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Harper, Amney J. Carney Jamie S. "The relationship between experiences of sexism, ambivalent sexism, and relationship quality in heterosexual women." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SUMMER/Counselor_Education/Dissertation/Harper_Amney_52.pdf.
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Marchese, Sara. "The relationship between gender roles and sexual satisfaction in heterosexual relationships /." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=56926.
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This study explores the interactive effects of stereotypical masculine and feminine personality traits and attitudes upon individual and dyadic sexual satisfaction. It was hypothesized that (a) sexual satisfaction would be positively related to masculinity and femininity, as defined by the presence of instrumental and expressive qualities, for both males and females, (b) sexual satisfaction would be positively related to androgyny for both males and females, and (c) couples consisting of two androgynous partners would be more sexually satisfied than couples where both partners were sex-typed (i.e., masculine male-feminine female), cross-typed (i.e., feminine male-masculine female) or undifferentiated. The sample consisted of heterosexual married and cohabiting couples (N = 93). Subjects completed the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSD; Crowne & Marlowe, 1960, cited in Robinson, Shaver & Wrightman, 1991), the Short Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1981), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS; Spanier, 1976, 1989) and the Pinney Sexual Satisfaction Inventory (PSSI; Pinney, Gerrard & Denney, 1987). The first hypothesis is rejected for both males and females, the second hypothesis is supported for males and rejected for females, and the third hypothesis is supported for couples. Instrumentality is negatively correlated with sexual satisfaction, particularly for women, while expressivity is positively correlated with sexual satisfaction for both men and women. Androgynous men and feminine women are more sexually satisfied than any other group; in both cases however, it is suggested that increments in expressivity account for increases in sexual satisfaction. Androgynous couples are more sexually satisfied than sex-typed, cross-typed, and undifferentiated couples; however, self-reported sexual satisfaction varies for individual partners. Implications for the existing androgyny model regarding sexual satisfaction are discussed.
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Conradie, Joelene. "A review of intimate heterosexual relationship research in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4805.
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Digitized using a Konica Minolta 211 PCL Scanner. 300dpi (OCR).<br>Thesis (MA (Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Intimate heterosexual relationships play a vital role in shaping the lives of many people, and have therefore become an important topic of research within psychology. The South African population is also currently faced with many prevalent psychosocial problems, such as HIV/Aids, rape, violence against women and divorce, which need to be contextualised within the context of intimate heterosexual relationships. Research on intimate heterosexual relationships has therefore become a priority. In order to determine directions and priorities for such research, the objective of this assignment was to provide a review of selected international and South African research on intimate heterosexual relationships. This review focused on: the definition and operationalisation of intimate heterosexual relationships; the salient theoretical frameworks used; the characteristics of participants; as well as the methodologies employed by relationship researchers. The review highlighted the following: A variety of terms is used by relationship researchers to conceptualise intimate heterosexual relationships which makes it difficult to integrate intimate heterosexual relationship research. Although theoretical frameworks like the social learning theory, cognitive behavioural theory and some metatheoretical perspectives such as postmodernism, feminism and social constructivism are utiiised, South African relationship researchers mostly have an atheoretical approach to research. A review of the research participants revealed that most participants in South African relationship studies are married adults. While the male-female ratio of the participants was balanced, the diversity of the South African population was not well represented in these studies. Researchers mostly used qualitative research strategies and employed the survey method of data gathering. Based on these findings, it was recommended that relationship researchers should recognise the need to clarify the relationship concepts used in their studies; attempt to incorporate better-known relationship theories; ensure that the South African population is well represented; and to combine qualitative research strategies with quantitative research strategies.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMINGE: Intieme heteroseksuele verhoudings speel 'n deurslaggewende rol in die vorming van baie mense se lewens en het daarom 'n belangrike navorsingsonderwerp in sielkunde geword. Die SuidAfrikaanse populasie staar tans verskeie psigososiaie probleme so os MIVNigs, verkragting, geweld teen vrou en egskeiding in die gesig, wat almal binne die konteks van intieme heteroseksuele verhoudings gekonseptualiseer behoort te word. Navorsing oor intieme heteroseksuele verhoudings het daarom 'n prioriteit geword. Ten einde rigtings en prioriteite vir sulke navorsing te bepaal, was die doel van hierdie werksopdrag om 'n oorsig te voorsien van selektiewe internasionale en Suid-Afrikaanse navorsing oor intieme heteroseksuele verhoudings. Hierdie oorsig het gefokus op: die definisie en operasionalisering van intieme heteroseksuele verhoudings; die prominente teoretiese raamwerke wat gebruik is; die karaktereienskappe van die deelnemers; so wei as die metodologiee wat deur verhoudingsnavorsers gebruik is. Die oorsig het die volgende duidelik gemaak: 'n Verskeidenheid van terme word deur verhoudingsnavorsers gebruik om intieme heteroseksuele verhoudings te konseptualiseer en die die integrasie van intieme heteroseksuele verhoudingsnavorsing word daardeur bemoeilik. Alhoewel teoretiese raamwerke soos die sosiale leerteorie, kognitiewe gedragsteorie en sekere metateoretiese perspektiewe soos postmodernisme, feminisme en sosiale konstruktivisme gebruik word, het Suid-Afrikaanse verhoudingsnavorsers grotendeels 'n ateoretiese benadering tot navorsing. 'n Oorsig van die deelnemers van die studies het getoon dat die meeste deelnemers in Suid-Afrikaanse verhoudingstudies getroude volwassenes is. Terwyle die manvrou ratio van die deelnemers gebalanseerd was, is die diversiteit van die Suid-Afrikaanse populasie nie goed verteenwoordig in die studies nie. Navorsers gebruik meestal kwalitatiewe navorsingstrategiee en gebruik grotendeels die opame-metode van dataherwinning. Op grond van hierdie bevindinge, is daar aanbeveel dat verhoudingsnavorsers die behoefte aan die verheldering van verhoudingskonsepte in hulle studies moet herken; moet poog om meer bekende verhoudingsteoriee te inkorporeer; te verseker dat die Suid-Afrikaanse populasie goed verteenwoordig is; en kwalitatiewe navorsingsstrategiee met kwantitatiewe navorsingstrategiee moet kombineer.
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Rogers, Jaidelynn. "LGBTQ+ AND HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS: COMPARING DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRESS AND RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION." OpenSIUC, 2020. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2755.
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Individuals with LGBTQ+ identities face discrimination and bigotry, components of their minority status stress, often on a daily basis (Meyer, 2003). Elevated levels of minority stress have been negatively associated with relationship satisfaction (e.g. Rostosky, 2007), such that as minority stress increases, relationship satisfaction often decreases as well. This is an examination of the relationship between general stress, identity-related stress, minority stress, and relationship satisfaction for sexual/gender minority and heterosexual, cisgender individuals who were currently in couple relationships lasting 6 months or longer. All participants completed the Romantic Perceptions Survey, Gender Relations Scale, and Daily Hassles Scale – Short Form. The LGBTQ+ participants also completed the LGBT Minority Stress Measure. I conducted t-test comparisons to examine group differences between heterosexual, cisgender participants and LGBTQ+ participants on relationship satisfaction, identity-related stress, and general stress. The LGBTQ+ and participants exhibited significantly higher levels of relationship satisfaction, general stress, and self-rated identity-related stress than did heterosexual, cisgender participants. I also conducted two hierarchical linear regressions to determine how general stress and identity related stress impacted relationship satisfaction for heterosexual, cisgender participants, and how general stress, identity related stress, and minority stress impacted relationship satisfaction for LGBTQ+ couples. Results of the hierarchical linear regressions were interpreted and found that general and self-rated identity-related stressors in combination predicted relationship satisfaction for LGBTQ+ participants, and general stress alone best predicted relationship satisfaction for heterosexual, cisgender participants. Specific minority status stress did not further contribute to the explanation of relationship satisfaction for LGBTQ+ participants. Results are discussed in terms of implications for research and practice.
