Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 15-30 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Personal Relationships |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1998 |
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