The Language of Love

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-44
Author(s):  
Sally Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Social Psychologist ◽  
The Social ◽  
Georgian England

This chapter rediscovers the ‘script’ shaping romantic language in Georgian England. As the social psychologist Lubomir Lamy argues, love ‘is first and foremost a story’, with individuals following a ‘script for love that describes how a romantic relationship should normally unfold’. The chapter provides a thematic overview of the various religious, physical, and literary tropes shaping the language of love. It sets out the wider framework that guided the language used by lovers in Georgian England, and how they conceived, navigated—and therefore experienced—love itself. The language of love is presented as a learned style crafted within a number of historically specific frameworks, which enabled couples to elucidate their feelings, determine their compatibility, chart the changing status of their relationship, and build a closer emotional bond before matrimony.

scholarly journals The Impact of Social Isolation on Romantic Relationships During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bedia Kalemzer KARACA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

Due to the severe course of COVID-19, the rate of transmission, and the high risk of death, country governments have taken many measures, such as social isolation, to reduce the rate of transmission. This study, it is aimed to reveal the effect of the social isolation process caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the romantic relationships of individuals. In this correlational study, 540 people (n=433 females, n=107 males) who had a romantic relationship in Turkey were reached by random sampling method. The participants were given the Sociodemographic Information Form and the Anxiety in Romantic Relationships During the Covid-19 Pandemic Period. Validity and reliability analyzes of the scale were made. Romantic relationships of the Covid-19 pandemic process have been determined that it affects women more than men, those with low education levels more than those with higher levels, and those with short relationships than those with long-term relationships. At the same time, it was concluded that those who live separately are more affected than those who live together, those who avoid sexuality are more affected than those who do not, and those who apply social distance rules at home are more affected than those who do not apply social distance rules at home. The research has some limitations. The scale was applied online to 540 people and reached a limited number of people. The results need to be supported by different studies.

scholarly journals The sense of social control felt on university students' romantic relationshipsÜniversite öğrencilerinin romantik ilişkileri üzerinde hissetttikleri sosyal kontrol algısı

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilmiye Aksu ◽  
Sevgi Özsoy ◽  
Tuğba Dündar
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
The University

This study aimed  was carried out in order to determine whether third and fourth year students from nursing, midwifery and nutrition-dietetics department felt the control of their parents and the environment in premarital romantic relationships. The study population consisted of 1530 students studying at Aydın Health High School, Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition-Dietetic at Adnan Menderes University in the academic year 2015-2016. The sample of the study was determined by stratification sampling method and 310 students were included in the sample. In the collection of the data The questionnaire consisting of the questions about the socio-demographic characteristics of the students and the Social Control Scale Toward Engage In Premarital Romantic Relationship were used Descriptive statistics, t test, ANOVA and Kruskal Wallis test were used in the evaluation of the data. 84.2% of the students participated in the study were women, 15.8% were male, 55.5% of them were in the nursing department, 26,8% midwifery and 17,7% nutrition-dietetics department and 56.1% of them were in their third year and 43,9% fourth year. 50.6% of the students stated that they stayed in the dorm, and 50.3% said that they had flirt.The students who participated in the survey that the average score of in the Social Control Scale Toward Engage In Premarital Romantic Relationship was 34.44±9.35. There were  significant relationships among the total scale scores of university students  and their gender, the class and department they  attend, the presence of their dating relations, the longest living place and the economic situation of the family (p<0.05).According to the average score of the university students' social control scale are slightly above the average the social control perceptions. It is seen that social control was higher in women, those who attended in the nutrition-dietetics department, and those who are the third-grade students, whose family has the equivalent to the income expense, who live in the longest time in the town and who do not have dating relations. For this reason, training and counseling related to gender roles should be provided in counseling centers in universities. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.  ÖzetBu araştırma hemşirelik, ebelik ve beslenme-diyetetik bölümü üçüncü ve dördüncü sınıf öğrencilerinin evlilik öncesi yaşanan romantik ilişkilerinde ebeveynlerinin ve çevrenin kontrolünü hissedip hissetmediklerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini 2015-2016 eğitim-öğretim yılında Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Aydın Sağlık Yüksekokulu Hemşirelik, Ebelik, Beslenme- Diyetetik Bölümleri’nde öğrenim gören 1530 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Araştırmanın örneklemi tabakalama örneklem yöntemi ile belirlenmiş ve 310 öğrenci örneklemde yer almıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında öğrencilerin sosyo-demografik özelliklerine ilişkin sorulardan oluşan soru formu ve Evlilik Öncesinde Romantik İlişki Yaşamada Sosyal Kontrol Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler, t testi, ANOVA ve Kruskal Wallis Testi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin %84,2’si kadın, %15,8’i erkek, %55,5’i hemşirelik, %26,8 ebelik, %17,7 bslenme-diyetetik bölümünde ve %56,1’i üçüncü, %43,9’u dördüncü sınıfta okumaktadır. Öğrencilerin %50,6’sı yurtta kaldığını, %50,3’ü flörtünün olduğunu dile getirmiştir.Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin Evlilik Öncesinde Romantik İlişki Yaşamada Sosyal Kontrol Ölçeği’nden aldıkları ortalama puan 34.44±9.35 olarak belirlenmiştir. Üniversite öğrencilerinin ölçekten aldıkları toplam puanlar ile cinsiyetleri, okudukları sınıf ve bölüm, flörtlerinin varlığı, en uzun süre yaşanılan yer ve ailenin ekonomik durumu arasında anlamlı ilişkiler saptanmıştır (p<0,05).Üniversite öğrencilerinin sosyal kontrol ölçeğinden aldıkları toplam puan ortalamasına göre, sosyal kontrol algıları ortalamanın biraz üzerindedir. Sosyal kontrolün, kadın olan, beslenme-diyetetik bölümünde okuyan, üçünü sınıf öğrencisi olan, ailesinin gelir giderine denk olan, en uzun süre kasabada yaşayan ve flörtü olmayan öğrencilerde daha yüksek olduğu görülmektedir. Bu nedenle üniversitelerdeki danışmanlık merkezlerinde toplumsal cinsiyet rollerine ilişkin eğitimler yapılmalı ve danışmanlıklar verilmelidir.

