Encyclopedia of Human Relationships

Antonia Abbey, Wayne State University

Linda K. Acitelli, University of Houston

Bert N. Adams, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Glenn Adams, University of Kansas

Rebecca G. Adams, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Mara Adelman, Seattle University

Melissa L. Affronti, University of Rochester

Tamara Afifi, University of California, Santa Barbara

Walid A. Afifi, University of California, Santa Barbara

Christopher R. Agnew, Purdue University

Lauren J. Aguilar, Columbia University

Aaron Ahuvia, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Michael G. Ainette, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Kelly Albada, North Carolina State University

Jess K. Alberts, Arizona State University

Graham Allan, Keele University

Karen Allen, State University of New York at Buffalo

Katherine R. Allen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Irwin Altman, University of Utah

Cristian Alvarado Leyton, University of Hamburg

Nalini Ambady, Tufts University

Peter Andersen, San Diego State University

Susan M. Andersen, New York University

Joanna E. Anderson, University of Waterloo

Susan A. Andrzejewski, Northeastern University

Kimberly Angelo, University of Oregon

Toni C. Antonucci, University of Michigan

William S. Aquilino, University of Wisconsin

Arthur Aron, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Elaine Aron, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Ximena B. Arriaga, Purdue University

Sylvia M. Asay, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Jens B. Asendorpf, Humboldt University

Bryan Asbury, Illinois State University

Steven R. Asher Duke University

Mark Attridge, Attridge Studios

Jennifer Aube, Roberts Wesley an College

Anita P. Barbee, University of Louisville

Kathryn E. Barnard, University of Washington

Robin A. Barry, University of Iowa

Denise Bartell, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Kim Bartholomew, Simon Fraser University

Silvia K. Bartolic, University of Texas at Austin

Donald H. Baucom, University of North Carolina

Jean W. Bauer, University of Minnesota

Roy F. Baumeister, Florida State University

Janet Beavin Bavelas, University of Victoria

Leslie A. Baxter, University of Iowa

Sherry L. Beaumont, University of Northern British Columbia

Connie J. A. Beck, University of Arizona

Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford, University of Indianapolis

Amber Belcher, University of Delaware

jay Belsky, University of London

Justin Allen Berg, Washington State University

Charles R. Berger, University of California, Davis

Raymond M. Bergner, Illinois State University

Gary G. Bernston, Ohio State University

Kira S. Birditt, University of Michigan

Gurit E. Birnbaum, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya

Robert Biswas-Diener Centre for Applied Positive Psychology

Sampson Lee Blair, State University New York at Buffalo

April Bleske-Rechek, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Rosemary Blieszner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jeremy Boden, Texas Tech University

Michael Harris Bond, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Jamila Bookwala, Lafayette College

Susan Boon, University of Calgary

Robert F. Bornstein, Adelphi University

Marc A. Brackett, Yale University

Thomas N. Bradbury, University of California, Los Angeles

Dawn O. Braithwaite, University of Nebraska

Hope Brasfield, University of South Alabama

James H. Bray, Baylor College of Medicine

Diana Breshears, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Ana J. Bridges, University of Arkansas

Robert G. Bringle, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Rebecca L. Brock, University of Iowa

Kathryn P. Brooks, University of California, Los Angeles

Barbara B. Brown, University of Utah

Edna Brown, University of Connecticut

Ryan P. Brown, University of Oklahoma

William M. Brown, Brunei University

Barlynda M. Bryant, Pennsylvania State University

Chalandra M. Bryant, Pennsylvania State University

Andrew Buckser, Purdue University

Cheryl Buehler, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Laura Buffardi, University of Georgia

Duane Buhrmester, University of Texas at Dallas

William Bukowski, Concordia University

Richard Bulcroft, Western Washington University

Judee K. Burgoon, University of Arizona

Daniel Burland, University of Massachusetts

Mary H. Burleson, Arizona State University

Carma Bylund, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

John T. Cacioppo, University of Chicago

Dudley D. Cahn, State University New York at New Platz

Toni Calasanti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jessica J. Cameron, University of Manitoba

