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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Geraldine K Piorkowski |
| ISBN: | 9780313346002 0313346003 |
| OCLC Number: | 229020784 |
| Description: | xviii, 190 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The fragility of love -- Overvaluing romantic love -- Reasons for divorce : demographic factors -- Reasons for divorce : relationship and personality factors -- Additional sources of relationship conflict -- 2. Which love is love? -- Need for completion -- Search for validation -- The power of familial roles -- Duty or guilt confused with love -- Other confounding factors -- 3. Love's poor choices -- The repetition of the past -- Blamers -- Conflict avoiders -- Emotional hermits -- Immature types -- Narcissists -- Oppositional types -- The passive-aggressive personality -- 4. The fears and risks of love -- Risks of exposure, shame, and humiliation -- Fear of losing autonomy -- Risk of disappointment -- Fear of betrayal -- Loss of control -- Fear of attack -- The risk of guilt -- Fears of rejection and abandonment -- 5. Too few cultural alternatives to love -- Urban/suburban anomie and mobility -- The impact of electronics -- Overwork and other pressures -- Limited group participation -- Too few friendships -- 6. Role models of romantic love in popular culture -- Ideal women in the media -- Ideal men in the media -- The problem with media ideals -- Media myth : love transforms all -- Media myths : predestined love and "love at first sight" -- Media myth : sex should set off fireworks -- 7. Love by arrangement -- Arranged marriages in India -- Arranged marriages in Muslim countries -- Arranged marriages in Sri Lanka -- Arranged marriages in Turkey -- Arranged marriages in Egypt -- Arranged marriages in Kenya -- Summary -- 8. Love marriages around the world -- Marriages in Russia -- Marriages in China -- Marriages in Japan -- Marriages in Italy and Spain -- Marriages in the Netherlands -- 9. Lost in the land of married love -- Sensitive, loving communication : chicken or egg? -- Expectations, perspective, and commitment -- How much similarity is important? -- Other marital satisfaction factors : sex and household equity -- What else is known about the effects of parental divorce? -- In conclusion -- Notes -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Geraldine K. Piorkowski. |
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