to the common cold. Jama, 277(24), 1940-1944.

Eisenberger, N. I., & Cole, S. W. (2012). Social neuroscience and health: Neurophysiological mechanisms linking social ties with physical health. Nature Neuroscience, 15, 669–674.

Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T. B., & Layton, J. B. (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk: a meta-analytic review. PLoS Med, 7(7), e1000316. House, J. S., Landis, K. R., & Umberson, D. (1988). Social relationships and health. Science, 241(4865), 540.

Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., Loving, T. J., Stowell, J. R., Malarkey, W. B., Lemeshow, S., Dickinson, S. L., & Glaser, R. (2005). Hostile marital interactions, proinflammatory cytokine production, and wound healing. Archives of general psychiatry, 62(12), 1377-1384.

Pietromonaco, P. R., Uchino, B., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2013). Close relationship processes and health: implications of attachment theory for health and disease. Health Psychology, 32(5), 499.

Repetti, R. L., Taylor, S. E., & Seeman, T. E. (2002). Risky families: family social environments and the mental and physical health of offspring. Psychological Bulletin, 128(2), 330.

Robles, T. F., Slatcher, R. B., Trombello, J. M., & McGinn, M. M. (2014). Marital quality and health: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 140(1), 140.

Smith, T. W., Cribbet, M. R., Nealey-Moore, J. B., Uchino, B. N., Williams, P. G., MacKenzie, J., & Thayer, J. F. (2011). Matters of the variable heart: respiratory sinus arrhythmia response to marital interaction and associations with marital quality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100(1), 103.

Loving, T. J., Heffner, K. L., & Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K. (2006). Physiology and interpersonal relationships. In A. L. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships (pp. 385–405). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Relationship Violence

Cruz, J. M. (2003). “Why doesn't he just leave?”: Gay male domestic violence and the reasons victims stay. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 11(3), 309-323.

Goodfriend, W., & Arriaga, X. B. (2018). Cognitive reframing of intimate partner aggression: Social and contextual influences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(11), [online].

Holtzworth-Munroe, A., & Stuart, G. L. (1994). Typologies of male batterers: Three subtypes and the differences among them. Psychological Bulletin, 116(3), 476-497.

Johnson, M. P. (2007). The intersection of gender and control. In L. O’Toole, J. R. Schiffman, & M. L. K. Edwards (Eds.), Gender violence: Interdisciplinary perspectives (2nd ed.; pp. 257-268). New York, NY: New York University Press.

Rosen, K. (1996). The ties that bind women to violent premarital relationships. In D. D. Cahn & S. A. Lloyd (Eds.), Family violence from a communication perspective (pp. 151-176). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Rusbult, C. E., & Martz, J. M. (1995). Remaining in an abusive relationship: An investment model analysis of nonvoluntary dependence. Personality and Social Psychology B Bulletin, 21(6), 558-571.

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Sex

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