Vision and Intimacy

Intimacy Deficits, Fear of Intimacy, and Loneliness among Sexual Offenders

Intimacy defi cits and loneliness recently have been theorized as infl uential factors in the etiology and maintenance of sexually offending behaviors, although to date there has been a lack of empirical research conducted to address this proposition. The present study examined intimacy defi cits, fear of intimacy, and loneliness among intrafamilial child molesters, rapists, nonsexually offendi...

Intimacy and terminal care.

Four cases are summarized in which the general practitioner is involved in the terminal care of one partner of a stable marital relationship. The need to conceptualize the expectations of the patient, the family and the doctor in terminal care is stressed. An attempt is made to illustrate how the quality of the pre-existing sexual relationship, the dying person's own sexuality, and ultimately t...

Creative Computers, Improvisation and Intimacy

SNS as Intimacy Zone: Social Intimacy, Loneliness, and Self- disclosure on SNS

This study explores factors that may influence one’s self-disclosure on SNS where one selfdisclose information in the public eye. Social intimacy and loneliness as indicators of one’s social relationship status are found to be both significantly, though contradictorily related to self-disclosure on SNS. Social intimacy and loneliness function are mediators in the direct effect of personality on...

When curiosity breeds intimacy: taking advantage of intimacy opportunities and transforming boring conversations.

Curious people seek knowledge and new experiences. In 3 studies, we examined whether, when, and how curiosity contributes to positive social outcomes between unacquainted strangers. Study 1 (98 college students) showed that curious people expect to generate closeness during intimate conversations but not during small talk; less curious people anticipated poor outcomes in both situations. We hyp...