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Research Handbook on Couple and Family Relationships
This prescient Research Handbook facilitates the integration between two substantial yet often separate fields: the study of couple relationships and the study of family relationships. An array of expert contributors provide an up-to-date understanding of these important bonds, highlighting opportunities for consolidation and growth, and identifying new avenues of research.
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This Research Handbook facilitates the integration between two substantial yet often separated fields: the study of couple relationships and the study of family relationships. An array of expert contributors provide an up-to-date understanding of these important bonds, highlighting opportunities for consolidation and growth, and identifying new avenues of research.
The Research Handbook on Couple and Family Relationships examines 12 major themes, each addressed in two companion chapters: one from the perspective of couple research and the other from the perspective of family research. Chapter authors outline different factors that influence couple and family relationships. Topics cover individual characteristics such as attachment, personality, depression, and gender roles; relational processes such as responsiveness, emotion regulation, conflict, aggression, and maltreatment; and external influences such as stress, financial strain, minority stress, neighborhoods, and social context. The companion treatment of these topics reveals key similarities and differences in the theories and methods used to study couple and family relationships, pointing toward potential advancements within each area.
Adopting an innovative cross-disciplinary approach, this Research Handbook is invaluable to students and academics specializing in relationship, family, and gender scholarship, as well as social, developmental, and clinical psychology. Its insights into couple and family relationships are also of interest to mental health practitioners and policymakers.
The Research Handbook on Couple and Family Relationships examines 12 major themes, each addressed in two companion chapters: one from the perspective of couple research and the other from the perspective of family research. Chapter authors outline different factors that influence couple and family relationships. Topics cover individual characteristics such as attachment, personality, depression, and gender roles; relational processes such as responsiveness, emotion regulation, conflict, aggression, and maltreatment; and external influences such as stress, financial strain, minority stress, neighborhoods, and social context. The companion treatment of these topics reveals key similarities and differences in the theories and methods used to study couple and family relationships, pointing toward potential advancements within each area.
Adopting an innovative cross-disciplinary approach, this Research Handbook is invaluable to students and academics specializing in relationship, family, and gender scholarship, as well as social, developmental, and clinical psychology. Its insights into couple and family relationships are also of interest to mental health practitioners and policymakers.
Critical Acclaim
‘Building on eminent authors’ authoritative, up-to-date syntheses of various areas of knowledge, this cohesively organized Research Handbook innovatively sheds light on how couple and family functioning, often analyzed separately, are two domains of relationships that are similar, different, and intertwined in influencing our lives. The individual chapters are excellent stand-alone reading; the Research Handbook as a whole, with the editors’ perceptive integrative reflections, is even better. A must-have for all concerned separately and with the interplay of couples, family, and children’s development. Bravo!’
– Daniel Perlman, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, US
‘The Research Handbook impresses with its broad coverage of highly relevant topics in the area of couples and families. The chapters are written by leading experts, which guarantees the highest standards in terms of scientific rigor and practical relevance.’
– Guy Bodenmann, University of Zurich, Switzerland
‘A definitive and essential resource, Overall, Simpson, and Lavner’s Research Handbook on Couple and Family Relationships offers compelling research-based insights into our most important social bonds. Drawing from an impressive team of scholars, this outstanding volume fills a key gap in the field and will be indispensable for anyone studying or treating couples and families. Highly recommended!’
– Thomas Bradbury, University of California, Los Angeles, US
– Daniel Perlman, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, US
‘The Research Handbook impresses with its broad coverage of highly relevant topics in the area of couples and families. The chapters are written by leading experts, which guarantees the highest standards in terms of scientific rigor and practical relevance.’
– Guy Bodenmann, University of Zurich, Switzerland
‘A definitive and essential resource, Overall, Simpson, and Lavner’s Research Handbook on Couple and Family Relationships offers compelling research-based insights into our most important social bonds. Drawing from an impressive team of scholars, this outstanding volume fills a key gap in the field and will be indispensable for anyone studying or treating couples and families. Highly recommended!’
