This volume examines the negative or "dark" elements of close relationships. For use by scholars and students in social psychology, personal relationships, and interpersonal communication.

Contents: Preface. Introduction: Dusk, Detritus, and Delusion: A Prolegomenon to the Dark Side of Close Relationships. Part I: Seducing.D. Felmlee, Fatal Attraction. L.K. Guerrero, P.A. Andersen, The Dark Side of Jealousy and Envy: Desire, Delusion, Desperation, and Destructive Communication. Part II: Confusing.A.L. Sillars, (Mis)Understanding. M.E. Jaeger, A.A. Skelder, R.L. Rosnow, Who's Up on the Low Down: Gossip in Interpersonal Relations. Part III: Bruising.S.J. Messman, D.J. Canary, Patterns of Conflict in Personal Relationships. B.A. Le Poire, J.S. Hallett, H. Giles, Codependence: The Paradoxical Nature of the Functional--Afflicted Relationship. Part IV: Abusing.B.H. Spitzberg, Sexual Coercion in Courtship Relations. W.R. Cupach, B.H. Spitzberg, Obsessional Relational Intrusion and Stalking. Part V: Losing.A.L. Weber, Losing, Leaving, and Letting Go: Coping With Nonmarital Breakups. E. Bratslavsky, R.F. Baumeister, K.L. Sommer, To Love or Be Loved in Vain: The Trials and Tribulations of Unrequited Love. C. Segrin, Disrupted Interpersonal Relationships and Mental Health Problems. Part VI: Musings.K.S. Rook, Investigating the Positive and Negative Sides of Personal Relationships: Through a Lens Darkly?

William R. Cupach, Brian H. Spitzberg