This text provides a comprehensive examination of relationships from a sociocultural and multiethnic standpoint. Edited by two internationally renown psychologists, it contains the contribution of 75 researchers and theorists from 15 countries. Many papers and topics of this volume span the gap between basic theory and practical applications, with a special focus on the resolution of difficult human problems in the unique contexts of their occurrence. The papers begin by reviewing the basic foundation of the development of relationships, and then consider how we as individuals begin to relate to others and the effects of such processes on self-development. Parent-child dynamics, couple relationships, adolescent development in cross-cultural perspective, the interactions between students and school, family and work relationships, and therapeutic and healing encounters are also examined. The book integrates perspectives from developmental, clinical, cross-cultural, organizational, school, and transpersonal psychology in a rich variety of contexts.