A relational approach to the study of interpersonal communication Close Encounters:
Communication in Relationships, Fifth Edition helps students better understand their …

This study confirmed a hypothesis from the Emotion-in-Relationships conceptual model,
which predicts that greater interdependence between relationship partners—or closeness …

Trust is essential to the development of healthy, secure, and satisfying relationships
(Simpson, 2007a). Attachment styles provide a theoretical framework for understanding how …

We review the jealousy literature and present our Dynamic Functional Model of Jealousy
(DFMJ), which argues that jealousy evolved and has its own unique motivational state …

Feelings of jealousy are usually detrimental to relationships, often resulting in negative
outcomes ranging from conflict to violence and relationship dissolution. Anxiously attached …

Previous research suggests that both jealousy and relationship contingent self-esteem
(RCSE) are related to alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. No work, however, has …

Two studies are utilized to test a revised version of) communicative responses to jealousy
(CRJ) scale and examine how measures from the CRJ associate with relational satisfaction …

The overarching objective of this study was to examine a novel model investigating romantic
attachment as a moderator of the relation between an individual's jealousy or an individual's …

Jealousy has long been a topic of study in the relational psychology literature while
remaining underexplored in the field of management, despite its potential for widespread …

Participants in the present study include individuals in at least one polyamorous
relationship. Grounded in the communication theory of identity, this article introduces identity …