Close Relationships and Happiness across Cultures

This volume focuses explicitly on close relationships as a reliable source for individualhappiness and well-being across cultures. The work in this volume addresses theoreticalissues and presents new cross-cultural data in the study of close relationships andhappiness. Experts from different parts of the world provide in-depth, authoritativereviews and new findings on the relationship between various types of close bonds(e.g., intimate, marital, friendship, grandparent) and happiness in a variety of cultures.An ideal resource for researchers and students of relationship science and positivepsychology, this rich, clear, and up-to-date book serves as an important referencefor academicians in related fields of psychology such as cross-cultural, social, anddevelopmental.