scholarly journals Conceptualising the Romantic Relationship

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-79
Author(s):  
Jana Baćević
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Young Professionals ◽  
The Social

This paper approaches the phenomenon of the "romantic relationship" as understood within some of the most prominent paradigms in the social sciences. These interpretative frameworks are then applied to the model of the romantic relationship acquired during my own research on the concepts of romantic relationships among young professionals in Belgrade, Serbia. I argue that none of the presented frameworks can be solely relied upon to explain the phenomenon, but that in combination they do offer very valuable insights. This represents an example of how the application of different paradigms in social sciences can help to clarify the nature of a phenomenon, rather than representing a ground for contestation.

scholarly journals Child-oriented and partner-oriented perfectionism explain different aspects of family difficulties

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konrad Piotrowski
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Questionnaire Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dyadic Perfectionism ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: The aim of the present study was to verify the relationship between partner-oriented and children-oriented perfectionism, and their associations with narcissism and with difficulties in the romantic and parental domains. Differences between women and men were also analyzed.Method: 459 individuals participated, 264 women and 195 men (Mage = 33.88, SD = 4.39). All participants were Polish, had at least one child and were in a romantic relationship. In this cross-sectional, questionnaire study the Dyadic Almost Perfect Scale was applied along with its new adaptation, developed to measure children-oriented perfectionism: the Children Dyadic Almost Perfect Scale.Results: Partner dyadic perfectionism and children dyadic perfectionism, both in women and in men, were related to each other and positively correlated with narcissism. Partner-oriented perfectionism turned out to be a specific predictor of difficulties in the romantic relation, whereas children-oriented perfectionism was found to be a predictor of difficulties in the parental relation.Conclusion: The results suggest that studies on dyadic perfectionism should take into consideration concrete individuals at whom perfectionistic expectations are directed (e.g., partner and children). This will enable a more precise investigation of the influence of perfectionism on family life and a better understanding of the social consequences of other-oriented perfectionism.