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Christensen, Mathew. "Adopted Adolescents' Heterosexual Relationship Formation and Sexual Behaviors." DigitalCommons@USU, 2002. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2638.
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Adolescents' perceptions and behaviors about romantic heterosexual relationships and sexual intercourse were compared among adolescents living with adoptive, bio logical, and stepparent s. Data come from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). In 1995, over 20,000 adolescents living throughout the United States completed a 90-minute in-home interview that asked numerous questions about romantic relationships and sex ual behaviors. Add Health used a multi-stage cluster design to collect a random sample representative of adolescents attending U.S. schools.
Results showed that several demographic characteristics (gender, age, race/ethnicity, parent's education, and number of parents in the household) were associated with adolescents' perceptions and behaviors regarding romantic relationships and sexual intercourse. Descriptive mean comparisons not controlling for any demographic characteristics showed more similarities than differences between adopted and nonadopted adolescents' heterosexual relationship formation and sexual behaviors. A second set of descriptive mean comparisons, controlling for the influences of gender and number of parents in the home, showed more differences than similarities between adopted and nonadopted adolescents living in single-parent families. Adopted females reported many more experiences of rape and/or incest than non adopted females living in two-parent and single-parent families.
Multivariate regression analyses controlling for five demographic characteristics found more similarities than differences between adopted and nonadopted adolescents. Most J ifferences that were f0und were small in magnitude. Adopted males reported more ictealism when asked to describe their ideal romantic relationships and more sexual activity when asked to describe their actual romantic relationships than nonadopted males. Adopted females were nearly three-and-a-half times more likely than biological females, and nearly two-and-a-halftimes more likely than stepfamily females to report forced sexual intercourse. Adopted females also reported more negative perceptions about the consequences associated with sexual intercourse than nonadopted females.
Findings about mediating concepts theorized to be the link between adopted adolescents' experiences and resultant outcomes were inconclusive. Findings overall showed that adopted and nonadopted adolescents' heterosexual relationship format ion and sexual behaviors were more similar than different. Differences that were found were most frequent among single-parent families and most substantial between adopted and nonadopted females' reports of forced sexual intercourse.
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Hamlin, Jennifer. "The relationship between afrocentric values and investment, commitment and relationship satisfaction in African-American heterosexual relationships /." Connect to this resource. (Authorized users only), 1994.
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Calabrese, Monica K. "Effects of relationship type patterns on satisfaction and self-esteem in heterosexual relationships." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1999. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1999.<br>Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2775. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaf vi. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 27-29).
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Thanasiu, Page. "THE INFLUENCE OF PAST ABUSE ON HETEROSEXUAL COHABITING COUPLES' RELATIONSHIP TYPES." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3785.
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This study investigated the influence of past witnessed or experienced abuse on heterosexual cohabiting couples' Premarital Personal and Relationship Evaluation for Cohabiting Couples (PREPARE-CC) couple relationship types. The researcher utilized preexisting data from 5,000 cohabiting couples who had previously participated in the PREPARE marriage preparation program and had completed the PREPARE-CC inventory including a demographic section that elicited information about past abuse. Discriminant analysis was conducted in SPSS to answer the question of whether the presence of past witnessed or experienced abuse could successfully predict relationship type among cohabiting couples. Results of the discriminant analysis yielded no significant ability to classify cohabiting couples by individuals' experience of past abuse, however, isolating females and males with the highest frequencies of past abuse indicated that males abused "very often" had a higher frequency of higher-satisfaction relationship types than the general sample consisting mostly of individuals with little or no history of abuse. Females reporting abuse "very often" did not follow this same pattern. Recommendations were made for future longitudinal studies and for strength-based research on healthy heterosexual cohabiting couples in an effort to understand what contributes to these couples' success.<br>Ph.D.<br>Department of Child, Family and Community Sciences<br>Education<br>Counselor Education
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Treinen, Julie Rose 1965, and Julie Rose 1965 Treinen. "Gender roles and relationship satisfaction in heterosexual and homosexual couples." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278103.
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This study was designed to investigate the relationship between gender role attitudes and marital satisfaction. Heterosexual and homosexual couples were investigated. To measure gender role attitudes the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) was employed. Marital satisfaction was measured by the Inventory of Marital Satisfaction (IMS). Twenty three couples participated in the study. Both partners in each couple completed the BSRI and the IMS. Findings indicate that androgynous individuals report lower degree of marital problems than sex-typed individuals. The results also indicate that couples in which both partners are classified as androgynous report the least amount of marital difficulties. Couples comprised of a masculine and an androgynous partner report the highest degree of marital problems. Finally, couples who are made up of masculine and feminine partners report a degree of problems that falls between the other two groups.
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Smith, Jocelyn Renee. "Ethnic identity and relationship satisfaction among African American heterosexual couples." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8609.
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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Family Studies. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Cho, Kam-fung, and 曹金鳳. "The impact of parental divorce on adolescents' perception of heterosexual relationship." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31978046.
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Chung, Hyunsook. "An empirical test of a model of heterosexual couples' relationship satisfaction /." The Ohio State University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487678444257115.
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Cho, Kam-fung. "The impact of parental divorce on adolescents' perception of heterosexual relationship." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B1947054X.
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Smith, Patricia Lynn. "Same-Sex Relationships Among African American Women Previously in Heterosexual Relationships." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2691.
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In the United States, same-sex relationships have been a popular topic for the past decade, largely in relation to marriage. This phenomenological study examined the life experiences of African American women currently in same-sex relationships but previously in heterosexual relationships. Exploring the participants' experiences to the fullest extent was important to understand each person's journey through the stigma and biases that she faced when making life choices. Given the rarity of literature on the subject matter, professional practitioners and clinicians may not know how to assist these women. Queer and social identity theories were applied in exploring the directed research question, which focused on avenues the participants consciously chose to take in order to pursue the lifestyles they wanted to live. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 10 African American women aged 40 and older who were in same-sex relationships at the time of the study but had previously been in heterosexual relationships, and who lived in the 5 boroughs of New York City. The study recruitment method was snowball sampling, and numerous interview questions were used to capture the essence of each woman's experiences. Inductive analyses revealed a positive and productive social change for practitioners, clinicians, educators, and researchers concerning African American women in same-sex relationships who were previously in heterosexual relationships. Psychologists and researchers who work directly with African American women in same-sex relationships might benefit from these findings.
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Campbell, Richard P. "Perceptions of Black Heterosexual Men in an Involuntarily Childless Relationship Considering Adoption." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5545.
