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What can a focus on intimacies and affinities between radical immigrants in Ireland and their Irish counterparts tell us about the transnational scope of the global Irish revolution? This article answers this question through the lives of Rose MacKenna, an Irish playwright and socialist, and her husband Sidney Arnold, a Latvian literary translator. The activist career of this obscure Irish-Latvian couple took them from revolutionary Dublin in the wake of the Easter Rising to Petrograd in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. This article argues that MacKenna and Arnold, by virtue of their obscurity and marginality, rather than in spite of it, can suggest the sources and methodologies required to uncover the transnational world of Ireland's radical intelligentsia.

目的:本研究の目的は、女性特有のがんに罹患した妻と夫の「がん罹患以降の親密性の獲得」の概念分析を行うことであり、がん患者が夫との関係性を維持しよりよい生活を送るための看護実践の基礎資料とする。 方法:分析方法は、Rodgersの概念分析の方法を参考とし、先行要件、属性、帰結に関する記述から内容分析を行った。 結果:分析対象文献は30件であった。先行要件は【がん罹患による妻の精神的苦痛】、【妻のがん罹患による夫の苦悩と不安】の2つが抽出された。 属性は【妻と夫の相手を支えようという各々の姿勢】、【妻と夫の双方に相乗効果をもたらす循環】、【夫婦の協同への努力】の3つが抽出された。 そして、帰結は【妻の自分らしさの回復】、【夫から与えられる心の安寧と感謝】、 【妻にとって重要なサポートの継続】、【夫婦の紳の獲得】、【満ち足りた生活の獲得】の5つと、妻と夫が「親密性の獲得」ができなかった場合、 【妻を支える役割により夫が感じる重圧】、【妻として役割を果たせないことへの申し訳なさ】、【夫への失望】の3つが抽出された。 考察：女性特有のがんに罹患した妻と夫との「がん罹患以降の親密性の獲得」とは、「【妻と夫の相手を支えようという各々の姿勢】をとることで、 【妻と夫の双方に相乗効果をもたらす循環】が生まれ、【妻と夫の協同の努力】を継続する」と再定義された。 一方で、妻と夫が親密性を獲得できなかった場合、夫は妻を支えることに重圧を感じ、妻は夫への失望や妻としての役割を果たせないことに申し訳なさを感じていた。 女性特有のがんに罹患した妻が、がん診断後から治療を受け生活を送る中で、前向きに生きていくためには夫の支えは必要不可欠であり、そのために夫との問に親密性を獲得することが重要である。 女性特有のがんに罹患した妻と夫の「がん罹患以降の親密性の獲得」の先行要件、属性、帰結は、患者とその夫が親密性を獲得するために必要な支援を明確にし、 より効果的な支援につなげることができると考える。したがって、今回の概念分析の結果は看護実践で有用な概念であることが示唆された。, PURPOSE:The purpose of this research is to analyze the concept of intimacy building between the wife with female-specific cancer and her husband. Moreover,it aims to examine the possible applicability of this concept in nursing practice for improving the quality of life of such couples by fostering intimacy. METHODS:Rodgers'(2000) approach to concept analysis was used to review the literature,and the contents were qualitatively analyzed for attributes,antecedents,and consequences. RESULTS: Thirty articles were analyzed.The attributes of intimacy building between the wife with female-specific cancer and her husband were classified into two categories, including“The wife's mental distress due to cancer.”The antecedents of intimacy building between them were in three categories,including“The attitudes of the wife and the husband trying to support each other.”The consequences of intimacy building between them were in five categories,including“A sense of well-being and gratitude given by the husband.”Moreover,if the wife and her husband could not build intimacy between them,the consequences were in three categories,including“The pressure felt by the husband due to the role of supporting the wife.” DISUCUSSION:Intimacy building between the wife with female-specific cancer and her husband,defined as“a circulation that has a synergistic effect on both the wife and husband,”occurred.Further,“efforts for cooperation between wife and husband” continued through “the attitudes of the wife and the husband trying to support each other.”Moreover,if they could not build intimacy,they experienced anxiety and pressure.Therefore,the support of the husband was vital in improving the wife's life. It is suggested that these findings are useful for the nurses who provide support in such situations.

