Stress is a concept that has received increased attention in marital research during the last
decade, showing that it plays an important role in understanding the quality and stability of …

Background Evidence continues to build for the impact of the marital relationship on health
as well as the negative impact of illness on the partner. Targeting both patient and partner …

In animal studies, positive social interaction and physical contact play a preeminent role in
the control of behavioral and neuroendocrine responses to stress. The aim of this study was …

This textbook provides an integrated and organized foundation for students seeking a brief
but comprehensive introduction to the field of relationship science. It emphasizes the …

Couple therapy research affirms that various approaches to couple treatment produce
statistically and clinically significant improvement for a substantial proportion of couples in …

The majority of adults sleep with a partner, and for a significant proportion of couples, sleep
problems and relationship problems co-occur, yet there has been little systematic study of …

In a study designed to examine how intimate partners' coping processes with regard to
infertility predicted depressive symptoms across the course of a treatment cycle, 43 couples …

A family ecology model for understanding adolescents' reactions to parental illness is
presented and used to (a) critically evaluate existing research that examines direct effects of …

Across nearly all cultures, sharing a lifelong committed relationship with an intimate partner
comprises an almost universal and strongly held ambition. Nevertheless, cross-national data …

Grounded in extensive research and clinical experience, this indispensable book addresses
the" whats,"" whys," and" how-tos" of conducting effective marriage and relationship …