Adolescent development has however been linked to changes in the parent — child relationship involving
more emotional distance, less mutual acceptance and children spending less time with their parents (Steinberg [2001]; Whiteman et al. [2007]-RRB-.
You know it's so destructive, because it creates
more emotional distance between you.
A study by psychologist John Gottman published in 2000 in the Journal of Family Psychology found that two - thirds of couples experience a significant decline in marriage satisfaction — including less - frequent or less - satisfying sex, more conflict and
more emotional distance — after the first baby arrives.
And once emotional distance starts growing, couples may find themselves in a downward spiral: the further apart you feel, the greater the distance to overcome and the more space between you to fill with other demands on your time, thus the less sex you have, leading to
more emotional distance...
A study by psychologist John Gottman published in 2000 in the Journal of Family Psychology found that as many as two - thirds of couples experience a significant decline in marriage satisfaction, including less - frequent or less - satisfying sex, more conflict and
more emotional distance, after the first baby arrives.
Not exact matches
Avoidance and
emotional distance become a way of dealing with the world, and instead of problem - solving, they are
more likely to sulk or withdraw.
PiS: If thinking politically can be
more active or
more reflective,
more distanced or
emotional, then, does your work point to «correct» ways of thinking politically?
It makes me think
more than it makes me feel, although I think Kubrick intended for both — the most fascinating subtexts are told from an
emotional distance.
It the idea of taking short performance piece and gradually «Brechtifying» it by adding
more elements designed to
distance the audience from the
emotional content of the scene.
It's as if physical
distance allows for an
emotional distance from the violence, and the horrors of war take a back seat to
more pressing matters: Who tends the cooking fire?
Vija Celmins at Matthew Marks Gallery, West Hollywood Reviewed by Christopher Michno In a world increasingly short of attention, Vija Celmins has for
more than four decades been depicting a narrowly delimited set of subjects with a degree of
emotional distance that has offered expansive space for reflective thought.
Notwithstanding the elements of physical
distancing to achieve greater
emotional closeness as described in the previous paragraphs, the rest of this article deals
more with the traditional sense of a marriage separation.
For people low in avoidant attachment (i.e., those with less of a need for
emotional distance in relationships), their desire for sex was higher when their partners were
more responsive, but for those who are highly avoidant (i.e., those who do express desires to be distant from partners) actually desired sex less as partner responsiveness increased.
Conversations like this eventually create
emotional distance because the
more critical and contemptuous you are, the
more you will chip away at your friendship.
This same scene had been recurrent throughout their marriage — the
more emotional Catherine became, the
more distance Pete put between them; the
more Pete worked and travelled, the
more lonely and fearful Catherine became.
For all the couples out there, wishing for a
more secure, fulfilling
emotional bond or struggling with ongoing conflict and / or
distance, do consider reaching out to an E.F.T. Certified Therapist.
This group also showed significantly
more change on several aspects of family dysfunction (family pride,
emotional distance, parental team, tension and anger), in comparison to the low CU group.
Reduced
emotional distance (i.e., increased warmth) within the family pictures was
more strongly related to reduced conduct problems in high CU compared to low CU children, further adding support to the notion that parental warmth is of unique importance to the development of children with CU traits (hypothesis c).
Challenges that couples present to a therapist often include doubt about the relationship,
emotional distance, resentment, anger, the consequences of betrayal, experiencing romantic feelings for someone outside the marriage, alcoholism and drug addiction, sexual incompatibilities, parenting clashes, a lack of passion and romance, career and money struggles, power imbalances, issues of fairness and
more.
Emotion - focused methods of coping, on the other hand, typically encompass
more indirect methods to avoid the stressor or control its
emotional impact, such as ignoring,
distancing oneself from the stressor, excessive worry, or anger (Folkman and Lazarus, 1988).
Our team of couple therapists is specially trained in addressing issues like
emotional distance and disconnection, conflict and communication, the challenges of parenting, sex and intimacy, infidelity, financial stress, work - life balance, religion and value differences, and so much
more.
There are many reasons behind what causes
distance between spouses / partners: anger, pent up resentments, a break down in communication, a lack of trust,
emotional insecurities (insecurities with yourself or about your partner), a natural need for
more personal space — it may be as simple as needing to create a little
more distance because you feel emotionally
more comfortable from a
more distant place of relating.
Couples should ascertain which issues have led them to treatment, such as
emotional distance, childhood trauma seeping into adult patterns, infidelity, lack of communication and
more.
When you repeatedly observe your own patterns and your fluctuating needs for
emotional closeness and
emotional distance, you'll be in a better position to identify and make these patterns
more fully conscious.
Traditionally, couples research has focused
more on minimizing negatives (arguments,
emotional distance, infidelity) than on maximizing positives.
I help you become
more mindful of your part is in the
emotional and physical
distance that you are experiencing.
Pathological worry, the central feature of GAD, can be postulated as a maladaptive «coping mode» within the schema mode model, serving to
distance sufferers from the experience of
more intense
emotional states.