Boys' and men's intimate relationships: Friendships and romantic relationships.

2016 ◽  
pp. 569-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Smiler ◽  
Robert Heasley
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Intimate Relationships

Intimate Relationships of People With Disabilities

Inclusion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carli Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Internalized Stigma ◽  
Adults With Disabilities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Self Acceptance

Abstract Despite the difficulties people with disabilities may have garnering intimate relationships, intimate relationships may be particularly beneficial for people with disabilities as they result in greater self-acceptance, less internalized stigma, and more camaraderie. The aim of this study was to explore the intimate relationships of adults with disabilities (n = 1,443) in its many forms (from intimate friendships to romantic relationships). We particularly explored what factors increased the odds of adults with disabilities having intimate relationships, what supports resulted in increased likeliness to have intimate relationships, and what factors resulted in the presence of favorable intimate relationship outcomes. Our analysis revealed service organizations are key to enhancing the social and intimate relationships of adults with disabilities.

Violent Coercion in Intimate Relationships

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amie Langer Zarling ◽  
Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo ◽  
Erika Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Committed Relationships ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
Recent Treatment ◽  
Controlling Behaviors ◽  
Empirically Supported Interventions

This chapter defines violent coercion in romantic relationships as comprising threatening or controlling behaviors such as economic abuse and social isolation, dominance and intimidation, belligerence and humiliation, threats of physical violence, physical violence itself, and sexual violence. This type of coercion occurs in a broad range of intimate relationships—dating, cohabiting, engaged and newlywed couples, separated and divorced couples, and second and third marriages. Even mild and infrequent forms of violent coercion have negative consequences for victims, relationships, and children raised in these homes. There are few empirically supported interventions for violent coercion in committed relationships, and those that do exist are limited in their efficacy. This chapter reviews the wide variation in definitions of coercion in committed relationships, assesses the methods used to measure coercion in committed relationships, reviews traditional treatments and evaluates their efficacy, and delineates recent treatment advances and outline directions for future research.

scholarly journals ROSAS Y ESPINAS EN LAS RELACIONES DE PAREJAS DE NOVIOS: AMOR, EXPECTATIVAS Y PROBLEMAS

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Ana Isabel Isidro de Pedro ◽  
Isaac Peñil Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Couple Relationship ◽  
Management Skill ◽  
Stressful Condition ◽  
The Past ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Relation Model ◽  
The Way

Abstract:ROSES AND THORNS IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: LOVE, EXPECTATIONS, AND PROBLEMSThe intimate relationships have a great value in the life of the persons and, for most of them, to find and to maintain a stable couple relation, well-established and happy continue to be occupying a preponderant role in his/her “ideal” of life (to short, half or long-term), while either his absence or failure is frequently detected as a negative or stressful condition that affects the life of their protagonists. The present work deals with a psychosocial approximation to the study of the sentimental relations in youngster’s couples that are not yet living together neither they have done it in the past. In this phase it is accustomed to give rise the germ of future-conflicts and the couple behaviour patterns become established to be perpetuated and to constitute the guideline or the posterior relation model for it. Thus the way to understand love, the couple relationship, the conflict and the management skill to solve it, will be analyzed.Keywords: Romantic relationships, Love, ConflictResumen:Las relaciones íntimas tienen un gran valor en la vida de las personas y, para la mayor parte, encontrar y mantener una relación de pareja estable, consolidada y feliz sigue ocupando un papel preponderante en su “ideal” de vida (a corto, medio o largo plazo), mientras que su ausencia o fracaso es frecuentemente percibida como una condición negativa o estresante que mediatiza la vida de sus protagonistas. El presente trabajo pretende una aproximación psicosocial al estudio de las relaciones sentimentales en parejas jóvenes que aún no conviven juntas ni lo han hecho en el pasado, es decir, lo que popularmente se denomina pareja de novios. Es en esta fase cuando suele fraguarse el germen de futuros conflictos y cuando se establecen los patrones de comportamiento de pareja que tenderán a perpetuarse en el tiempo y a constituir la pauta o modelo de relación posterior entre ambos. Así se analizará la forma de entender el amor y la relación de pareja, el conflicto y las estrategias y habilidades exhibidas para resolverlo.Palabras clave: Relaciones de pareja, amor, conflicto

Sexual and Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Harker Tillman ◽  
Karin L. Brewster ◽  
Giuseppina Valle Holway
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Relationship Formation ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Economic Developments

Sociological research has long recognized the important role that intimate relationships play in young people's lives. In recent decades, relationship formation patterns and relationship trajectories during the early years of adulthood have become increasingly diverse and complex. In recognition of this, we review contemporary research on sexual and romantic relationships among young adults in the United States, noting how relationship attitudes, expectations, and experiences have changed in response to broader social and economic developments and how they vary by gender, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and sexual identity. Data and methodological limitations are also considered. We conclude by identifying promising directions for future sociological research and data collection efforts.

