Includes bibliographical references and index.

Relationship researchers put the "psycho" in psychoneuroimmunology / Timothy J. Loving and Elizabeth Keneski -- On marriage and the heart : models, methods, and mechanisms in the study of close relationships and cardiovascular disease / Timothy W. Smith, Carolynne E. Baron, and Catherine M. Caska -- Family relationships and cortisol in everyday life / Richard B. Slatcher -- Divorce and health outcomes : from social epidemiology to social psychophysiology / David A. Sbarra, Widyasita Nojopranoto, and Karen Hasselmo -- It sometimes takes two : marriage as a mechanism for managing chronic illness / Mary Ann Parris Stephens, Rachel C. Hemphill, Karen S. Rook, and Melissa M. Franks -- The couple and family discord model of depression : updates and future directions / Steven R. H. Beach -- Intimate partner violence : a biopsychosocial, social information processing perspective / Christopher M. Murphy, Amber E.Q. Norwood, and Gina M. Poole -- Interparental conflict and children's mental health : emerging directions in emotional security theory / E. Mark Cummings, Kalsea J. Koss, and Rebecca Y. M. Cheung -- Social connectedness at older ages and implications for health and well-being / Linda J. Waite, James Iveniuk, and Edward O. Laumann -- Trajectories of within-relationship relationship quality, relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction among young african-american women / J. Dennis Fortenberry and Devon J. Hensel -- Personality effects on risky sexual behavior : the importance of dynamic situational processes and relational contexts / M. Lynne Cooper and Ruixue Zhaoyang -- Putting it all together : synthesizing social and clinical approaches to relationships and health / Susan C. South.