Handbook of Interpersonal Commitment and Relationship Stability

A fundamental assumption underlying the formation of our most important relationships is that they will persist indefinitely into the future. As an acquaintanceship turns into a friend­ ship, for example, both members of this newly formed interpersonal bo

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PERSPECTIVES ON INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES CECIL R. REYNOLDS, Texas A&M University, College Station ROBERT T. BROWN, University of North Carolina, Wilmington Current Volumes in This Series ASSESSMENT OF INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING, Second Edition Lewis R. Aiken BEHAVIOR GENETIC APPROACHES IN BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE Edited by J. Rick Turner, Lon R. Cardon, and John K. Hewitt COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT A Multidisciplinary Perspective Edited by Cecil R. Reynolds DEAFNESS, DEPRIVATION, AND IQ Jeffery P. Braden DEMENTIA Allen Jack Edwards EXPLORATIONS IN TEMPERAMENT International Perspectives on Theory and Measurement Edited by Jan Strelau and Alois Angleitner FIFTY YEARS OF PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY Edited by Kenneth H. Craik, Robert Hogan, and Raymond N. Wolfe HANDBOOK OF INTERPERSONAL COMMITMENT AND RELATIONSHIP STABILITY Edited by Jeffrey M. Adams and Warren H. Jones INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO STRESS Edited by J. Rick Turner, Andrew Sherwood, and Kathleen C. Light INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF PERSONALITY AND INTELLIGENCE Edited by Donald H. Saklofske and Moshe Zeidner PERSONALITY, SOCIAL SKILLS, AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY An Individual Differences Approach Edited by David Gilbert and James Conley SCHIZOPHRENIC DISORDERS Sense and Nonsense in Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment Leighton C. Whitaker TEMPERAMENT A Psychological Perspective Jan Strelau TEXT ANXIETY The State of the Art Moshe Zeidner A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher.

Handbook of Interpersonal Commitment and Relationship Stability Edited by

Jeffrey M. Adams High Point University High Point. North Carolina

and

Warren H. Jones University of Tennessee Knoxville. Tennessee

SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of interpersonal commitment and relationship stabilityl edited by Jeffrey M. Adams and Warren H. Jones. cm.-(Perspectives on individual differences) p. Inc1udes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4613-7161-8 ISBN 978-1-4615-4773-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-4773-0 1. Interpersonal relations. 2. Commitment (Psychology) 1. Adams, Jeffrey M. II. Jones, Warren H. III. Series.

HMll06.H36

1999 99-37309

lS8.2-dc21

CIP

ISBN 978-1-4613-7161-8 ©1999 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers in 1999 Softcover reprint of tbe hardcover Ist edition 1999

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Contributors

Jeffrey M. Adams, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Human Services, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina 27262 Deborah S. Ballard-Reisch, Department of Health Ecology, Un