BACKGROUND: While sexuality and intimacy are suggested to contribute to quality of life (QoL), it is striking that the sexual problems of head and neck cancer patients have not been adequately studied. OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to prospectively assess the impact of head and neck cancer and its treatment on sexuality and intimacy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A questionnaire study with a 6-month follow-up period was conducted at the University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, using the Maudsley marital questionnaire (MMQ), the sexual adjustment questionnaire (SAQ) and the short sexual functioning scale (SSFS) to prospectively assess the impact of head and neck cancer and its treatment on sexuality and intimacy. RESULTS: Twelve patients (67%) reported a negative impact on their sexuality and/or intimacy. There were significant declines in marital, sexual and general life satisfaction (p < 0.000) at the 6-month follow-up as compared to baseline. There was a significant increase in frustration after sexual activity (p = 0.031). Sexual desire was also impacted, with a near doubling of patients reporting a decline. The perceived importance of discussing sexual issues with one's physician significantly increased from 7 to 16 patients (p = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS: Sexual problems are common after head and neck cancer treatment. Using a screening instrument can help to identify patients that need intervention. Discussing sexuality and intimacy issues that patients may face before, during and after treatment can have a positive impact on QoL. ispartof: DENTAL AND MEDICAL PROBLEMS vol:59 issue:3 pages:323-332 ispartof: location:Poland status: published

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Ljubavna je tematika osobito aktualna i popularna u predmodernoj književnosti, a pojačan interes za fenomen ljubavi u književnosti kao i njegove tekstualne kreacije pojavljuje se u renesansi. Budući da upravo tada nastaje moderni individuum i javlja se sve snažniji interes za svjetovne teme i intimne odnose, ljubavna je tematika jedna od najzastupljenijih u djelima. Kao posljedica toga u književnosti se oblikuju kodovi za govor o ljubavi i intimi kao i različiti modeli tekstualne prezentacije fenomena ljubavi i zajedno s njima kodirani identiteti sudionika ljubavnog odnosa. Ljubav je u renesansnoj književnosti, pa tako i u djelima pisca druge velike generacije renesansnih dubrovačkih književnika Nikole Nalješkovića, čijim se opusom bavimo u ovome radu, ponajprije tekstualni konstrukt. Stoga pokazujemo na koje se načine u Nalješkovićevim žanrovski raznolikim književnim djelima konceptualizira ljubavni odnos te kako se u tom procesu očituju književni utjecaji, ali i osobitosti njegova stila i poetike. Premda se Nalješkovićev opus nerijetko povezuje s realističnošću, mi ga, s obzirom na to da se u razdoblju u kojem stvara književnost osamostaljuje te je izraženiji odnos tekstova s drugim tekstovima nego s društvenom stvarnošću, uglavnom promatramo iz perspektive tekstualnih međuodnosa. Dok su u ljubavnoj lirici konceptualizacija ljubavnog odnosa i pluralni identiteti lirskog subjekta uglavnom uvjetovani odabirom amoroznog diskurza u kojemu se pojavljuju, u drugim je književnim vrstama, poput maskerata i farsa, u kojima je mimetički impuls izraženiji, literarna prezentacija ljubavi svojevrsni hibrid žanrovskih konvencija, književnih slojeva i društvenog i kulturnog konteksta. Naša je analiza usmjerena na slojeve koji sudjeluju u gradnji tekstualnog fenomena ljubavi, njihove funkcije i resemantizaciju, što je polazište za otkrivanje kompleksnosti literarne kreacije toga fenomena u Nalješkovićevu opusu i različitosti njegovih prezentacija u raznorodnim tekstovima. Usredotočujući se na ljubavni segment i konceptualizaciju ljubavnog odnosa u Nalješkovićevim tekstovima, ovaj rad nudi još jednu mogućnost njihove interpretacije. Love was a common topic in pre-modern literature, and the phenomenon of love and its textual forms became particularly popular in the renaissance. Due to the development of the modern concept of individuality, authors focused more on everyday life and personal relationships, and love became one the most prevalent topics in literary texts. As a result, authors developed various literary codes and textual models for representing love and intimacy, along with ways of textually coding the participants in romantic relationships. In the literature of renaissance, love was primarily a textual construct, which is also the case for the works of Nikola Nalješković, one of the great second-generation renaissance authors in Dubrovnik. This paper discusses the ways in which romantic relationships are conceptualized in Nalješković’s works of various genres, and how they points to literary influences as well as the peculiarities of the author's style and poetics. Although Nalješković’s works are often perceived as realistic, this paper approaches them from the standpoint of intertextual relationships. Whereas the conceptualization of the romantic relationship and the identity of the speaker usually depend on the type of romantic discourse in poetry, in genres with a stronger mimetic impulse, such as masques and farces, the representation of love is a product of genre conventions, intertextual relationships, and cultural context. This paper focuses on the components of love as a textual phenomenon, their functions and potential to produce meaning, which is a basis for the analysis of the literary complexity of love in the works of Nikola Nalješković and its manifestations in various kinds of texts. Focusing on the conceptualization of love and romance, this paper offers a possible way of their interpretation.