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Research on involuntary childlessness and adoption among heterosexuals is primarily focused on women's needs and perceptions. Consequently, little is known about how men view childlessness and adoption, and less is known about Black men's perceptions. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore Black heterosexual men's experiences of considering adoption when involved in an involuntarily childless relationship. Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory served as a foundation for this study. Data were derived from semi structured interviews with 7 participants and 3 adoption professionals. Transcribed and coded data were analyzed using MAXQDA 2018, a qualitative data analysis software. Initial codes were drawn deductively, by use of recurrent codes in published literature, and inductively, from an initial reading of the data. Themes were identified among codes, then placed within one of three broad categories: adoption perceptions, childlessness and adoption consideration experiences, and adoption consideration influences. The study results showed that couple difficulty in resolving adoption differences; gender nuances in the adoption decision-making journey; overwhelming social pressure to father children; limited social support; and silence, inaction, or procrastination surrounding adoption were common features of most male experiences. This study has implications for positive social change, as the findings can inform adoption recruiters' outreach program content and methodology. Family counselors will derive insight into multiple issues surrounding involuntarily childless Black couples to provide them with effective conflict resolution intervention.
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Keany, Jane Elizabeth. "The Sexual Wellbeing of Men whose Partners Experience Painful Intercourse Due to Endometriosis." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/22345.
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Men partnered with women who have endometriosis and experience painful intercourse face multiple sexual and relationship challenges. A key challenge is contributing to and witnessing their partner’s pain during intercourse yet wanting the intimacy intercourse offers. This study explores the impact on men’s’ sexual wellbeing and ability to support their partner in their sexual relationship. The study identifies the psychosexual needs of men and informs clinical practice guidelines. The experiences of nine Australian men in committed heterosexual relationships with women who have endometriosis and experience painful intercourse, were explored using in-depth interviews. The men were purposively sampled to identify sexual challenges and approaches. Thematic analysis of interview transcripts provided evidence about the impact. The men presented nuanced comment on the sexual impact. Their partner’s sexual pleasure guided their approach as did their own emotional connection during sexual interactions. The sexual wellbeing of all participants was impacted; some experiencing losses to sexual identity, and others facing a crisis of confidence. Sexual functioning changes occurred in sexual desire, arousal, ejaculation and satisfaction. Men differed as to whether these changes caused distress. Men engaged in modified intercourse, non-coitus sexual interaction and some had no sexual engagement. Modified intercourse interfered with their erotic focus with men reporting differing levels of distress. Relationship processes and affectionate touch built intimacy, balancing out losses in sexual options. ‘Aftercare’ extended sexual pleasure. Some men ‘stepped up’ to take responsibility for building intimacy. This research contributes to the body of knowledge that guides male partners working to maintain sexual intimacy in the context of endometriosis and a heterosexual woman’s painful intercourse. It broke new ground in identifying sexual functioning changes, men’s focus on their partner’s sexual pleasure and the emotional connection issues men identified. Men found minimal resources to support them.
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Engelbrecht, Sarah-Kate. "The relationship satisfaction of heterosexual couples in one low-income, semi-rural Western Cape community." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4027.
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Effective interventions are hindered by a lack of context-specific data on how South African men and
women construct and experience intimate heterosexual relationships. Most studies exploring committed
heterosexual relationships have been conducted with White populations living in developed countries.
As relationship satisfaction is seen as a requirement for a good quality relationship, this study examined
the relationship satisfaction of committed heterosexual couples in one low-income, semi-rural Western
Cape community. A cross-sectional survey approach was used to examine relationship satisfaction
among heterosexual married and unmarried couples. A random sample of 100 couples was drawn from
the community, 93 of which were included in the final analyses, on the criterion that both partners were
interviewed. Trained fieldworkers administered a demographic and relationship questionnaire, as well
as three relationship satisfaction measures namely the Dyadic Satisfaction subscale of the Dyadic
Adjustment Scale, the Index of Marital Satisfaction and the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale.
Analyses were conducted using the statistical programme Statistica 7.0 and both descriptive and
inferential statistics were computed separately for men and women. Inferential statistics included
Spearman correlations, repeated measures ANOVA, and reliability analyses.
Results show that although, on average, neither men nor women were clinically dissatisfied with their
relationships, women reported significantly lower relationship satisfaction than men. Significant
relationships were found between relationship satisfaction and a number of demographic variables,
including the male partner’s educational attainment (with the female partner’s relationship
satisfaction); female partner’s perception of her male partner’s religiosity (with both her own and her
male partner’s relationship satisfaction); own church attendance (with own relationship satisfaction),
female partner’s church attendance (with her male partner’s relationship satisfaction), and joint church
attendance (with both female and male relationship satisfaction); sharing a bedroom at night with
children, sharing a bed at night with children, and sharing a bed at night with partner. Demographic
variables found to have a non-significant relationship with relationship satisfaction included: age;
church affiliation; employment; and couple monthly income.
Although there were several trends that tended towards significance, the only relationship variables
found to be significantly related to relationship satisfaction were previous marriages and, for cohabiting
couples, the age at commencement of cohabitation. Relationship variables found to have a nonsignificant
relationship with relationship satisfaction included: relationship status; relationship
duration; age at marriage for married couples; reason for marriage (for married couples) or for marriage in the future (for unmarried couples); number of significant relationships; and a number of childrenrelated
variables. Results are discussed and recommendations are made for future research.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Effektiewe intervensies oor hoe Suid-Afrikaanse mans en vroue intieme heteroseksuele verhoudings
konstrueer en ervaar, word deur 'n tekort aan konteks-spesifieke data verhinder. Die meeste studies wat
toegewyde heteroseksuele verhoudings bestudeer, is in wit populasies in ontwikkelde lande uigevoer.
Aangesien verhoudingsatisfaksie as n voorvereiste vir ‘n goeie kwaliteit verhouding gesien word, het
hierdie studie die verhoudingsatisfaksie van toegewyde, heteroseksuele paartjies in n lae-inkomste,
semi-plattelandse Wes-Kaapse gemeenskap ondersoek. 'n Kruis-snit opname benadering is gebruik om
die verhoudingsatisfaksie onder heteroseksuele getroude en ongetroude paartjies te ondersoek. 'n
Ewekansige steekproef van 100 paartjies is uit die gemeenskap getrek, waarvan 93 in die finale analise
ingesluit is, op grond van die vereiste dat beide maats ondervra is. Opgeleide veldwerkers het n
demografiese- en verhoudingsvraelys toegepas, sowel as drie verhoudingsatisfaksie maatstawe,
naamlik die Dyadic Satisfaction subscale van die Dyadic Adjustment Scale, die Index of Marital
Satisfaction en die Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale. Analises is met die statistiese program Statistica
7.0 uitgevoer en beide beskrywende en inferensiële statistieke is afsonderlik vir beide mans en vroue
uitgewerk. Inferensiële statistieke het Spearman korrelasies, herhaalde-metings-ANOVA, en
betroubaarheidsanalises ingesluit.
Resultate toon dat, ondanks die feit dat nie mans of vroue klinies ontevrede met hul verhoudings was
nie, vroue tog beduidend laer verhoudingsatisfaksie as mans gerapporteer het. Beduidende
verwantskappe tussen verhoudingsatisfaksie en verskeie demografiese veranderlikes is gevind,
insluitend die manlike verhoudingsmaat se vlak van opleiding (met die vroulike verhoudingsmaat se
verhoudingsatisfaksie); vroulike verhoudingsmaat se siening van haar manlike verhoudingsmaat se
godsdienstigheid (met beide haar eie en haar manlike verhoudingsmaat se verhoudingsatisfaksie); eie
kerkbywoning (met eie verhoudingsatisfaksie), vroulike verhoudingsmaat se kerkbywoning (met beide
vroulike en manlike verhoudingsatisfaksie), en gesamentlike kerkbywoning (met beide vroulike en
manlike verhoudingsatisfaksie); deel van ‘n slaapkamer, snags, met kinders, deel van ‘n bed, snags,
met kinders, en deel van ‘n bed, snags, met ‘n verhoudingsmaat. Demografiese veranderlikes wat ‘n
onbeduidende verwantskap met verhoudingsatisfaksie toon, sluit in: ouderdom; kerkaffiliasie;
aanstelling; en gesamentlike maandelikse inkomste.
