Sentences with phrase «less emotional closeness»

The downside of course is that the more avoidant one partner is, the less emotional closeness the other partner feels, and so the merry - go - round of criticism and avoidance continues.

Not exact matches

Partners who are more avoidant — preferring to steer clear of emotional closeness and intimacy — are more likely to use strategies like withdrawal (the least ideal strategy), manipulation, and mediated communication, and less likely to use open confrontation.

It improves 1) our emotional state; 2) our resilience and our acceptance of ourselves; 3) how we interpret situations or events, so that we see them as more manageable; 4) our motivation to overcome adversity and strive toward our goals; 5) the adaptiveness of our responses to specific situations, such as our coping strategies and our ability to learn from experience; 6) our relationships themselves in terms of closeness, trust, and feeling loved; 7) our physiological functioning, such as improved immune response; and 8) behaviors that comprise a healthier lifestyle, like better eating habits and self - care and less substance abuse.

Reluctance to disclose inner thoughts and feelings, remaining guarded, and having desire for personal control are all signs of avoidant attachment.1, 2 Research shows that in adolescence and young adulthood, avoidant individuals do not connect as deeply (they have less intimacy and emotional closeness) with friends and romantic partners as secure individuals do, and this lack of connection largely results from less self - disclosure.

Decreased closeness in the parent — child relationship may thus accompany the cascade evolving from less emotional support from partner, making the lack of support and satisfaction even more detrimental in the late child - rearing years.

American studies indicate that the frequency is less important for child school success and psychological well - being than the interaction content, i.e. qualitative dimensions like social relations and emotional closeness between parent and child (see Amato and Gilbreth 1999 for a meta - analysis of a large number of studies).

Yet, among the variety of intergenerational relationships, those that lack emotional closeness are expected to be less stable over time than those that are emotionally close (H2).