Intimate relationships /
Sharon S. Brehm.
- 2nd ed.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, 1992.
- xviii, 507 p. : ill ; 24 cm. + pbk.
- McGraw-Hill series in social psychology. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-484) and indexes.
Part one: Introduction to the study of intimate relationships -- Relationships today -- Research methods -- Part two: Getting together -- Interpersonal attraction -- Love and romance -- Sexuality -- Part three: Progress and fairness in the relationship -- Relationship development -- Fairness, selfishness and altruism -- Part four: Relationship issues -- Communication -- Social power -- Jealousy -- Part five: When a relationship ends -- Conflict and dissolution -- Loneliness -- The social network -- Part six: Improving intimate relationships -- Therapeutic interventions -- Relationships tomorrow.