Couples in Conflict

Alan Booth is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Human Development, and Demography at The Pennsylvania State University. Ann (Nan) C. Crouter is the Raymond and Erin Stuart Schultz Dean of the College of Health and Human Development and Professor of Human Development at Penn State University.　 Mari L. Clements is Dean of the School of Psychology and a Professor of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary.Tanya Boone-Holladay is Chair & Associate Professor of Psychology at California State University, Bakersfield.

"Scholars and practitioners alike agree that assessing how couples deal with conflict is the gold standard for evaluating couple well-being, and Couples in Conflict is the gold standard for research on the topic of conflict. The volume approaches its subject matter from diverse perspectives, all of which are foundational to a deep understanding of what conflict means for couples and families, and how interventions might be framed most effectively.…The chapters are still informative, highly relevant, and compelling." – Harry Reis, University of Rochester, USA"Couples in Conflict is proof positive that great things happen when outstanding scholars come together. ...The editors assembled a remarkable cast of authors to cover a broad range of topics. Although published more than a decade ago, Booth and colleagues’ text is still a useful and relevant resource for researchers, teachers, and practitioners alike. Given the tremendous changes in contemporary coupling, a classic version of this text will help reignite the discussion of the ups and downs of relational conflict." – Brian Ogolsky, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA"I have regularly used … Couples in Conflict as a reference book. Despite being originally published in 2001, this edited volume is still relevant, timely, and thought-provoking. The book’s contributors are leaders in the field and still represent a veritable "Who’s Who?" of researchers in the broad area of couple conflict and aggression." – Mark A. Fine, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

• Preface. Introduction to the Classic Edition. Part I: What Are the Societal and Bioevolutionary Underpinnings of Couple Conflict? M. Wilson, M. Daly, The Evolutionary Psychology of Couple Conflict in Registered Versus de Facto Marital Unions J. Belsky, Marital Violence in Evolutionary Perspective. F.K. Goldscheider, Men's Changing Family Relationships. R.L. Repetti, Searching for the Roots of Marital Conflict in Uxoricides and Uxorious Husbands. Part II: What Are the Interpersonal Roots of Couple Conflict? What Are the Consequences for Individuals and Couples? T. Bradbury, R. Rogge, E. Lawrence, Reconsidering the Role of Conflict in Marriage. S.R.H. Beach, Expanding the Study of Dyadic Conflict: The Potential Role of Self-Evaluation Maintenance Processes. M.P. Johnson, Conflict and Control: Images of Symmetry and Asymmetry in Domestic Violence. J.V. Cordova, Broadening the Scope of Couples Research: Pragmatics and Prevention. Part III: What Effect Does Couple Conflict Have on Children? How Do Individual Differences in Children Moderate These Effects? E.M. Cummings, M.C. Goeke-Morey, L.M. Papp, Couple Conflict, Children, and Families: It's Not Just You and Me, Babe. C.M. Buchanan, R. Waizenhofer, The Impact of Interparental Conflict on Adolescent Children: Considerations of Family Systems and Family Structure. R.D. Conger, Understanding Child and Adolescent Response to Caregiver Conflict: Some Observations on Context, Process, and Method. J.H. Grych, Increasing Precision in the Study of Interparental Conflict and Child Adjustment. Part IV: What Policies and Programs Influence Couple Conflict? What Works? What Doesn't Work? Where Do We Go From Here? M.R. Sanders, Helping Families Change: From Clinical Interventions to Population-Based Strategies. R.J. Gelles, The Challenge of Changing Couples. T. Ooms, Policy Responses to Couple Conflict and Domestic Violence: A Framework for Discussion. R.E. Emery, Behavioral Family Intervention: Less "Behavior" and More "Family." C. Knoester, T.L. Afifi, Reviewing Couples in Conflict.