For upper-division undergraduate and graduate level social, behavioral, biological, and health science courses in the psychology of interpersonal relationships.

This textbook is intended to provide an integrated and organized foundation for students that will inform their own specialized pursuits within psychology and other disciplines. This brief but comprehensive introduction text is intended to reflect the fact that relationship science has proved to be an intellectually cohesive and cumulative endeavor, one with vast potential to advance progress in most areas of psychological inquiry as well as those of many other disciplines.