Intimate Relationships

INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS Issues, theories and research Brianna Griffin

Table Of Contents:

1- Strangers, Friends and Lovers: Why is life so complicated?

-Picture…..Page 4
-Websites…Page 4-5
-Article……Page 5-6
-Reasoning behind chapter choice….Page 6-7
2 - Self-Presentation and Self-Disclosure
-Picture….Page 7
-Websites….Page 8
-Article…. Page 8-9
-Reasoning behind chapter choice….Page 9-10
3- Communication and Relationship Management
-Picture….Page 11
-Websites….Page 11
-Article….Page 12
-Reasoning behind chapter choice….Page 12-13
4- Conflict
-Picture….Page 14
-Websites….Page 14-15
-Article….Page 15
-Reasoning behind chapter choice….Page 15-17
5- Dissolution and its Aftermath
-Picture….Page 17
-Websites….Page 17-18
-Article….Page 18
-Reasoning behind chapter choice….Page 18-20
Reflection Paper
-Paper….Page 20-30
-References….Page 31

Strangers, Friends and Lovers: Why is life so complicated?

The following two links contain websites relating to this chapter http://users.ipfw.edu/bordens/social/attract.htm http://psychology.about.com/od/nindex/g/needtobelong.htm

The First website gives a list of different aspects and points about them. In this first website the need for affiliation and the need for intimacy are described. The website also has a lot of useful information on other aspects of intimate relationships that are interesting as well.
The second website listed has information on the need for belong which is the other key point in this chapter. This website is all about psychology and has numerous aspects that you are able to look up and read about. This section is all about the need to belong. It defines it and gives a lot of interesting useful information regarding the subject

The following article is one that discusses the need for affiliation in a psychological aspect of life. The article can be found by clicking on the following link…

References: Ahmad, K., & Rethinam, K. (2010). Mars, Venus and Gray: Gender Communication. International Business Research, 3(2), 24-33. Erber, R., & Wang Erber, M.-. (2011). Intiate Relationships Issues, Theories, Research (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon Holmstrom, A. J. (2009). Sex and Gender Similarities and Differences in Communication Values in Same-Sex and Cross-Sex Friendships. Communication Quarterly, 57(2), 224-238. doi:10.1080/01463370902889455 Overall, N. C., Fletcher, G. O., Simpson, J. A., & Sibley, C. G. (2009). Regulating Partners in Intimate Relationships: The Costs and Benefits of Different Communication Strategies. Journal Of Personality & Social Psychology, 96(3), 620-639.