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The text is written in an engaging, interesting, and utterly comprehensive manner. It is accessible to anyone -- from the curious non-academic, to the first year university student, to the professional scholar. Everyone will learn something new about relationships by reading this book, and they will enjoy learning it. ! The scholarship is very high, and it is multidisciplinary in nature. !I would use this ! as the main text in my ! Introduction to Interpersonal relationships class. - Danu Anthony Stinson, University of Victoria, Canadaaaaa The book's unique contribution is that it is not focused on just one type of close relationship! Dr. Regan writes well. ... Many departments are teaching relationship science courses, and there are few undergraduate level texts from which to choose! the material [is] easy for undergraduates to read and follow !. We would seriously consider it for our courses. !Regan is a respected scholar ! this book provides an excellent overview of relationship studies. - Lawrence Ganong, University of Missouri, Columbia, USAaaa This text contributes significantly to the field, because of its emphasis on science, research findings, theoretical concepts, and multiple types of relationships.a Also, Dr. Regan is a superb writer...I found the examples interesting. ...[It is] most appropriate for a course on Personal Relationships... taught in [a variety of] departments.a...[or] ! appropriate as a supplementary text for a course on marriage and the family. -- Susan Sprecher, Illinois State University, USA

Pamela Regan has given usathe book to invite, engage, inspire and instruct the next generations of scholars in the exciting ... work of relationship science. ...Close Relationships informs, challenges, and charms. Our field and our lives can only be better for the comprehensiveness and vision in Dr. Regan's work. -- Ann L. Weber, UNC at Asheville, USAa This text contributes significantly to the field because of its emphasis on science, research findings, theoretical concepts, and multiple types of relationships. Dr. Regan is a superb writer. ... [It is] most appropriate for a course on Personal Relationships ... [or] ... as a supplementary text for a course on marriage and the family. -- Susan Sprecher, Illinois State University, USA A 'reader-friendly', intelligent review that draws on a range of theoretical perspectives and will appeal to a wide range of undergraduate and graduate students. -- Robin Goodwin, Brunel University, London An excellent overview of relationship studies ... the material [is] easy for undergraduates to read and follow. ! Dr. Regan writes well ... [and she] is a respected scholar. -- Lawrence Ganong, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA [This book] offers fascinating examples of studies and findings that make the science of relationships come alive to the reader. It is written in a highly accessible level, appropriate for either graduate or undergraduate uses, or for practitioners who want insight into the state-of-the-art of personal relationship science. --Brian H. Spitzberg, San Diego State University, USA The text is written in an engaging, interesting, and utterly comprehensive manner. It is accessible to anyone--from the curious non-academic, to the first year university student, to the professional scholar. Everyone will learn something new about relationships by reading this book, and they will enjoy learning it. --Danu Anthony Stinson, University of Victoria, Canada

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Pamela Regan is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles.a She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Her research interest is in the area of interpersonal relationships, with an emphasis on passionate love, sexual desire, and mate preference. She has published more than 100 articles, chapters, and reviews; has given over 75 presentations; and is the author of The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage (Sage, 2008) and the co-author (with Ellen Berscheid) of The Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships (Pearson, 2005) and Lust: What We Know About Human Sexual Desire (Sage, 1999). In 2007, she was honored with the Outstanding Professor Award by her university for excellence in instruction and professional achievement.

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