The authors highlighted the importance of viewing cancer from a relationship perspective.
This perspective not only considers the marital relationship as a resource that individual …

Relationship maintenance processes include a wide range of activities and cognitions that
romantic partners engage in to sustain or enhance their relationships. In this article, we …

This text deals with the same kinds of problems addressed by self-help books and self-
realization programs: anxiety, frustration, loneliness, depression, self-control. However, it …

Our basic premise remains the same—communication processes create and reflect family
systems and family identity. Relying on a range of theoretical perspectives, we examine the …

Expanding and building on the measures included in the original 1994 volume,
Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook provides new measures in mass …

This meta-analysis examines the five factors from the Relational Maintenance Strategies
Measure (RMSM, ie, positivity, openness, assurances, social networks, and sharing tasks) …

Objectives: Recent research shows that the well-documented positive effects of marital
stability on well-being and health outcomes are conditional upon the quality of marriage. To …

This thought-provoking volume offers an innovative and intriguing approach to the study of
long-distance relationships. Author Laura Stafford examines romantic long-distance …

This study was designed to examine whether spouses' work-to-family (WF) enrichment
experiences account for their own and their partner's marital satisfaction, beyond the effects …

This research examined the dual function of gratitude for relationship maintenance in close
relationships. In a longitudinal study among married couples, the authors tested the dyadic …