Lome Campbell, University of Western Ontario

W. Campbell, University of Georgia

Daniel J. Canary, Arizona State University

Annmarie Cano, Wayne State University

Peter A. Caprariello, University of Rochester

Laura M. Carpenter, Vanderbilt University

Sybil Carrere, California State University, San Bernardino

Laura L. Carstensen, Stanford University

James J. Casey, Yale University

Rodney M. Cate, University of Arizona

Mima Cattan, Leeds Metropolitan University

John P. Caughlin, University of Illinois at Urb ana-Champaign

Anthony L. Chambers, Northwestern University

Mahnaz R. Charania, Independent Scholar

Susan Charles, University of California, Irvine

Jonathan M. Cheek, Wellesley College

Martin M. Chemers, University of California, Santa Cruz

Serena Chen, University of California, Berkeley

Thomas R. Chibucos, Bowling Green State University

Chong Man Chow, University of Texas at Dallas

Nicholas A. Christakis, Harvard University

Andrew Christensen, University of California, Los Angeles

F. Scott Christopher, Arizona State University

Melinda Ciccocioppo, University of Pittsburgh

Antonius H. N. Cillessen, University of Connecticut

Margaret Sydnor Clark, Yale University

Gerald L. Clore, University of Virginia

Rebecca J. Cobb, Simon Fraser University

Catherine L. Cohan, Penn State University

Coleen Warner Colaner, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Marilyn Coleman, University of Missouri

Nancy L. Collins University of California, Santa Barbara

W. Andrew Collins, University of Minnesota

C. Randall Colvin, Northeastern University

Rand D. Conger, University of California, Davis

William L. Cook, Maine Medical Center

Lynne Cooper, University of Missouri

David M. Corcoran, Ryerson University

James V. Cordova, Clark University

Tara L. Cornelius, Grand Valley State University

Nate R. Cottle University of North Texas

Kathryn M. Coursolle, University of California, Los Angeles

Duncan Cramer, Loughborough University

Christian S. Crandall, University of Kansas

Duane W. Crawford, Texas Tech University

Judith A. Crowell, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Michael S. Culwell, University of Texas at Arlington

Michael R. Cunningham, University of Louisville

William R. Cupach, Illinois State University

Ronen Cuperman, University of Texas at Arlington

Lindsay Custer, Cascadia Community College

Carolyn E. Cutrona, Iowa State University

Brian Matthew D'Onofrio, Indiana University

Marianne Dainton, LaSalle University

John Daly, University of Texas

Joanne Davila, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Deborah Davis, University of Nevada, Reno

Keith E. Davis, University of South Carolina

Mark H. Davis, Eckerd College

Patti J. Davis, University of Georgia

Carsten K. W. De Dreu, University of Amsterdam

John DeFrain, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

David H. Demo, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Bella M. DePaulo, University of California, Santa Barbara

Valerian J. Derlega Old Dominion University

Bethany S. DeSalvo, Texas A&M University

Francine M. Deutsch, Mount Holyoke College

Brian de Vries, San Francisco State University

C. Nathan DeWall, University of Kentucky

Lisa M. Diamond, University of Utah

Sally S. Dickerson, University of California, Irvine

Kathryn Dindia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Rebecca DiVerniero, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Pat Dolan, National University of Ireland, Galway

Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

M. Brent Donnellan, Michigan State University

Brian M. D'Onofrio, Indiana University

Aryn M. Dotterer, Purdue University

Geraldine Downey, Columbia University

William Dragon, Cornell College

Paul R. Duberstein, University of Rochester

Steve Duck, University of Iowa

Marshall P. Duke, Emory University

Sarah Duman, University of Southern California

David Duong University of Waterloo

Pearl A. Dykstra, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute

Paul W. Eastwick, Northwestern University

Kathleen A. Eldridge, Pepperdine University

Clint Elison, University of Notre Dame

Robert A. Emmons, University of California, Davis

Nicholas Epley, University of Chicago

Stephen A. Erath, Auburn University

Ralph Erber DePaul University

Paul E. Etcheverry, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Robin S. Everhart, Syracuse University

Julie Juola Exline, Case Western Reserve University

William Fals-Stewart, University of Rochester

Allison K. Farrell, Haverford College

Brooke C. Feeney, Carnegie Mellon University

Beverley Fehr, University of Winnipeg

Robert S. Feldman, University of Massachusetts

Diane Felmlee, University of California, Davis

Clinton E. Field, Utah State University

Barbara H. Fiese, Syracuse University

Frank D. Fincham, Florida State University

Mark A. Fine, University of Missouri-Columbia

Karen L. Fingerman, Purdue University

Eli J. Finkel, Northwestern University

Catrin Finkenauer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Judith L. Fischer, Texas Tech University

