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Horowitz, Leonard M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1988
Describes Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP), new measure designed to identify the types of interpersonal problems that people experience and the level of distress associated with them before, during, and after psychotherapy. Presents psychometric data from two studies which demonstrated high internal consistency of IIP, high test-retest…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy

Mazur, Elizabeth – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1989
In order to explore factors that influence gender differences in same-sex friendship behaviors, the present study examined how affiliation motive, as measured by thematic apperception to same-sex cues, and affiliation value, obtained from modified Edwards (1957) Personal Preference Scale, determine type of friendship situation and its particular…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Influences, Females, Friendship

Lisak, David; Ivan, Carol – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1995
One explanation for male sexual aggression implicates certain adverse consequences of male gender socialization. Two studies tested the hypothesis that sexually aggressive men would be more gender stereotyped and would manifest lower capacities for empathy and intimacy. Results were mostly supportive of the hypothesis. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Empathy, Higher Education

Field, Tiffany; And Others – Adolescence, 1995
Examined adolescents' perceived levels of intimacy as a function of demographic, family and school, and psychological variables. Students with same-sex friends and greater interest in school reported greater intimacy with mother. Students with higher self-esteem, lower depression, and lower risk-taking scores revealed greater intimacy with both…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Friendship, Interpersonal Relationship

Newcomb, Michael D.; Rickards, Shannae – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1995
Used community samples to determine the effects of childhood family support or dysfunction and the extent of parent drug-use problems on adult intimacy issues, such as sexual satisfaction. Results showed that parent drug-use predicted poor family support; family support correlated strongly with good adult intimate relations. (RJM)
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Family Influence, Family Problems, Interpersonal Competence

Newcomb, Michael D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Used specific paths in structural equation models to examine reciprocal effects between constructs of polydrug use and relationship quality for 307 young women and 117 young men over 4-year period. Found eight effects for women and six for men from specific measures of drug use that adversely affected aspects of relationship quality. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Drug Use, Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy

Salts, Connie J.; And Others – Adolescence, 1994
Marriage attitudes were correlated with gender and premarital sexual activity. Females exhibited more favorable attitudes toward marriage than did males. Virgins perceived marriage more positively than did nonvirgins who had multiple sex partners. No significance found between interaction of gender and virginity status. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship

Overton, David – British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 1994
For mysterious reasons only a small proportion of couples with relationship problems seek counseling. This qualitative study included 36 women and 16 men in structured small group discussions. Questions concerned attitudes to relationship counseling. Both groups expressed denial of the problems in the relationship, the seriousness of these…
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling, Family Problems, Interpersonal Communication

Feldman, S. Shirley; Gowen, L. Kris; Fisher, Lawrence – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1998
Examined longitudinally the influence of gender and family factors assessed during adolescence on young adult romantic intimacy. Found that men reported more problems of insufficient intimacy than women, regardless of family dynamics. Flexible control, family cohesion, and mothers' marital satisfaction predicted young adults' intimacy. Family…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Family Relationship, Intimacy, Longitudinal Studies
Scharf, Miri; Mayseless, Ofra; Kivenson-Baron, Inbal – Developmental Psychology, 2004
The association between attachment representations and adolescents' coping with 3 developmental tasks of emerging adulthood-leaving home, advancing in the capacity for mature intimacy, and developing individuation-was examined. Israeli male adolescents (N = 88) were administered the Adult Attachment Interview during their high-school senior year.…
Descriptors: Military Service, Intimacy, Developmental Tasks, Coping
Macfie, Jenny; Houts, Renate M.; McElwain, Nancy L.; Cox, Martha J. – Social Development, 2005
Role reversal is a relationship disturbance in which a parent looks to a child to meet a parent's need for comfort, parenting, intimacy or play, and the child attempts to meet these needs. The current study examined, within a developmental psychopathology framework, the effect of father and mother role reversal with toddlers on the development of…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Behavior Problems, Mothers, Intimacy
Mattis, Jacqueline S. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2002
This qualitative study examines the ways in which African American women use religion/spirituality to cope and to construct meaning in times of adversity. Content analysis of the narratives of a sample of African American women respondents (n = 23) revealed a set of eight nonoverlapping themes that explicate religiosity/spirituality's role in…
Descriptors: Females, Religion, Intimacy, Coping
Williams, Maureen – Health Education Journal, 2004
Teenage magazines are viewed by their readers as "trusted friends" that provide reliable information on sex and relationship issues. Agony aunts and uncles receive approximately half a million letters each year from teenagers in the UK. Objective: To understand the perceptions, pressures and needs of young girls on issues pertaining to their…
Descriptors: Females, Conflict Resolution, Phenomenology, Early Adolescents
Pridmore, John – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2004
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763-1825) adopted the pen-name "Jean Paul" in honour of Jean Jaques Rousseau. His "Levana or the doctrine of education" ("Levana oder Erziehlehre") was once a standard text and required reading in teacher education. Outside Germany the name of Jean Paul is now little known and the…
Descriptors: Play, Intimacy, Foreign Countries, Religious Factors
Carter, Gertrude – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2007
America's romance with certainty leads to a belief that substances improve life and fits with the New Psychiatry. It's use of psychotropic medications to treat an array of mental illnesses changes evaluations, treatment and emergency coverage. The rising abuse of its prescription drugs alters the campus party scene, and challenges pretenses about…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Budgets, Psychiatry, Intimacy