Hostility, Marriage, and the Heart: The Social Psychophysiology of Cardiovascular Risk in Close Relationships

2014 ◽  
pp. 19-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy W. Smith ◽  
Kelly M. Glazer
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
The Social

How to Choose the Right Partners in Cross-Sector Partnership in Emerging Countries? A Political Embeddedness Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 000765032098260
Author(s):  
Jiawen Chen ◽  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Linlin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Close Relationships ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Partner Selection ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Social Partnership ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
Relational Risks

In emerging countries such as China where the government is gradually withdrawing from involvement in social affairs, firms face dilemmas around relational risks of partnering with different forms of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Affiliated NGOs (those with close relationships with government) are more likely to sabotage the social partnership through misconduct, and are also capable of higher standards of collaborative social performance compared with independent NGOs (those with few such relationships). This study proposes that firms’ political embeddedness helps mitigate relational risks in cross-sector partner selection, and finds that politically connected firms are more likely to partner with affiliated NGOs than with independent NGOs in China. This effect is more pronounced for private firms that are less socially oriented or are located in regions with less-developed formal institutions and social trust. Our findings highlight relational risks relevant to cross-sector partner selection literature and offer important insights into how relational risks can be reduced in cross-sector partner selection in emerging countries.

scholarly journals Smartphones and Close Relationships: The Case for an Evolutionary Mismatch

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Sbarra ◽  
Julia Leah Briskin ◽  
Richard Bennett Slatcher
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Inclusive Fitness ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Evolutionary Mismatch ◽  
The Social ◽  
Integrative Study ◽  
Smartphone Use

In Press, Perspectives on Psychological Science. Accepted, 11.2.2018This final accepted version may differ from published version as a function of changes that emerge during the copyediting process.This paper introduces and outlines the case for an evolutionary mismatch between smartphones and the social behaviors that help form and maintain close social relationships. As psychological adaptations that enhance human survival and inclusive fitness, self-disclosure and responsiveness evolved in the context of small kin networks to facilitate social bonds, to promote trust, and to enhance cooperation. These adaptations are central to the development of attachment bonds, and attachment theory is middle-level evolutionary theory that provides a robust account of the ways human bonding provides for reproductive and inclusive fitness. Evolutionary mismatches operate when modern contexts cue ancestral adaptations in a manner that does not provide for their adaptive benefits. This paper argues that smartphones and their affordances, while highly beneficial in many circumstances, cue our evolved needs for self-disclosure and responsiveness across broad virtual networks and, in turn, have the potential to undermine immediate interpersonal interactions. We review emerging evidence on the topic of technoference, defined as the ways in which smartphone use may interfere with or intrude into everyday social interactions (either between couples or within families). The paper concludes with an empirical agenda for advancing the integrative study of smartphones, intimacy processes, and close relationships.

PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF THE DYAD OF PARTNERS WITH DISABILITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Natalya Shipova ◽  
Ulyana Sevastyanova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Level

The relevance of the scientific problem and the scientific novelty are due to the social demand of society for studying problems related to the subjective well-being of people with disabilities. The focus of our attention is the psychological well-being of dyads in close relationships (romantic or marital). The aim of the study is to analyze the psychological well-being in a dyad of partners who are in close relationships. The article analyzes the characteristics inherent in close relations of couples in which one of the partners has a disability. Using the Scale of Adaptation and Cohesion (FACES-3)), the levels of adaptation and cohesion of the dyads were revealed. Methods Quality of life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire examines quality of life and subjective well-being, assesses the degree of subjective satisfaction with emotional and social spheres, health, activity in free time. Particularly analyzed data of a semi-structured interview. Empirically revealed differences in the understanding of their own close relationships depending on the health status of the partner. Dyads, including partners with disabilities, demonstrate a high level of satisfaction, average cohesion values, partial balance. The study is complex, and now there is a clear prospect for its continuation.  

scholarly journals The quality of close relationships in adulthood: the role of sociodemographic and environmental factors

TIMS Acta ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Nikolina Kuruzović
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Parental Marital Status ◽  
The Relationship

In order to better understand the phenomenon of the quality of different types of close relationships of adults, we have investigated several determinants which define them more clearly. We focused on the relational differences of the respondents according to several sociodemographic (age, gender, employment, marital status and children) and environmental factors (structure and relationships in the family). A total of 400 males and females, ranging from 19 to 51 years, completed a general questionnaire. It collected the data related to sociodemographic and environmental characteristics, as well as the Social Relations Network Inventory (NRI), which assessed the quality of five types of close relationships. The results indicate significant differences between the respondents in the quality of individual close relationships, based on the factors of age, gender, employment, marital status and parenthood, as well as according to the factors of the quality of family relations and parental marital status. The identified differences are particularly pronounced in terms of the quality of the relationship with the mother and the quality of the relationship with the friend, which is explained by the characteristic nature of these relationships, as well as the developmental roles and tasks of the adulthood.

