Publication details
Vyjadřování lásky v intimních vztazích: Příspěvek ke zkoumání užívání strategií vztahové údržby v partnerství a manželství
| Title in English | Love Expression in Intimate Relationships:A Contribution to Exploration in Using of Relational Maintenance Strategies in Partnership and Marriage |
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Psychoterapie |
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| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | relational maintenance; love expression; communication; five love languages |
| Description | The current study contributes to the topic of relational maintenance strategies. The study uses Gary Chapman's claims published in his popular book The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate (2002).Chapman refers to this type of communication as the five love languages i.e. words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, acts of service and physical touch. Survey data were collected from 111 unmarried individuals and 61 married couples. The aim of the study was to explore differences and predictors in how married and unmarried men and women use various strategies of relational maintenance. Findings reveal that men use gifts more frequently while women are more likely to use quality time as strategy of relational maintenance. The predictor of words of affirmation and physical touch was length of relationship, predictor of quality time was marital status. Marital status and sex served as predictors of gifts and acts of service. |
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