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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Personal Relationships, Second Edition is one of the most important publications in psychology in recent years. However, the expense of this comprehensive volume is beyond the budgets of many young psychologists and students, or for those who may want to focus on one aspect of personal relationships.
Table of ContentsAbout the Editors vii
About the Authors viii
Introduction xv
Barabara R. Sarason and Steve Duck
1. Weaving Social Support and Relationships Together 1
Hoda Badr, Linda Acitelli, Steve Duck and Walter J. Carl
2. Close Personal Relationships and Health Outcomes: A Key to the Role of Social Support 15
Barbara R. Sarason, Irwin G. Sarason and Regan A. R. Gurung
3. Genetic Testing and Family Relationships: Mutual Impact and Future Implications 43
Andrea Farkas Patenaude
4. Family Relationships and Major Mental Disorder: Risk Factors and Preventive Strategies 61
Jill M. Hooley and Jordan B. Hiller
5. Interpersonal Processes, Attachment, and Development of Social Competencies in Individual and Group Psychotherapy 89
Brent. Mallinckrodt
6. Distinguishing the Theoretical Functions of Social Ties: Implications for Support Interventions 119
Kenneth Heller and Karen S. Rook
7. The Role of Personal Relationships in Transitions: Contributions of an Ecological Perspective 141
Edison J. Trickett and Rebecca M. Buchanan
8. The Role of Relationships in Developmental Trajectories of Homeless and Runaway Youth 159
Matthew Paradise, Ana Mari Cauce, Joshua Ginzler, Sarah Wert. Kevin Wruck and Matthew Brooker
9. Yours, Mine, Ours: The Relational Context of Communal Coping 181
Kristin D. Mickelson, Renee F, Lyons, Michael J. L. Sullivan and James C. Coyne
10. Social Support Dynamics in Adjustment to Disasters 201
Krzysztof Kaniasty and Fran H. Norris
References 225
Author Index 289
Subject Index 299
