Browsing by Subject "Man-woman relationships"

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    A Prototype Analysis of Missing in a Geographically Separated Relationship: Validation, Correlates, and Implications
    (2005) Feinberg, Emily; Le, Benjamin
    The current research used a prototype analysis to study the experience of missing a partner in a geographically separated relationship. In Study 1, the prototype of missing was validated using cognitive tasks and relationship vignettes. As hypothesized, results showed more recall for central features and more false recognition for central features. Relationships including central features were also rated as experiencing more “missing” than relationship including non-central features. In Study 2, the experience of missing was looked at in a long distance relationship sample. Using an online survey, a missing scale created using its prototype, was measured in addition to commitment, loneliness, and other various relationship and personality dimensions. As hypothesized, results found a moderate correlation between missing and commitment and a small, but significant correlation between missing and loneliness. These findings validated the prototypical structure of missing and also found it to be separate from the experience of loneliness. The function of missing as a pro-relationship motivation was also discussed. Future research on the experience of missing in relation to individual and relationship differences is suggested, in addition to a focus on the nature of the separation and relationship involved.
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    Preferences and Expectations of Romantic Relationships: Influences of Sociobiology and Gender Socialization
    (1994) Muther, Erik
    This study was designed to investigate the nature of preferences and expectations of romantic relationships. Fifty-one undergraduates (31 female, 20 male) were given a modified version of the Marital Preferences Questionnaire (Gough, 1973) and asked to rate a list of 76 traits as to how much they would be desired in a potential partner as well as how characteristics they were of themselves. The results show that females rated ambitious and career-oriented, intelligent, kind, honest, dependable and considerate, significantly higher than men did, while males showed no significantly higher ratings on any of the traits. Men did, however, prefer someone who was affectionate in nature, faithful, has an exciting personality and is understanding, but no more so than women. A series of projective open-ended questions was then asked to investigate the process behind the formation of a romantic relationship and to allow subjects to elaborate on their feelings about various relationship scenarios. The theoretical approaches of sociobiology and gender socialization are considered as possible explanations for these results.
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    Prototype Analysis of the Concept of Missing
    (2003) Porricelli, Lisa A.; Le, Benjamin; Sternberg, Wendy
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    Was That the Truth? : Temporal Vocal Cues and the Perception of Deception
    (2007) Miller, Anna; Boltz, Marilyn
    This study examined the use of nonverbal cues in deception detection. A male and female actor recorded a scripted conversation between a dating couple that contained 32 question and response pairs. Latencies of the responses were manipulated to sound early, on-time, or late and speech rates were manipulated to sound normal or fast. Forty-four undergraduate students listened to the recording and rated each response as a truth or lie. It was predicted that instances in which latencies were early or late and speech rate was fast would be more likely to be perceived as lies. Results revealed that only late latencies were consistently perceived as lies. Additionally, gender of the speaker, participant gender, and lie type were found to interact with perceptions of deception. Implications for communication in close relationships and cross-gender conversations are discussed.