UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH IN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS A TEXT WITH READING

'THE MAIN STRENGTHS OF THE BOOK ARE ITS UNIQUENESS, ITS MIX OF EMPHASIS ON METHODS, STATISTICS, AND IDEAS, ITS COMMENTARIES BY THE AUTHORS, AND THE WELL-CHOSEN JOURNAL ARTICLES' - JOHN HARVEY, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. "UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH IN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS" IS A COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION TO THE KEY READINGS ON HUMAN AND CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS. ORGANIZED INTO TWELVE THEMATIC CHAPTERS WITH EDITORIAL COMMENTARY THROUGHOUT, THE EDITORS OFFER A CRITICAL READING OF THE MAJOR RESEARCH ARTICLES IN THE FIELD OF RELATIONSHIP STUDIES PUBLISHED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. SCHOLARLY PAPERS, TWO PER CHAPTER, ARE PRESENTED IN AN ABRIDGED FORM AND CRITIQUED IN A CAREFULLY STRUCTURED WAY THAT INSTRUCTS STUDENTS ON THE WAY TO READ RESEARCH, AND TO CRITICALLY EVALUATE RESEARCH IN THIS FIELD.THE BOOK, THEREFORE, HAS A THOROUGHLY DIDACTIC FOCUS AS THE STUDENT IS GIVEN HISTORICAL, THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTEXTS TO EACH ARTICLE AS WELL AS AN EXPLANATION OF KEY TERMS AND IDEAS. KEY FEATURES ABOUT THIS