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Provides an interdisciplinary perspective on behaviors and strategies used to maintain intimate relationships.
The development of romantic relationships, from initiation to commitment or demise, are highlighted in this text that explores the historical context, current research and theory, and diversity of patterns.
In this volume, internationally renowned scholars from a variety of disciplines describe diverse sets of relationship maintenance efforts in order to show why some relationships endure, whereas others falter.