TY - JOUR
T1 - The subjective experience of intimacy, passion, and commitment in heterosexual loving relationships
AU - Marston, Peter J.
AU - Hecht, Michael L.
AU - Manke, Melodee L.
AU - Mcdaniel, Susan
AU - Reeder, Heidi
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Lovers' responses to open-ended questions concerning the experience and communication of intimacy, passion, and commitment were content- and factor-analyzed. These analyses resulted in six ways of experiencing intimacy (openness, sex, affection, supportiveness, togetherness, and quiet company); two ways of experiencing passion (romance and sexual intimacy); and five ways of experiencing commitment (supportiveness, expressions of love, fidelity, expressions of commitment, and consideration and devotion). These results suggest that love, intimacy, passion, and commitment are best conceived as related, overlapping gestalts in the subjective experiences of actual lovers.
AB - Lovers' responses to open-ended questions concerning the experience and communication of intimacy, passion, and commitment were content- and factor-analyzed. These analyses resulted in six ways of experiencing intimacy (openness, sex, affection, supportiveness, togetherness, and quiet company); two ways of experiencing passion (romance and sexual intimacy); and five ways of experiencing commitment (supportiveness, expressions of love, fidelity, expressions of commitment, and consideration and devotion). These results suggest that love, intimacy, passion, and commitment are best conceived as related, overlapping gestalts in the subjective experiences of actual lovers.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032369777&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1475-6811.1998.tb00157.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1475-6811.1998.tb00157.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032369777
SN - 1350-4126
VL - 5
SP - 15
EP - 30
JO - Personal Relationships
JF - Personal Relationships
IS - 1
ER -