Anne Maydan Nicotera is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Communication Studies at Howard University. She has also written Interpersonal Communication in Friend and Mate Relationships and edited Conflict and Organizations: Communicative Processes both published by SUNY Press.

"I like the focus on extending the research across cultures. The author is sensitive to how culture is talked about. Since the mid 1980s the field of interpersonal communication has seen a surge in interest in the study of personal and social relationships. As a book on the character of mateship across cultures the work is timely and significant. Additionally, the work adds to the theoretical understanding of mateship process by grounding itself in a specific theoretical framework." — Katherine L. Adams, California State University, Fresno

• Preface 1 General Theory, Propositions, and Research Questions Regarding Mate Relationships 2 White Americans of European Descent 3 African Americans 4 Deaf Americans of White European Descent 5 Representing Caribbean Culture: Jamaica 6 Japan 7 Conflict and Relational Disintegration 8 Mate Relationship Quality 9 Conclusions, Interpretations, and Speculations References Index

Anne Maydan Nicotera is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Communication Studies at Howard University. She has also written Interpersonal Communication in Friend and Mate Relationships and edited Conflict and Organizations: Communicative Processes both published by SUNY Press.

"I like the focus on extending the research across cultures. The author is sensitive to how culture is talked about. Since the mid 1980s the field of interpersonal communication has seen a surge in interest in the study of personal and social relationships. As a book on the character of mateship across cultures the work is timely and significant. Additionally, the work adds to the theoretical understanding of mateship process by grounding itself in a specific theoretical framework." — Katherine L. Adams, California State University, Fresno

• Preface 1 General Theory, Propositions, and Research Questions Regarding Mate Relationships 2 White Americans of European Descent 3 African Americans 4 Deaf Americans of White European Descent 5 Representing Caribbean Culture: Jamaica 6 Japan 7 Conflict and Relational Disintegration 8 Mate Relationship Quality 9 Conclusions, Interpretations, and Speculations References Index

Anne Maydan Nicotera is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Communication Studies at Howard University. She has also written Interpersonal Communication in Friend and Mate Relationships and edited Conflict and Organizations: Communicative Processes both published by SUNY Press.

"I like the focus on extending the research across cultures. The author is sensitive to how culture is talked about. Since the mid 1980s the field of interpersonal communication has seen a surge in interest in the study of personal and social relationships. As a book on the character of mateship across cultures the work is timely and significant. Additionally, the work adds to the theoretical understanding of mateship process by grounding itself in a specific theoretical framework." — Katherine L. Adams, California State University, Fresno

• Preface 1 General Theory, Propositions, and Research Questions Regarding Mate Relationships 2 White Americans of European Descent 3 African Americans 4 Deaf Americans of White European Descent 5 Representing Caribbean Culture: Jamaica 6 Japan 7 Conflict and Relational Disintegration 8 Mate Relationship Quality 9 Conclusions, Interpretations, and Speculations References Index