Part I‎.‎ Actors‎:‎ The Scaffolding of Stability and Change‎:‎ 1‎.‎ Change in relationship knowledge representations Paula R‎.‎ Pietromonaco‎,‎ Jean‎-Philippe Laurenceau and Lisa Feldman Barrett‎;‎ 2‎.‎ Personality effects on personal relationships over the life span Jens B‎.‎ Asendorpf‎;‎ 3‎.‎ An intergenerational model of romantic relationship development Chalandra M‎.‎ Bryant and Rand D‎.‎ Conger‎;‎ 4‎.‎ How relationships begin and end‎:‎ a genetic perspective David T‎.‎ Lykken‎;‎ Part II‎.‎ Behaviors‎:‎ The Processes of Stability and Change‎:‎ 5‎.‎ Serial arguing over the relational life course‎:‎ antecedents and consequences Michael E‎.‎ Roloff and Kristen Linnea Johnson‎;‎ 6‎.‎ Communication‎,‎ relationships concerns‎,‎ and satisfaction in early marriage Patricia Noller and Judith A‎.‎ Feeney‎;‎ 7‎.‎ Sacrifice in romantic relationships‎:‎ an exploration of relevant research and theory Sarah Whitton‎,‎ Scott Stanley and Howard Markman‎;‎ 8‎.‎ Stability and change in social relations‎:‎ perspectives from gerontology and stress research David A‎.‎ Chiriboga‎;‎ 9‎.‎ What microanalysis of behavior in social situations can reveal about relationships across the life span Rebecca M‎.‎ Warner‎;‎ 10‎.‎ Developing a multifaceted view of change in relationships Ronald D‎.‎ Rogge and Thomas N‎.‎ Bradbury‎;‎ Part III‎.‎ Contexts‎:‎ The Social Environment for Stability and Change‎:‎ 11‎.‎ Social networks and change in personal relationships Susan Sprecher‎,‎ Diane Felmlee‎,‎ Terri L‎.‎ Orbuch and Marion C‎.‎ Willetts‎;‎ 12‎.‎ Creating a context for change‎:‎ integrative couple therapy Jennifer Wheeler and Andrew Christensen‎;‎ 13‎.‎ Passionate love and sexual desire‎:‎ cultural and historical perspectives Elaine Hatfield and Richard L‎.‎ Rapson‎;‎ 14‎.‎ Rules for responsive robots‎:‎ using human interactions to build virtual interactions Joseph N‎.‎ Cappella and Catherine Pelachaud‎.‎