Helen Fisher, Rutgers University

Terri D. Fisher, Ohio State University at Mansfield

Julie Fitness, Macquarie University

Jacki Fitzpatrick, Texas Tech University

Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, University of South Carolina

Grainne Fitzsimons, University of Waterloo

Garth J. O. Fletcher, University of Canterbury

Kory Floyd, Arizona State University

Donelson R. Forsyth, University of Richmond

Craig A. Foster, United States Air Force Academy

Eric K. Foster, Temple University

James H. Fowler, University of California, San Diego

Laura E. Frame, Montefiore Medical Center

Jacquelyn Frank, University of Indianapolis

Stephen L. Franzoi, Marquette University

Patricia A. Frazier, University of Minnesota

Irene Hanson Frieze, University of Pittsburgh

Christine A. Fruhauf, Colorado State

Alan E. Fruzzetti, University of Nevada, Reno

Nancy Frye, C. W. Post, Long Island University

Paul Fuglestad, University of Minnesota

Janette L. Funk, University of Rochester

Wyndol Furman, University of Denver

Shelly Gable, University of California, Santa Barbara

Shira Gabriel, State University of New York at Buffalo

Stanley O. Gaines, Jr., Brunei University

Gordon G. Gallup, Jr., State University of New York at Albany

Kathleen M. Galvin, Northwestern University

Stephanie A. Gamble, University of Rochester Medical Center

Steven W. Gangestad, University of New Mexico

Lawrence Ganong, University of Missouri

Molly F. Gasbarrini, Texas A&M University

Viktor Gecas, Purdue University

Negin Ghavami University of California, Los Angeles

Roseann Giarrusso, California State University, Los Angeles

Howard Giles, University of California, Santa Barbara

Omri Gillath, University of Kansas

Megan Gilligan, Purdue University

Peggy C. Giordano, Bowling Green State University

Edward L. Glazer, Michigan State University

Tracy Gleason, Wellesley College

Shirley M. Glynn, University of California, Los Angeles

Gian C. Gonzaga, eHarmony Labs

Richard Gonzalez, University of Michigan

Wind Goodfriend, Buena Vista University

Robin Goodwin, Brunei University

Amie M. Gordon, University of California, Berkeley

Benjamin H. Gottlieb, University of Guelph

Elana Graber, University of Delaware

Steven M. Graham, Florida State University

Elizabeth Grauerholz, University of Central Florida

Julie Gravener, University of Rochester

William G. Graziano, Purdue University

John O. Greene, Purdue University

Dale Griffin, University of British Columbia

Wendy S. Grolnick, Clark University

Frederick M. E. Grouzet, University of Victoria

Laura K. Guerrero, Arizona State University

Regan A. R. Gurung, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Lindsey Guynn, Illinois State University

Jung-Hwa Ha, University of Chicago

Meara M. Habashi, University of Alabama

Chris Hafen, Florida Atlantic University

Laura G. Hagan, University of Michigan

Judith Hall, Northeastern University

Lauren Hamel, Michigan State University

Raeann R. Hamon, Messiah College

Michele Hamrick, California State University, San Bernardino

Jason Hans, University of Kentucky

Cheryl Harasymchuk, University of Manitoba

Owen Hargie, University of Ulster

Amanda G. Harp, Clark University

Christine R. Harris, University of California, San Diego

Jill Harrison-Rexrode, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Joshua Hart, Union College

Willard W. Hartup, University of Minnesota

John H. Harvey, University of Iowa

Martie Haselton, University of California, Los Angeles

Nick Haslam University of Melbourne

Alison Hatch, University of Colorado

Elaine Hatfield, University of Hawaii

Stacy Ann Hawkins, Claremont Graduate University

Louise C. Hawkley, University of Chicago

Kathi L. Heffner, Ohio University

Caron P. Heigel, George Mason University

Marnin Heisel, University of Western Ontario

Clyde Hendrick, Texas Tech University

Susan S. Hendrick, Texas Tech University

Julie C. Herbstrith, Illinois State University

Gregory M. Herek, University of California, Davis

Ursula Hess, Universite du Quebec a Montreal

Richard E. Heyman, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Charles T. Hill, Whittier College