Africanists and the Challenge of the Mission Veranda

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-34
Author(s):  
Tony Waters
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Graduate Education ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
The United States ◽  
African Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Field Workers ◽  
Development Workers

I returned to the United States in 1988 in order to get a graduate education in the social sciences. Three years in rural Kasulu, Tanzania, had taught me that how western social science framed development problems was inadequate. I had some hopes that good social science could address how relief and development workers viewed the African society that surrounded them. To me the close relationships that should exist between the two seemed obvious. I had seen enough PhD. students and consultants to know that their Swahili skills and bush savvy were lacking. But I had also seen enough savvy field workers whose inability to generalize beyond their own project, or systematically frame a problem within a broader context meant that their knowledge would never contribute to a broader understanding of anything outside their small corner of the world.

scholarly journals Age and Gender Differences in the Social Patterning of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Switzerland: The CoLaus Study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. e49443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Stringhini ◽  
Brenda Spencer ◽  
Pedro Marques-Vidal ◽  
Gerard Waeber ◽  
Peter Vollenweider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
The Social ◽  
Age And Gender Differences ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphisms and Maternal Overprotection Regulate Adult Social Expectations on Close Relationships

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bonassi ◽  
Ilaria Cataldo ◽  
Giulio Gabrieli ◽  
Bruno Lepri ◽  
Gianluca Esposito
Keyword(s):  
Serotonin Transporter ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Serotonin Transporter Gene ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
Transporter Gene ◽  
Critical Periods ◽  
Levels Of Care ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

Humans are evolutionary-driven to adult mating and conceive social expectations on the quality of their affiliations. The genetic susceptibility to adverse environments in critical periods can alter close relationships. The current research investigates how the promoter region of the Serotonin Transporter Gene (5-HTTLPR) and perceived caregiving behavior in childhood could influence the social expectations on close adult relationships. For this purpose, 5-HTTLPR data was collected from the buccal mucosa of 65 Italian individuals (33 males). The participants filled a) the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) to provide the levels of care and overprotection from mother and father, and b) the Experience in Close Relationships-Revised (ECR-R) to report the social expectations on the intimate relationship assessed in terms of anxiety and avoidance from the partner. An interaction effect between 5-HTTLPR and PBI dimensions on the ECR-R scores was hypothesized. Results confirmed that the interplay between the genetic groups and history of maternal overprotection predicted avoidance experienced in romantic relationships in adulthood. Moreover, both adult anxiety and avoidance felt in an intimate relationship were found to covary as a function of maternal overprotection. The present work proposes further evidence of the genetic and parental mechanisms regulating social expectations involved in close relationships.

scholarly journals Gränsytor under förhandling

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Ekström
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conventional Content Analysis ◽  
And Task

Boundaries under negotiation – social services’ responsibility for support to women exposed to violence in close relationshipsThis article examines social workers’ perceptions of the social services’ mission and task as regards support for women who are subjected to violence in close relationships and where the social services are considered to be limited. The study is qualitative and based on interviews with 16 social workers in eleven municipalities. The interviews have been analysed with conventional content analysis. The analysis shows that the task or obligation of the social services can be formulated in two different ways: to offer support to women exposed or previously exposed to violence in close relationships, or to offer support to women who have left or intend to leave a relationship where they have been subjected to violence. In the analysis of social workers’ descriptions of support they offer, as well as the boundaries for what is beyond the social services’ responsibility, three levels can be identified. The first level, consisting of financial support, placements at women’s shelters and a social worker to talk to, forms a sort of core for the work in the social services, which most, albeit to varying degrees, offer. The second level describes forms of enhanced support, and the third level describes such support which only a few state that they work with or where responsibility issues are more diffuse.

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