El estudio comparo la manera en que los mozambiques y franceses conceptualizan el amor romantico. Dos submuestras de 238 adultos mozambiques y 250 adultos franceses recibieron 27 tarjetas con vinetas ...(escenarios) que describian las caracteristicas de la relacion de alguien en terminos de grado de pasion, grado de intimidad y grado de compromiso. Los participantes evaluaron la intensidad del amor romantico experimentado por los personajes en los escenarios utilizando una escala continua. La forma en que las personas de ambas culturas conceptualizaron el amor romantico no fue completamente similar, pero las diferencias fueron muy sutiles. El impacto de cada componente sobre la intensidad juzgada del amor fue similar. En ambas muestras, la pasion y la intimidad explicaron la mayor parte de la variacion. La estructura algebraica de la regla de juicio sin embargo fue diferente. Entre los participantes franceses los hallazgos fueron consistentes a lo sugerido por autores anteriores con una regla de igualacion de pesos. Sin embargo, entre los participantes de Mozambique, los patrones de calificacion fueron consistentes con una regla de juicio mas compleja. En esta regla, el impacto de cada factor dependia del nivel de los otros factores: Se propuso una regla de promedio de peso diferencial que se puede escribir Amor = w.sup.ic Pasion + w'.sub.pc Intimidad + w".sub.pi Compromiso / w.sub.ic + w'.sub.pc + w".sub.pi Palabras clave amor romantico; conceptualizacion; reglas algebraicas; mozambiques; franceses. The study compared the way Mozambican and French people conceptualize romantic love. Two subsamples of 238 Mozambican adults and 250 French adults were presented with 27 cards containing vignettes (scenarios) that described the characteristics of someone's relationship regarding degree of passion, the degree of intimacy, and degree of commitment. Participants assessed the intensity of romantic love experienced by the characters in the scenarios using a continuous scale. The way people from both cultures conceptualized romantic love was not entirely similar, but the differences were very subtle. The impact of each component on the judged intensity of love was similar. In both samples, passion and intimacy explained most of the variance. The algebraic structure of the judgment rule was, however, different. Among French participants, the findings were consistent with an equal-weight averaging rule as suggested by previous authors. Among Mozambican participants, the patterns of rating were, however, consistent with a more complex judgment rule. In this rule, the impact of each factor depended on the level of the other factors: A differential weight averaging rule was proposed that can be written Love = w'.sub.ic Passion + w'pc Intimacy + w".sub.pi Commitment / w.sub.ic + w'.sub.pc + w".sub.pi Keywords romantic love; conceptualization; algebraic rule; Mozambicans; French.
Recent cultural transformations have reshaped the experience of intimacy. This article presents and discusses the results of a qualitative study —conducted in Santiago, Chile— aimed at exploring, ...through life stories and focus groups, the meanings attributed to intimate relationships by 64 men and women (ages 38 to 45), contacted through snow ball sampling. Results show that people embody in their intimate relationships the social tensions ensuing from the coexistence of different social discourses regarding intimate experiences. While yearning for love and intimacy, they also feel threatened by the dependence, the loss of autonomy, and the giving up of individual projects that they associate with being in a couple relationship. It is argued that tackling these tensions requires a new conceptualization of intimacy, one that understands it as a discontinuous intersubjective process, marked by experiences of rupture and repair. In order to do this, the psychoanalytic concept of thirdness is used, which regards intimacy bonds as spaces of co-construction outside of the logic of complementarity.
In the UK, there has been a lack of research on abusive behaviours in young people's intimate relationships (Barter, 2009; Barter et al., 2009; Griffiths, 2019; Lyons & Rabie, 2014; NICE 2014), with ...few studies based upon young people's own perceptions (Barter, 2009; Prospero, 2006). This limited evidence-base means that understandings of these relationships and abusive behaviours within them may not represent the experiences of young people. Previous research has also primarily focused on physical and sexual abuse (Barter, 2009; Barter et al., 2009), with emotional abuse only relatively recently receiving an increased focus (Barter, 2009; Barter et al., 2009). This exploratory study examines the ways in which a UK sample of young people construe abusive behaviours within intimate relationships. Q methodology facilitated the holistic identification of subjective understandings. 26 participants, aged 14-16 years from five mainstream secondary schools in a UK local authority (LA), completed a card sort of statements in a forced choice distribution grid. Both online and in-person Q sorts were utilised. The Q sorts were analysed using factor analysis to identify shared perspectives on abusive behaviours in young peoples' intimate relationships. Substantive differences in viewpoints were found between two groups of young people. These related to diverging perceptions of emotionally, physically and sexually abusive behaviours in young people's intimate relationships, as well as the contextual and consequential features which influence them. A common perspective relating to consent, as well as sexual coercion and abuse, was held across both groups' viewpoints. Implications for understandings of the dynamics of abuse in young people's relationships based on young people's own experiences, as well as for educational provision and Educational Psychologists, are discussed.
This study explores the impact chemsex may have on the intimate worlds of its users. Eight participants were interviewed using semi-structured interviews focusing on their experience of chemsex and ...its impact on their experience of intimacy. The material was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). This research method facilitates a hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry into the unique individual experience, as well as commonalities between participants. Three superordinate themes were identified. The first theme; The Quest for Intimate Connection, highlighted the participants' need for intimate connection and a sense of belonging within a community. It also illustrated participants' awareness of the phenomenon of 'false intimacy' within the chemsex context. The second theme; Living with Shame, related to the complex feelings of shame experienced by participants, particularly homophobic shame. The third and final superordinate theme was Chemsex Darkness. This theme addressed the negative and damaging ways chemsex impacted the lives of participants, with reduced sexual confidence and functioning being of particular note. The clinical significance of this study demonstrates the complex interaction between chemsex activities and participants' lives and intimate relations. The recommendation from these findings shows that increased research and therapeutic support for chemsex users is necessary, particularly in relation to the reporting of 'false intimacy' and how this may interact with chemsex users making poor health and relational decisions. The study highlights the need for increased support and further research on decreased sexual confidence in chemsex users, particularly prior users who have exited the chemsex community and the implications of 'sober sex' in the future. The results imply that greater resources and focus is required to address feelings of shame and inferiority amongst gay men and more particularly, understanding how existential shame may lead to engagement with the chemsex world.
