A relational approach to the study of interpersonal communication Close Encounters:
Communication in Relationships, Fifth Edition helps students better understand their …

Toward the end of their academic careers, most students are required to demonstrate their
ability to integrate theory and research methodology in their field of study by completing a …

Awards and Praise for the first edition: Recipient of the 2006 International Association for
Relationship Research (IARR) Book Award" This text, as it presently stands, is THE go-to …

Building on the extant research, the current work outlines a comprehensive model of post-
dissolution distress (CMPDD). The model integrates the previous research and includes …

The effort to understand personal relationships has traditionally focused on the individual
characteristics of participants. Personal Relationships and Personal Networks takes this …

Despite the continued growth of research demonstrating that marriage promotes desistance
from crime, efforts aimed at understanding the mechanisms driving this effect are limited …

Background: Non-marital romantic relationship dissolutions (RRDs) are common among
emerging adult students (EAS) and may result in severe distress and suicidality. However …

Romantic attachment rejection (RAR) is a highly prevalent phenomenon among young
adults. Rejection by a romantic attachment figure can be a painful and incapacitating …

Relational scholars often focus on relational life cycles, including the ways in which
relationships come apart. The idea that relationships end at a particular stage, however …

Research on Facebook has primarily focused on the benefits of social connectivity, paying
little attention to the ways in which this social networking site complicates the termination of …