Ondanks verskeie beduidende tendense, is die enigste verhoudingsveranderlikes wat beduidende
verwantskappe met verhoudingsatisfaksie getoon het vorige huwelike en, vir samewonende paartjies, die ouderdom by aanvang van saamwoning. Verhoudingsveranderlikes wat geen beduidende
verwantskap met verhoudingsatisfaksie getoon het nie, sluit in: verhoudingstatus; verhoudingsduur;
trou-ouderdom vir getroude paartjies; rede vir huwelik of huwelik in die toekoms; hoeveelheid
beduidende verhoudings; en hoeveelheid kind-verwante veranderlikes. Resultate word bespreek en
aanbevelings vir toekomstige navorsing word gemaak.
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Baggett, Linda R. "Relationship of body image self-consciousness and sexuality in sexually active heterosexual female college students." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1371193.
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Previous research has shown that many women feel self-conscious of their bodies during physical intimacy with their partners, and this body image self-consciousness was related to sexual esteem, sexual assertiveness, sexual experience, and avoidance of sexual behavior. The purpose of the present study was to further explore body image selfconsciousness and examine its relationship with sexual functioning, risky sexual behavior, and sexual victimization. Participants were 171 heterosexual, sexually active, female undergraduate college students and completed the Body Image Self-Consciousness Scale (BISCS), the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), the Sexual Experiences Survey (SES), and a questionnaire assessing sexual experience and risky sexual behavior. Results found that body image self-consciousness was associated with use of protection against sexually transmitted infection during vaginal sex, overall sexual functioning, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, and sexual satisfaction, and the frequency of some sexual behavior, but not sexual victimization.<br>Department of Psychological Science
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Sandfield, Anna. "Relationship status and identity construction in heterosexual women: A discourse analytic and personal construct study." Thesis, Aston University, 2003. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/12258/.
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This thesis reports the findings of three studies examining relationship status and identity construction in the talk of heterosexual women, from a feminist and social constructionist perspective. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 women in study 1 and 13 women for study 2, between the ages of twenty and eighty-seven, discussing their experiences of relationships. All interviews were transcribed and analysed using discourse analysis, by hand and using the Nudist 6 program. The resulting themes create distinct age-related marital status expectations. Unmarried women were aware they had to marry by a ‘certain age’ or face a ‘lonely spinsterhood’. Through marriage women gained a socially accepted position associated with responsibility for others, self-sacrifice, a home-focused lifestyle and relational identification. Divorce was constructed as the consequence of personal faults and poor relationship care, reassuring the married of their own control over their status. Older unmarried women were constructed as deviant and pitiable, occupying social purgatory as a result of transgressing these valued conventions. Study 3 used repertory grid tasks, with 33 women, analysing transcripts and notes alongside numerical data using Web Grid II internet analysis tool, to produce principle components maps demonstrating the relationships between relationship terms and statuses. This study illuminated the consistency with which women of different ages and status saw marriage as their ideal living situation and outlined the domestic responsibilities associated. Spinsters and single-again women were defined primarily by their lack of marriage and by loneliness. This highlighted the devalued position of older unmarried women. The results of these studies indicated a consistent set of age-related expectations of relationship status, acknowledged by women and reinforced by their families and friends, which render many unmarried women deviant and fail to acknowledge the potential variety of women’s ways of living.
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Flavin, Adrianna Marie. "Relationship Satisfaction Among Married or Cohabitating Heterosexual and Homosexual Couples in the State of Hawaii." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1013.
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The purpose of this study was to explore relationship satisfaction among adult, cohabitating heterosexual and homosexual dyads. The United States has the highest rate of divorce among all the industrialized nations. Divorce has been linked to declines in mental and physical health, financial and social instability, unhealthy patterns of over-compensation, and higher levels of separation among the offspring of such couples. Hawaii has the fourth lowest rate of divorce in the country, despite also having the one of the highest rates of interethnic marriage worldwide. Researchers of relationship satisfaction and minority issues have yet to explore the correlates of relationship satisfaction and the veracity of attachment theory, the leading theory addressing couples' interactions, in this subpopulation. This study was grounded in Bowlby's attachment theory. The Dyadic Adjustment Scale was used to measure relationship satisfaction as it interacted with 3 independent variables: each couple's attachment style combination, as measured by the Experiences in Close Relationships scale; place of nativity and rearing; and parental separation status. A factorial analysis of variance indicated statistically significant attachment and parental separation status main effects as well as a statistically significant attachment by parental separation status interaction effect among 160 diverse couples. Place of nativity and rearing did not have a statistically significant impact on relationship satisfaction however. Establishing effective couples' relationship education programs can promote social change by reducing relationship dissolution and enhancing physical, mental, and financial well-being among couples and their offspring.
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Brown, Pamela Pitman. "Relationship Power and Control among Single Heterosexual Women at Midlife: Correlates of Condom Use and Traditional Gender Role Ideology." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1334761953.
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Byrne, Angela. "An investigation into the relationship between experience of abuse and HIV/STI risk in a sample of heterosexual women." Thesis, University of East London, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532433.
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Galloway, Serena Christine. "Communication behaviors, perception of criticism, changes in emotional state, and relationship satisfaction in African American and Caucasian heterosexual couples." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3910.
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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Family Studies. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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小塩, 真司, та Atsushi Oshio. "青年の自己愛傾向と異性関係 : 異性に対する態度,恋愛関係,恋愛経験に着目し て". 名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/3023.
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Mattson, Ashley Gaylene Trupp. "French Laicite and the popularity of the Pacs : the relationship between the Catholic religion and heterosexual civil unions in France /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2009. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2814.pdf.
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Gallor, Susanna Maria. "Heterosexual parents' gender role attitudes, religious orientation, heterosexist beliefs, support group experiences, and relationship functioning with their lesbian or gay children." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3838.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.<br>Thesis research directed by: Counseling and Personnel Services. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Murray, Andrea D. "Mediating and Moderating Factors of the Relationship between Sexual Orientation and Eating Pathology and Body Satisfaction in Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Men." Thesis, State University of New York at Albany, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10617612.
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<p> Most research on body image and disordered eating has focused largely on women, as women are at higher risk than men for eating disorders. In recent years research has revealed that men are at increasing risk for these outcomes, especially as the ideal male body represented in media images and therefore frequently internalized among men is becoming so lean and muscular as to make it very difficult for most men to realistically achieve. Sexual minority men in particular have been found to be at increased risk for body dissatisfaction, body shame, and disordered eating than their heterosexual counterparts. The research on sexual minority men, however, is in the beginning stages and it is unclear to date how and why body dissatisfaction and eating pathology may be systematically different in this population in comparison to heterosexual men. The current study sought to investigate mediating and moderating factors into the relationship between sexual orientation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating. Sexual minority men (<i>n</i> = 112) reported higher levels of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating than heterosexual men (<i>n</i> = 242). Contrary to hypotheses, integration into gay culture was not related to the outcome variables, nor were appearance conversations. Also contrary to hypotheses, exercise motivations were similar in both groups of men, with the exception that heterosexual men were more likely to report exercising for the purpose of competition. Implications and possible directions for future research are discussed.</p><p>
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Olah, Laura Katherine. "Gay Men and Lesbians' Experiences Regarding Dividing Household Labor When Going From a Heterosexual Cohabitating Relationship to Their First Same-Sex Cohabitating Relationhip." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52971.
