Book contents
- Intimate Relationships Across Cultures
- Advances in Personal Relationships
- Intimate Relationships Across Cultures
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Spotlights
- Collaborators
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Why Was This Book Written?
- 1 How Do We Know What Matters in Intimate Relationships?
- 2 Why Do People Seek Intimate Relationships?
- 3 How Are Intimate Partners Selected?
- 4 What Is Love and How Is Intimacy Expressed?
- 5 How Do Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors Matter?
- 6 What Are the Dynamics of Exchange and Power?
- 7 How Do Couples Cope with Conflict?
- 8 How Do External Factors Matter in Intimate Relationships?
- 9 How Do Intimate Relationships Relate to Well-Being?
- 10 How Do the Predictions Combine in Comprehensive Models?
- 11 How Much Do the Levels of Factors Vary?
- 12 What Are the Implications of the Study?
- 13 How Might the Findings Apply to Other Social Relationships?
- Epilogue: What Future Research Is Needed?
- Glossary of Statistical Terms
- Boston Couples Study Publications
- References
- Index
13 - How Might the Findings Apply to Other Social Relationships?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 June 2019
Book contents
- Intimate Relationships Across Cultures
- Advances in Personal Relationships
- Intimate Relationships Across Cultures
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Spotlights
- Collaborators
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Why Was This Book Written?
- 1 How Do We Know What Matters in Intimate Relationships?
- 2 Why Do People Seek Intimate Relationships?
- 3 How Are Intimate Partners Selected?
- 4 What Is Love and How Is Intimacy Expressed?
- 5 How Do Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors Matter?
- 6 What Are the Dynamics of Exchange and Power?
- 7 How Do Couples Cope with Conflict?
- 8 How Do External Factors Matter in Intimate Relationships?
- 9 How Do Intimate Relationships Relate to Well-Being?
- 10 How Do the Predictions Combine in Comprehensive Models?
- 11 How Much Do the Levels of Factors Vary?
- 12 What Are the Implications of the Study?
- 13 How Might the Findings Apply to Other Social Relationships?
- Epilogue: What Future Research Is Needed?
- Glossary of Statistical Terms
- Boston Couples Study Publications
- References
- Index
Summary
Similarity can occur in terms of social characteristics, personal characteristics, and attitudes and values. Similarity is important because there needs to be something in common that brings individuals together and serves as a basis for interaction. How strong the similarity needs to be depends on the kind of social relationship, from strangers with little in common, to friends with some things in common, to lovers ideally with much in common. However, perceived similarity is often more important than actual similarity (Montoya, Horton, & Kirchner, 2008).
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- Intimate Relationships across CulturesA Comparative Study, pp. 198 - 216Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019