Customer intimacy is a relationship between a company and its customer, where the company collects information to better understand and serve the customer. Many online companies want to establish this relationship, and if successfully formed, it is expected that customer loyalty will increase, resulting in increased revenue for the company. However, the desire of the company to collect intimate...

Although countering denial, minimization, and externalization of blame is a key component of most interventions for individuals who have been abusive in their intimate relationships, these attributions have only seldom been the focus of empirical investigation. Using a sample of 139 male and female university students, the current study examined the associations between self-reported minimizing...

Weblog has become a kind of important information resource on the Internet for it can make people publish individual experiences and opinion easily. Blogsphere has evolved vast and complex social network through blogrolls, citation, reading, comments and other social activities. More attentions are paid on related research for the prevalence of blog. The paper proposes the definition of intimat...

OF DISSERTATION THE IMPACT OF PRENATAL DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS, INTIMATE PARTNER RELATIONSHIP, AND IMMUNE STATUS ON POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION The prevalence of depression during pregnancy in the U. S. is approximately 13%. Poor quality of the intimate partner relationship is significantly correlated with depression during pregnancy. The adverse effects of antenatal depression have been widely documente...

This study contrasted the effects of intimate partner and nonpartner sexual assault on women's mental health among a sample (N=835) of low-income, ethnically diverse community women. Compared to sexual assault by a previous partner or by a non-intimate partner, sexual assault by a current partner was the strongest predictor of PTSD, stress, and dissociation. Non-intimate partner sexual assault ...

background and objectives intimate partner abuse during pregnancy is a major problem associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. however, this relationship has not been adequately explored, especially in the developing countries. the present study seeks to determine the relationship between of intimate partner abuse and reproductive health outcome among pregnant women attending gachs...

This study examined the relationship between intimate partner violence and adult attachment in a sample of 70 couples. The attachment style of each partner and the interaction of the partners' attachment styles were examined as predictors of intimate partner violence. Additional analyses were conducted to examine violence reciprocity and to explore differences in the relationship between attach...