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Physical distance and interpersonal characteristics in college students’romantic relationships
Author(s) -
HORN K. ROGER VAN,
AR ANGELA,
NESBITT KELLY,
DESLLETS LAURA,
SEARS TANYA,
GIFFIN MICHELLE,
BRUDI REBECCA
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6811.1997.tb00128.x
Subject(s) - closeness , psychology , affection , perspective (graphical) , social psychology , romance , interpersonal relationship , interpersonal communication , developmental psychology , psychoanalysis , mathematical analysis , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science
This study compared college students’long‐distance romantic relationships ( N = 80) with those that were not long‐distance ( N = 82) on nine variables that have been suggested as fundamentally important in intimate relationships. Members of long‐distance relationships (LDKs) reported less descriptive self‐disclosure and companionship with their partners, and they were less certain their relationships would endure. The two types of relationships did not differ on the remaining six intimacy processes: intimate self‐disclosure, affection, enhancement of worth, instrumental help, nurturance, and partner's perspective‐taking. LDRs did not differ from nonLDRs on ratings of closeness, but were rated as less satisfactory. LDRs were no more likely to terminate within a 3‐month period than were nonLDKs. In the entire sample, relationship satisfaction was found to be the best predictor of stability.