Attributions, Accounts, and Close Relationships

ATTRIBUTIONS, ACCOUNTS AND CLOSE RELATIONSHPIS documents attributional and accounts approaches to the study of close relationships. Issues of focus include communication pro-
blems in marriage and their relationship with causal attri-
butions; marital violence and its relationship with early learning experience; ego-defensive attribution and excuse-
making in couples and with respect to medical problems; and attributions about transitions in relationships.