The psychological state of love is difficult to define, and we often rely on metaphors to communicate about this state and its constituent experiences. Commonly, these metaphors liken love to a physical force-it sweeps us off our feet, causes sparks to fly, and ignites flames of passion. Even the use of "attraction" to refer to romantic interest, commonplace in both popular and scholarly discou...

This study investigates how urban Malays give meanings to love within marriage. A total of 245 participants attending a compulsory premarital program in Klang Valley, Malaysia agreed to take part in this study. Questionnaires consisting of personal and relationship background were distributed to participants. How participants give meanings to love which exists in a marriage were rated using a s...

Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the object relations and core conflictual relationship theme in depressed patients and compare them with normal individuals. Method: Thirty people with major depressive disorder and thirty normal individuals were selected using the convenience sampling method with structured clinical Interviews (SCID-I & SCID-II) and the psychiatric Symptoms Check...

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in modern societies which also including student populations. Etiology of depression is naturally very complicated matter. Some of the effective parameters that have recently gained scholars’ attention are personality traits including romantic relationships that can affect depression. The purpose of this study was to evaluate relations...

: the purpose of this study is to identify the gender differences in identity styles, commitment and quality of friendship. for this reason, 400 high school students from 19 educational regions in tehran (males –females) are chosen randomly. three scales are administrated: identity style inventory-six grade (white et al, 1998), quality of friendship (hejazi, zohrevand, 1380) and socio-metric qu...

OBJECTIVE Breast cancer diagnosis and treatments can have a profound impact upon women's well-being, body image, and sexual functioning, but less is known about the relational context of their coping and the impact upon their intimate partners. Our study focuses upon couples' experiences of breast cancer surgery, and its impact on body image and sexual intimacy. METHOD Utilizing a dyadic desi...

This article examines cognitive links between romantic love and creativity and between sexual desire and analytic thought based on construal level theory. It suggests that when in love, people typically focus on a long-term perspective, which should enhance holistic thinking and thereby creative thought, whereas when experiencing sexual encounters, they focus on the present and on concrete deta...