<P>This classic volume provides a solid foundation for thinking about creative ways in which our society can work to prevent or minimize destructive couple conflict and enhance couples' abilities to constructively handle their differences. A common thread throughout is that constructive conflict and negotiation are beneficial for relationships. The new introduction provides an overview of how this classic text is still relevant today.</P><I>
<P>Divided into four parts, this book:</P></I>
<P>*addresses the societal and bio-evolutionary underpinnings of couple conflict;</P>
<P>*presents the interpersonal roots of couple conflict and the consequences for individuals and couples;</P>
<P>*discusses what effects couple conflict have on children and how individual differences in children moderate these effects; </P>
<P>*outlines policies and programs that address couple conflict; and</P>
<P>* concludes with an essay that pulls these four themes together and points to new directions for research and program efforts.</P>
<P>This book serves as a supplement in graduate or advanced undergraduate courses on interpersonal relationships, couples and/or family and conflict, divorce, couples and/or family therapy taught in human development and family studies, clinical or counseling psychology, social work, sociology, and communications and it is also a helpful compendium for researchers and clinicians/counselors interested in couple conflict. </P>