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This qualitative study sought to examine gay men and lesbians experiences of dividing household labor when going from a cohabitating heterosexual relationship to their first cohabitating same-sex relationship. Criterion sampling and snowball sampling were used to recruit participants across the United Sates. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants: two men and four women. The data was analyzed using Moustakas' transcendental phenomenology and codes were organized into themes. The data suggested four categories that described participants experiences of division of household labor when going from a heterosexual relationship to a same-sex relationship: Heterosexual Relationship, Adjustment, Same-Sex Relationship and Benefits and Challenges. Participants described how division of household labor was decided in both relationships, any adjustment regarding division of household labor when going from a heterosexual cohabitating relationship to their first same-sex relationship, how division of household labor was decided in their same-sex relationship, and any benefits and challenges faced from this experience. Overall, participants reported certain expectations regarding who should do the majority of tasks in their heterosexual relationship that were not present in their same-sex relationship. Any adjustment was attributed to getting used to having more help with household tasks in their same-sex relationship. Even though most participants reported no challenges faced from their experience, some participants felt the biggest benefit was having more help with household tasks in their same-sex relationship. Limitations, clinical implications, and future directions for research are discussed.<br>Master of Science
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Bretz, Karen. "An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model of Attachment Processes, Conflict Resolution, and Psychological Abuse on Relationship Quality in a Community Sample of Heterosexual Couples." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9932/.
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether adult attachment style, psychological abuse in the marriage, conflict resolution strategies, and gender are associated with relational quality in childless couples in the early years of their marriage. Data were collected from 92 married couples who were recruited from university campuses, churches, and community organizations through e-mails, flyers, newspaper advertisements and mailings. Conceptualizing the interdependence of dyadic data from the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), multilevel linear modeling (MLM) was used to analyze differences within and between couples. It was hypothesized that higher levels of attachment anxiety or avoidance, psychological abuse, and maladaptive conflict resolution strategies would be associated with lower relational quality. Results indicated that attachment avoidance had stronger associations with relational quality than did attachment anxiety, and that higher levels of attachment avoidance were associated with lower relational quality. Additionally, findings indicated a direct negative relationship between both actor and partner psychological abuse and the actor's relational quality. The discussion section addresses strengths and limitations of the present study as well as directions for future research.
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Bretz, Karen Riggs Shelley Ann. "An actor-partner interdependence model of attachment processes, conflict resolution, and psychological abuse on relationship quality in a community sample of heterosexual couples." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9932.
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Jackson, Carolyn Diane, and Betty Jayne Watts. "A study of sexual identity: Women who have been intimately involved in a heterosexual relationship and have later turned to same sex partners." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1419.
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Ilmoni, Annika. "Fjortisgrubbel och tonårskärlek : – en genusstudie av två svenska ungdomsfilmer gjorda med 35 års mellanrum." Thesis, Uppsala University, Media and Communication, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9149.
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<p>Abstract</p><p>Headline: Young trouble and teenage love (Fjortisgrubbel och tonårskärlek)</p><p>Number of pages: 37</p><p>Author: Annika Ilmoni</p><p>Tutor: Amelie Hössjer</p><p>Course: Media and communication C</p><p>Period: Autumn 2007</p><p>University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University</p><p>Purpose/aim: The purpose of the work was to produce a comparing study of two Swedish teenage films from different periods of time, 1970 and 2005. An analysis was to be made of how love between teenagers as well as the heterosexual relationship in general was depicted in each of the films and further investigate the gender construction in both films.</p><p>Material/method: With the intention of narrowing down the complexity and make the evaluation more lucid 5 scenes from each film were used for comparison, these were chosen through the Anglo Saxon dramaturgy. To make the scenes more comparable 4 factors were used for analysis in each scene, these were: clothes, recreational activities, behaviour and environment. Beside the above given factors the heterosexual relationship were analysed and compared in each of the scenes through the theory of dominance in dialogue.</p><p>Main results: The gender construction occurs obliviously in the older film from 1970 while taking place in a more conscious way in the film from 2005. Further on the heterosexual relationship is perpetually depicted in the 70’s film with a submissive girl and predominant boy, the same dominance is easily seen in the more recent film but with a higher rate of equality as the girl is portrayed as the dominant character in almost half of all scenes. A general note for the comparison of the two films is that a consciousness of gender construction does not lead to a direct elimination of these.</p><p>Keywords: Teenage movie, post-modern feminism, gender construction, heterosexual relationship</p>
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Bailey-Rodriguez, Deborah. ""We're both in the trenches together" : a pluralistic exploration of attachment behaviour dynamics in a heterosexual couple relationship across the transition to second-time parenthood." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2018. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/25870/.
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Attachment theory provides a framework for categorising behaviours in close relationships by individuals during times of stress. Attachment behaviours are commonly thought to be determined in early childhood experiences and assumed to hold through to adulthood. Further, these behaviours become particularly salient across life events, such as the transition to parenthood. Attachment styles range from security-based, in which individuals seek to alleviate distress by seeking and receiving proximity to an attachment figure, to insecurity-based styles in which attachment figures are viewed as insufficiently available. These styles have been identified primarily through the use of quantitative methods. However, this risks reducing the intricacy of relational behaviours to discrete and exclusive styles. The use of qualitative methods offers one way to preserve the complexity of relational experiences but there are a limited amount of studies which use this approach. The use of pluralistic qualitative methods allows for more holistic insight by viewing the complexities of attachment from multi-dimensional perspectives and is the methodological focus of this study. The research presents a longitudinal single case study which explores the attachment behaviours of a couple during their transition to second-time parenthood. It uses multiple methods of data collection, including individual semi-structured interviews to gather accounts of experience, diaries to gather accounts of everyday practices and behaviours, and joint unstructured interviews to gather collaborative accounts of the couple relationship. Narrative analysis is used to understand how identities are formed and reformed over the longitudinal period, and gives insight to how the participants make sense of their feelings and emotions. A psycho-social reading of the data enables understanding of some of the internal and external conflicts that the participants negotiate during this period. The plurality of epistemological and ontological paradigms brought by the different methods highlights the complex variation and intricate manners in which the couple's emotion regulation strategies affect the dynamics of their relationship. Key findings of the research illustrate that individuals engage with a variety of attachment behaviours at any given point suggesting that attachment is not a fixed feature; attachment history becomes more salient after the transition to second-time parenthood; insecure attachment behaviours (mainly avoidant ones) tend to be more marked; relationship satisfaction decreases following the birth of the second child; and the parenting relationship becomes the couple relationship after the birth of the second child. The research shows how pluralistic methods challenge traditional views of attachment as fixed and brings new insight to relational experiences by considering them as fluid and dynamic processes, informed by context, subjective meaning-making and external events across the transition to second-time parenthood.
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Wallace, Carol Anne, University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, and School of Psychology. "Commitment within heterosexual relationships." THESIS_CA_PSY_Wallace_C.xml, 2005. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/778.
