comparative literature is an important area of literarystudies with a long history. the comparative study of writers and poets canshed light on the impact of various thoughts among different cultures. sohrabsepehri, as one of the eminent contemporary poets of iran, and williamwordsworth, one of the founders of romantic poetry in england are chosen forthis research. the employment of some romant...

this article discusses the technical foundations of the prose poem and trying to look for common or similarity with the foundations of the romantic school and its assets. the prose poem in most founded and doctrine meet romantic so that adopted it and benefited from his principles, and his roots and tried to improve it and makes it different from romance. romantic school depends on in some of i...

In this longitudinal study, we followed a large sample of first-time parents (both partners) across the first 2 years of the transition to parenthood. Guided by attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969), we tested several predictions about how attachment anxiety and avoidance are related to the incidence, maintenance, increase, and decline of depressive symptoms in both sexes across the first 2 years of...

Previous research suggests that the quality of current relationships may have prognostic significance for individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The goal of this study was to examine the impact of the interaction of BPD symptoms and romantic relationship satisfaction on state affect. It was predicted that individuals reporting greater BPD symptoms and a more satisfying relation...

The delayed entry into marriage that characterizes modern society raises questions about young adults' romantic relationship trajectories and whether patterns found to characterize adolescent romantic relationships persist into young adulthood. The current study traced developmental transitions into and out of romantic relationships from age 18 through age 25 in a sample of 511 young adults. Th...

This study examined adolescents' interpersonal functioning, including the qualities of their closest friendships and romantic relationships, as predictors of dating/heterosocial anxiety. An ethnically diverse sample of 781 adolescents (57% girls; ages 15-19 years) completed measures that assessed the number and type of close friends, the presence of a romantic relationship, the qualities of the...

This study examined adolescents’ interpersonal functioning, including the qualities of their closest friendships and romantic relationships, as predictors of dating/heterosocial anxiety. An ethnically diverse sample of 781adolescents (57% girls; ages 15 – 19 years) completed measures that assessed the number and type of close friends, the presence of a romantic relationship, the qualities of th...

Current theories from biosocial (e.g., the role of neurotransmitters in behavioral features), ecological (e.g., cultural, political, and institutional conditions), and interpersonal (e.g., attachment) perspectives have grounded interpersonal and romantic relationships in nor-mative social experiences. However, these theories have not been developed to the point of providing a solid theoretical ...

Drug addiction is a complex neurological dysfunction induced by recurring drug intoxication. Strategies to prevent and treat drug addiction constitute a topic of research interest. Early-stage romantic love is characterized by some characteristics of addiction, which gradually disappear as the love relationship progresses. Therefore, comparison of the concordance and discordance between romanti...

Romantic pursuit decisions often require a person to risk one of the two errors: pursuing a romantic target when interest is not reciprocated (resulting in rejection) or failing to pursue a romantic target when interest is reciprocated (resulting in a missed romantic opportunity). In the present research, we examined how strongly people wish to avoid these two competing negative outcomes. When ...