CommunlcaLlon ln Love

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o you wanL Lo begln a 8elaLlonshlp?
W lnlLlal lacLors (evlLo 2011)
hyslcal
ALLracLlveness
ersonallLy
roxlmlLy
SlmllarlLy
lnlLlaLlon of 8omanLlc 8elaLlonshlps
W 1he flrsL Llme we meeL someone seLs Lhe
foundaLlon for fuLure communlcaLlon sLyles
(Parper Welsh 2007)
lnlLlal 8ehavlor
8epeaLed paLLerns
'Love Maglc' AcLlvlLles ln whlch one engages ln
order Lo wln over a deslred sex parLner
(8osenblaLL 1971)
Collegeaged 8elaLlonshlp lnlLlaLlon
W Shulman Mayes Cohen Swaln and Leckman
(2008) sLudles relaLlonshlps among college
sLudenLselghLeen Lo LwenLyfour year old
adulLs
lnlLlal lmpresslons based upon aLLracLlon raLher
Lhan Lhe parLner's ablllLy (or lnablllLy) Lo deal wlLh
dlfference
Cver Llme Lhese relaLlonshlps Lended Lo dlssoluLe
and ablllLy Lo handle dlfferences became more
lmporLanL Lhan physlcal aLLracLlon
lndlvldual CharacLerlsLlcs lnfluence
CommunlcaLlon SLyle
W lfferenL famlly
envlronmenLs
W ALLachmenL sLyle
W asL 8elaLlonshlp
Lxperlences
W ersonallLy 1ype
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Mongraln and veLLese (2003)
W LmoLlonal expresslon negaLlvely affecLs
communlcaLlon skllls
W unemoLlonal parLner ls focused on nonverbal cues
raLher Lhan Lhe message lLself
W LmoLlonal parLner Lakes Lhe subordlnaLe role
lsclosure
W SelfuncerLalnLy
W arLner uncerLalnLy
W 8elaLlonshlp
uncerLalnLy
Couples ln ConfllcL
W 8omanLlc arLner
ConfllcL Scale (Zacchllll
Pendrlck Pendrlck
2009)
Compromlse
omlnaLlon
Submlsslon
SeparaLlon
Avoldance
lnLeracLlonal 8eacLlvlLy
W 1he 8reakup
8especL
W Pendrlck and Pendrlck
(2006) hlghllghLed Lhe
lmporLance of respecL ln
relaLlonshlps
CannoL develop and
malnLaln ldenLlLy wlLhouL
respecL
Level of respecL dlcLaLed
communlcaLlon efflclency
W ollLeness 1heory (kunkel
Wllson CllfowoLe
8obson 2003)
8eferences
W evlLo ! A (2010) lotetpetsoool messoqes commoolcotloo ooJ telotloosblp skllls new ?ork ClLy n? Allyn 8acon
W Parper M S Welsh (2007) keeplng quleL Selfsllenclng and lLs assoclaLlon wlLh relaLlonal and lndlvldual
funcLlonlng among adolescenL romanLlc couples ootool of 5oclol ooJ letsoool kelotloosblps 24(1) 99116
dol101177/0263407307072601
W Pendrlck S S Pendrlck C (2006) Measurlng respecL ln close relaLlonshlps ootool of 5oclol letsoool kelotloosblps
2J(6) 881899 dol101177/0263407306070471
W kunkel A Wllson S ClufowoLe ! 8obson S (2003) ldenLlLy lmpllcaLlons of lnfluence goals lnlLlaLlng lnLenslfylng
and endlng romanLlc relaLlonshlps Jesteto ootool of commoolcotloo 67(4) 382412
W Mongraln M veLLese L C (2003) ConfllcL over emoLlonal expresslon lmpllcaLlons for lnLerpersonal communlcaLlon
letsooollty ooJ 5oclol lsycboloqy 8olletlo 29(4) 343333 dol 101177/0146167202230924
W 8osenblaLL C (1971) CommunlcaLlon ln Lhe pracLlce of love maglc 5oclol lotces 49(3) 482487 8eLrleved from
hLLp//www[sLororg/sLable/3003740?orlglncrossref
W Shulman S Mayes L C Cohen 1 P Swaln ! L Leckman ! l (2008) 8omanLlc aLLracLlon and confllcL negoLlaLlon
among laLe adolescenL and early adulL romanLlc couples ootool of AJolesceoce J1(6) 729743 dol
101016/[adolescence200802002
W Zacchllll 1 L Pendrlck C Pendrlck S S (2009) 1he romanLlc parLner confllcL scale A new scale Lo measure relaLlonshlp
confllcL ootool of 5oclol letsoool kelotloosblps 26(8) 10731096 dol101177/0263407309347936