Attribution, Communication, Behavior, and Close Relationships

includes index and biblioraphy

PART ONE: ATTRIBUTION, AFFECT, AND WELL-BEING IN RELATIONSHIPS 1 Affective Influences on Communication and Attributions in Relationships Joseph P. Forgas 2 Communication and Attribution: An Exploration of the Effects of Music and Mood on Intimate Couples` Verbal and Nonverbal Conflict Resolution Behaviors James M. Honeycutt and Michael E. Eidenmuller 3 Making Sense of Hurtful Interactions in Close Relationships:When Hurt Feelings Create Distance Anita L. Vangelisti 4 The Association between Accounts of Relationship Development Events and Relational and Personal Well-Being Jeanne Flora and Chris Segrin COMMENTARY. Affect, Attribution, and Communication:Uniting Interaction Episodes and Global Relationship Judgments Denise Haunani Solomon PART TWO: ATTRIBUTIONS AND COMMUNICATION IN DATING AND MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS 5 Attributions, Communication, and the Development of a Marital Identity Catherine A. Surra and Denise S. Bartell 6 Causal Attributions of Relationship Quality Ellen Berscheid, Jason Lopes, Hilary Ammazzalorso, and Nora Langenfeld 7 The Content of Attributions in Couples`Communication Valerie Manusov and Jody Koenig 8 Handling Pressures for Change in Marriage: Making Attributions for Relational Dialectics Patricia Nailer, Judith A. Feeney, and Anita Blakeley-Smith 9 The Role of Marital Behavior in the Longitudinal Association between Attribution and Marital Quality Matthew D. Johnson, Benjamin R. Karney, Ronald Rogge,and Thomas N. Bradbury 10 Stepping Into the Stream of Thought: Cognition During Marital Conflict Alan Sillars, Linda J. Roberts, Tim Dun, and Kenneth Leonard COMMENTARY. Thanks for the Curry: Advancing Boldly into a New Millennium of Relationship Attribution Research Frank D. Fincham PART THREE: NEW DIRECTIONS AND CONTEXTS FOR ATTRIBUTIONS AND COMMUNICATION 11 Attributions and Regulative Communication by Parents Participating in a Community-Based Child Physical Abuse Prevention Program Steven R. Wilson and Ellen E. Whipple 12 "True Lies": Children`s Abuse History and Power Attributions as Influences on Deception Detection Daphne Blunt Bugental, William Shennum, Mark Frank,and Paul Ekman 13 HIV-Infected Persons`Attributions for the Disclosure and Nondisclosure of the Seropositive Diagnosis to Significant Others Valerian J. Derlega and Barbara A. Winstead 14 Attributions about Communication Styles and Strategies:Predicting Dating Couples` Safe-Sex Discussions and Relationship Satisfaction Candida C. Peterson, Ashlea Troth, Cynthia Gallois, and Judith Feeney 15 Why Do People Have Affairs? Recent Research and Future Directions about Attributions for Extramarital Involvement David Atkins, Sona Dimidjian, and Neil Jacobson 16 Attribution in Social and Parasocial Relationships Rebecca B. Rubin and Alan M. Rubin COMMENTARY. Extending Attribution Theory: Contributions and Cautions Sandra Metis PART FOUR: A DISCUSSION OF ATTRIBUTION THEORY FOR CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS 17 The Status of Attribution Theory qua Theory in Personal Relationships Brian H. Spitzberg 18 Are There Superior Options? Commentary on Spitzberg`s "The Status of Attribution Theory qua Theory in Personal Relationships" John H. Harvey and Julia Ormazu