Dominik Schoebi is Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His research centers on daily interactions and emotion processes in intimate and family relationships, and their implications for relationship functioning, as well as for mental and physical health.

Belinda Campos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, USA. Her research examines the role of culture in shaping relationship experience and health. Her current research projects investigate the ways in which culture and positive emotions shape health outcomes, with a focus on U.S. Latinos.

Contributors About the Book A Brief Introduction PART I 1. Relationship Formation and Early Romantic Relationships Andrea L. Meltzer & James K. McNulty. 2.Trajectories and Maintenance in Marriage and Long-Term Committed Relationships Justin A. Lavner & Thomas N. Bradbury. 3. Intimate Relationships in Late Life: The Roles of Motivation and Emotion Claudia M. Haase & Michelle N. Shiota. 4. Friendships: Close Relationships throughout the Life Course Beverley Fehr & Cheryl Harasymchuk PART II 5. A Cultural Psychological Perspective on Close Relationships Michael Boiger. 6. Relationships, Gender, and Sexual Orientation: Getting Beyond the Binary Nathalie Meuwly & Ashley K. Randall. 7. Relationships, Health, and Well-Being: The Role of Responsiveness Sarah C. E. Stanton, Richard B. Slatcher, & Harry T. Reis. 8. Relationships and Sexuality: You Reap What You Sow in the Bedroom Emily A. Impett & Amy Muise PART III 9. Data Analysis Strategies for Relationship Research Randi L. Garcia & Thomas Ledermann 10. The promise of integrating context, variability, and change into the study of close relationships: A synthesis Belinda Campos & Dominik Schoebi Index