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The current research focuses on the study of power and commitment within heterosexual relationships. The research reviews, compares and contrasts the theoretical perspectives of Nietzsche through the work of Kaufmann and Gordon and utilises a qualitative research method of Narrative Inquiry. These theoretical epistemological and methodological perspectives are used in conjunction with the method of semi-structured interviewing to identify thematic phenomenological descriptions of participants stories. The three discourses of Fear Discourse, Protective Discourse and Detached Discourse have been used in conjunction with the writings of Nietzsche concerning the Will to Power as thematic guidance discourses for this study. To reveal these discourses the research question- How does an individual’s styles or themes of commitment change within and between three of their previous heterosexual relationships - was examined. The research found that commitment is understood as another name for responsibility, males are most often understood as behaving with a lack of responsibility, females in overly responsible ways. The research concluded that the production of a balanced responsible sharing approach achieved through creativity is the most desirable to accomplish self-overcoming independence and freedom within all situations<br>Master of Arts (Hons) (Psychology)
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Wallace, Carol Anne. "Commitment within heterosexual relationships." Thesis, View thesis, 2005. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/778.
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The current research focuses on the study of power and commitment within heterosexual relationships. The research reviews, compares and contrasts the theoretical perspectives of Nietzsche through the work of Kaufmann and Gordon and utilises a qualitative research method of Narrative Inquiry. These theoretical epistemological and methodological perspectives are used in conjunction with the method of semi-structured interviewing to identify thematic phenomenological descriptions of participants stories. The three discourses of Fear Discourse, Protective Discourse and Detached Discourse have been used in conjunction with the writings of Nietzsche concerning the Will to Power as thematic guidance discourses for this study. To reveal these discourses the research question- How does an individual’s styles or themes of commitment change within and between three of their previous heterosexual relationships - was examined. The research found that commitment is understood as another name for responsibility, males are most often understood as behaving with a lack of responsibility, females in overly responsible ways. The research concluded that the production of a balanced responsible sharing approach achieved through creativity is the most desirable to accomplish self-overcoming independence and freedom within all situations
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Wallace, Carol Anne. "Commitment within heterosexual relationships /." View thesis, 2005. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20060427.141558/index.html.
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Thesis (M. A.) (Hons) -- University of Western Sydney, 2005.<br>A thesis submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Hons) (Psychology) at University of Western Sydney. Bibliography : leaves 213 - 216.
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McMahon, Mary Newman. "A study of selfobject functions among heterosexual couples." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 1991. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/mcmahon_1991.pdf.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 1991.<br>A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
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Albino, Austin W. "Adult attachment and sexuality in heterosexual relationships /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3164488.
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Kidd, Billy. "Friendship in young adult heterosexual romantic relationships." ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/629.
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Friendship is one of the pillars that supports satisfying, long-term, romantic relationships and marriage. Yet little is known about how romantic friendship is contextually experienced. This lack of knowledge limits the options of researchers and therapists. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to further substantiate a romantic friendship construct. The research question asked how friendship is experienced in heterosexual romantic relationships. Participants in two West Coast metropolitan areas, ages 18 to 29, were selected by convenience sampling. As per Giorgi's phenomenological method, themes were abstracted from the transcripts of focus group and individual interviews. The themes were then shortened and entered into an Atlas.ti software environment. Finally, they were coded into psychological language and analyzed. A romantic friendship affiliation was shown to be the ideal style of relationship for future long-term partnering. Yet the participants' actual lived experiences in serious romantic-friendship relationships were quite limited. Instead, their focus was on establishing economic independence and a full sense of adult identity, as well as improving their communication skills. Therefore, individual cases could not be contrasted, and substantive conclusions were not reached regarding the actual behavioral expression of heterosexual romantic friendship affiliations. A contrast study in Birmingham, Alabama, with participants with high IQs, had similar results. Both studies were supported by psychoneuroendocrine, attachment, social constructionist, and system theories. An important implication for social change was that researchers must account for the participants' ambivalence concerning long-term partnering, their alternative life-course choices, and their desires for economic independence, when studying young, urban, mobile, single-adult romantic relationships.
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Ducat, Wendy Helen. "Self and Partner Qualities in Emerging Adults' Heterosexual Romantic Relationships: A Self-Determination Approach to Individual Well-Being." Thesis, Griffith University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366177.
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Extensive research has shown that psychological well-being is associated with high quality romantic relationships (see reviews by Myers, 1999; Reis, Collins & Berscheid, 2000). However, there are many potential reasons for this association. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000), the focus of the current thesis was on fulfillment of individual needs as one psychological mechanism accounting for the link between positive relationships and psychological well-being. An integrated model was tested investigating associations between multiple aspects of romantic relationship quality and well-being while also accounting for other close relationship (friend, family) contributions. It was hypothesised that fulfillment of psychological needs for relatedness, competence and autonomy would mediate associations between romantic relationship quality and well-being. Steady romantic relationships sampled during late adolescence and emerging adulthood (17-30 years) were the focus of this study and developmental differences were expected based on maturity comparisons (i.e. age, relationship length and commitment). Prior to testing this Romantic Relationship Quality and Well-Being Model, a new measure to assess partner contributions to relationship quality was developed in two studies (Study 1 N = 215, Study 2 N = 316). The Partner Behaviours as Social Context (PBSC) measure was founded on SDT and, as expected, had three positive dimensions of warmth, structure, and autonomy support. It also had three negative dimensions of rejection, chaos, and coercion. In a third study, structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test the Romantic Relationship Quality and Well-Being Model in a large sample of young heterosexual couples (N = 148 couples; ages 17 to 30 years). Romantic relationships were assessed in terms of contributions from both partner and self in the relationship. Partner contributions included specific partner behaviours (PBSC) while self contributions to the relationship were voice with romantic partner, attachment security, and self-differentiation. Multiple reporters were used in this model, with one partner reporting on their behaviours towards the other, and the other partner reporting on self variables and well-being. To avoid violating the non-independence assumption, all analyses were conducted for males separate from females. Two distinct types of well-being, both general well-being and life fulfillment were investigated in separate models. Results showed psychological need satisfaction in the romantic relationship was a positive, strong and unique co-variate with general psychological well-being and life fulfillment when all variables were considered. Findings generally supported need fulfillment as a mediator between partner behaviours and both types of well-being and partial mediator between self contributions and both types of well-being. Unique positive associations were also found between selfdifferentiation and general well-being, and between attachment security and life fulfillment. Thus, results supported satisfaction of needs in the romantic relationship as one mechanism linking romantic relationship quality to well-being, with self variables also providing unique contributions on well-being when all variables were considered. Relationship quality with parents was not uniquely associated with well-being in the final models. Friend quality remained uniquely and positively associated with both general well-being and life fulfillment for females, though not for males. Because the nature of romantic relationships can vary greatly during emerging adulthood, the strength of associations between partner behaviours, need fulfillment in the romantic relationship and well-being were compared for different levels of maturity (based on age, relationship length and commitment). Stronger associations were expected for more mature samples based on these indices. For females, associations between partner behaviours, need fulfillment and well-being tended to be more strongly associated for the older group (21-30 years) compared to younger respondents (17-20 years), and for those more committed to the relationship (≥ 80% commitment) compared to less committed. While partner behaviours and need fulfillment (multiple reporters) were more strongly related for males in longer relationships, some associations within reporter were weaker, contrary to expectation. When more mature and less mature males were compared, the association between need fulfillment and well-being was stronger for males in shorter relationships (< 12 months); when males were younger; and less committed. Findings partially supported expectations for females but not males. While gender differences were not explicitly tested, associations tended to be stronger for females and weaker for males in more mature groups. Overall, partner behaviours, need fulfillment and well-being tended to be consistently, moderately related for more mature males and females, and inconsistently related for their less mature counterparts.
