extended abstract 1- introduction life for human beings starts along with social interaction which is changed into group when combined with emotions. these social interactions occur in the social relationships atmosphere. one of these is the marital relationship which is very warm and intimate at the beginning but later emotions cool off and life loses intimacy. according to exploratory studies...

CONTEXT Condoms are less likely to be used in primary relationships than in other relationship types. An understanding of what women and men expect when entering into these relationships, as well as how they make decisions about condom use and other prevention behaviors, is essential to efforts to curb the spread of HIV. METHODS Qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 25 high-risk...

The influences of culture are present in different areas of human health, as is the case with reproductive behaviors. To have a child means to have made a responsible decision. If conception takes longer to happen, these patients require the help of doctors to stimulate the refractory body. In light of data suggesting that psychosexual symptoms may interfere with fertility, successful infertili...

objective: many theorists agree that intimacy is a multidimensional concept and intimacy attitude components are different from intimate behavior components. this research aimed to determine the components of intimacy attitude in university students. methods: based on revised intimacy attitude scale (ias-r) which was originally developed by amidon et al. (1983), intimacy attitude components are...

Gay couples who have been displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic had to work with communication platforms so that they could process and proceed their relationships. Using notion of romantic intimacy as mediated socially processed information, interviews were analysed in order describe twelve (12) gay couples’ enacted approximate interpersonal romance. Results shown communicate affective, cognitive...

Abstract The passage of the Postal Duties Bill in 1840 and implementation penny post expanded epistolary lives English men women, particularly middle classes, overnight. affordability postage, commercial boom letter-writing appurtenances, increased social pressure for regular correspondence augmented altered how individuals built all sorts relationships, especially romantic ones. This paper rel...

Interaction intimacy, the degree of biological integration between interacting individuals, shapes the ecology and evolution of species interactions. A major question in ecology is whether interaction intimacy also shapes the way interactions are organized within communities. We combined analyses of network structure and food web models to test the role of interaction intimacy in determining pa...