Intimate Relationships

Wind Goodfriend, Gary W. Lewandowski (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

2026 | 2nd Revised edition
SAGE Publications Inc (Verlag)
9781071953587 (ISBN)

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Intimate Relationships offers a comprehensive and contemporary exploration of the science behind human connection. The new Second Edition brings a fresh, inclusive, and engaging approach to the study of relationships by integrating family and friendship dynamics alongside romantic relationships, and by emphasizing research methods, open science, and key psychological theories.

Dr. Wind Goodfriend has been named Faculty of the Year three times in her 19 years as a professor at Buena Vista University. This distinction is the result of an all-student vote, and her General Psychology course was chosen as the “Most Recommended” individual class in the entire university by the BVU newspaper. She has also won the Wythe Award, one of the largest collegiate teaching prizes in the nation. She has written over a dozen book chapters about psychology in pop culture, four textbooks for Sage, three Audible audiobooks about psychology, dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles, and has published over 30 journal articles featuring her undergraduate students as the first author. She also wrote and “starred” in a docuseries about the psychology of cult manipulation for The Great Courses. Wind won the 2023 Undergraduate Teaching & Mentoring Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Dr. Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. started college right after high school and loved it so much he never left. As a professor at Monmouth University, he has published over 70 academic books/articles/chapters and given over 120 conference presentations (most with student coauthors). He is a nationally recognized teacher who the Princeton Review counted as its Best 300 Professors from an initial list of 42,000. He has won teaching awards everywhere he has taught. He has given a TEDx talk, Break-ups Don’t Have to Leave You Broken, which has over 2.6 million views, and has written over 150 articles for mass media outlets that have been enjoyed by over 8 million readers. He has also written a research methods textbook and authored Stronger Than You Think: The 10 Blind Spots That Undermine Your Relationship . . . and How to See Past Them.

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Relationship Science
Why Study Relationship Science?
What Are Different Kinds of Intimate Relationships?
How Is This Book Organized?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 2: Research Methods and Analysis
What Research Methods Help Us Understand Relationships?
How Do We Analyze Results?
What Is “Open Science”?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 3: Attachment Theory
What Predicts How and When Friendships Will Form?
How Do Friendships Change Over Time, and How Can Healthy Friendships Be Maintained?
Why Do Some People Choose Singlehood Versus Commitment To a Relationship Partner?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 4: The Evolutionary Perspective
What Physical Factors Predict Attraction?
What Psychological Factors Predict Attraction?
What Environmental Factors Predict Attraction?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 5: Interdependence Theory
How Is an Evolutionary Perspective Applied to Intimate Relationships?
How Does the Evolutionary Perspective Explain Sex Differences in Promiscuity and Jealousy?
How Can the Evolutionary Perspective Apply to Other Important Relationship Behaviors?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 6: Relationships Across Our Lifetime
What Is Attachment Theory, and How Was It Formed?
How Is Attachment Theory Applied to Adult Relationships?
What Are Important Questions For and About Attachment Theory?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 7: Friendship
What Are the Main Ideas Within Interdependence Theory?
What Factors Predict Relationship Commitment and Stability?
What Advances to Interdependence Theory Have Been Made?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 8: Attraction
How Do We Form and Maintain Impressions?
How Are We Biased Toward Our Current Partner?
How Do Our Worldviews Affect Our Relationships?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 9: Sexuality
How Has the Modern Landscape of Dating and Relationships Changed?
How Do People Navigate the Complexities of Online Dating?
What Are the Main Challenges in Modern Dating?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 10: Social Cognition
How Does Sexual Identity Vary?
How Does Culture Influence Sexuality?
How Can Sexual Experiences Be More Satisfying?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 11: Communication and Conflict
How Can Communication Build Intimacy in Relationships?
What Are Common Stresses and Strains in Relationships?
How Do People in Relationships Engage in Conflict Management?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 12: Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence
What Does Research Say About Sexual Assault and Rape?
What Does Relationship Violence Look Like?
How Do Survivors Escape and Heal?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 13: Ending or Enduring Love
How Do People Decide to End Their Relationship?
What Predicts Breakup and Divorce?
What Does Life Look Like After a Relationship Ends?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Chapter 14: Enduring Love
What Can People Do to Maintain Healthy Relationships Over Time?
What Can Couple Members Do To Understand and Cope with Relationship Problems?
Can Counseling Help Couples Overcome Relationship Problems?
Chapter Summary
List of Terms
Glossary
References
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.5.2026
Verlagsort	Thousand Oaks
Sprache	englisch
Maße	187 x 231 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-13	9781071953587 / 9781071953587
Zustand	Neuware