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The Impact of Anti-COVID Face Masks on Romantic Attraction: An Expectancy Violation Perspective
Drawing upon expectancy violation theory (EVT), we conducted an experiment to investigate the effects of anti-COVID masks on attraction in romantic...
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Reproductive Strategies and Romantic Love in Early Modern Europe
In Western Europe, the Early Modern Period is characterized by the rise of tenderness in romantic relationships and the emergence of companionate...
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Romantic Inclination Scale
Most Western countries follow dating-based partner selection. Although dating and premarital romantic relationships are discouraged in the Indian...
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Love as Psychological Interpersonal Attraction
The chapter discusses a variety of psychological factors that influence attraction. The chapter describes love as a psychological attraction,...
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Understanding Attraction, Behavior, and Identity in the Asexual Community
Models of sexuality have evolved substantially in the past several decades through the inclusion of new aspects which were previously overlooked....
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Interpersonal Attraction Scale
Interpersonal attraction plays an important role in developing and maintaining a relationship. Interpersonal attraction includes physical attributes,...
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Within-Cultural and Inter-Cultural Interpersonal Attraction
The chapter introduces the social-psychological phenomena of in-group versus out-group identification. The author shows how in-group positive biases...
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Humour in Romantic Relationships
Humour is a valuable resource for the formation, maintenance, and success of a romantic relationship. The positive aspects of humour lead people to...
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Peer Influence on Romantic Relationships
Previous research has shown peer involvement in a romantic relationship endorsing the notion that friends are models and sources of social support...
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Symbiosexual Attraction: An Integrated Mixed-Methods Study
A recent review of cultural and academic discourse presented evidence that some people experience attraction to two (or more) people in a preexisting...
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Conceptualizing Love as an Interpersonal Attraction
This chapter presents the complex concept of love as interpersonal attraction, including componential and phenomenological dimensions. It defines...
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Broad Perspectives of the Experience of Romantic Relationships and Sexual Education in Neurodivergent Adolescents and Young Adults
Neurodivergent young people tend to struggle with building and maintaining their romantic relationships. Despite this, there appears to be a lack of...
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Sexuality, Sexual Behavior, and Relationships of Asexual Individuals: Differences Between Aromantic and Romantic Orientation
Asexuality is a complex construct with a considerable lack of research until recently. Building upon available findings, we examined the extent to...
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Emotions in Romantic Relationships
This chapter explores the world of emotions in its very intense dimension, in the context of pair bonding or romantic relationships. The applied...
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A Critical Review of the Literature Regarding the Selection of Long-Term Romantic Partners
Research regarding how people choose their long-term romantic partners is extensive, but the understanding of the psychological processes behind...
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Media Influence on Romantic Relationships
Many previous studies have found that popular media is a valuable source of information on the nature and development of romantic relationships,...
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Physical and Sexual Interpersonal Attraction in Love
The chapter explains how the concepts of physical and sexual attraction differ from each other. The materials of the chapter describe the ideas and...
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Are romantic orientation and sexual orientation different? Comparisons using explicit and implicit measurements
Recent research has characterized romantic love as overlapping with but distinct from sexual desire. We explore whether romantic orientation—the...
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The Development and Validation of the Pornography Use in Romantic Relationships Scale
Recent reviews of the pornography literature have called for the development of valid and reliable measures that assess multiple facets of...
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Navigating Love in a Post-Pandemic World: Understanding Young Adults’ Views on Short- and Long-Term Romantic Relationships
The uncertain future due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the technological advancements may have altered young adults' experiences of romantic...