Bien qu’au Maghreb, et plus largement en Afrique, l’infertilité soit source de stigmatisation et de souffrances sociales et individuelles, nombreux sont les pays du continent encore dépourvus de cliniques d’assistance médicale à la procréation (AMP) et de professionnel∙les de santé formé∙es en médecine de la reproduction. Cette situation s’explique par les coûts élevés des technologies utilisées, le manque de formation spécialisée et l’absence de politiques nationales et internationales visant à soutenir les couples infertiles en Afrique. Depuis quelques années, la Tunisie émerge comme un hub régional des soins reproductifs au Maghreb, et plus largement en Afrique francophone. Les services d’AMP y occupent une position commerciale stratégique dans la région, donnant cours à une pluralité de nouvelles mobilités reproductives. Les chercheures ont ainsi collecté les différents récits des couples infertiles se croisant au sein d’un centre d’AMP privé à Tunis. Dans cet article, nous exposerons les récits des couples en provenance des pays voisins à la Tunisie (Libye, Algérie), de l’Afrique sub-saharienne ainsi que les Tunisiens résidents à l’étranger (TRE) en provenance des différents pays d’émigration (Europe, Pays du Golfe). Les observations menées au sein du centre de fertilité, les échanges avec le personnel médical ainsi qu’avec les équipes de direction et de communication permettent d’appréhender les itinéraires reproductifs vers la Tunisie. L’article examine la problématique de l’infertilité au Maghreb, l’évolution des services privés d’AMP en Tunisie et la dimension de l’intimité au travers des enjeux, des stigmates et des normes genrées qui caractérisent les pratiques médicales dans ce domaine. Nos recherches démontrent notamment la persistance de certaines normes qui s’inscrivent dans un régime de genre plus ancien dans lequel les femmes sont les seules responsables de l’infertilité. Nous nous penchons également sur les paysages reproductifs au Maghreb, en nous intéressant à la fois aux itinéraires reproductifs et à la condition des couples infertiles rencontrés, en passant par les espaces dématérialisés (internet). Dans le domaine de la santé en général comme dans celui de l’infertilité en particulier, les espaces virtuels et l’existence de ces communautés en ligne revêtent un rôle prépondérant. Ils permettent en outre de préserver l’intimité et l’anonymat puisque les internautes touché∙es par l’infertilité peuvent échanger sur leurs expériences et exprimer leurs souffrances sans peur d’être stigmatisé∙es. La surreprésentation des femmes sur ces plateformes numériques est significative des normes genrées qui continuent à dominer la procréation dans les pays du Maghreb comme ailleurs. Tissés et articulés par les couples infertiles maghrébins et ouest africains rencontrés, les paysages reproductifs transnationaux analysés offrent une perspective originale pour aborder l’intime au Maghreb. Dans le contexte de l’AMP, l’intime se définit à la fois à travers les relations au sein du couple, des rapports avec la famille et les proches ; et d’autre part, dans la relation thérapeutique avec le personnel médical. Les itinéraires reproductifs empruntés invitent à décentrer le regard et à se focaliser sur d’autres types d’espaces de circulations depuis le Maghreb jusqu’à la rive sud du Sahara et même au-delà (pays européens et du Golfe où sont installés les TRE) ; à spatialiser les récits de couples en mouvement tout en se saisissant des transformations sociales mondialisées qu’elles caractérisent (biomobilités, bioéconomies, biotechnologies) ; et à appréhender le caractère sensible de ces récits qui portent une très forte charge émotionnelle. La matérialité des itinéraires reproductifs déployés (structures médicales, technologies, moyens de transports et de communications, etc.) s’entremêle à d’autres aspects immatériels intimement liés à la dimension affective du désir