Contents: A. Wenzel, J.H. Harvey, Introduction: The Movement Toward Studying the Maintenance and Enhancement of Close Romantic Relationships. Part I:Theoretical Approaches.J. Mills, M.S. Clark, Viewing Close Romantic Relationships as Communal Relationships: Implications for Maintenance and Enhancement. J.A. Simpson, W. Ickes, M. Oriña, Empathic Accuracy and Preemptive Relationship Maintenance. A. Aron, C.C. Norman, E.N. Aron, Shared Self-Expanding Activities as a Means of Maintaining and Enhancing Close Romantic Relationships. J.K. Bosson, W.B. Swann, Jr.The Paradox of the Sincere Chameleon: Strategic Self-Verification in Close Relationships. C.E. Rusbult, N. Olsen, J.L. Davis, P.A. Hannon, Commitment and Relationship Maintenance Mechanisms. E.M. Sahlstein, L.A. Baxter, Improvising Commitment in Close Relationships: A Relational Dialectics Perspective. D.J. Canary, L. Stafford, Equity in the Preservation of Personal Relationships. L.K. Acitelli, Maintaining and Enhancing a Relationship by Attending to It. S.L. Gable, H.T. Reis, Appetitive and Aversive Social Interaction. B.R. Karney, J.K. McNulty, N.E. Frye, A Social-Cognitive Perspective on the Maintenance and Deterioration of Relationship Satisfaction. K.D. Wu, Evolution and Evolutionary Psychology: Their Application to Close Relationships. Part II:Applied Issues.S.O. Gaines, Jr., K.A. Brennan, Establishing and Maintaining Satisfaction in Multicultural Relationships. M. Coleman, L. Ganong, S. Weaver, Relationship Maintenance and Enhancement in Remarried Families. B.R. Sarason, I.G. Sarason, Ongoing Aspects of Relationships and Health Outcomes: Social Support, Social Control, Companionship, and Relationship Meaning. H.A. O'Mahen, S.R.H. Beach, S.F. Banawan, Depression in Marriage. J. Jones, B.D. Doss, A. Christensen, Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy. J. Omarzu, J. Whalen, J.H. Harvey, How Well Do You Mind Your Relationship? A Preliminary Scale to Test the Minding Theory of Relating. D. Perlman, Maintaining and Enhancing Relationships: Concluding Commentary.
