Feeling Hurt in Close Relationships presents a synthesis of cutting-edge research and theory on hurt.

Foreword; Part I. Introduction: 1. Hurt feelings: forms, functions, and overview Anita L. Vangelisti; Part II. Conceptualizing Hurt: 2. The nature of hurt feelings: emotional experience and cognitive appraisals Mark Leary and Sadie Leder; 3. Thinking the unthinkable: cognitive appraisals and hurt feelings Julie Fitness and Wayne Warburton; 4. Adding insult to injury: the contributions of politeness theory to understanding hurt feelings in close relationships Daena Goldsmith and Erin Donovan-Kicken; 5. Rejection sensitivity: a model of how individual difference factors affect the experience of hurt feelings in conflict and support N. Jan Kang, Geraldine Downey, Masumi Iida and Sylvia Rodriguez; 6. Understanding and altering hurt feelings: an attachment-theoretical perspective on the generation and regulation of emotions Phillip R. Shaver, Mario Mikulincer, Shiri Lavy and Jude Cassidy; Part III. Hurtful Acts: 7. Rejection: resolving the paradox of emotional numbness C. Nathan DeWall, Roy Baumeister and E. J. Masicampo; 8. Conflict and hurt in close relationships John P. Caughlin, Allison M. Scott and Laura E. Miller; 9. When the truth hurts: deception in the name of kindness Bella M. DePaulo, Wendy L. Morris and R. Weylin Sternglanz; 10. Affairs and infidelity Graham Allan and Kaeren Harrison; 11. Aggression, violence, and hurt in close relationships Brian H. Spitzberg; Part IV. Hurt in Relational Contexts: 12. Aggression and victimization in children's peer groups: a relationship perspective Noel A. Card, Jenny Isaacs and Ernest V. E. Hodges; 13. Haven in a heartless world? Hurt feelings in the family Rosemary Mills and Caroline C. Piotrowski; 14. Hurt feelings in adult friendships Beverley Fehr and Cheryl Harasymchuk; 15. When love hurts: understanding hurtful events in couple relationships Judith A. Feeney; 16. Hurt in postdivorce relationships Sandra Metts, Dawn O. Braithwaite and Mark A. Fine; Part V. Hurt in Applied Contexts: 17. The physiology of feeling hurt Timothy J. Loving, Benjamin Le and Erin Crockett; 18. Hurt and psychological health in close relationships Scott R. Braithwaite, Frank D. Fincham and Nathaniel M. Lambert; 19. Technology and hurt in close relationships Monica Whitty; 20. Hurt feelings and the workplace Michael R. Cunningham, Anita P. Barbee and Eshita Mandal; 21. Cultural influences on the causes and experience of hurt feelings Robin Kowalski; 22. Hurt feelings: the last taboo for researchers and clinicians? Luciano L'Abate.