de procréer et de la souffrance morale et sociale face à son impossibilité. La stigmatisation sociale liée au recours à l’AMP cause l’invisibilisation de ces trajectoires transnationales. En conclusion, nos recherches ouvrent des chantiers concernant les nouvelles mobilités transnationales en santé reproductive ainsi que leurs implications morales, sociales, familiales et émotionnelles. Although in the Maghreb, and more broadly in Africa, infertility is a source of stigmatisation and social and individual suffering, many countries on the continent still lack reproductive health clinics and health professionals trained in reproductive medicine. This is due to the high cost of biomedical technologies, the lack of specialised training and the absence of national and international policies to support infertile couples in Africa. In recent years, Tunisia has emerged as a regional hub for reproductive care in the Maghreb, and more broadly in French-speaking Africa. Private IVF clinics occupy a strategic commercial position in the region, giving rise to a plurality of new reproductive mobilities. The researchers collected the stories of infertile couples crossing paths in a private fertility clinic in Tunis. In this article, we will present the stories of couples from neighbouring countries to Tunisia (Libya, Algeria), sub-Saharan Africa as well as Tunisians residing abroad (TRA) from different countries of emigration (Europe, Gulf Countries). The observations carried out within the fertility clinic, the exchanges with the medical staff as well as with the management and communication teams provide an understanding of these reproductive itineraries to Tunisia. In this article, we examine the problem of infertility in the Maghreb, the evolution of private IVF clinics in Tunisia and the dimension of intimacy through the stakes, stigmas and gendered norms that characterise medical practices in this field. In particular, our research demonstrates the persistence of certain norms that are part of an older gender regime in which women are solely responsible for infertility. We also look at the reproscapes in the Maghreb, focusing on reproductive itineraries and social conditions of the infertile couples we met, including the dematerialised spaces (internet) they resort to. In the field of health in general, as in that of infertility in particular, virtual spaces and the existence of these online communities have come to play a prominent role. They preserve intimacy and anonymity allowing Internet users affected by infertility to share their experiences and express their suffering without fear of being stigmatised. The over-representation of women on these digital platforms is indicative of gender norms that continue to dominate procreation in Maghreb countries and beyond. Articulated by the infertile North African and West African couples encountered, the transnational reproductive landscapes analysed in the paper offer an original perspective to approach the intimate in the Maghreb. In the context of ARTs, intimacy is defined on the one hand through relationships within the couple, relationships with family and loved ones; and on the other hand, in the therapeutic relationship with medical staff. The reproductive routes taken, invite us to decentralise the gaze and focus on other types of circulation from the Maghreb to the southern shore of the Sahara and even beyond (European and Gulf countries where the TRA have emigrated); to spatialise the narratives of couples in motion while grasping the globalised social transformations they characterise (biomobility, bioeconomies, biotechnologies); and to understand the sensitive nature of these narratives, which carry a very strong emotional charge. The materiality of the reproductive routes deployed (medical structures, technologies, means of transport and communication, etc.) is intertwined with other immaterial aspects intimately