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Birnie, Carolyn Jean.

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The nature and function of intimacy in romantic sexual relationships.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The nature and function of intimacy in romantic sexual relationships./
Author:	Birnie, Carolyn Jean.
Description:	229 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-05, Section: B, page: 3398.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-05B.
Subject:	Psychology, Social. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NR61910
ISBN:	9780494619100

The nature and function of intimacy in romantic sexual relationships.
Birnie, Carolyn Jean.

The nature and function of intimacy in romantic sexual relationships. - 229 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-05, Section: B, page: 3398.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University (Canada), 2009.

The purpose of this program of research was to explore the nature and function of intimacy in romantic sexual relationships. More specifically, I was interested in how laypeople define and understand the concept of sexual intimacy as it relates to the broader concept of intimacy, and how intimacy in romantic relationships uniquely influences well-being over time. In regards to the former, six studies examined the nature of sexual intimacy and its relationship to intimacy; in regards to the latter, a large-scale longitudinal web survey examined the impact of intimacy on three domains of well-being over a period of eight months, controlling for other relevant constructs (i.e., attachment, relationship satisfaction, closeness, and sexual intimacy).

ISBN: 9780494619100Subjects--Topical Terms:

529430
Psychology, Social.

The nature and function of intimacy in romantic sexual relationships.
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520 $a The purpose of this program of research was to explore the nature and function of intimacy in romantic sexual relationships. More specifically, I was interested in how laypeople define and understand the concept of sexual intimacy as it relates to the broader concept of intimacy, and how intimacy in romantic relationships uniquely influences well-being over time. In regards to the former, six studies examined the nature of sexual intimacy and its relationship to intimacy; in regards to the latter, a large-scale longitudinal web survey examined the impact of intimacy on three domains of well-being over a period of eight months, controlling for other relevant constructs (i.e., attachment, relationship satisfaction, closeness, and sexual intimacy).
520 $a In studies 1 and 2, prototypes of intimacy and sexual intimacy were generated and although there was significant overlap between the two prototypes, each also included unique central attributes. Study 3 provided further evidence for the prototypical nature of both concepts by demonstrating that central features of both concepts were more salient in memory than peripheral features. Studies 4 and 5 showed that perceptions of intimacy and sexual intimacy in fictional romantic relationships are highly related, but that the two concepts could also be reliably differentiated. In Study 4, priming sexual intimacy increased activation of the concept of intimacy, but the reverse was not true; and in Study 5, the presence of intimacy (but not sexual intimacy) was associated with greater perceived relationship quality. Study 6 showed that intimacy and sexual intimacy were positively correlated in real romantic relationships; and that although prototypes of intimacy and sexual intimacy corresponded in meaningful ways to theoretical models of intimacy, the endorsement of central intimacy and sexual intimacy attributes in real romantic relationships was associated with relationship quality and sexual well-being, respectively, above and beyond these theoretical models. Study 7, which expanded on Study 6 by examining the longitudinal relationship between intimacy and well-being, revealed that greater initial intimacy predicted less of a decline in relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction, and life satisfaction over a period of eight months. Moreover, intimacy remained a unique predictor of change in well-being even controlling for the effects of attachment, relationship satisfaction, closeness, and sexual intimacy.
520 $a Taken together, the present studies make a number of unique and novel contributions to prior work by employing multiple diverse samples and methods to examine the nature and function of intimacy in romantic sexual relationships. These studies have important implications for how we measure and understand intimacy in general, as well as intimacy during sexual activity, and for our ability to uniquely predict well-being longitudinally from global perceptions of relationship intimacy.
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