A community sample of 74 couples reported on their attachment security style on the Attachment Style Measure (ASM)(Simpson, 1990) and on multiple dimensions
of intimacy on the Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships (PAIR)(Schaefer & Olson, 1981).
There was an interaction effect of intimacy with chronic problems of work organization in terms of their relationship with cortisol levels, suggesting a buffering effect
of intimacy on work - related elevated cortisol levels.
Conclusions: Our results are in line with previous studies on the effect
of intimacy on cortisol stress responses in the laboratory as well as with epidemiologic data on health beneficial effects of happy marital relationships.
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The children are never free to grow up and establish peer relationships
of intimacy on their own.
Not exact matches
«The equity
of the brand is based
on that
intimacy between our customers and our people,» the Starbucks chairman says.
While its emphasis
on fostering «
intimacy» between bosses and underlings can at times read like the world's most awkward relationship guide, that's kind
of the point.
We consider our Mastermind Groups to be sacred communities founded
on trust, respect,
intimacy, and accountability, which you won't find in an external CEO peer - accountability group, many
of which charge upwards
of $ 1,000 a month.
Many students, longing for deeper
intimacy and dissatisfied with what they see
on campus, opt out
of the hookup culture altogether.
The songs
on this two - cd set are arranged thematically rather than chronologically and reflect many
of the recurring themes
of Cash's oeuvre: love, sin, redemption, life, death... Adding to the
intimacy level, many
of the songs feature spoken introductions by Cash, as if he were introducing the songs to an audience, in which he talks about his history with the song, how he learned it, or wrote it and, more personally, why he feels such a deep connection with the composition.
I would love to have that type
of relationship where A) even though they were tired, they made an effort towards physical
intimacy and B) when it didn't work out, there was no anger or blame, just laugh about it and move
on.
And then finally — after five years
of tears, medicines, hospitals, scheduled
intimacy and two hearts holding
on to thin threads
of hope — we saw those two little lines.
There will be friends who disagree with First Things
on the issue
of same - sex
intimacy, but support it in other areas.
Biola then issued a «statement
on human sexuality» saying, «God's design for marriage and sexuality is the foundational reason for viewing acts
of sexual
intimacy between a man and a woman outside
of marriage, and any act
of sexual
intimacy between two person
of the same sex, as illegitimate moral options for the confessing Christian.»
On this path, Christ the Great High Priest provides the sweetest
intimacy with Himself, and the possibility
of deep and holy loves with His people.
If we are as willing to go deep as we are to be transparent
on the surface, perhaps we can put authenticity and
intimacy to good use — and shape our relationships more in the image
of Christ.
And yet the majority
of Christian marriage books dole out advice based
on gender stereotypes: «men need adventure,» «women need security,» «men like quiet time,» «women process verbally,» «men crave respect and control,» «women crave love and emotional
intimacy,» «men are like microwaves,» «women are like ovens.»
With only three characters in the Old Testament are prayers like this associated — Moses, (Exodus 5:22 - 23; Numbers 11:11 - 15) Job, (Job 10:2 - 21; 13:24 - 14:6) and Jeremiah — and in each case not doubt but assurance
of God is in the background, and the very
intimacy with which the soul bares its complaints and carries
on its struggle in prayer is testimony to the utter genuineness
of the experience.
To deny females equal authority not because
of their character, their
intimacy with Christ or their giftedness, but solely because
of gender — a fixed and unchangeable condition — creates communities, organizations, churches and marriages that are inherently unjustbecause they deny a people group shared authority based
on an unchangeable condition - gender.
For when in summer the peasant's horse stands in the meadow and throws up his head or shakes it, surely no one can know with certainty what that means; or when two
of them who throughout their lives have walked side by side pulling in the same yoke are turned out at night, when they approach one another as if in
intimacy, when they almost caress each other by movements
of the head; or when the free horses neigh to one another so that the woods echo, when they are gathered
on the plains in a big herd as if at a public meeting — assume then that they really could make themselves understood to one another.
(As for physical
intimacy with anyone else — male or female —
on his part, that's simply none
of anyone's business.)
Or if you were witness to that lovable young man's beautiful enthusiasm when he read and heard
of the great men who fought with a heavy destiny and suffered badly in the world, the glorious ones whom earth renounced because it was not worthy
of them, would you dare, when no clamor caused your speech to wander but when the stillness
of intimacy,
of the lovable one's confidence, the in experience
of the young man, all obliged you to tell the truth; at such a time would you dare lay your hand
on your heart and say, «Such things no longer happen.
