Research Handbook on Couple and Family Relationships

Edited by Nickola C. Overall, Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Jeffry A. Simpson, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, and Justin A. Lavner, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, USA

‘Building on eminent authors’ authoritative, up-to-date syntheses of various areas of knowledge, this cohesively organized Research Handbook innovatively sheds light on how couple and family functioning, often analyzed separately, are two domains of relationships that are similar, different, and intertwined in influencing our lives. The individual chapters are excellent stand-alone reading; the Research Handbook as a whole, with the editors’ perceptive integrative reflections, is even better. A must-have for all concerned separately and with the interplay of couples, family, and children’s development. Bravo!’

• Contents1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Couple and FamilyRelationships 1Nickola C. Overall, Jeffry A. Simpson, and Justin A. LavnerCHARACTERISTICS OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN COUPLE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS2 Attachment in couple relationships 9Paula R. Pietromonaco, Yuthika U. Girme, and Jeffry A. Simpson3 Attachment in family relationships: an overview and appreciative critique of theory and research 24Ashley M. Groh, Madeline M. Patrick, and Tingyan Liu4 Personality in couple relationships 40Janina L. Bühler and Louisa Scheling5 Personality and temperament in family relationships 56Liliana J. Lengua, Lindsey M. Green, Lisa Shimomaeda, and Caitlin M. Stavish6 Depression in couple relationships: reciprocal associations, generalizability, and potential applications 72Danielle M. Weber, Mark A. Whisman, and Steven R. H. Beach7 Depression in family relationships: towards an understanding of transactional associations in the intergenerational transmission ofdepression 88Sherryl H. Goodman8 Gender and gender roles in couple relationships: gender differences as the product of cultural scripts and inequities 104Matthew D. Hammond9 Gender and gender roles in family relationships 120Joyce J. Endendijk and Christel M. PortengenRELATIONAL PROCESSES IN COUPLE AND FAMILYRELATIONSHIPS10 Responsiveness in couple relationships: a model of its elicitation, enactment, and experience 136Harry T. Reis and Guy Itzchakov11 Responsiveness in family relationships 151Audrey-Ann Deneault, Jennifer M. Jenkins, and Sheri Madigan12 Emotion regulation in couple relationships 167Rachel S. T. Low and Nickola C. Overall13 Emotion socialization in family relationships: current research directions and applications to intervention 185Anne Shaffer, Danhua Zhu, Jenna B. Terry, Stephanie Navarro, andJulie C. Dunsmore14 Conflict in couple relationships 201James K. McNulty and Nickola C. Overall15 Conflict in family relationships: developmental implications for children 217Patrick T. Davies and Vanessa T. Cao16 Aggression and maltreatment in couple relationships: intimate partnerviolence 233Anna Segura, Richard E. Heyman, and Amy M. Smith Slep17 Aggression and maltreatment in family relationships: child maltreatment 250Anna R. Smith, LaShauna Porter, and Jody Todd ManlyEXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON COUPLE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS18 Stress and couple relationships: is couples’ relationship functioning a protective resource or a mechanism of decline? 266Lisa A. Neff and Hannah C. Williamson19 Stress and family relationships: stress spillover models in family and developmental science 281Rena L. Repetti and Sunhye Bai20 Financial strain and couple relationships: acknowledging the material challenges of couples living with low socioeconomic status 297Jacqueline C. Perez and Benjamin R. Karney21 Financial strain and family relationships 313April S. Masarik and Monica J. Martin22 Minority stress and couple relationships: navigating stigma in romantic relationships 327Laura Gallagher, Manuela Barreto, and David M. Doyle23 Minority stress and family relationships 342Fatima Varner, Lorraine E. Scott, Gloria Stout, Sophia Lamb, andWen Wen24 Social context and couple relationships: considering macro-level influences on couples 358Justin A. Lavner25 Social context and family relationships: neighborhoods and parenting 374Jihee Im and Dawn P. Witherspoon26 Integrating and advancing the study of couple and family relationships 391Nickola C. Overall, Justin A. Lavner, and Jeffry A. Simpson