In sum, a new measure of specific romantic partner behaviours and a model of romantic relationship quality and well-being were developed and supported across three studies. The new measure is expected to have utility for both research and clinical settings. Moreover, through assessing multiple relational covariates of well-being, it was clear that psychological need fulfillment in romantic relationships was a strong, consistent and unique component of both general psychological well-being and life fulfillment making need fulfillment an important target for assessment and intervention when working with young couples. Education on important couple behaviours for wellbeing, and better recognition of need fulfillment may be specific targets for relationship education and intervention. These may be particularly important for younger respondents and those new to relationships.<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology (PhD)<br>School of Psychology<br>Griffith Health<br>Full Text
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Adams, Arlene. "The construction of intimacy in heterosexual, longterm relationships in a South African farmworker community." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95951.
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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Current mainstream theories of intimacy were derived from studies with primarily White,
middle class participants living in developed countries. However, as social contexts shape
people’s definitions, meanings and behaviours, it cannot be assumed that mainstream
intimacy conceptualisations would apply to other populations. Studies of intimacy should be
located in its social and historical context. Previous South African studies of Black and
Coloured couples mainly emphasised HIV/Aids, interpartner violence and gender inequality,
and neglected to investigate positive aspects of intimate lives of poorer communities. A lack
of such context-specific data on how South African men and women construct and
experience intimate relationships hinders appropriate and effective interventions. This study
addressed this research gap by exploring intimacy experiences of long-term heterosexual
adult Coloured couples living in a low-income semi-rural community. The objective of this
qualitative study was to gain an understanding of how the participant couples expressed and
experienced intimacy. The participants were 15 couples (i.e. 30 participants), between the
ages of 23 and 66 years, who had been married or living together for a minimum period of
two years. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore: (i) how couples
understand intimacy, and (ii) how intimacy is expressed and experienced in committed adult
heterosexual relationships. Theoretically, this study was informed by social constructionism
and interviews were analysed using Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis method. The
following themes were identified: (i) closeness means being together, (ii) sex and intimacy
(iii) closeness in talking (iv) expressions and experiences of intimacy/closeness through acts
of care, (v) alcohol disrupts closeness (vi) family of origin and the constructions of intimacy;
and (vii) community constructions and norms.
Although much of the international literature suggests that mutual self-disclosure is the
foundation for intimacy, self-disclosure did not feature prominently in the narratives of this
study’s narratives. Closeness was expressed through sharing in practical and tangible ways.
Gender was pertinent to these couples’ experiences and gender roles were fundamental to
their intimacy perceptions and behaviours. Despite some contestations of hegemonic
masculinity and femininity constructions, most of the participants did not demonstrate an active awareness or resistance regarding learned gender roles. They did not seem to consider
these gender roles as problematic, limited or limiting, nor did they indicate alternative gender
ideas. This was attributed partly to poverty and low education levels, which constrain
people’s access to alternative gender perspectives. Religion and community influences also
play an important role in their understanding of their role as partner. Although Christianity
endorses traditional gender ideas, the participants themselves felt that their religious beliefs
and practices facilitated intimate experiences, and prevented alcohol abuse and domestic
violence. In conclusion, implications for policy and practice in terms of gender inequality
and alcohol abuse are discussed, as are the limitations of the study.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Huidige hoofstroom teorieë van intimiteit is afgelei van studies met hoofsaaklik Wit,
middelklas-deelnemers. Aangesien sosiale konteks mense se definisies, betekenis en gedrag
met betrekking tot intimiteit vorm, kan dit egter nie aanvaar word dat die hoofstroom
konseptualisering van intimiteit ook van toepassing sal wees op ander bevolkingsgroepe nie.
Studies van intimiteit moet geleë wees in die sosiale en historiese konteks. 'n Gebrek aan
sodanige konteks-spesifieke data oor hoe verskillende groepe Suid-Afrikaanse mans en vroue
intieme verhoudings verstaan en beleef, kan toepaslike en effektiewe verhouding ingrypings
belemmer. Verder het vorige Suid Afrikaanse studies oor Swart en Kleurling paartjies
hoofsaaklik gefokus op HIV/VIGS, paartjie geweld en geslags ongelykhede en het nagelaat
om positiewe aspekte van die intieme lewe van paartjies in arm gemeenskappe te ondersoek.
Hierdie studiehet hierdie navorsing leemte aangespreek deur te verken hoe hoe langtermyn,
heteroseksuele, volwasse paartjies in 'n lae-inkomste semi-landelike gemeenskap intimiteit
verstaan, beleef en uitdruk.
Die deelnemers was 15 paartjies (d.w.s 30 deelnemers), tussen die ouderdomme van 23 en 66
jaar, wat getroud was of saamgewoon het vir 'n tydperk van ten minste twee jaar.
Kwalitatiewe semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude is gevoer om die volgende te verken: (i) hoe
paartjies intimiteit verstaan, en (ii) hoe intimiteit betoon en ervaar word in toegewyde
volwasse heteroseksuele verhoudings. Die studie is teoreties geskoei op sosiale
konstruktiwisme en onderhoude is ontleed met behulp Braun en Clarke se tematiese analise
metode. Die volgende temas is geïdentifiseer uit die onderhoude: (i) nabyheid beteken om
saam te wees, (ii) seks en intimiteit, (iii) nabyheid deur gesels (iv) uitdrukkings en ervarings
van intimiteit deur dade van sorg, (v) alkohol ontwrig saamwees, (vi) die invloed van die
familie van oorsprong op die konstruksie van intimiteit, (vii) gemeenskap konstruksies en
norme. Alhoewel die internasionale literatuur aandui dat wedersydse selfonthulling die grondslag vir
intimiteit vorm, het self-onthulling nie prominent in die deelnemers se vertellings
voorgekom nie. Nabyheid is eerder beleef en betoon deur praktiese en tasbare dade en gebare.
Geslagsrolle was fundamenteel in paartjies se belewing en uitvoering van intimiteit. Ten
spyte daarvan dat sommige individuele deelnemers hegemoniese geslagsrolle bevraagteken
het, het die meerderheid deelnemers nie ‘n aktiewe bewustheid of weerstand getoon rakende
geleerde geslagsrolle nie. Hulle het skynbaar nie hierdie geslagsrolle as problematies, of
beperkend gesien nie. Hulle het ook nie aangedui dat hulle alternatiewe geslagsrol idees het
nie. Dit word gedeeltelik toegeskryf aan armoede en lae vlakke van onderrig wat mense se
toegang tot alternatiewe geslagsrolle en perspektiewe beperk Godsdiens en gemeenskap
invloede speel ook 'n belangrike rol in hul begrip van hul rol as lewensmaat. Alhoewel
Christenskap tradisionele geslag idees onderskryf, het die deelnemers gevoel dat hulle
godsdienstige oortuigings en praktyke intieme ervarings fasiliteer, asook die misbruik van
alkohol en huishoudelike geweld verhoed. Dit impliseer dat godsdiens bydra by tot die
skepping en instandhouding van manlikheid en vroulikheid idees in hierdie gemeenskap. Ten
slotte, is implikasies vir beleid en praktyk in terme van geslagsongelykheid en
alkoholmisbruik bespreek, asook die beperkinge van die studie.
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Henderson, Patricia. "Social relationships of lesbian and heterosexual feminist women." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26488.