Whatever understanding
of each other's «worlds» a couple can achieve will put them
on the road to greater
intimacy.
It is not clear what a relationship based
on absolute otherness or separation would mean especially in the relationship between God and the believer, which many describe as a relationship
of love, worship and
intimacy.
It creates a sense
of privacy such that people often say remarkable things, just as they bellow
intimacies into their cell phone while
on the commuter train.
The same
intimacy where male and female commit to each other absent
of the excuse
of uncontrolled desire for several partners based
on selfish or what evolutionists consider uncontrolled desire.
The Roman Catholic case against the technological timing and mechanization
of» reproduction draws
on a certain understanding
of the nature
of marital
intimacy.
Noli me tangere, or in Greek me mou baptou, he translates: «Do not keep
on hugging me» — a sign
of their former
intimacy.
In doing this, says Trüb, the analyst must avoid the
intimacy of a private I - Thou relationship with the patient,
on the one hand, and the temptation
of dealing with the patient as an object,
on the other.
The same is true
of intimacy, which if it is genuine is positive and pleasurable in its impact
on a marriage.
He will examine the role
of intimacy to the first, second, and third power (examples: the circle
of Jesus» followers, the renewed
intimacy on the basis
of the experience
of the sixteenth century Reformers, the Pietist group
of the seventeenth century, etc.) As far as the constitution
of religious groups is concerned we find a variety
of principles.
Wallerstein provides a chapter
on each: separating from the family
of origin; building togetherness and creating autonomy; becoming parents; coping with crises; making a safe place for conflict; exploring sexual love and
intimacy; sharing laughter and keeping interests alive; providing emotional nurturance; and preserving a double vision.
Building
on whatever beginnings were made before marriage, newlyweds are working to finish the foundation upon which a lifetime
of growing
intimacy can be built.
At each
of the child's growth stages, the demands
on parents change; with these changes come new opportunities for and strains
on marital
intimacy.
The intensity
of the middle - age
intimacy crisis depends
on the need - satisfyingness
of the relationship and particularly
on the success achieved in the previous stages
of intimacy.
Only as a person has an anchor
of gradually increasing
intimacy and trust in the new relationship can he relinquish his dependency
on old parental relationships and reduce his dependency
on «the boys» or «the girls.»
Thus there has to be in some paradoxical way a «distancing
of God» in order to allow for the
intimacy of a relation based
on fidelity and trust.)
At every level man meets his Creator, the Lord
of heaven and earth, supreme in goodness and power, whose goodness is an exuberant generosity directed toward all his creatures without discrimination, and yet focussed
on individuals in inconceivable
intimacy.
Their 1989 release
on MCA, Let The Day Begin (which received wide commercial airplay), focuses
on intimacy, communication and personal transformation with a unique force, something admirers
of The Call have come to expect and appreciate.
In the two texts we commented
on earlier (John 5:31 - 39; 8:13 - 18), we should be struck by an expression which indicates the externalization
of testimony with respect to the
intimacy of the dialogue between the Father and the Son.
Two people
of the same gender will be able to better relate to one another
on a number
of levels, increasing the communication and
intimacy in the relationship and therefore increasing the benefits outlined above.
Didn't the first covenant lack precisely the degree
of radical
intimacy on God's part that would be necessary for its fulfillment
on Israel's part?
The primary considerations
of ethics are the effect
of sexual behavior
on the community and the effect
of sexual
intimacy on the spirituality
of the partners.
People who have given into the temptation to share
intimacy only with those who are like them rob themselves
of the very transformation we were placed
on this planet to undergo.
In the now famous Goodridge case, the Court leaned critically
on the insistence that procreation is not a requirement
of marriage, and that the laws
on marriage «do not privilege procreative heterosexual intercourse between married people above every other form
of adult
intimacy.»
In general, a biblical perspective
on the power
of physical
intimacy suggests that the sexual bond between two persons can be a force for good or evil because it is full
of mystery, grace, and the fascination
of the unknown.
Some
of the mystery in the experience
of intimacy has been put into words by Gibran in his essay «
On Friendship»:
If marital partners are too dependent
on each other for a sense
of self - worth and even identity, there is a kind
of compulsive togetherness which is not genuine
intimacy.
The development
of intimacy depends
on one's caring enough to make a continuing self - investment in the relationship and in meeting the needs
of the other.
Intimacy grows in a climate
of trust based
on commitment to fidelity and continuity.