Besides the obvious advantage of mobility, wearable computing o ers intimacy with the user for augmented realities. A model of the user is as important as a model of the physical world for creating a seamless, unobtrusive interface while avoiding \information overload." This paper summarizes some of the current projects at the MIT Media Laboratory that explore the space of user and physical env...

This study examined how perceived position and velocity regarding approach and avoidance in romantic relationships relate to affective experiences. The authors hypothesized that perceived progress toward intimacy would predict positive affect and that perceived movement toward conflict would predict anxious affect. Ninety-two romantic couples recorded perceived levels of, and perceived changes ...

The author begins with general considerations about intimacy in life, the life cycle, and relationships in general. He defines intimacy as an emotional experience of contact with oneself and with another subject. He then focuses on describing the experience of intimacy in the analytic relationship, asserting that the encounter between two subjects and their subjectivities creates an area of emo...

This study used daily reports of interactions in marriage to examine predictions from the conceptualization of intimacy as the outcome of an interpersonal process. Both partners of 96 married couples completed daily diaries assessing self-disclosure, partner disclosure, perceived partner responsiveness, and intimacy on each of 42 consecutive days. Multivariate multilevel modeling revealed that ...

Children's relationships with their peers become more intimate as they grow older, with girls tending to experience intimacy in their friendships at an earlier age than their male counterparts. The size, friendship composition, and activity of elementary school children's play groups were recorded in an attempt to identify probable environmental causes of gender differences in the development o...

objective: malfunction in the intimacy, marital conflict and early maladaptive schemas have always been considered as one of the principal reasons of couples’ divorce. employment of effective therapies may help in the improvement of couples’ problems and decrease of divorce. methods: the present research employed a single-subject research design and selected 3 women suing for divorce from among...