September 2013
John DeLamater
Sociology 961: Intimate Relationships
The purpose of this seminar is 1) to read and discuss the social
science
literature on close or intimate relationships, and 2) to contribute to
your
development as a scholar of relationships.
September 9: Overview
Fagundes, Christorpher, and
Diamond, Lisa. (2013). Intimate
relationships. In DeLamater,
John, and Ward, Amanda (Eds.), Handbook of
Social Psychology, 2e.
DeLamater, John, and Hyde, Janet Shibley.
(2004). Conceptual and theoretical
issues in
studying sexuality in close relationships. In Harvey, John, Wenzel,
Amy, and
Sprecher, Susan (Eds.), The
Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships.
September 16: Theoretical Paradigms
Neuberg, Steven, Kenrick, Douglas, and Schaller, Mark. (2010). Evolutionary social psychology. In Fiske, Susan, Gilbert, Daniel, and Lindzey, Gardner (Eds.) Handbook of Social Psychology, Vol. 2, 5e. New York: Wiley, 761-796.
Wood, Wendy, and Eagly, Alice H. (2010). In Fiske, Susan, Gilbert, Daniel, and Lindzey, Gardner (Eds.) Handbook of Social Psychology, Vol. 1, 5e. New York: Wiley, 629-667.
Leary, Mark. (2010). Affiliation, acceptance, and belonging. In Fiske, Susan, Gilbert, Daniel, and Lindzey, Gardner (Eds.) Handbook of Social Psychology, Vol. 2, 5e. New York: Wiley, 864-897.
Swidler, Ann. (2001).
Talk of Love: How Culture Matters.
Relationship Processes
September 23: Communication
Sillars,
Alan, and Vangelisti, Anita.
(2006).
Communication: Basic properties and their relevance to relationshiop
research. In Vangelisti, Anita, and
Perlman,
Dan (Eds.), The
Guerrero, Laura, Jones, Susanne, and Boburka,
Renee. (2006). Sex
differences in
emotional communication. In Dindia,
Kathryn, and Canary, Daniel (Eds.), Sex
Differences and Similarities in Communication.
September 30: Attachment Processes
Shaver, Phillip, and Mikulincer,
Mario. (2006). Attachment
theory,
individual psychodynamics, and relationship functioning. In Vangelisti, Anita, and Perlman, Dan (Eds.), The
Feeney, Judith, and Noller,
Patricia. (2004). Attachment
and
sexuality in close relationships. In Harvey, John, Wenzel, Amy,
and Sprecher, Susan (Eds.), The
Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships.
October 7: Commitment
Rusbult, Caryl,
Coolsen, Michael, Kirchner, Jeffrey, and
Clarke,
Jennifer. (2006). Commitment.
In Vangelisti, Anita, and Perlman, Dan
(Eds.), The
Clark, Margaret, and Lemay, Edward. (2010). Close relationships. In Fiske, Susan, Gilbert, Daniel, and Lindzey, Gardner (Eds.) Handbook of Social Psychology, Vol. 2, 5e. New York: Wiley, 898-940.
Fincham, Frank, and Beach, Steven. (2006). Relationship satisfaction. In Vangelisti, Anita, and Perlman, Dan (Eds.), TheLehmiller, Justin. (2009). Secret romantic relationships: Consequences for personal and relational well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1452-1466.
October 14: Social Support
Sarason, Irwin, and Sarason, Barbara.
(2009). Social support: Mapping the construct. Jojurnal of Social and Personal
Relationships, 26: 113-120.
Sarason,
Barbara, and Sarason, Irwin.
(2006). Close relationships and social
support: Implications
for the measurement of social support. In Vangelisti,
Anita, and Perlman, Dan (Eds.), The
Octiber 21: Sexual Motivation/Sexual Desire
Pfaus, James. (1999). Revisiting the concept of sexual motivation. In Rosen, Ray (Ed.), Annual Review of Sex Research, 10, 120-156.
Regan, Pamela. (2004). Sex
and the
attraction process: Lessons from science (and Shakespeare) on lust,
love,
chastity, and fidelity. In Harvey, John, Wenzel, Amy, and Sprecher,
Susan (Eds.), The Handbook of
Sexuality in
Close Relationships.
Impett,
Emily, and Peplau, Letitia
Anne. (2006). "His" and
"hers" relationships? A review of the
empirical literature. In Vangelisti,
Anita, and Perlman, Dan (Eds.), The
October 28: Conflict and Agression
Kline,
Anderson, Kristin. (2010). Conflict, power, and violence in
families. Journal of Marriage
and Family, 72: 726-742.
Christopher, F. Scott, and Kisler,
Tiffani. (2004). Sexual
aggression in
romantic relationships. In Harvey, John, Wenzel, Amy, and Sprecher, Susan (Eds.), The
Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships.
November 4: Maintenance and Repair
Canary, David, and Dainton,
Marianne. (2006). Maintaining relationships. In Vangelisti, Anita, and Perlman, Dan (Eds.), The
Baucom,
Donald, Epstein, Norman, and Stanton, Susan. (2006). The treatment of relationship distress:
Theoretical
perspectives and empirical findings. In Vangelisti,
Anita, and Perlman, Dan (Eds.), The
McCarthy, Barry, Bodnar, L. Elizabeth, and Handal,
Mitsouko. (2004). Integrating
sex therapy and couple therapy. In Harvey, John, Wenzel,
Amy, and Sprecher, Susan (Eds.), The
Handbook of Sexuality in Close Relationships.
Relationships across the Life Course
November 11: Adolescence
Giordano, Pegy. (2003). Relationships in adolescence. In Cook, Karen, and Hagan, John (Eds.), Annual Review of Sociology, 29, 257-281.
Miller, Brent, and Benson, Brad. (1999). Romantic and sexual relationship
development during
adolescence. In Furman, Wyndol,
Brown,
B. Bradford, and Feiring, Candice (Eds.), The Development of Romantic
Relationships in
Adolescence.
Diamond, Lisa, Savin-Williams,
Ritch, and Dube,
Eric.
(1999). Sex, dating, passionate friendships, and romance: Intimate
peer
relations among lesbian, gay and bisexual adolescents. In Furman,
Wyndol, Brown, B. Bradford, and Feiring,
Candice (Eds.), The Development
of Romantic
Relationships in Adolescence.
November 18: Adulthood
Cherlin, Andrew.
(2010). Demographic trends in the United States: A review of research
in the 2000s. Journal
of Marriage and Family, 72: 403-419.
Sassler, Sharon. (2010). Partnering across the life-course: Sex, relationships, and mate selection. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72: 557-575.
Fincham, Frank, and Beach, Steven. (2010). Marriage in the new Millennium: A decade in review. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72: 630-649.
Diamond, Lisa. (2006). The
intimate
same-sex relationships of sexual minorities. In Vangelisti,
Anita, and Perlman, Dan (Eds.), The
Biblarz, Timothy, and Savci, Evren. (2010). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72: 480-497.
Recommended: Willetts,
November 25: Later Life
Blieszner, Rosemary. (2006). Close
relationships in middle and late adulthood. In Vangelisti, Anita, and Perlman, Dan (Eds.), The
DeLamater, John. (2012). Sexual expression in later life: A review and synthesis. Journal of Sex research, 49: 125-141.
Coleman, Marilyn, Ganong, Lawrence, and Leon, Kim.
(2006). Divorce
and post-divorce relationships. In Vangelisti, Anita, and
Perlman, Dan
(Eds.), The
December 2: Student Presentations
December 9: Student Presentations