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 by attachment theory. The present study is a qualitative investigation into what therapeutic interventions psychological practitioners employ when they encounter clients who experience avoidance attachment patterns in dating and relationship formation. Taking a point of departure in attachment theory the paper considers how secondary attachment avoidance patterns, or emotional deactivation strategies, contribute to these difficulties and argues a need to clarify what therapeutic interventions clinicians' practice to remedy the adverse effects of avoidance patterns in intimacy. While some therapies incorporate attachment theory in their approach to alleviating attachmentrelated issues, it is less clear what practitioners can do to service people specifically displaying intimacy avoidance in romance. Adopting a critical realist perspective, this paper aims to disseminate a complementary lens to the psychological profession in approaching psychological therapy for this specific demographic. A thematic analysis carried out on ten semi-structured interviews with highly experienced practitioners revealed four themes relating to interventions employed in therapy; 'Create awareness of avoidance and build psychological capacity to tolerate difficult emotions through process and techniques', 'Use self and the therapeutic relationship as a conduit to change avoidance patterns', 'Apply measured humanity to heal and restore trust in intimacy' and 'Contextual and conceptual positioning in therapy'. Sub-themes to each intervention are considered and their implications discussed.
Can framing intimacy as a necessary and primary outcome of collaboration help group members trust each other across conflicting identities? The theater industry has started welcoming Intimacy ...education to prevent harm that can arise during the performance of intimate scenarios. In response, academic institutions that train emerging theater makers have created guidelines and policies for intimate collaboration. In the Undergraduate Drama Department at New York University, they've created Intimacy Guidelines that include an emphasis on nurturing emotional, intellectual, and experiential intimacy alongside physical intimacy to encourage collaboration that "is vulnerable and brave." (p. 2). As an NYU Theatre Professor and socially engaged theater maker, the author sees the potential in these guidelines to help students who are working in diverse performance-based group activities address their distrust of others and nurture belonging within the group. Having first experienced intimacy as a phase of the group process through arts-based activities in social work groups, the author interviews a social worker who effectively develops intimacy through arts-based activities in groups. They discuss the potential and limitations of intimacy in groups and reflect on the similarities and differences between a social work group process and the Drama Department's Intimacy Guidelines.
Wprowadzenie i cel: Niniejsze badanie ma na celu ukazanie związków pomiędzy miłością i lękiem egzystencjalnym wśród dorosłych Polaków. W piśmiennictwie wskazuje się na istotny wpływ miłości na ...dobrostan i jakość życia człowieka. Pozytywne relacje, bliskość i miłość mogą mieć znaczenie ochronne przed poczuciem pustki egzystencjalnej. Można założyć - na podstawie literatury przedmiotu - że niepokój egzystencjalny jest negatywnie powiązany z namiętnością, intymnością i zaangażowaniem w miłości. Materiał i metody: Przebadano grupę 274 osób dorosłych wyłonionych z populacji ogólnej (142 kobiet i 132 mężczyzn). Średni wiek badanych wynosił 33,45 roku (odchylenie standardowe, standard deviation, SD = 15,89). Respondenci wypełniali dwa kwestionariusze: dedykowany pomiarowi doświadczenia miłości (Trójczynnikowa Skala Miłości Sternberga) i mierzący lęk egzystencjalny (Kwestionariusz Lęku Egzystencjalnego Weemsa i zespołu). Wyniki: Wielozmiennowe analizy regresji wykazały, że namiętność i intymność są istotnymi predyktorami lęku egzystencjalnego, w przeciwieństwie do zaangażowania w miłości. Wyższe wyniki w zakresie intymności i namiętności są powiązane z obniżonym lękiem egzystencjalnym. Wnioski: Uzyskane przez nas dane wskazują na znaczenie miłości, bliskich relacji, intymności i namiętności w redukowaniu niepokoju egzystencjalnego. Osoby szczęśliwe, tworzące pozytywne relacje postrzegają swoje życie jako wartościowe i mające sens. Nie czują się samotne i nie odczuwają intensywnego lęku egzystencjalnego. Bliskość i pozytywne emocje związane z miłością wydają się mieć znaczenie ochronne przed poczuciem pustki egzystencjalnej. Wyniki naszych badań mogą stanowić wskazówki dla terapeutów zajmujących się problemami egzystencjalnymi pacjentów.
Intimacy is an important and growing concept in both media studies and podcast studies. But research regarding intimacies in both disciplines has yet to fully account for the connection between sound ...and normativity, which is essential to podcasting and important to mediated intimacies more broadly. In this article, we mobilise scholarship from these two fields to analyse the award-winning music podcast Song Exploder. Our study highlights that attending to intimacies in podcasting involves both analysing how the story structure aligns with social norms and listening critically to the ways the sound design and audio editing complements and complicates these intimate stories. We contend that identifying the intersection of sound and normativity in this podcast contributes to understanding the cultural work of podcasting and underscores the key role of sound in mediated intimacies.
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