Jealousy is not only a way of experiencing love but also a stabilizer of romantic relationships, although morbid romantic jealousy is maladaptive. Being engaged in a formal romantic relationship can tune one's romantic jealousy towards a specific target. Little is known about how the human brain processes romantic jealousy by now. Here, by combining scenario-based imagination and functional MRI...

This study examined the relation between attachment to opposite sex parents and attachment to romantic partners. Previous research has indicated that attachments to parents closely resemble attachments to romantic partners (Hazan & Shaver, 1987). However, little research has examined whether attachment to the mother or father is more predictive of attachment to romantic partners, and whether th...

it was not until the twentieth century, and especially the 1980s, that dutch Gothic fiction began to flourish. This article gives an overview of the history of the Gothic in dutch literature, and discusses the explanations given for the absence of a dutch Gothic tradition. it then examines six Gothic novels from the 1980s in more depth to determine what kind of “cultural work” the Gothic does i...

This article examines the possibility that romantic love (with intensity, engagement, and sexual interest) can exist in long-term relationships. A review of taxonomies, theory, and research suggests that romantic love, without the obsession component typical of early stage romantic love, can and does exist in long-term marriages, and is associated with marital satisfaction, well-being, and high...

This paper examines the representation of macho masculinity found in Jean Genet's novels through the framework of theories of gender performativity. While Genet's novels have been condemned by contemporary gay critics for representing homosexuality as an abject or failed masculinity, it is argued that emphasis on this aspect of his work has tended to overshadow the importance of the virile, pha...

For a long time, writing novels is traditionally regarded as personal and private activities. People record their unique experience and emotions and project it into complicated characters and elaborated stories. However, there are other kinds of novels, called popular novels or internet novels, that are written to satisfy readers’ emotional need and demand. Despite various world settings, many ...

Zarówno w polskiej, jak i czeskiej literaturze po roku 1989 wzrasta liczba narracji rodzinnych, które zdaniem wielu badaczy mogą z powodzeniem posłużyć jako pole do obserwacji społecznych przemian. Niniejszy artykuł podejmuje taką próbę odniesieniu dwóch powieści – Szopki Zośki Papużanki Pod śniegiem Petry Soukupovej. Są one analizowane (w warstwie treściowej językowej) ujęciu porównawczym, a t...

Research demonstrates that attachment relationships play important roles in adolescent psychological health. The influence of romantic relationships on adjustment is less clear. Using a cross-sectional sample of 515 adolescents, the current study examines whether romantic relationships replace the influence of other attachment relationships on adolescent psychological health. Regression analyse...

The present study was conducted with the main purpose of identifying reading preferences of secondary school students and their related issues. The study was conducted on a total of 387 secondary school students of academic session 2010-12 in District Bahawalpur of Pakistan. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected through questionnaire and interview schedule respectively by adopting su...