– Thomas Bradbury, University of California, Los Angeles, US
Contents
Contents
1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Couple and FamilyRelationships 1
Nickola C. Overall, Jeffry A. Simpson, and Justin A. Lavner
CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN COUPLE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
2 Attachment in couple relationships 9
Paula R. Pietromonaco, Yuthika U. Girme, and Jeffry A. Simpson
3 Attachment in family relationships: an overview and appreciative critique of theory and research 24
Ashley M. Groh, Madeline M. Patrick, and Tingyan Liu
4 Personality in couple relationships 40
Janina L. Bühler and Louisa Scheling
5 Personality and temperament in family relationships 56
Liliana J. Lengua, Lindsey M. Green, Lisa Shimomaeda, and Caitlin M. Stavish
6 Depression in couple relationships: reciprocal associations, generalizability, and potential applications 72
Danielle M. Weber, Mark A. Whisman, and Steven R. H. Beach
7 Depression in family relationships: towards an understanding of transactional associations in the intergenerational transmission ofdepression 88
Sherryl H. Goodman
8 Gender and gender roles in couple relationships: gender differences as the product of cultural scripts and inequities 104
Matthew D. Hammond
9 Gender and gender roles in family relationships 120
Joyce J. Endendijk and Christel M. Portengen
RELATIONAL PROCESSES IN COUPLE AND FAMILYRELATIONSHIPS
10 Responsiveness in couple relationships: a model of its elicitation, enactment, and experience 136
Harry T. Reis and Guy Itzchakov
11 Responsiveness in family relationships 151
Audrey-Ann Deneault, Jennifer M. Jenkins, and Sheri Madigan
12 Emotion regulation in couple relationships 167
Rachel S. T. Low and Nickola C. Overall
13 Emotion socialization in family relationships: current research directions and applications to intervention 185
Anne Shaffer, Danhua Zhu, Jenna B. Terry, Stephanie Navarro, andJulie C. Dunsmore
14 Conflict in couple relationships 201
James K. McNulty and Nickola C. Overall
15 Conflict in family relationships: developmental implications for children 217
Patrick T. Davies and Vanessa T. Cao
16 Aggression and maltreatment in couple relationships: intimate partnerviolence 233
Anna Segura, Richard E. Heyman, and Amy M. Smith Slep
17 Aggression and maltreatment in family relationships: child maltreatment 250
Anna R. Smith, LaShauna Porter, and Jody Todd Manly
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON COUPLE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
18 Stress and couple relationships: is couples’ relationship functioning a protective resource or a mechanism of decline? 266
Lisa A. Neff and Hannah C. Williamson
19 Stress and family relationships: stress spillover models in family and developmental science 281
Rena L. Repetti and Sunhye Bai
20 Financial strain and couple relationships: acknowledging the material challenges of couples living with low socioeconomic status 297
Jacqueline C. Perez and Benjamin R. Karney
21 Financial strain and family relationships 313
April S. Masarik and Monica J. Martin
22 Minority stress and couple relationships: navigating stigma in romantic relationships 327
Laura Gallagher, Manuela Barreto, and David M. Doyle
23 Minority stress and family relationships 342
Fatima Varner, Lorraine E. Scott, Gloria Stout, Sophia Lamb, andWen Wen
24 Social context and couple relationships: considering macro-level influences on couples 358
Justin A. Lavner
25 Social context and family relationships: neighborhoods and parenting 374
Jihee Im and Dawn P. Witherspoon
26 Integrating and advancing the study of couple and family relationships 391
Nickola C. Overall, Justin A. Lavner, and Jeffry A. Simpson
1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Couple and FamilyRelationships 1
Nickola C. Overall, Jeffry A. Simpson, and Justin A. Lavner
CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN COUPLE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
2 Attachment in couple relationships 9
Paula R. Pietromonaco, Yuthika U. Girme, and Jeffry A. Simpson
3 Attachment in family relationships: an overview and appreciative critique of theory and research 24
Ashley M. Groh, Madeline M. Patrick, and Tingyan Liu
4 Personality in couple relationships 40
Janina L. Bühler and Louisa Scheling
5 Personality and temperament in family relationships 56
Liliana J. Lengua, Lindsey M. Green, Lisa Shimomaeda, and Caitlin M. Stavish
6 Depression in couple relationships: reciprocal associations, generalizability, and potential applications 72
Danielle M. Weber, Mark A. Whisman, and Steven R. H. Beach
7 Depression in family relationships: towards an understanding of transactional associations in the intergenerational transmission ofdepression 88
Sherryl H. Goodman
8 Gender and gender roles in couple relationships: gender differences as the product of cultural scripts and inequities 104
Matthew D. Hammond
9 Gender and gender roles in family relationships 120
Joyce J. Endendijk and Christel M. Portengen
RELATIONAL PROCESSES IN COUPLE AND FAMILYRELATIONSHIPS
10 Responsiveness in couple relationships: a model of its elicitation, enactment, and experience 136
Harry T. Reis and Guy Itzchakov
11 Responsiveness in family relationships 151
Audrey-Ann Deneault, Jennifer M. Jenkins, and Sheri Madigan
12 Emotion regulation in couple relationships 167
Rachel S. T. Low and Nickola C. Overall
13 Emotion socialization in family relationships: current research directions and applications to intervention 185
Anne Shaffer, Danhua Zhu, Jenna B. Terry, Stephanie Navarro, andJulie C. Dunsmore
14 Conflict in couple relationships 201
James K. McNulty and Nickola C. Overall
15 Conflict in family relationships: developmental implications for children 217
Patrick T. Davies and Vanessa T. Cao
16 Aggression and maltreatment in couple relationships: intimate partnerviolence 233
Anna Segura, Richard E. Heyman, and Amy M. Smith Slep
17 Aggression and maltreatment in family relationships: child maltreatment 250
Anna R. Smith, LaShauna Porter, and Jody Todd Manly
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON COUPLE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
18 Stress and couple relationships: is couples’ relationship functioning a protective resource or a mechanism of decline? 266
Lisa A. Neff and Hannah C. Williamson
19 Stress and family relationships: stress spillover models in family and developmental science 281
Rena L. Repetti and Sunhye Bai
20 Financial strain and couple relationships: acknowledging the material challenges of couples living with low socioeconomic status 297
Jacqueline C. Perez and Benjamin R. Karney
21 Financial strain and family relationships 313
April S. Masarik and Monica J. Martin
22 Minority stress and couple relationships: navigating stigma in romantic relationships 327
Laura Gallagher, Manuela Barreto, and David M. Doyle
23 Minority stress and family relationships 342
Fatima Varner, Lorraine E. Scott, Gloria Stout, Sophia Lamb, andWen Wen
24 Social context and couple relationships: considering macro-level influences on couples 358
Justin A. Lavner
25 Social context and family relationships: neighborhoods and parenting 374
Jihee Im and Dawn P. Witherspoon
26 Integrating and advancing the study of couple and family relationships 391
Nickola C. Overall, Justin A. Lavner, and Jeffry A. Simpson
