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Interpersonal relationship
About: Interpersonal relationship is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 22392 publications have been published within this topic receiving 937957 citations. The topic is also known as: interpersonal status & relationship.
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TL;DR: A positive correlation was found for both sexes between all the components of experienced intimacy and marital satisfaction and no differences were found for experienced intimacy or marital satisfaction according to family developmental stages.
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between intimacy and marital satisfaction of couples in different stages of the family life cycle. The Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships (PAIR) questionnaire (Schaefer & Olson, 1981) and a subscale of the Enriching and Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication and Happiness (ENRICH) questionnaire (Olson, Fournier, & Druckman, 1982) were administered to 57 couples. Significant differences between men and women were found on two of the five aspects of experienced intimacy (sexual and recreational) as well as for social and sexual discrepancy scores (difference between experienced and desired intimacy). With the exception of social intimacy as experienced by women, a positive correlation was found for both sexes between all the components of experienced intimacy and marital satisfaction. No differences were found for experienced intimacy or marital satisfaction according to family developmental stages.
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TL;DR: This paper found that the level of self-directed hostility, perceived social support, and degree of comfort with closeness in interpersonal relationships were significantly predictive of the bond component of the working alliance.
Abstract: The authors hypothesized that level of experience and selected personal characteristics of therapists would predict clients' perceptions of the working alliance early in treatment. Therapists (N = 73) in university settings completed measures that assessed level of self-directed hostility, perceived social supports, and degree of comfort with attachment, and their clients completed a measure that estimated the working alliance between the 3rd and 5th sessions of therapy. As predicted, level of self-directed hostility, perceived social support, and degree of comfort with closeness in interpersonal relationships were significantly predictive of the bond component of the working alliance. Contrary to predictions, experience level was not uniquely predictive of clients' alliance ratings on the goal and task components of the alliance.
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