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Handbook of Closeness and Intimacy: Debra J. Mashek

This document is a handbook that explores closeness and intimacy from multiple perspectives. It contains 22 chapters organized into 5 sections. The chapters cover topics such as defining and measuring closeness/intimacy, the role of attachment styles and culture, and dark sides like fear of intimacy. The handbook brings together research from fields such as psychology, sociology, and family studies to provide a comprehensive overview of closeness and intimacy in relationships.

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Handbook of Closeness and Intimacy: Debra J. Mashek

This document is a handbook that explores closeness and intimacy from multiple perspectives. It contains 22 chapters organized into 5 sections. The chapters cover topics such as defining and measuring closeness/intimacy, the role of attachment styles and culture, and dark sides like fear of intimacy. The handbook brings together research from fields such as psychology, sociology, and family studies to provide a comprehensive overview of closeness and intimacy in relationships.

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Handbook of Closeness

and Intimacy

Debra J. Mashek
George Mason University

Arthur Aron
State University of New York at Stony Brook

LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS


2004 Mahwah, New Jersey London
CONTENTS

Preface ix

1 Introduction 1
Debra J. Mashek and Arthur P. Aron

SECTION I: WHAT ARE CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY?

2 A Prototype Model of Intimacy Interactions in Same-Sex Friendships 9


Beverley Fehr

3 Closeness as Including Other in the Self 27


Arthur P. Aron, Debra J. Mashek, and Elaine N. Aron

4 Deep Intimate Connection: Self and Intimacy in Couple Relationships 43


Karen J. Prager and Linda J. Roberts

5 Intimacy as an Interpersonal Process: Current Status


and Future Directions 61
Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, Luis M. Rivera, Amy R. Schaffer,
and Paula R. Pietromonaco

SECTION II: HOW CAN CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY


BE MEASURED?

6 Measuring Closeness: The Relationship Closeness Inventory (RCI)


Revisited 81
Ellen Berscheid, Mark Snyder, and Allen M. Omoto

7 Thinking Close: Measuring Relational Closeness as Perceived


Self-Other Inclusion 103
Christopher R. Agnew, Timothy ƒ. Loving, Benjamin Le, and Wind Goodfriend

8 A Practical Look at Intimacy: ENRICH Couple Typology 117


Edward R Kouneski and David H. Olson

SECTION III: WHAT ARE THE GENERAL PROCESSES


OF CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY?

9 Interdependence, Closeness, and Relationships 137


Caryl E. Rusbult, Madoka Kumashiro, Michael K. Coolsen, and Jeffrey L. Kirchner
CONTENTS
10 An Attachment Theory Perspective on Closeness and Intimacy 163
Nancy L Collins and Brooke C. Feeney

1 1 Sexual Passion, Intimacy, and Gender 189


Kathleen D. Vohs and Roy F. Baumeister

1 2 Perceived Partner Responsiveness as an Organizing Construct


in the Study of Intimacy and Closeness 201
Harry T. Rets, Margaret S. Clark, and John G. Holmes

SECTION IV: WHAT INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES PLAY A ROLE


IN CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY?

13 The Relational Self-Construal and Closeness 229


Susan E. Cross and Jonathan S. Gore

14 The Link Between the Pursuit of Intimacy Goals and Satisfaction


in Close Relationships: An Examination of the Underlying Processes 247
Catherine A. Sanderson

15 The Impact of Adult Temperament on Closeness and Intimacy 267


Elaine N. Aron

SECTION V: WHAT SITUATIONAL FACTORS PLAY A ROLE


IN CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY?

16 Beyond the Individual: Concomitants of Closeness in the Social


and Physical Environment 287
Ximena B. Arriaga, Wind Goodfriend, and Andrew Lohmann
3 0 5
17 Loss of an Intimate Partner Through Death
Camille Β. Wortman, Karin Wolff, and George A Bonanno
3 2 1
18 The Cultural Grounding of Closeness and Intimacy
Glenn Adams, Stephanie L Anderson, and Joseph K. Adonu

D A R K S I D E T O C L O S E N E S S

3 4 3
19 Desiring Less Closeness With Intimate Others
Debra J. Mashek and Michelle D. Sherman

2 0 Closeness as Intersubjectivity: Social Absorption


and Social Individuation 357
William Ickes, Joanna Hutchison, and Debra Mashek
3 7 5
2 1 Methods for Overcoming the Fear of Intimacy
Robert W. Firestone and Lisa Firestone
CONTENTS Vii
22 Avoidant Attachment: Exploration of an Oxymoron 397
Robin S. Edelstein and Phillip R. Shaver

CONCLUSION
23 Conclusion 415
Arthur P. Aron and Debra J. Mashek
Author Index 429
Subject Index 445

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