Modern Relationship

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses friendship and love relationships and explains that both are often termed close or intimate relationships. The paper then explains that there are different types and forms of these close relationships and proceeds with a discussion on the range of these relationships, their differences, types, and intensity. Next, the paper follows with a discussion on a resource article entitled, "Close Emotional Relationships with Women versus Men: A Qualitative Study of 56 Heterosexual Men Living in an Inner-City Neighborhood" by Wagner-Raphael, Lynne I. Seal, David Wyatt, and Anke A. Ehrhardt. A copy of the source article is appended to the paper.

Outline:
Friendship
Love
Analysis of Resource Article
Overview
Questions and Answers
Conclusion

From the Paper:

" Transcribed elicitation interviews were analyzed for themes related to relationship issues among men and according to the central elements of the primary hypothesis. In this process, the principles of Grounded Theory Analysis were utilized. Primary coding categories were used in the analysis of the interview transcripts, as well as the identification of a range of significant themes. These were then organized into a formal codebook. The coding of the transcripts also led to new themes and modifications were made to the findings on this basis, where it was deemed to be appropriate."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Altman, I., & Taylor, D. (1973). Social penetration: The development of interpersonal relationships. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.
• Aries, E., & Johnson, F. (1983). Close friendship in adulthood: Conversational content between same-sex friends. Sex Roles, 9, 1183-1197.
• Bischoping, K. (1993). Gender differences in conversation topics, 1922-1990. Sex Roles, 28, 1-18.
• Brannon, R. (1976). The male sex role: Our culture's blueprint of manhood, and what it's done for us lately. In D.S. David & R. Brannon (Eds.), The forty-nine percent majority: The male sex role (pp. 1-45). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
• Brehm, S. (1992). Intimate relationships. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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