Throughout the life span, individuals engage in affectionate touch with close others. Touch
receipt promotes well-being in infancy, but the impacts of touch in adult close relationships …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better understand the role of closeness and the
relationships between social media influencers and their followers, and, more specifically …

Pamela C. Regan's The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage, Third Edition is
the only introductory text about human mating relationships aimed specifically at a university …

This text deals with the same kinds of problems addressed by self-help books and self-
realization programs: anxiety, frustration, loneliness, depression, self-control. However, it …

The purpose of this article is to review the theoretical and empirical literature regarding the
normative development of the attachment system from infancy through adulthood, and then …

Deployment separation constitutes a significant stressor for US military men and women and
their families. Many military personnel return home struggling with physical and/or …

El artículo presenta una revisión teórica de la dependencia afectiva desde el punto de vista
del análisis de la conducta y el contextualismo funcional. Se exponen algunos dilemas …

In this chapter, the authors review the major propositions outlined by John Bowlby and
others on the early development and nature of working models. Next, they specify the …

Affectionate touch is crucial for well-being. However, attachment avoidance is associated
with negative attitudes toward touch. We tested two preregistered hypotheses about how …

This multidisciplinary text introduces the concepts, methodologies, theories, and empirical
findings of the field of interpersonal relationships. Information is drawn from psychology …