The Diversity of Human Relationships

The Diversity of Human Relationships surveys the various types of interpersonal relationships.

Ann Elisabeth Auhagen (Edited by), Maria von Salisch (Edited by), Ann Robertson (Translated by)

9780521479837, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 October 1996

359 pages, 4 b/w illus. 9 tables
22.8 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.5 kg

'Provides an interdisciplinary approach. Here, science is clearly presented and very readable, not just for specialists. It is especially suitable for everyone who likes to give some thought to their own personal relationships.' Psychologie Heute (Germany)

Over the last decade there has been a growing interest in interpersonal relationships in the scientific community as well as in the general public. Until now, no volume has covered comprehensively different types of interpersonal relationships, such as the relationships between friends, lovers, colleagues or parents and children. Ann Elisabeth Auhagen and Maria von Salisch have addressed this gap in the literature with this volume, first published in German and later revised for an American audience. The Diversity of Human Relationships draws together findings from social, developmental and organisational psychology, sociology, biology, and the research on personal relationships. It reviews the multiplicity of research approaches and results on interpersonal relationships and how they change over the life span. It also elaborates the characteristics of the different types of relationships.

Introduction Ann Elisabeth Auhagen and Maria von Salisch
Part I. Fundamentals: 1. Towards a science of relationships Robert Hinde
2. The development of different social relationships among children Lothar Krappmann
3. Child-child relationships: symmetry and asymmetry among peers, friends and siblings Maria von Salisch
Part II. Family Relationships: 4. Parent-child relationships: childhood and adolescence Kurt Kreppner
5. Relationships between adult children and their parents Yvonne Schutze
6. Relationships between adult siblings
7. Relationships within the extended family and different types of families Peter Kaiser
Part III. Romantic Relationships: 8. Heterosexual romantic relationships: beginning, maintenance and dissolution Hans Werner Bierhoff
9. Lesbian and homosexual romantic relationships Pepper Schwartz
Part IV. Relationships between Non-Relatives in Private Life: 10. Adults' friendships Ann Elisabeth Auhagen
11. Relationships between neighbors and between acquaintances Christian Melbeck
Part V. Professional Relationships: 12. Relationships among colleagues Oswald Neuberger
13. Professional role relationships Anne Gaska and Dieter Frey
Epilogue
14. Selected remarks about relationship research Gerold Mikula.

Subject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [JMH]