INTRODUCTION Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is the most frequent subtype of vulvodynia. Women report negative consequences of PVD on their sexual and romantic relationships. Researchers have recently highlighted the importance of examining interpersonal factors such as intimacy, and of including both women and their partners in study designs. AIM The aim of this study was to investigate sexual...

PURPOSE Sleep onset association disorder (SOAD) is a form of behavioral insomnia observed in children that is caused by inappropriate sleep training. SOAD typically disturbs the sleep of not only infants and children but also their parents. We investigated levels of depression and marital intimacy among parents of infants with typical SOAD, to understand the influence of SOAD on family dynamics...

The rise of social media has been accompanied by a rise in spaces devoted to various forms of sexual interaction. While online porn receives the most attention, it is hardly the only form of online sexual content. Examples include erotic uses of Twitter, Second Life, and the Google Maps API. What are the characteristics of technology-mediated intimacy, and how can interaction designers build bo...

Can intimacy predict one’s ability to detect others’ facial expressions? Although it would seem intuitive that individuals would be better at reading the expressions of those who are close to themselves, research has failed to support this. Most research in this area, however, has examined emotion recognition using high-intensity clear posed expressions. However, strong emotions are rarely expr...

Taxometric methods enable determination of whether the latent structure of a construct is dimensional or taxonic (nonarbitrary categories). Although sex as a biological category is taxonic, psychological gender differences have not been examined in this way. The taxometric methods of mean above minus below a cut, maximum eigenvalue, and latent mode were used to investigate whether gender is tax...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated whether intimacy and autonomy in mother-daughter interactions and relational aspects of the self are associated with metabolic control in adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This cross-sectional study included 88 girls with diabetes (mean age 14.9 +/- 2.2 years, diabetes duration 7.1 +/- 3.9 years, and HbA1c 8.9 +/- 1.6%) from t...

Title of Document: MECHANISMS UNDERLYING DIFFICULTIES IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS IN BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: THE ROLES OF FEAR OF POSITIVE EVALUATION AND FEAR OF ABANDONMENT Samantha A. Rodman, PhD, 2008 Directed By: Dr. Carl W. Lejuez Psychology Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a chronic and severe disorder, and leading researchers concur that difficulties within intimate relati...

During emergencies, affected people use social media platforms for interaction and collaboration. Social media is used to ask for help, provide moral support, and to help each other, without direct face-to-face interactions. From a social presence point of view, we analyzed Twitter messages to understand how people cooperate and collaborate with each other during heavy rains and subsequent floo...