Handbook of Relationship Initiation: Summary & Review

The Handbook of Relationship Initiation (2008) reviews the empirical literature on the dynamics that govern the beginning stages of relationships.

Exec SummaryRelationships make people happier and healthierSelf-monitors, or people who care about self-presentation, are most successful in socialization (albeit sometimes at the cost of genuineness)Gender roles and expectations in dating are still the same, despite all the cultural changesFULL SUMMARY

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