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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Mating Relationships | |
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| Mate Preferences | |
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| Theoretical Approaches to Human Mating | |
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| Methods Used to Examine Mate Preferences | |
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| Empirical Evidence | |
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| Continuing Debates | |
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| Summary | |
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| Attraction and Courtship | |
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| Communicating Romantic Interest | |
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| The First Date | |
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| Beyond the First Date: Initiating a Romantic Relationship | |
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| Pathways to Commitment | |
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| Summary | |
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| Relationship Development | |
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| The Sequence of Relationship Development | |
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| The Process of Relationship Development | |
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| Summary | |
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| Marriage and Mate Selection | |
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| Mating Systems Across Cultures | |
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| The Nature of Marriage | |
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| Division of Labor | |
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| Marital Satisfaction: How Happy are Married Couples? | |
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| Has Marriage Changed Over Time? | |
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| Same-Sex Marriage | |
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| Cohabitation: An Alternative to Marriage | |
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| Summary | |
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| Conflict and Dissolution | |
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| Conflict | |
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| Relationship Dissolution | |
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| Summary | |
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| Intervention | |
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| Identifying Distressed Relationships | |
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| Treating Distressed Relationships | |
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| Does Therapy Work? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Love | |
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| General Theories of Love | |
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| The Triangular Theory of Love | |
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| The Colors (Styles) of Love | |
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| The Prototype Approach: Mental Models of Love | |
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| Summary | |
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| Passionate and Companionate Love | |
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| Passionate Love: A "Sexy" Kind of Love | |
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| Companionate Love: A "Sturdy" Kind of Love | |
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| Summary | |
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| Love Gone Bad: Problematic Aspects of Love | |
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| Unrequited Passionate Love | |
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| Obsession and Relational Stalking | |
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| Mismatched Love Styles | |
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| Loss of Passion | |
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| Summary | |
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| Sex | |
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| Sexual Attitudes | |
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| Beliefs About Sex in Dating Relationships | |
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| Beliefs About Sex in Marital Relationships | |
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| Summary | |
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| Sex in Beginning Relationships | |
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| Sexuality and the Attraction Process | |
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| Sexuality in Beginning Relationships | |
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| Summary | |
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| Sex in Established Relationships | |
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| Sexual Frequency | |
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| Sexual Practices | |
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| Sexual Preferences | |
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| Sexual Satisfaction | |
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| Sexual Communication | |
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| Sexuality and Relationship Satisfaction | |
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| Summary | |
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| Sex Gone Bad: Problematic Aspects of Relational Sex | |
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| Sexual Dissatisfaction | |
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| Sexual Aggression | |
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| Sexual Infidelity | |
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| Sexual Jealousy | |
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| Summary | |
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| Individual Differences | |
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| Maleness and Femaleness | |
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| Biological Sex | |
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| Psychological Gender or Sex Role Orientation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Personality | |
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| Supertraits | |
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| Self-Monitoring | |
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| Sociosexual Orientation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Chapter16. Interpersonal Belief Systems | |
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| Attachment Styles | |
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| Rejection Sensitivity | |
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| Romanticism | |
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| Summary | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| References | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| About the Author | |