Handbook of Closeness

and Intimacy

Debra J. Mashek
George Mason University

Arthur Aron
State University of New York at Stony Brook

LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS

2004 Mahwah, New Jersey London
CONTENTS

Preface ix

1 Introduction 1
Debra J. Mashek and Arthur P. Aron

SECTION I: WHAT ARE CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY?

2 A Prototype Model of Intimacy Interactions in Same-Sex Friendships 9

Beverley Fehr

3 Closeness as Including Other in the Self 27

Arthur P. Aron, Debra J. Mashek, and Elaine N. Aron

4 Deep Intimate Connection: Self and Intimacy in Couple Relationships 43

Karen J. Prager and Linda J. Roberts

5 Intimacy as an Interpersonal Process: Current Status

and Future Directions 61
Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, Luis M. Rivera, Amy R. Schaffer,
and Paula R. Pietromonaco

SECTION II: HOW CAN CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY

BE MEASURED?

6 Measuring Closeness: The Relationship Closeness Inventory (RCI)

Revisited 81
Ellen Berscheid, Mark Snyder, and Allen M. Omoto

7 Thinking Close: Measuring Relational Closeness as Perceived

Self-Other Inclusion 103
Christopher R. Agnew, Timothy ƒ. Loving, Benjamin Le, and Wind Goodfriend

8 A Practical Look at Intimacy: ENRICH Couple Typology 117

Edward R Kouneski and David H. Olson

SECTION III: WHAT ARE THE GENERAL PROCESSES

OF CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY?

9 Interdependence, Closeness, and Relationships 137

Caryl E. Rusbult, Madoka Kumashiro, Michael K. Coolsen, and Jeffrey L. Kirchner
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10 An Attachment Theory Perspective on Closeness and Intimacy 163
Nancy L Collins and Brooke C. Feeney

1 1 Sexual Passion, Intimacy, and Gender 189

Kathleen D. Vohs and Roy F. Baumeister

1 2 Perceived Partner Responsiveness as an Organizing Construct

in the Study of Intimacy and Closeness 201
Harry T. Rets, Margaret S. Clark, and John G. Holmes

SECTION IV: WHAT INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES PLAY A ROLE

IN CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY?

13 The Relational Self-Construal and Closeness 229

Susan E. Cross and Jonathan S. Gore

14 The Link Between the Pursuit of Intimacy Goals and Satisfaction

in Close Relationships: An Examination of the Underlying Processes 247
Catherine A. Sanderson

15 The Impact of Adult Temperament on Closeness and Intimacy 267

Elaine N. Aron

SECTION V: WHAT SITUATIONAL FACTORS PLAY A ROLE

IN CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY?

16 Beyond the Individual: Concomitants of Closeness in the Social

and Physical Environment 287
Ximena B. Arriaga, Wind Goodfriend, and Andrew Lohmann
3 0 5
17 Loss of an Intimate Partner Through Death
Camille Β. Wortman, Karin Wolff, and George A Bonanno
3 2 1
18 The Cultural Grounding of Closeness and Intimacy
Glenn Adams, Stephanie L Anderson, and Joseph K. Adonu

D A R K S I D E T O C L O S E N E S S

3 4 3
19 Desiring Less Closeness With Intimate Others
Debra J. Mashek and Michelle D. Sherman

2 0 Closeness as Intersubjectivity: Social Absorption

and Social Individuation 357
William Ickes, Joanna Hutchison, and Debra Mashek
3 7 5
2 1 Methods for Overcoming the Fear of Intimacy
Robert W. Firestone and Lisa Firestone
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22 Avoidant Attachment: Exploration of an Oxymoron 397
Robin S. Edelstein and Phillip R. Shaver

CONCLUSION
23 Conclusion 415
Arthur P. Aron and Debra J. Mashek
Author Index 429
Subject Index 445