“karbala’s epic” was composed in 222 odes and more than 6000 verses by “saeed al osaili” (1929 - 1994), the contemporary lebanese poet. accounting to the life of imam hussain (as) from birth to death, this epic contains, tender affection, fluent words and phrases and appropriate rhythm. this paper is seeking to study the literary elements of  karbala’s epic and analyze the affection of the poet...

Love is a wondrous state, deep, tender, and rewarding. Because of its intimate and personal nature it is regarded by some as an improper topic for experimental research. But, whatever our personal feelings may be, our assigned mission as psychologists is to analyze all facets of human and animal behavior into their component variables. So far as love or affection is concerned, psychologists hav...

If you are an Englishman you will begin by being irritated by Mr. Kaufman?I almost wrote " by having Mr. Kaufman irritate you "?such is the obtrusiveness of the American idiom when the title page has given you no inkling Mr. Kaufman is not London based. But this mere pettifog that carps. The main irritation is the slow build-up of the tale. Mr. Kaufman is in no mood to jag his backcloth with ey...

Despite its connection with relationship satisfaction, research on physical affection is scarce and fails to disentangle private and public displays of affection. It is important to examine both types if marginalized couples are less comfortable displaying affection publicly. The present study examined whether same-sex couples display less public (but not private) physical affection than differ...

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Affection games are ludic experiences in which players are required to express culturally recognized expressions of liking as a primary goal in the game. Interestingly, while the physical world of analog play has many such activities, the digital world has been relatively limited in affording players the ability to express affection as the primary game goal. Affection games in digital play exis...

This paper outlines two models for framing affection games as a contribution to the evolution of courtship rituals or as a matriculation through Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It then frames the design of these games through two distinct lenses. The first is a game verb based framing, focusing on the affectionate actions designed to meet game goals. The second is an interaction dynamic framing, w...