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This study explored the relationship between sexual preference and friendship amongst lesbian and heterosexual feminist women. Seventy respondents, 35 heterosexual and 35 lesbian feminist women between the ages of 20 and 40 participated.
Respondents were initially screened by use of the Feminist Identification Rating Scale, and included in the study if they rated themselves at 7 or higher on a scale of 1 to 10. They were then administered the Personal Data Sheet (Lustig, 1982), The Close Friendship Scale (Frum, 1979), and the Social Provisions Scale, 1982).
This was an ex post facto comparison study with one independent variable (sexual preference) and twelve dependent variables which were the twelve subscales on the instruments. The data was analyzed by means of analysis of variance and chi-square techniques.
The main conclusions of this study were:
1. There is no relationship between the qualities of close friendship and sexual preference.
2. There is no relationship between the provisions of close friendship and sexual preference.
3. There is evidence which suggests that women tend to experience their close friendships similarly, regardless of sexual preference.
The findings of the study support an approach to understanding the friendships of lesbian women which focuses on the similarities between lesbian and heterosexual women. The study thus contributes to the process of understanding the lesbian experience.<br>Education, Faculty of<br>Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of<br>Graduate
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Hendrickson, Kalyn Marie. "The Perspective of Polyamorous Relationships from Heterosexual Polyamorous Women." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/105103.
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This qualitative phenomenological study explored the experience of polyamory from the perspective of heterosexual polyamorous women through a mononormative framework. Interpretive phenomenology was used because it gives participants the opportunity to express this phenomenon on their own terms. This study focused on understanding the experience of heterosexual polyamorous women in the following areas: (1) understanding the decision to participate in polyamorous relationships, (2) exploring the boundaries heterosexual women use to regulate and maintain multiple relationships, and (3) giving these women the opportunity to refute assumptions and stereotypes associated with identifying themselves as polyamorous. Eight women whom identified as heterosexual and polyamorous participated in semi-structured telephone interviews. Data form these interviews were analyzed using an interpretive phenomenological approach. Open coding and in-vivo coding were used to organize similar experiences into concepts that were then organized into themes and subthemes that emerged from the data. From this study, researchers gained insight into how polyamorous heterosexual woman make meaning of this phenomenon and offer recommendations for clinical professionals to use when working with this population.<br>Master of Science<br>Polyamory has been practiced for centuries in many different cultures (Labriola, 1999; Klesse, 2006; Robinson, 2013). Previous research on polyamorous relationships has focused primarily on homosexual males. There has been limited research on polyamorous relationships from the woman's perspective and no research focused exclusively on heterosexual women who identify as polyamorous. This study explored the lived experience of heterosexual polyamorous women in polyamorous relationships using interpretive phenomenology. This included understanding the decision to participate in polyamorous relationships, exploring the boundaries heterosexual women use to regulate and maintain multiple relationships, and giving these women the opportunity to refute assumptions and stereotypes associated with identifying themselves as polyamorous. The results of this research study provide insight into this perspective on polyamory and offer recommendations for clinical professionals to use when working with this population.
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Seffrin, Patrick M. "Structural Disadvantage, Heterosexual Relationships and Crime: Life Course Consequences of Environmental Uncertainty." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1245328845.
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Schmidt, Rebecca Ann-Maude Elizabeth. "Homeland security: a discussion of issues concerning definition and awareness in domestically violent heterosexual couples and homeland security: a play in one act." Thesis, Boston University, 2004. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27759.
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Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.<br>PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.<br>2031-01-02
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Williams, Christopher B. "Effects of Relational Equality on Happiness in College-Aged Heterosexual Dating Relationships." TopSCHOLAR®, 2008. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/40.
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Tahler, Heather. "Relational Satisfaction in Long-Term, Non-monogamous, Heterosexual Relationships." Thesis, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3644027.
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<p> Objectives: Study was designed to explore questions examining relational satisfaction in long-term non-monogamous heterosexual couples in comparison to relational satisfaction in long-term sexually monogamous heterosexual couples, as well as gain insight into whom those involved in non-monogamous relationships disclose to and the potential stigma felt by this disclosure. Demographic variables were also explored to see if any prediction of marital satisfaction occurred. </p><p> Methods: Both long-term sexually monogamous and long-term sexually non-monogamous participants responded to a secure online survey. The survey consisted of informed consent, inclusion criteria, ENRICH marital satisfaction scale (Fowers and Olson 1993) items, and open-ended questions for items not assessed by the ENRICH scale alone. </p><p> Results: After checking for univariate normality and outliers and assessing missing value patterns, results show that both the Marital Satisfaction and Idealistic Distortion scales were reliable. The findings in the study revealed that relationship type did not have a significant impact on marital satisfaction or idealistic distortion, with similar levels of satisfaction and idealistic distortion in both monogamous and non-monogamous couples. The results also demonstrated, through linear regression for demographic variables, that only income level significantly predicted marital satisfaction. After qualitative data was coded, there were many themes found within both monogamous and non-monogamous couples. </p><p> Conclusions: Data supports the original hypothesis that there was very little difference in marital satisfaction between monogamous and non-monogamous heterosexual couples. With these results, non-monogamy is a more viable relationship option than previously recognized for couples that are interested, and it is necessary to create models to work with these couples. Developing further research within this population specifically is also necessary for the future. </p>
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Tabatabai, Ahoo. "Vanishing Act: Doing Non-Straight Identity in Heterosexual Relationships." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1273002343.
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Winward, Bryan W. "Comparisons of Adopted and Non-Adopted Young Adults' Heterosexual Relationships." DigitalCommons@USU, 2005. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2564.
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Adoption has been seen as a good solution for providing each party involved in the traditional adoption (i.e. , young birth parents, infants, and infertile couples) with a positive outcome. Adoptions, however, are generally more complex and diverse than supposed. Variables such as age of placement, levels of abuse and neglect, and foster care have been shown to place adopted children at risk for later struggles and challenges. Research studying outcomes of adopted young adults and their formation of heterosexual relations has been very limited.
Most adoption studies have focused their attention on young school-age or teenage children, or on adopted adults trying to find their biological parents. It has only been in the last few years that research has begun to focus attention on adopted youth and young adults and their transition to intimate relationships.
This study uses data collected in Wave III by the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The Add Health Wave III sample consisted of 15,170 young adults, of which 487 were verified as being adopted. Abuse and neglect were looked and in conjunction with adoption in order to identify potential confounds to explain potential adoption effects. Adopted and non-adopted groups were compared along with abused and neglected groups using standardized mean differences, t tests, logistic regression and polytomous logistic regression in order to detemine the effects of adoption and abuse and neglect on several heterosexual relationship outcome variables.
The present study provides support for four conclusions about comparisons
between adopted and non-adopted young adults' heterosexual relationships. First,
adoption by itself has a small but significant effect upon sex and cohabitation variables,
but has linle impact upon violence and sati sfaction in relationships. Second, the age at which a person is adopted seems to have little or no effect upon any of the sex, cohabitation, relationship violence, or satisfaction variables. Third, a history of abuse and neglect in childhood has a small but significant effect upon most sex and cohabitation variables, with a larger effect upon variables dealing with relationship violence and satisfaction. Fourth, the combination of adoption and abuse shows the largest effects on all intimate relationship variables.
Findings indicate that adoption does not have as great an impact on relationship variables as theorized. Abuse and neglect seem to play a much larger role in negative heterosexual relationship outcomes.
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Dunham, Katherine. "Social support for women who are abused in heterosexual relationships." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ30271.pdf.
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