Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Monogamous relationships'
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Banks, Eric Ormond. "EXAMINING INFIDELITIES WITHIN MONOGAMOUS DATING RELATIONSHIPS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin991753533.
Full textTahler, 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.
Full textObjectives: 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.
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.
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.
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.
Cook, Elaine S. "Commitment in polyamorous relationships." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://165.236.235.140/lib/ECook2005.pdf.
Full textChin-Ortiz, Shi-Ming Peggy. "Polyamrous attitudes/lifestyle and interactional qualities of the primary relationship /." Connect to CIFA website:, 2008. http://sites.google.com/site/californiainventoryforfamilyassessment/Home.
Full textBoucherie, Palmyre. "Layers of social organisation in rooks, a monogamous bird species." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016STRAJ107/document.
Full textNumerous avian species are good candidates to study the emergence of complex forms of sociality, in particular the species showing advanced cognitive skills, and the one living in groups all year long, coping with the costs and benefits of group living. In my thesis, I investigated the proximate mechanisms underlying the diversity and dynamic of social relationships in captive adult rooks, a colonial and monogamous corvid species. I found that rooks have the ability to form non-reproductive social bonds and several pair bonds throughout their life. In addition, I found: that the group social structure was flexible enough to allow temporal variations of relationships, group composition and sex-ratio; and that dominance relationships do not have any long lasting effects on the stabilisation of the structure. Overall, my work demonstrates that rooks social structure extends far beyond a simple aggregation of reproductive pairs, and may be acknowledged as a multi-level social organisation
Gardner, Timothy Joseph. "Queering polyamory configurations, public policy, and lived experiences /." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://etdindividuals.dlib.vt.edu:9090/299/.
Full textGallagher, Robert Dale. "Pre-Expose Prophylaxis and Non-Monogamous, HIV Negative Gay Men in Serodiscordant Relationships." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5861.
Full textRausch, Meredith Anne. "Relationship between experiences of adverse childhood events and intimate partner violence in adult same sex monogamous relationships." Diss., University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1734.
Full textMariutto, Elizabeth. "Relationship Commitment and its Associations with Relationship Contingency, Body Surveillance, and Body Shame." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1401304768.
Full textCartun, Melissa A. "The role of attachment in extradydic [i.e. extradyadic] behavior." View electronic thesis (PDF), 2009. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2009-2/cartunm/melissacartun.pdf.
Full textDaly, Sarah Jane. "A rock and a hard place : a hermeneutic phenomenological exploration into the lived experience of bisexual women in monogamous relationships." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2018. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34520/.
Full textSpoon, Tracey Rene. "Reproductive success, parenting, and fidelity in a socially monogamous parrot (cockatiels, Nymphicus hollandicus) : the influence of social relationships between mates /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2002. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.
Full textPerson, Crystal N. "A study of the effects of social media on monogamous African American heterosexual relationships on the campus of Clark Atlanta University." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2012. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/580.
Full textAvanthay, Strus Jacqueline. "Manitoban Consensual Non-monogamous Couples' Conciliation of Their Parenting Role and Their Sexual Lifestyle During the Transition to Parenthood." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39589.
Full textGlasper, Erica Renee. "Psychobiological factors alter health outcome." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1148415999.
Full textBRAIDA, NICOLE. "CHALLENGING LOVE. AN EXPLORATION OF THEORIES AND PRACTICES OF CONSENSUAL AFFECTIVE NON-MONOGAMIES IN ITALY." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/724382.
Full textFinn, Mark D. "The discursive domain of coupledom : a post-structuralist psychology of its productions and regulations." Thesis, 2005. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/515058.
Full textMatina, Tatenda Walter. "'To cheat or not to cheat' : male infidelity and the migrant imaginary among Zimbabwean migrants living in Midrand." Thesis, 2014.
Find full textCampbell, Bryan R. "Exploring sexual exclusivity among individual members of same-sex, male couples in long-term relationships." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26873.
Full textQueer studies have not adequately considered gay men seeking sexual exclusivity within longterm relationships. In contrast, the emphasis has been on understanding evolving queer norms. Homonormativity has been informing sexual permissiveness. In accordance, and contrasting gay men seeking sexual exclusivity, gay, male couples tended to use relationship agreements to stipulate guidelines for extradyadic sex. This study was inspired by my inability—as a counsellor of gay men seeking sexual exclusivity—to provide them with credible insights to better understand their goals. Representing an initial step in generating practical knowledge, it was anticipated that my counselling clients could benefit from an exploration of lived experiences rather than having to rely on theoretical inferences and opinions. “How” and “why” participants maintained sexual exclusivity were the main targets of discovery. Eleven gay, Canadian men aged thirty-three and older, in relationships of five years or longer, participated in semistructured interviews in-person or via video chat. Using Kleiman’s (2004) protocol for phenomenological analysis, common units of meaning were coded, from interview responses, so that distinct subthemes, contributing to six themes, were identified. These findings included content concerning “seeking positive affects,” “avoiding negative affects,” “factors supporting sexual exclusivity,” “threats to sexual exclusivity,” “rigidity in beliefs,” and “decision-making toward sexual exclusivity.” The first two themes integrated innately to form a meta-theme, “emotional optimization.” An essential insight into how participants maintained sexual exclusivity was their awareness of, and restraint in using, sexually tantalizing, visual stimuli, which was the primary risk to sexual exclusivity. Suggestions for gay men desiring sexual exclusivity included discontinued utility of pornography and cybersex. Varied implications for prospective research, clinical practice and support groups were delineated.
