ABSTRACT
There is no shortage of distinct and conceptually imaginative constructs in the relationship literature. With the rapid expansion of the field in the last two decades, relationship scholars have defined, operationalized, and investigated a plethora of constructs, each delineating a particular quality or process describing behavior in personal relationships, and each distinguishable to varying degrees from other constructs. With every new issue of leading journals, the list of relationship constructs grows, and no moratorium on the proliferation of new constructs appears on the horizon. Such a moratorium would not be desirable, of course; new constructs enter the field precisely because their advocates believe that they are capable of adding new knowledge and insights to our understanding of interpersonal behavior and relationships.