Craig A. Hill, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Robert A. Hinde, University of Cambridge

Amanda L. Hogle, University of Waterloo

Mary Ann Hollinger, Messiah College

Bjarne M. Holmes, Heriot-Watt University

John G. Holmes, University of Waterloo

Amy Holtzworth-Munroe, Indiana University

James M. Honeycutt, Louisiana State University

Jill M. Hooley, Harvard University

Jeanne Howard, Illinois State University

Maryhope Howland, University of Minnesota

Robert Hughes, University of Illinois at Urb ana-Champaign

Ted L. Huston, University of Texas

Michaela Hynie, York University

William Ickes, University of Texas at Arlington

Emily A. Impett, University of California, Berkeley

Masako Ishii-Kuntz, Ochanomizu University

Elif Izberk-Bilgin, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Erick Janssen, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University

Lisa Jaremka, University of California, Santa Barbara

Elyse Jennings, University of Michigan

Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell, University of Texas at Arlington

Kimberly R. Johnson, Heriot-Watt University

Matthew D. Johnson, State University of New York at Binghamton

Shannon Lee Johnson, Arizona State University

Susan Johnson, University of Ottawa

Susanne Jones, University of Minnesota

Kara Joyner, Bowling Green State University

Pamela J. Kalbfleisch, University of North Dakota

Claire M. Kamp Dush, Ohio State University

Carolyn A. Kapinus, Ball State University

Sunwoo Kang, University of, Wisconsin-Madison

Benjamin R. Karney, University of California, Los Angeles

Tim Kasser, Knox College

Thomas Keegan, Harvard Medical School

Maureen P. Keeley, Texas State University

Douglas L. Kelley, Arizona State University

Michelle Kelley, Old Dominion University

Denise E. Kennedy, University of Michigan

Douglas T. Kenrick, Arizona State University

Katherine Kern, Marquette University

Michael H. Kernis, University of Georgia

Kathryn A. Kerns, Kent State University

K. Jill Kiecolt, Virginia Tech

Thomas A. Kindermann, Portland State University

Jennifer S. Kirby, University of North Carolina

Tiffani S. Kisler, University of Rhode Island

Mary E. Kite, Ball State University

David M. Klein, University of Notre Dame

Esther S. Kluwer, Utrecht University

Jennifer M. Knack, University of Texas at Arlington

Mark L. Knapp, University of Texas

C. Raymond Knee, University of Houston

Kendra Knight, Arizona State University

Leanne K. Knobloch, University of Illinois

Ascan F. Koerner, University of Minnesota

Robin Marie Kowalski, Clemson University

Kaska E. Kubacka, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Leon Kuczynski, University of Guelph

Roeline Kuijer, University of Canterbury

Madoka Kumashiro, Goldsmiths, University of London

Tugce Kurtis, University of Kansas

Virginia S. Y. Kwan, Princeton University

Jenny La Fontaine, University of Oxford

Mark LaGory, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Jennifer G. LaGuardia, University of Waterloo

Jessica L. Lakin, Drew University

Suman Lam, University of California, Irvine

Wendy K. K. Lam, University of Rochester

Amie Langer, University of Iowa

Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling, University of South Alabama

Judith H. Langlois, University of Texas

Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, University of Delaware

Brett Laursen, Florida Atlantic University

Rita W. Law, University of Arizona

Erika Lawrence, University of Iowa

Benjamin Le, Haverford College

Mark R. Leary, Duke University

jay Lebow, Northwestern University

Erina Lee, eHarmony Labs

Kyung Hee Lee, Texas Tech University

Justin J. Lehmiller, Colorado State University

Melinda S. Leidy, University of California, Riverside

Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant, Arizona State University

Diana J. Leonard, University of California, Santa Barbara

Kenneth E. Leonard, State University of New York at Buffalo

Maurice J. Levesque, Elon University

John M. Levine, University of Pittsburgh

Kenneth N. Levy Pennsylvania State University

Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr., Monmouth University

Norman P. Li, University of Texas at Austin

Yexin Jessica Li, Arizona State University

Howard A. Liddle, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Debra Lieberman, University of Miami

Helen Lee Lin, University of Houston

Lisa Linardatos McGill University

Kristin Lindahl, University of Miami

Curt Livesay, University of Iowa

Kim M. Lloyd, Washington State University

Sally A. Lloyd, Miami University

Marci Lobel, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Monica A. Longmore, Bowling Green State University