Psychology
D. Phil. (Psychology)
Muchabaiwa, Wonder. "Gender dynamics of the small house phenomenon in the Harare Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25554.
Full textThe small house phenomenon amongst the Shona people in contemporary Zimbabwe forms part of the relationship and household arrangements amongst certain heterosexual couples. In cases where partners engage in small house relationships, it has specific implications for existing marriage and family dynamics. The study sought to address the question: What are the perceptions on gender dynamics of the small house phenomenon as an emerging family structure in contemporary Zimbabwean society? The relative newness as well as the secretive nature and complexity of the small house relationship, render the nuances of gender dynamics in such contexts worth exploring to add value to the Sociology of Families and gender dynamics. The research was conducted in Harare metropolitan province and adopted social exchange theory and African feminism to illuminate the gender dynamics in small house households. It utilised a qualitative research paradigm and employed in-depth interviews to collect data from 30 participants who were purposively sampled. Findings of the study reveal that although the small house relationship may at times be informed by the ideals of traditional Shona polygynous marital practices, it differs in several respects with polygyny as it attempts to adapt to the socio-economic demands of the 21st century. The study uncovers that the social exchanges in small house relationships are not only gendered, but also based on inequalities relating to class, age and lineage. The small house relationship at times perpetuates gender inequalities between the partners involved. The study exposed how certain small house relationships were inundated with a myriad of problems including gender-based violence, financial constraints and increased susceptibility to HIV and AIDS and other STIs. Problems experienced in small house households are often exacerbated by the secretive nature of the relationship. Furthermore, a form of hegemonic masculinity and emphasised femininity, which are manifestations of the deeply entrenched patriarchal hegemony in the Shona culture, results in asymmetrical intimate relations. It was also revealed that small house households may inadvertently violate children’s rights, including opportunities to access and secure education and social security. Reportedly, disengaged fatherhood in the context of the small house can affect children’s welfare and socialisation negatively.
Sociology
D. Phil. (Sociology)
Silvério, Maria Silva e. "Eu, tu... ilus: poliamor e não-monogamias consensuais." Doctoral thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/18470.
Full textThis thesis seeks to understand consensual non-monogamy focusing the analysis on polyamory, a model that advocates the possibility of having intimate, affective and/or sexual relations with more than one person simultaneously with the knowledge, agreement and acceptance of all involved. Polyamory is currently the only relational, social, and identity movement of international scope that defies compulsory monogamy. It is an emerging phenomenon of contemporary Western societies propitiated by the diffusion of the individualization process that raises important discussions on issues of gender, sexuality, family, marriage, intimacy and love. The research is based on in-depth interviews and experiences of cisgender people who experience polyamorous relationships with someone of the opposite sex in the cities of Lisbon (Portugal) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). The research shows central aspects to the understanding of this type of relationship, such as its critique of the monogamous norm and romantic love; emphasis on agreements and open communication; interactions between people who love someone in common; challenges; benefits and dynamics. It also highlights similarities and differences among polyamory, polygamy and other models of consensual non-monogamy, such as swinging, open relationship, free relationships and relational anarchy. This thesis also contributes to the debate about the meaning and experience of monogamy as a social institution and expression of affectivity and sexuality; besides pointing out transformations, resignification and convergences between heterosexuality and other marginalized sexualities.
Crawford, Daryth Clinton Brown. "Self-esteem and depression of employed versus unemployed male homosexuals in long-term monogamous partnerships." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/177.
Full textThe relation between self-esteem and depression with regard to employment status of gay men in long-term monogamous partnerships was investigated, specifically to determine if a relation exists between employment status and self-esteem, and between employment status and depression in these men. The relation between eleven biographical and psychosocial variables with self-esteem and depression were also investigated. Non-probability snowball and purposive sampling were used to gather the sample of 56 gay male couples who were predominantly white; middle-class; well-educated; urban-dwelling South Africans; that had been involved for a mean length of 7.3 years. Each couple consisted of an employed partner and an unemployed partner, who had a mean length of 3.4 years of unemployment. Five couples (10 subjects) formed a pilot study and completed only the Revised Janis-Field Feelings of Inadequacy Scale (R-JFFIS), while the remaining 51 couples (102 subjects) completed both the R-JFFIS and the Revised Beck Depression Inventory (R-BDI). An Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) computed for the mixed effect model with fixed factor of employment status nested within the random factor of couple, controlling for the effects of the possible covariates revealed a significant difference between self-esteem of employed and unemployed partners. The difference is not significant for depression. Confirmatory evidence for the importance of age as a significant predictor of self-esteem was found for the whole sample; while perceived health and education were found to be significant predictors of depression. Self-esteem and depression were found to be inversely related in both employed and unemployed partners individually and collectively, while a positive correlation was found between self-esteem of employed and unemployed partners. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the eleven variables investigated were poor correlates of self-esteem in both partners. Only perceived health was found to be a significant predictor of depression in employed and unemployed partners respectively. No known existing studies investigate these particular dimensions of gay life. The disparity of self-esteem scores between employed and unemployed partners and the inverse relation between perceived health and depression provide a proactive position, from which primary prevention of depression could be achieved.