linked to the affective dimension behind the desire to procreate and the moral and social suffering in the face of its impossibility. The social stigma linked to the use of ARTs causes the invisibilisation of these transnational trajectories. In conclusion, our research opens up paths of analysis concerning new transnational mobilities in reproductive health as well as their moral, social, familial and emotional implications. على الرغم من أن العقم في المغرب العربي الكبير وفي إفريقيا على نطاق أوسع يُـعَـدُّ مدعاةً للفضيحة والمعاناة الاجتماعية والفردية فإنَّ العديد من البلدان في القارة لا تزال تفتقر إلى عيادات الإنجاب بمساعدة طبية (MAP) وإلى متخصصين ومتخصصات في الرعاية الصحية مدرَّبين في الطب الإنجابي. ويُعزى هذا الوضع إلى ارتفاع تكاليف التكنولوجيا المستخدمة ونقصِ التدريب المتخصص وغياب السياسات الوطنية والدولية الهادفة إلى دعم الأزواج العقيمين في إفريقيا. منذُ عِدَّة سنوات، برزَت تونسُ كمركز إقليمي للرعاية الإنجابية في المغرب الكبير وفي إفريقيا الفرنكوفونية على نطاق أوسع. حيث تحتلُّ فيها خدماتُ الإنجاب بمساعدة طبية موقعًا تجاريًا استراتيجيًا في المنطقة، مما أدى إلى تعدد الحِراكات الجديدة من أجل الإنجاب. وهكذا جَمَعَ الباحثون قصصًا مختلفة عن أزواج عقيمين التقَوا في مركز خاص للإنجاب بمساعدة طبية في تونس العاصمة. وفي هذا المقال، سنعرض قصصَ أزواج قادمين من دول مجاورة لتونس (ليبيا والجزائر) ومن إفريقيا جنوب الصحراء بالإضافة إلى تونسيين مقيمين في الخارج (TRE) قادمين من بلدان هجرة مختلفة (أوروبا ودول الخليج). إنَّ الملاحظات التي تم القيام بها داخل مركز الخصوبة والنقاشات مع الطاقم الطبي وكذلك مع فرق الإدارة والاتصالات تُتيح فَهْمَ طُرقِ الإنجاب إلى تونس. يبحث المقال إشكاليةَ العقم في المغرب العربي وتطور الخدمات الخاصة للإنجاب بمساعدة طبية في تونس وبُعد العلاقة الحميمة من خلال الرهانات والوصمات والمعايير الجندرية التي تميز الممارسات الطبية في هذا المجال. ويوضح بحثُنا على وجه الخصوص استمرارَ بعض المعايير التي تندرج ضمن نظام جندري أقدم تكون فيه المرأة هي وحدها المسؤولة عن العقم. كما نَدرسُ أيضًا المَشاهد الإنجابية في المغرب الكبير، مع التركيز على كلٍّ من رحلات الإنجاب وظروف الأزواج العقيمين الذين تمَّ اللقاء بهم، مرورًا بالفضاءات غير المادية (الإنترنت). في مجال الصحة بشكل عام وكذلك في مجال العقم بشكل خاص، تلعب الفضاءاتُ الافتراضية ووجودُ هذه الجماعات عبر الإنترنت دورًا رئيسيًا. كما أنها تُتيح إمكانيةَ الحفاظ على الخصوصية وإخفاء الهوية حيث يمكن لمستخدمي الإنترنت المصابين بالعقم مناقشة تجاربهم والتعبير عن معاناتهم دون خوف من وصمهم بالعار. إنَّ الإفراط في تمثيل النساء على هذه المنصات الرقمية أمرٌ له مَغزى يشير إلى معايير جندرية لا تزال تهيمن على الإنجاب في بلدان المغرب الكبير كما في كل مكان آخر. إنَّ المَشاهد الإنجابية العبَبروطنية الّتي تمَّ تحليلُها والتي نَـسَجَها ورَسَمَها الأزواجُ العقيمون المغاربة والأفارقة الغربيون تُـقَدِّم منظورًا أصليًا لمقاربة العلاقة الحميمة في المغرب الكبير. في سياق الإنجاب بمساعدة طبية (AMP)، تَتحدَّد العلاقة الحميمة في الوقت نفسِه من خلال العلاقات بين الزوجين وكذلك من خلال الروابط مع العائلة والأقارب؛ ومن ناحية أخرى مِن خلال العلاقة العلاجية مع الطاقم الطبي. إنَّ رحلات الإنجاب الّتي يقومون بها تدعو إلى تغيير النظر والتركيز على أنواع أخرى من فضاءات التنقلات ابتداءً من المغرب الكبير وحتَّى الساحل الجنوبي للصحراء بل حتى ما وراءها (الدول الأوروبية ودول الخليج حيث يستقر التونسيون المقيمون في الخارج)؛ لإضفاء الطابع المكاني على قصص الأزواج الذين يقومون بالتنقُّل وذلك باستيعاب التحولات الاجتماعية المعولَمة التي يميزونها (الحِراكات الحيوية، والاقتصاد الحيوي، والتقنيات الحيوية)؛ ولإدراك الطبيعة الحساسة لهذه القصص التي تحمل شحنة عاطفية قوية جدًا. تتشابك الطبيعة المادية لرحلات الإنجاب التي يقومون بها (الهياكل الطبية والتقنيات ووسائل النقل والاتصالات، إلخ.) مع جوانب أخرى غير مادية مرتبطة ارتباطًا حميمًا بالبعد العاطفي للرغبة في الإنجاب والمعاناة الأخلاقية والاجتماعية في مواجهة استحالة ذلك. إن وصمة العار الاجتماعية المرتبطة باللجوء إلى الإنجاب بمساعدة طبية (AMP) تجعل هذه الرحلات العبرالوطنية غير مرئية. في الختام ، يفتح بحثنا الأفق لمشاريع تتعلق بالحِراكات العبر الوطنية الجديدة في مجال الصحة الإنجابية بالإضافة إلى انعكاساتها الأخلاقية والاجتماعية والأسرية والعاطفية.

