From form to function / Social trends and their impact on couple and family relationships / Changing American families in the 21st century / The role of the family across the lifespan / Parents and adolescents / Family caregiving / Late-life transitions and interventions / Conflict avoidance in families / Conflict in family relationships / Demand-withdraw communication in couples / Adult attachment and sexuality / Sexual dysfunction in intimate heterosexual relationships / Regulating incentives and threats in close relationships / Attachment and caregiving / Attachment insecurities and relationship self-regulation / The costs and benefits of trying to change intimate partners / Through the eyes of love / Betrayal and forgiveness in couple relationships / Taking it to the streets (and information super highways) / Relationship education / A common factors perspective of relationship counseling / The efficacy of evidence-based couple therapy / Surviving trauma / Children's adjustment after parental separation / Depression and self-harming in adolescence / Attachment and depression across the transition to parenthood / Recent advances in research on social support in couples / Chronic illness and relationships / Promoting positive pathways for youth and young adults to healthy relationships and marriages / Improving child and family outcomes through a collaborative service model / Are governments and marriage strange bedfellows? / Common themes in couple and family relationship research and practice