Romantic Relationships
Introduction
My topic of choice is romantic relationships; I would firstly like to define a romantic relationship. A romantic relationship is “one where you have a deep feeling of connection to the other person, it is a relationship based on love, passion and commitment to another person”(Website 1). The reason I chose romantic relationships would be due to the fact that these relationships are social phenomena that have existed from the beginning of time and will continue to exist as long as humans exist. Relationships are an occurrence not only in my life but also in the lives of all individuals because at some stage we are all most likely to become romantically involved. I think it is important to explain and understand romantic relationships in order for us to underlie the various motivations that people have for engaging in such relationships, in other words, why do people get involved? Another reason would be to learn of the various theories used to explain romantic relationships as we all have different reasons behind why we do the things we do! In my essay I will discuss previous research on the topic of romantic relationships, also psychology’s view of the topic and lastly my view on the concept of romantic relationships.
Literature Review
Past research that has been conducted on romantic relationships was the examining of equity across cultures (Aumer et al: 2007). This research was done in order for people to understand how different cultures perceive equity in their romantic relationship and if being of a different culture impacted the relationships between and how satisfied people were in their relationship. The different culture groups that were chosen was a group from the university of Hawaii {UH) and a group of people from the University from the West Indies in Jamaica (UWI) the groups were comprised of both males and females. The research was conducted in the following manner the participants had to fill out surveys where they had to give
My topic of choice is romantic relationships; I would firstly like to define a romantic relationship. A romantic relationship is “one where you have a deep feeling of connection to the other person, it is a relationship based on love, passion and commitment to another person”(Website 1). The reason I chose romantic relationships would be due to the fact that these relationships are social phenomena that have existed from the beginning of time and will continue to exist as long as humans exist. Relationships are an occurrence not only in my life but also in the lives of all individuals because at some stage we are all most likely to become romantically involved. I think it is important to explain and understand romantic relationships in order for us to underlie the various motivations that people have for engaging in such relationships, in other words, why do people get involved? Another reason would be to learn of the various theories used to explain romantic relationships as we all have different reasons behind why we do the things we do! In my essay I will discuss previous research on the topic of romantic relationships, also psychology’s view of the topic and lastly my view on the concept of romantic relationships.
Literature Review
Past research that has been conducted on romantic relationships was the examining of equity across cultures (Aumer et al: 2007). This research was done in order for people to understand how different cultures perceive equity in their romantic relationship and if being of a different culture impacted the relationships between and how satisfied people were in their relationship. The different culture groups that were chosen was a group from the university of Hawaii {UH) and a group of people from the University from the West Indies in Jamaica (UWI) the groups were comprised of both males and females. The research was conducted in the following manner the participants had to fill out surveys where they had to give
References: Website 1:http://lifestyle.indianetzone.com/relationship/1/romantic_relationships.htm Accessed: 7 May 2009 Aumer- Ryan, K, Hatfield, E, & Frey, R (June, 2007). Examining equity theory across cultures, Interpersona:An international journal on personal relationships. Website 2: http://www.Elainehatfield.com/105.pdf Accessed: 7 May 2009 Website 3: http://www.web.mit.edu/wangfire/pub9.00/essay3.pdf Accessed: 7 May 2009