The Little Friends

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Pollack
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Paul Bowles ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
The Social ◽  
Virgil Thomson ◽  
Formed Part

Latouche had friendship with a circle dubbed by Virgil Thomson “The Little Friends,” which included Harry Dunham, Paul Bowles, Jane Bowles, and Latouche’s future wife Theodora Griffis, the scion of a distinguished and wealthy family. Latouche introduced Jane and Paul Bowles to each other. Latouche’s romantic relationship with Griffis led to marriage, although both were essentially homosexual. The Little Friends formed part of a larger group that included notable composers, such as Copland and Thomson, and artists, such as Kristians Tonny and Frederick Kiesler. Several of these artist friends drew Latouche’s portrait and photographed him. The social settings of these friends included the celebrated salon of Kirk Askew and his wife.

Jonsonian Comedy and the Discovery of the Social Self

PMLA ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Danson
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Social Psychologist ◽  
The Social ◽  
Romantic Comedies ◽  
Technical Sense ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
Obedience To Authority

The self in Jonson's comedies, like the self described by modern sociologists, is a reflection of other reflections, created by the society it creates. As Milgram's experiment on obedience to authority seems to show, the social self is radically contingent. Therefore the anagnorisis in Jonson's comedies is a catastrophe in more than the technical sense; it is the discovery of a self that cannot bear its own exposure. By contrast, the heroes and heroines of Shakespeare's romantic comedies discover themselves in relation to a nurturing family and a mature sexual family. Theirs is a psychological self. In the “comical satires,” Jonson encounters the problem of finding appropriate endings for plays whose characters can achieve no satisfying self-discovery. In Volpone the protagonist acts like an experimental social psychologist, exposing the pliability of the social self. The catastrophe shows that Volpone's own “substance” is only a reflection of his world's insubstantiality.

The Roots of Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Experiments and Their Relevance to the Holocaust

1998 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Blass
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Psychologist ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Stanley Milgram ◽  
Detailed Presentation ◽  
Obedience To Authority

AbstractDrawing on archival materials, interviews, as well as published sources, this article traces the roots of one of the most important and controversial studies in the social sciences, the experiments on obedience to authority conducted by the social psychologist, Stanley Milgram. Milgram’s research had two determinants: First, his attempt to account for the Holocaust and, second, his intention to apply Solomon Asch’s technique for studying conformity to behavior of greater human consequence than judging lengths of lines-the task which was the original focus in Asch’s studies. After a detailed presentation of these antecedents of Milgram’s work, the article concludes with a brief discussion of the applicability of the obedience experiments to the behavior of the perpetrators of the Holocaust.

scholarly journals புறநானூற்றில் உள்ளார்ந்த ஈர்ப்பு

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
M Chandrasekaran
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Human Behaviour ◽  
Situational Influences ◽  
Social Biology ◽  
Social Psychologist ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychological Studies

Literature deals with the social biology of humanbeings. Society is made by humanbeings. It faces various evolutions when humans interact with each other. Social psychology explores how human behaviour shaped by family and society. Social Interaction is also one of the Psychological studies. Social Interaction is an intrinsic existence. Intrinsic existence is related to how one likes and differs from one another. In these contexts, the social psychologist has an innate acceptance of Characteristics of the individuals, Characteristics of others, fit between us, Situational influences. Review this article through Purananooru.

scholarly journals Neural Representations of the Committed Romantic Partner in the Nucleus Accumbens

2021 ◽  
pp. 095679762110218
Author(s):  
Ryuhei Ueda ◽  
Nobuhito Abe
Keyword(s):  
Nucleus Accumbens ◽  
Neural Activity ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Pattern Analysis ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Neural Mechanism ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Multivoxel Pattern Analysis ◽  
Neural Representations ◽  
The Social

Having an intimate romantic relationship is an important aspect of life. Dopamine-rich reward regions, including the nucleus accumbens (NAcc), have been identified as neural correlates for both emotional bonding with the partner and interest in unfamiliar attractive nonpartners. Here, we aimed to disentangle the overlapping functions of the NAcc using multivoxel pattern analysis, which can decode the cognitive processes encoded in particular neural activity. During functional MRI scanning, 46 romantically involved men performed the social-incentive-delay task, in which a successful response resulted in the presentation of a dynamic and positive facial expression from their partner and unfamiliar women. Multivoxel pattern analysis revealed that the spatial patterns of NAcc activity could successfully discriminate between romantic partners and unfamiliar women during the period in which participants anticipated the target presentation. We speculate that neural activity patterns within the NAcc represent the relationship partner, which might be a key neural mechanism for committed romantic relationships.

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