In a first step of this contribution, the observed glass transition temperature-composition behavior of miscible blends of poly(styrene-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (SAD17) containing 17 mol % of N,N-dimethylacrylamide and poly(styrene-co-acrylic acid) (SAA18, SAA27, and SAA32) containing increasing acrylic acid content, are analyzed according to theoretical approaches. Both Kwei and Brostow equations describe well the experimental data though better fits were obtained with the Brostow's approach. The specific interactions involved in these systems are a combination of intra and interassociation hydrogen bonding. The positive deviation from the linear mixing rule of T-g-composition observed within the SAA18+SAD17 blend system, indicates that interassociation interactions are prevailing. More pronounced intra-association interactions within the SAA32+SAD17 blend system led to a large negative deviation while a fine balance is established between these two types of interactions within the SAA27+SAD17 blend. A thermodynamic analysis was carried out according to the Painter-Coleman association model. The miscibility and phase behavior of SAD17+SAA18 and SAD17+SAA27 blends are well predicted. However, this model predicts a partial miscibility of SAD17+SAA32 system. Finally, the fitting parameter free method developed by Coleman to predict the T-g-composition behavior is applied. This method predicts fairly well the evolution trend of experimental T(g)s of the SAA18+SAD17 and SAA27+SAD17 blend systems. However, the compositional dependence of SAA32+SAD17 blend T-g was not predictable by this method. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 2074-2082, 2009