附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-140) and indexes.
Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Rationale, Definitions, and Assumptions; 3 Theoretical Orientations; 4 Long-Distance Dating Relationships; 5 Adult Romantic Relationships; 6 Young Children and Parents; 7 Across Generations: Adult Children, Parents, and Grandparents; 8 Peer Relationships: Siblings and Friends; 9 Computer-Mediated LDRs; 10 Propositions, Implications, Limitations, and Lacunae; 11 Toward an Expanded Vision of Relational Maintenance; Epilogue; References; Author Index; Subject Index.
摘要:Long-distance relationships have become a popular area of study, although limited work has been published. In response to this state of scholarship, Laura Stafford summarizes literature across the social sciences on various types of long-distance relationships and extracts themes and patterns across the relational types, relating them to theory.
