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Boundaries as Distance Regulators in Personal Relationships
Author(s) -
RYDER ROBERT G.,
BARTLE SUZANNE
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1991.00393.x
Subject(s) - facilitation , phenomenology (philosophy) , variety (cybernetics) , psychology , social psychology , focus (optics) , sociology , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , physics , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , optics
Received wisdom suggests that boundaries are, or should be, important in intimate relationships. In this essay, we focus primarily upon the beliefs and phenomenology relating to a variety of boundaries, and provide a discussion of some conceptual issues, in order to understand better the development, facilitation, and maintenance of, as well as restraints upon, intimacy. Although we attend mainly to dyadic relationships, we believe that our observations and suggestions have application to larger groups.