TY - BOOK ID - 85643504 TI - Positive approaches to optimal relationship development AU - Knee, C. Raymond AU - Reis, Harry T. PY - 2016 SN - 131658982X 1316590011 1316590208 1316590399 1316591158 1316212653 110710274X 1107500893 1316588688 9781316212653 9781316591154 9781107102743 9781107500891 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Intimacy (Psychology) KW - Interpersonal relations. KW - Attachment behavior. KW - Behavior, Attachment KW - Developmental psychology KW - Love KW - Transitional objects (Psychology) KW - Human relations KW - Interpersonal relationships KW - Personal relations KW - Relations, Interpersonal KW - Relationships, Interpersonal KW - Social behavior KW - Social psychology KW - Object relations (Psychoanalysis) KW - Emotions KW - Interpersonal relations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85643504 AB - How can we get the most out of our close relationships? Research in the area of personal relationships continues to grow, but most prior work has emphasized how to overcome negative aspects. This volume demonstrates that a good relationship is more than simply the absence of a bad relationship, and that establishing and maintaining optimal relationships entails enacting a set of processes that are distinct from merely avoiding negative or harmful behaviors. Drawing on recent relationship science to explore issues such as intimacy, attachment, passion, sacrifice, and compassionate goals, the essays in this volume emphasize the positive features that allow relationships to flourish. In doing so, they integrate several theoretical perspectives, concepts, and mechanisms that produce optimal relationships. The volume also includes a section on intensive and abbreviated interventions that have been empirically validated to be effective in promoting the positive features of close relationships. ER -