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In the concluding article of a special COVID-19 issue of the Journal of Comparative Family Studies, I share salient impressions regarding six topics discussed in the issue, identify characteristics of the 15 articles, discuss ways of dealing with COVID-19, consider COVID's possible long-term impact, and point to future directions COVID research might take.

Virtually every school of public health teaches a global health course, yet the major textbooks provide little on the actual practice of international health. This new book comprises a series of vivid first person accounts in which physicians, epidemiologists, health workers, and public health professionals from around the world present the critical dilemmas and challenges facing the field. Aimed primarily at medical and public health students and professionals, this book will be a much-needed addition to the existing literature. Related fields, such as development and urban studies, will find this book an engaging introduction to the core issues of international development. International health practitioners, national and local policymakers, foundations officers, and other related professionals will also find it an invaluable compendium.

This commentary on Frost and Gola's (2015) article expands on the discussion of the policy and practical implications of their findings. Specifically, we highlight the potential impact of the Supreme Court's decision from the positive response hypothesis and the more probable structural response hypothesis (i.e., that the decision will serve to polarize attitudes).

This commentary on Frost and Gola's (2015) article first identifies strengths of their article. It then discusses two directions along which their original work might be expanded: (i) the logic of the argument and (ii) the type of data collected.

This paper introduces a special issue of the journal Personal Relationships dealing with context and relationships. It reflects on the state of the literature and discusses five approaches to the interplay of context and relationships.

This experiment systematically varied the degree of friendship of S's in a Prisoner's Dilemma game. A pre-exp'al sociometric questionaire provided the basis for selecting exp'al groups of M Coll S's who were (a) best friends, (b) acquaintances, (c) nonacquaintances, & (d) disliked individuals. 62 S's were assigned by pairs into 1 of the 4 conditions. Results differed sharply for the 2 Coll's involved. In one the overall level of cooperation was quite high, & the predicted signif positive relationship between degree of friendship & amount of cooperation emerged, with best friends & acquaintances being more cooperative than the other 2 groups. In the other Coll cooperation was lower, & the best friends were markedly least cooperative. The results show that the level of cooperation in a mixed-motive game is a complex phenomenon & sensitive to a number of situational influences. AA.