Growing Together: Personal Relationships across the Life Span

Frieder R. Lang; Karen L. Fingerman

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511499852

Understanding personal relationships throughout the life course is one of the most crucial issues in the behavioral and social sciences. This book brings together perspectives from different disciplines on individual development and personal relationships across the life span. The book addresses two pertinent dimensions of personal relationships: 1) structures of relationship networks (e.g. kin vs non-kin, peripheral vs intimate, short-term vs long-term) and 2) processes (i.e. change or stability) and outcomes of personal relationships across the life span. The book stimulates discussion of personal relationships as resources for and outcomes of individual development throughout the life course. Different qualities of personal relationships serve as catalysts for individual development. At the same time, relationship qualities reflect changes of developing individuals. The book does not give exclusive priority to one phase of the human life span. Rather, each chapter addresses social development across the entire life span from childhood to later adulthood.

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Frontmatter
pp i-viii
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Contents
pp ix-x
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Contributors
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Acknowledgments
pp xv-xvi
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1 - Coming Together: A Perspective on Relationships across the Life Span
pp 1-23
- By Karen L. Fingerman, Associate Professor of Child and Family Studies and Berner Hanley University, Scholar Purdue University, Frieder R. Lang, Professor of Developmental Psychology, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
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2 - Relationships as Outcomes and Contexts
pp 24-44
- By Toni C. Antonucci, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 525 East University, East Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1109, Elizabeth S. Langfahl, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 525 East University, East Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1109, Hiroko Akiyama, Institute for Social Research, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1109
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3 - Child-Parent Relationships
pp 45-75
- By Peter Noack, Department of Psychology, University of Jena, Am Steiger 3/Haus 1, 07743 Jena, Germany, Heike M. Buhl, Department of Psychology, University of Jena, Am Steiger 3/Haus 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
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4 - A Dynamic Ecological Systems Perspective on Emotion Regulation Development within the Sibling Relationship Context
pp 76-102
- By Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford, Department of Psychology, Indiana University, 1701 Circle Drive, Rawles Hall, Bloomington, IN 47401, Brenda L. Volling, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 525 East University, East Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1109
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5 - Romantic and Marital Relationships
pp 103-129
- By Hans-Werner Bierhoff, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany, Martina Schmohr, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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6 - Close Relationships across the Life Span: Toward a Theory of Relationship Types
pp 130-158
- By Keiko Takahashi, Department of Psychology, University of the Sacred Heart, 4-3-1 Hiroo Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8938, Japan
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7 - Friendship across the Life Span: Reciprocity in Individual and Relationship Development
pp 159-182
- By Rosemary Blieszner, Department of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 313 Wallace Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, Karen A. Roberto, Center for Gerontology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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8 - The Consequential Stranger: Peripheral Relationships across the Life Span
pp 183-209
- By Karen L. Fingerman, Child Development and Family Studies, Purdue University, 1269 Fowler House, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1269
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9 - Stress in Social Relationships: Coping and Adaptation across the Life Span
pp 210-239
- By Karen Rook, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, 3340 Social Ecology II, Irvine, CA 92697-7085, Dara Sorkin, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, 3340 Social Ecology II, Irvine, CA 92697-7085, Laura Zettel, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, 3340 Social Ecology II, Irvine, CA 92697-7085
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10 - Social Support and Physical Health across the Life Span: Socioemotional Influences
pp 240-267
- By Susan Turk Charles, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, 3340 Social Ecology II, Irvine, CA 92697-7085, Shahrzad Mavandadi, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, 3340 Social Ecology II, Irvine, CA 92697-7085
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11 - Social Cognition and Social Relationships
pp 268-289
- By Fredda Blanchard-Fields, School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 274, 5th Street, Atlanta, GA 30332-0170, Carolyn Cooper, School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 274, 5th Street, Atlanta, GA 30332-0170
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12 - Dyadic Fits and Transactions in Personality and Relationships
pp 290-316
- By Franz J. Neyer, Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Oranienburger Str. 18, D-10178 Berlin, Germany
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13 - Relational Competence across the Life Span
pp 317-340
- By Robert O. Hansson, Department of Psychology, University of Tulsa, 600 South College, Lorton Hall 307, Tulsa, OK 74104, Eric L. Daleiden, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Div., Hawaii Department of Health, 3627 Kilauea Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816, Bert Hayslip, Jr., Department of Psychology, University of North Texas, P.O. Box 311280, Denton, TX 76203-1280
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14 - Social Motivation across the Life Span
pp 341-367
- By Frieder R. Lang, Institute of Psychology, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Brandbergweg 23A, D-06099 Halle a. d. Saale, Germany
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15 - A Lifetime of Relationships Mediated by Technology
pp 368-394
- By Rebecca G. Adams, Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, P. O. Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, Michelle L. Stevenson, Center for Gerontology (0426), 237 Wallace Hall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0426
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Subject Index
pp 395-406
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Author Index
pp 407-414
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-viii

Contents
pp ix-x

Contributors
pp xi-xiv

Acknowledgments
pp xv-xvi

1 - Coming Together: A Perspective on Relationships across the Life Span
pp 1-23

2 - Relationships as Outcomes and Contexts
pp 24-44

3 - Child-Parent Relationships
pp 45-75

4 - A Dynamic Ecological Systems Perspective on Emotion Regulation Development within the Sibling Relationship Context
pp 76-102

5 - Romantic and Marital Relationships
pp 103-129

6 - Close Relationships across the Life Span: Toward a Theory of Relationship Types
pp 130-158

7 - Friendship across the Life Span: Reciprocity in Individual and Relationship Development
pp 159-182

8 - The Consequential Stranger: Peripheral Relationships across the Life Span
pp 183-209

9 - Stress in Social Relationships: Coping and Adaptation across the Life Span
pp 210-239

10 - Social Support and Physical Health across the Life Span: Socioemotional Influences
pp 240-267

11 - Social Cognition and Social Relationships
pp 268-289

12 - Dyadic Fits and Transactions in Personality and Relationships
pp 290-316

13 - Relational Competence across the Life Span
pp 317-340

14 - Social Motivation across the Life Span
pp 341-367

15 - A Lifetime of Relationships Mediated by Technology
pp 368-394

Subject Index
pp 395-406

Author Index
pp 407-414

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