scholarly journals The influence of duration, arm crossing style, gender, and emotional closeness on hugging behaviour

2021 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 103441
Author(s):  
Anna L. Dueren ◽  
Aikaterini Vafeiadou ◽  
Christopher Edgar ◽  
Michael J. Banissy
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Closeness

Extraverts Have Larger Social Network Layers

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas V. Pollet ◽  
Sam G. B. Roberts ◽  
Robin I. M. Dunbar
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Outer Layer ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Emotional Intensity ◽  
Emotional Closeness ◽  
Network Layer ◽  
Network Layers ◽  
Social Network Size

Previous studies showed that extraversion influences social network size. However, it is unclear how extraversion affects the size of different layers of the network, and how extraversion relates to the emotional intensity of social relationships. We examined the relationships between extraversion, network size, and emotional closeness for 117 individuals. The results demonstrated that extraverts had larger networks at every layer (support clique, sympathy group, outer layer). The results were robust and were not attributable to potential confounds such as sex, though they were modest in size (raw correlations between extraversion and size of network layer, .20 < r < .23). However, extraverts were not emotionally closer to individuals in their network, even after controlling for network size. These results highlight the importance of considering not just social network size in relation to personality, but also the quality of relationships with network members.

"You have to do this, and only this": a plea for clinical flexibility at the time of coronavirus

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-226
Author(s):  
Adriano Bugliani
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Protocols ◽  
Special Circumstance ◽  
Emotional Closeness

The catastrophe of the coronavirus is just a special circumstance in order to show that clinical flexibility and a therapist's responsiveness is a necessary way of working if we want to meet our clients' very different situations and expressed needs. For decades a large amount of research has been stressing that "one size fits all" approaches are therapeutically detrimental, especially if clinical protocols are applied rigidly and exclusively. On the contrary, clinicians are helpful if they are able to tailor their craftsmanship to their clients' specific conditions, in particular by realising that emotional closeness can be attained even through phone or Skype.

scholarly journals No evidence that middleborns feel less close to family and closer to friends than other birth orders.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika Simanko ◽  
Ben Rimmer ◽  
Thomas Victor Pollet
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Opposite Direction ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Sibship Size ◽  
Emotional Closeness

Middleborns have been argued to be the neglected birth order. The present study aimed to test whether the emotional closeness to parents, siblings or friends differed between middleborns and otherborns, across two different datasets. Using a between family design this study accounted for gender, nationality, educational attainment, age and sibship size via matching. We found no evidence to suggest that middleborns differ from otherborns in familial sentiment. The sign of closeness to friends was in the opposite direction than predicted, with middleborns being less close than other birth orders. The findings are discussed with reference to current literature on birth order and familial sentiment.

Commitment and Emotional Closeness in the Sibling Relationship

2007 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine E. Rittenour ◽  
Scott A. Myers ◽  
Maria Brann
Keyword(s):  
Sibling Relationship ◽  
Emotional Closeness

Existential Anxiety as Related to Conceptualization of Self and of Death, Denial of Death, and Religiosity

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1064-1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alida S. Westman
Keyword(s):  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
Emotional Closeness ◽  
Existential Anxiety ◽  
Identity Confusion ◽  
Death Denial ◽  
Denial Of Death

82 students completed a questionnaire which measured their existential anxiety as described by Yalom, conceptualization of self and of death, denial of death, and religiosity. For these students, scores on existential anxiety correlated with identity confusion, feeling responsible toward others but fearing emotional closeness with them, seeing people as fundamentally different and not seeing oneself as living on in one's tasks or projects. Their existential anxiety scores were not related to a particular concept of death, but death was more likely to be seen as cold and denied. Their existential anxiety seemed symptomatic of adjustment problems for which religiosity was not helpful. Specific suggestions for further research are made.

scholarly journals The effects of mother–infant singing on emotional closeness, affect, anxiety, and stress hormones

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 205920431774574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisy Fancourt ◽  
Rosie Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Biological Markers ◽  
Stress Hormones ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Social Bonding ◽  
Emotional Closeness ◽  
Within Subjects ◽  
And Biological Markers

Among mammals who invest in the production of a relatively small number of offspring, bonding is a critical strategy for survival. Mother–infant bonding among humans is not only linked with the infant’s survival but also with a range of protective psychological, biological, and behavioral responses in both mothers and infants in the post-birth period and across the life span. Anthropological theories suggest that one behavior that may have evolved with the aim of enhancing mother–infant bonding is infant-directed singing. However, to date, despite mother–infant singing being practiced across cultures, there remains little quantitative demonstration of any effects on mothers or their perceived closeness to their infants. This within-subjects study, comparing the effects of mother–infant singing with other mother–infant interactions among 43 mothers and their infants, shows that singing is associated with greater increases in maternal perceptions of emotional closeness in comparison to social interactions. Mother–infant singing is also associated with greater increases in positive affect and greater decreases in negative affect as well as greater decreases in both psychological and biological markers of anxiety. This supports previous findings about the effects of singing on closeness and social bonding in other populations. Furthermore, associations between changes in closeness and both affect and anxiety support previous research suggesting associations between closeness, bonding, and wider mental health.

Desire for Emotional Closeness Questionnaire

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis E. Flores ◽  
Howard Berenbaum
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Closeness
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