Broadening your horizon one day at a time: Relationship goals and exciting activities as daily antecedents of relational self-expansion

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 1910-1926
Author(s):  
Cheryl Harasymchuk ◽  
Amy Muise ◽  
Chantal Bacev-Giles ◽  
Judith Gere ◽  
Emily A. Impett
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Relational Self ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Daily Diary Study ◽  
Motivational Model ◽  
Relationship Benefits

Self-expansion in intimate relationships (i.e., broadening one’s perspective through engaging in novel, exciting activities with a partner) has been associated with relationship benefits. The goal of this study was to propose a motivational model of self-expansion to understand what prompts people to engage in self-expanding activities in their relationship on a daily basis. We hypothesized that when people report stronger daily approach relationship goals (i.e., goals focused on pursuing growth, intimacy, and rewards), they would report a greater likelihood of engaging in novel, exciting activities that enhance self-expansion and ultimately promote greater satisfaction in romantic relationships. To test our model, we recruited 122 couples for a 3-week daily diary study. In support of our hypotheses, on days when people (or their partners) reported higher than their usual approach relationship goals, they reported higher relational self-expansion, which was due, in part, to a greater likelihood of engaging in novel, exciting activities with the partner. In turn, higher relational self-expansion was associated with higher daily relationship satisfaction. Our findings have implications for understanding what promotes relationship growth on a day-to-day basis and the outcomes of daily approach-oriented relationship goals.

scholarly journals Investigating Failure in Establishing Intimate Relationships: A Psychoanalytical Study of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 169-174
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asif Khan ◽  
Aamer Shaheen ◽  
Safia Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Fear Of Intimacy ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Hedda Gabler ◽  
The People ◽  
Intimate Relations ◽  
Unconscious Desire

Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler is full of psychological implications. It is a play in which Ibsen has dealt with the complexity of romantic relationships. The study relies on Freud's theory of the unconscious involving unconscious motives, repression, fear of intimacy, displacement, anxiety and neurosis. Many young characters in the play try to establish intimate relationships, but they fail in their effort. Most of the characters are suffering from the fear of intimacy. This leads to make an analysis of their unconscious motives and desires. The study finds that most of the characters in this play are controlled by their unconscious desire for having power over the people they want to be intimate with. This is why they fail to establish intimate relations with the important individuals in their life. The study offers an application of Freudian concepts to literature. It also helps in understanding causes for the failure of intimate relationships.

Advice in Intimate Relationships

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Branch ◽  
Elizabeth Dorrance Hall
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Turbulence Theory ◽  
Confirmation Theory ◽  
Relational Context ◽  
Interdependence Theory

Friendships and romantic relationships are characterized by enduring concern for each other’s welfare. It is perhaps not surprising, then, that advice, a form of social support, is common, expected, and even desired in intimate relationships. While much of the research on advice samples from friendships and romantic relationships, the influence of the specific relational context is often overlooked. This chapter addresses this limitation with a synthesis of theory and research from relationship science. Specifically, it explores the potential contributions of interdependence theory (Kelley & Thibaut, 1978), relationship turbulence theory (Solomon, Knobloch, Theiss, & McLaren, 2016), attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969), and confirmation theory (Dailey, 2006) to understand how relationship cognitions affect advice outcomes. The chapter also discusses the intersections between these theories as applied to advice and shows how these theories can guide best practices of advising in close relationships.

scholarly journals Familial Experiences: The Translation in Adults' Future Romantic Relationships

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Maria Encila
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender

This paper explores the different ways in which familial experiences can impact an adult’s future intimate relationships. There are multiple factors such as parent-child attachment styles, parenting styles, personal background (race, ethnicity, religion, culture) and gender that influence their approach and attitude towards intimate relationships. Current research suggests that positive upbringing and familial experiences positively reflect adult children’s future intimate relationships. On the contrary, unpleasant familial experiences can negatively impact one’s social competency, jeopardizing their ability to maintain and establish relationships with others. I will discuss the multidimensional factors traced from the quality of family relations and how that translates to adult children’s intimate relationships. Family serves as children’s initial sense of emotional bond, moulding their competence in various social settings and ability to establish relationships with others.  

The (dys)functionality of deceptive affection : using a goals-based approach to understand the process of deceptive affection and its connection to relational health in friends with benefits and other intimate relationships

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sara L. Trask
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Relational Health ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Friends With Benefits ◽  
Relational Outcomes ◽  
The University ◽  
Relational Contexts

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The use of affection in relationships plays an important role in developing and maintaining relationships (Floyd, 2006). However, affectionate communication can also provide substantial risks to individual and relational health when it is misattributed (Floyd and Burgoon, 1999, Floyd and Voloudakis, 1999a). The present dissertation assessed 526 participants to examine the process of deceptive affection, both intensified and deintensified, as a communicative tool used to satisfy goals, and how the use of deceptive affection relates to relational health within three relational contexts: friends with benefits, cross-sex friendships, and romantic relationships. The Deceptive Affection Scale (DAS) was created to assess individuals' use of deceptive affection. Results suggest FWBRs produce more deceptive affection, both intensifying and deintensifying, than cross-sex friendships and romantic relationships. Additionally, different goals predicted the use of intensified and deintensified deceptive affection across relational contexts. Finally, results would suggest that deintensifying affection has minimal influence on relational outcomes, however, intensifying affection is negatively associated with relational health. The current study contributes to the expanding literature on affection, particularly deceptive affection, affection exchange theory, and FWBR literature. Implications for findings, limitations, and areas of future research are addressed.

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