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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"long-term romantic relationships"”.
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Self and Communication in Long-Term Romantic Relationships
… understanding of how individuals in heterosexual romantic relationships resolve conflict and why the identified persuasion attempts are occurring. This study proposes a two-pathway model of how socialization predicts conflict communication strategies through self-construal and relationship goals. …
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Psychotherapeutic interventions for clients seeking long-term romantic relationships, yet displaying intimacy avoidance patterns: a thematic analysis of clinicians' experiences
Relational issues are common reasons people seek psychological help, hereunder issues regarding romance, where many people struggle with dating and relationship formation. This is often due to a fear of emotional intimacy expressed as avoidance of emotional and physical closeness, explained in part …
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The use of TikTok for relationship maintenance: An exploratory study
… The purpose of this study is to learn how romantic partners use TikTok to support relationship maintenance; in addition, this study draws on research related to the five love languages to gauge how romantic partners express their love for each other using TikTok. Interviews with eight …
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Relationship functioning before and during the digital age
… diverse populations, ranging from early stage long-term romantic relationships to well established couples who have been married for decades. The second was an online survey administered to 270 Amazon MTurk users and an undergrad sample of 245 psychology credit subject pool participants. This …
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Which discourses underpin long-term, autistic/non-autistic romantic couples’ understandings of their relationship as they live with and accommodate each other? A critical discourse/narrative inquiry
… and critical narrative inquiry to examine the long-term romantic relationship experiences of those in autistic/non-autistic long-term romantic relationships. Four couples participated, three heterosexual and one female same-sex couple. The participants were given the opportunity to tell their …
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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
… and make her less suitable or desirable for long-term romantic partnership. By taking a qualitative approach to examine media perceptions of Black women, this dissertation concerns itself with situating how colorism as an extension of whiteness, stereotypical media depictions and …