Review of Advances in personal relationships, Vol. 2.

Reviews the book, Advances in personal relationships, Vol. 2 by Warren H. Jones and Daniel Perlman (1991). This is the second volume of an annual series on personal relationships. In the Preface, the editors point to the importance of personal relationships in our lives. They emphasize that a deep understanding of these relationships must go beyond a simple accumulation of empirical findings. Thus, the goal of this Series: "to encourage and contribute to the continued development, integration and cross-fertilization of research and theory on personal relationships" through the presentation of theories of relationships and summaries of ongoing research programs that represent recent developments. With their researcher hat on, the author felt well served by the book and believe that it will indeed be useful to researchers and advanced students. However, the author found little of direct relevance to clinical practice and would not recommend this book as particularly useful (except indirectly) to the practioner. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)