For researchers and practitioners interested in social relationships, the question remains as
to how large social networks typically are, and how their size and composition change …

Bereaved people suffer from loneliness and loneliness is associated with poor mental
health. In this study, this topic is reviewed. An agenda is suggested for future research …

We suggest that single adults in contemporary American society are targets of stereotyping,
prejudice, and discrimination, a phenomenon we will call singlism. Singlism is an outgrowth …

" Singled Out debunks myths and stereotypes about single people and lays the groundwork
for social, political, and economic change."--Thomas F. Coleman, Executive Director …

This book summarizes the research on relationships, focusing not only on their growth and
development but also on their negative aspects, breakdown and repair. The author …

This handbook brings together the latest thinking on the scientific study of closeness and
intimacy from some of the most active and widely recognized relationship scholars in social …

The idea for this volume was born 5 years ago, when we exchanged ideas about
bereavement among older people in the context of preparing to lecture on this topic. We …

Disagreement exists about the relationship between divorce and social integration. A
liberation hypothesis predicts an increase in integration, however, an isolation hypothesis …

This monograph studies women and men as friends from a developmental perspective.
Women and Men as Friends examines cross-sex friendships from early childhood through …

The death of a spouse often requires widows to derive support from other people, but little is
known about the adaptive significance of such substitute sources of support. Older women …