Richard E. Lucas, Michigan State University

Jennifer Hickes Lundquist, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Suniya S. Luthar, Teachers College, Columbia University

John E. Lydon McGill University

Renee F. Lyons, University of Oxford, Dalhousie University

Sonja Lyubomirsky, University of California, Riverside

Geoff MacDonald, University of Toronto

Kevin MacDonald, California State University, Long Beach

Julie Paquette MacEvoy, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Annette Mahoney, Bowling Green State University

Brenda Major, University of California, Santa Barbara

Michael R. Maniaci, University of Rochester

Michael R. Maniaci, University of Rochester

Sharon L. Manne, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Wendy D. Manning, Bowling Green State University

Valerie Manusov, University of Washington

Kristine N. Marbell Clark University

Gayla Margolin, University of Southern California

Kristin P. Mark, University of Guelph

Charlotte N. Markey Rutgers University

Patrick M. Markey, Villanova University

Melinda Stafford Markham, University of Missouri

Howard Markman, University of Denver

Michael J. Marks, University of Illinois at Urb ana-Champaign

Nadine F. Marks, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Stephen R. Marks, University of Maine

Lynn M. Mar tire, University of Pittsburgh

Debra Mashek, Harvey Mudd College

David Matsumoto, San Francisco State University

Richard E. Mattson, Auburn University

Shahrzad Mavandadi, University of Pennsylvania

Kimberly R. McBride, Indiana University School of Medicine

Jennifer C. D. McClellan, University of Waterloo

M. Joy McClure McGill University

Stacy S. McConnell, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Brandi McCullough, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Susan H. McDaniel, University of Rochester

Kristy McDonald, Arizona State University

James A. McGee, Princeton University

Katelyn Y. A. McKenna, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

Miller McPherson Duke University

Jack Mearns, California State Fullerton

Kevin B. Meehan, Long Island University

Sandra Metts, Illinois State University

Casi Nichole Meyerhoff, University of Maryland

Alan C. Mikkelson, Whitworth University

Sylvia Mikucki, University of Illinois

Mario Mikulincer, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzlyia

Robert M. Milardo, University of Maine

Robin R. Milhausen, University of Guelph

Lisa Miller, Wayne State University

Melissa Ramsay Miller, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Randi L. Miller, California State University, San Bernardino

Richard B. Miller, Brigham Young University

Rowland S. Miller, Sam Houston State University

Paul Mongeau, Arizona State University

Michael Monsour, University of Colorado, Denver

Xenia Piccio Montenegro, American Association of Retired Persons

Wendy L. Morris, McDaniel College

Gregory D. Morrow, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Marian M. Morry, University of Manitoba

Chris R. Morse, Bryant University

Diane S. Morse, University of Rochester

Kim T. Mueser, Dartmouth Medical School

Dianna Murray-Close, University of Vermont

Lisa A. Neff University of Toledo

Emily K. Newton, University of California, Davis

Franz J. Neyer University of Potsdam

John B. Nezlek, College of William and Mary

Sylvia Niehuis, Texas Tech University

Wendy J. Nilsen University of Rochester

Seth M. Noar, University of Kentucky

Patricia Noller, University of Queensland

Kristen Norwood University of Iowa

Stephen Nowicki, Emory University

T. Caitlin O'Brien, Arizona State University

Kimberly J. O'Farrell, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Brian Ogolsky, University of Texas

David H. Olson, University of Minnesota-St. Paul

Loreen N. Olson, University of Missouri

Heather O'Mahen, Exeter University

Julia Omarzu, Loras College

Allen M. Omoto, Claremont Graduate University

Hiromi Ono, Washington State University

Terri L. Orbuch, Oakland University, University of Michigan

M. Minda Orina, University of Minnesota

Brian Ott, Illinois State University

Daphna Oyserman, University of Michigan

Dominc J. Packer, Ohio State University

Rob Palkovitz, University of Delaware

Lauren M. Papp, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kenneth Pargament, Bowling Green State University

Ross D. Parke, University of California, Riverside

Gwen Parks, Purdue University

Malcolm R. Parks, University of Washington

Monisha Pasupathi, University of Utah

Monisha Pasupathi, University of Utah

Miles L. Patterson, University of Missouri-St. Louis