romantic relationships
Hypothesis Statement:
Romantic breakups result in the loss of a person as a regulator of stimulation and arousal modulation that can then lead to these physiological and biochemical effects such as thought intrusion, bereavement symptoms, sleep disturbance, endocrine and immune dysfunctions, and loss of psychological attunement.
Introduction:
The intent of this research is to summarize the limited literature on romantic breakup symptoms that are similar to those of the bereavement syndrome including intrusive thoughts, attempting to control intrusive thoughts and insomnia and more serious complications including heartbreak syndrome and immune dysfunction. Romantic breakups, heartbreak syndrome and bereavement are complex behavioral, physiological and bio-chemical phenomena.
Romantic breakups can be followed by symptoms of heart-break and bereavement; typically, these symptoms have been associated with a loss from death, although they can also occur following other losses like divorce and romantic breakups (Prigerson & Jacobs, 2001; Davis et al., 2003).
Literature review:
This review of research from these different literatures suggests that romantic breakups, like the losses following death or divorce, can lead to bereavement symptoms including intrusive thoughts, difficulty controlling intrusive thoughts and insomnia as well as heartbreak syndrome and compromised immune function. Studies on bereavement symptoms, heartbreak syndrome and immune dysfunction are followed by a summary of research on romantic breakups and their symptoms.
In a study by Hardison on college students, for example, insomnia was greater in bereaved versus non-bereaved groups (22% versus 17%) with sleep onset insomnia being related to nighttime ruminations about the loss, and sleep maintenance insomnia being related to dreaming about the lost person.
Rational:
The purpose of this research is to review the limited literature review available on Romantic breakups as it be one
Romantic breakups result in the loss of a person as a regulator of stimulation and arousal modulation that can then lead to these physiological and biochemical effects such as thought intrusion, bereavement symptoms, sleep disturbance, endocrine and immune dysfunctions, and loss of psychological attunement.
Introduction:
The intent of this research is to summarize the limited literature on romantic breakup symptoms that are similar to those of the bereavement syndrome including intrusive thoughts, attempting to control intrusive thoughts and insomnia and more serious complications including heartbreak syndrome and immune dysfunction. Romantic breakups, heartbreak syndrome and bereavement are complex behavioral, physiological and bio-chemical phenomena.
Romantic breakups can be followed by symptoms of heart-break and bereavement; typically, these symptoms have been associated with a loss from death, although they can also occur following other losses like divorce and romantic breakups (Prigerson & Jacobs, 2001; Davis et al., 2003).
Literature review:
This review of research from these different literatures suggests that romantic breakups, like the losses following death or divorce, can lead to bereavement symptoms including intrusive thoughts, difficulty controlling intrusive thoughts and insomnia as well as heartbreak syndrome and compromised immune function. Studies on bereavement symptoms, heartbreak syndrome and immune dysfunction are followed by a summary of research on romantic breakups and their symptoms.
In a study by Hardison on college students, for example, insomnia was greater in bereaved versus non-bereaved groups (22% versus 17%) with sleep onset insomnia being related to nighttime ruminations about the loss, and sleep maintenance insomnia being related to dreaming about the lost person.
Rational:
The purpose of this research is to review the limited literature review available on Romantic breakups as it be one