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Showing 1 to 20 of 110 for “"Romantic Relationship"”.
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF PARTNER INVESTMENTS TO ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP COMMITMENT
… used theories in the literature on interpersonal relationships, posits that both partners in a romantic relationships play integral roles in maintaining their relationship. Based in interdependence theory, research on the investment model of commitment (Rusbult, 1980) has revealed that …
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Romantic Relationship Decisions: Focusing on the Role of the Partner
Decisions about romantic relationships impact a romantic partner as well as the self. In the present research, I tested whether people can be motivated to make relationship decisions that are not necessarily in their own best interests for the sake of the partner. Studies 1 and 2 examined …
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The Developmental Timing of Divorce and Adult Children's Romantic Relationship Quality
… whether the timing of divorce influences the relationship outcomes of adult children. Using a large nationally representative sample in terms of race (N=6,066), eight groups of individuals (males and females from intact homes, males and females who experienced divorce during adolescence, males …
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Camouflage Romance: Same-Gender Romantic Relationship Quality and Effects on Military Commitment
… life comes with a host of challenges for romantic relationships. Romantic partners withstand the pressures of deployment and geographical relocations (i.e., military transitions) to support their service members’ careers and play a critical role in swaying service members’ decisions to …
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Differences In Romantic Relationship Satisfaction And Health As A Function Of Pet Preference
… differ in terms of the quality of their human relationships or whether people who own dogs or cats (or both) differ in the health benefits associated with pet ownership. This study was used to examine the relationship between pet preferences, level of satisfaction and type of attachment …
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Overparenting and Emerging Adults' Romantic Relationship Efficacy: The Moderating Role of Individual Cultural Beliefs
Romantic love and intimacy are critical for emerging adults to explore self-identity. Relationship efficacy is a cognitive process related to conflict management that plays an important role in romantic relationship development and quality. Overparenting, characterized by high control and …
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College Athletes and Romantic Relationship Conflict: The Moderating Effects of Sport-Relationship Conflict and Enrichment
<p>Relationships that college athletes develop outside of their sports have the potential to positively and negatively impact sport, relationship, and mental health outcomes. Existing research focuses on the importance of the coach-athlete, parentathlete, and athlete-athlete dyads and suggests that …
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The Breakup Project: using evolutionary theory to predict and interpret responses to romantic relationship dissolution
<p>The formation and maintenance of romantic pair bonds is a well-represented topic in human evolutionary sciences. This extensive body of work, drawn mostly from the field of evolutionary psychology, has proposed mechanisms for attracting a mate (e.g., resource display, physical cues), attaining a …
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The Effect of Social Media Addiction on Romantic Relationship Outcomes: Factors Associated with Social Media Addiction
… to glamorous profiles on social media evoke romantic dissatisfaction? Or is social media a refuge for unsatisfied partners? Social networking sites (SNSs) have simplified virtual interactions with strangers cum instant ‘friends’, whose embellished profiles evoke jealousy, envy, …
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Examining Romantic Relationship Maintenance Behaviors: A Prime Time Television Content Analysis and Audience Perceptions of Mediated Portrayals
… relational states, especially within committed romantic relationships. Limited research, however, has considered media portrayals and audience interpretation of these behaviors. From the framework of social cognitive theory, the content analysis in Study 1 examined relational maintenance …
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Sources of Sexual and Romantic Education: Associations with Sexual Minority Men’s Sexual Experiences and Romantic Relationship Quality
… outcomes, including those related to sexual and romantic quality, relative to heterosexual individuals (Beaulieu et al., 2017; CDC, 2021). These poorer romantic, sexual, and psychological outcomes may be attributable in part to lacking access to affirmative and relevant modeling of sexual …
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Psychology observed within every romantic relationship study: Testing equality of parameters across diverse gender and sexual identities
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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Warm, Competent, or Both? : Trait Perception in Friendship, Acquaintanceship, Siblings, and Romantic Relationship: Explicit, Implicit, and Transgression Studies
… trait preference or what we find desirable in a relationship partner such as a friend, a romantic partner, or a colleague are abundant. However, the evidence from the actual choice paradigm is not as substantial. Thus, the thesis focused on the established relationships by asking participants to …
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The lived experience of second-generation, Indian, Hindu women in a cross-cultural romantic relationship: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… women endure, particularly in the context of romantic relationships, where cultural values differ between the second-generation and their parents. Consequently, engaging in a cross-cultural, romantic relationship (CCRR) may be perceived to threaten cultural continuity and such decisions can …
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Childhood Maltreatment and Romantic Relationship Functioning During Pregnancy: Women’s Narrative Coherence About Partners and Couples’ Conflict Communication and Recovery
… (CM) is associated with difficulties in romantic relationships in adulthood, including conflict, less support, and difficulties in communication. However, little is known about the impact of CM on romantic relationship functioning in the context of pregnancy, during which time romantic …
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Unlearning the narrative: integrating relationship science and machine learning to identify the determinants of African American adults' romantic relationship satisfaction
Foundational theories in relationship science offer generalized explanations of relationship processes and outcomes that do not acknowledge the central role that race and racism may play in structuring intimate partnerships. This omission is particularly consequential given the salience of racial …
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Extradyadic Communication with Friends about Negative Relational Events in Romantic Relationships: Development of a Measure and Implications for Friendship and Romantic Relationship Functioning
Interpersonal relationships, and the communication that takes place within them, do not exist in a vacuum (Milardo, 1982). Extant research provides much useful information about the importance of perceived network support and interference for romantic relationships, yet there is limited information …
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Do Black men really love Black women? : A qualitative study on how mass media shape Black men's perception of Black women for long-term romantic relationship -- or not
… confronted with the presence of a Black man in relationship with a non-Black woman whether in media messages or real life, more often than not Black women are also met with feelings of rejection and inadequacy. It is a form of rejection experienced by Black women that is often discussed behind …
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The Correlation Between Childhood Sexual Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Revictimization on North America Emerging Adult Females' romantic Relationship Satisfaction with Spiritual Well-Being and Post-Traumatic Growth as Mediators
… tasks includes the excitement of intimate romantic relationships (Shulman & Connolly, 2013). These intimate romantic relationships can involve sexual as well as emotional intimacy (Fisher, 2006). When there has been sexual abuse in childhood, the perception of self and others is maladaptive …
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