Rak dojke je zelo pogosta oblika raka pri ženskah in globoko vpliva na fizično, čustveno ter socialno počutje bolnic. Ne vpliva le na žensko, ampak tudi na njen partnerski odnos in partnerja, ki ima eno izmed ključnih vlog pri podpori ter pomoči žensk pri celotnem procesu zdravljenja dojk. V magistrskem delu je avtorica raziskovala pomen partnerskega odnosa pri odstranitvi dojke v času raka dojk. V teoretičnem delu je predstavljen rak dojke in dejavniki tveganja za njegov nastanek ter vrste zdravljenja, ki se jih lahko žensko posluži. Piše tudi o psihosocialnih izzivih, ki jih rak prinese v življenje žensk in o vplivu raka dojke na samopodobo ženske ter spolnost. Predstavila je pomen partnerskega odnosa in spremembe v odnosu zaradi raka dojke ter je obravnavala funkcionalen in nefunkcionalen partnerski odnos. V empiričnem delu je avtorica s fenomenološko psihološko metodo raziskovala doživljanje pomena partnerskega odnosa pri ženskah po diagnozi raka dojk. Izvedla je šest poglobljenih intervjujev z ženskami, ki so imele raka dojke. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali vpliv funkcionalnega partnerskega odnosa na lažje prebolevanje raka dojke in kako lahko partner deluje podporno. S tem so bili osvetljeni praktični in drugih vidiki pomoči. Ugotovljeno je, da so vse udeleženke dojemale svoj partnerski odnos kot podporen in so zanj zelo hvaležne. Udeleženke so se borile s spremenjeno samopodobo v času diagnoze in tudi po diagnozi, vendar ne toliko zaradi odstranjene dojke, kot pa zaradi drugih fizičnih sprememb, ki jih rak prinese. Ženske so bile opolnomočene na področju samopodobe s strani partnerja. Udeleženke so doživljanje veliko spremembo na področju spolnosti, vendar to dejstvo ni zmanjšalo zadovoljstva v partnerskem odnosu, saj so tudi partnerji pokazali veliko mero potrpežljivosti in razumevanja. Po prebolelem raku se vse počutijo bolj povezane s svojimi partnerji. Breast cancer is a widespread form of cancer occuring in women with a profound effect on the physical, emotional as well as social well-being of patients. It affects not only them, but also their relationships with their partners as well as the partners themselves, who are the ones playing one of the key roles in supporting and helping women throughout the entire process of breast treatment. In this Master's thesis, the author has conducted research on the importance of a partner relationship in cases of breast-cancer induced mastectomy. The theoretical part contains a description of breast cancer and the risk factors for its occurrence as well as the types of treatment a woman can use. The author also writes about the psychosocial challenges that cancer brings to women's lives as well as the impact of breast cancer on a woman's self-image and sexuality. The author presents the importance of partner relationships and changes in relationships due to breast cancer, and discusses functional and dysfunctional partner relationships. In the empirical part of the thesis, the author uses a phenomenological psychological method to investigate the experience of the importance of a partner relationship in women after a breast cancer diagnosis. For this purpose, six in-depth interviews with women who had breast cancer were conducted. The research results show the positive impact of a functional partner relationship on recovery from breast cancer and demonstrate the role the partner can take on as a supporter in such situations. Some other practical and various aspects of assistance were also highlighted. The conclusion is that all the participants perceived their partner relationship as supportive and were very grateful for it. The participants struggled with an altered self-image at the time of diagnosis as well as in the period that followed, due not so much to the removed breast but to other physical changes brought on by the cancer. The subjects were empowered in the area of self-image by their partner. They experienced a significant difference in the field of sexuality, but this fact did not reduce the satisfaction in the partner relationship, as their partners also showed a great deal of patience and understanding. After overcoming the disease, they all feel a greater connection with their partners.

Si la plupart des individus parlent de leur vie sentimentale à autrui, ils n’en parlent pas à tout le monde. La littérature existante a souvent présenté les femmes comme échangeant davantage sur leur intimité que les hommes. Pourtant, les ressorts de cette différence sont peu explicités. Cet article vise à les dégager sur un objet de confidence spécifique : les déceptions amoureuses. À partir de 43 entretiens semi-directifs, éclairés ponctuellement par les données de l’enquête Épic, il souligne que leur gestion ne se limite pas à une opposition entre « hommes en parlant peu » et « femmes en parlant beaucoup ». Le cas des personnes non hétérosexuelles permet d’éclairer ces disparités. En effet, si elles s’éloignent de confident·es classiques des hétérosexuel·les, elles le font différemment en fonction de leur sexe. Cet article montrera alors qu’une articulation entre risques associés à la confidence et sociabilités de genre explique les choix de confident·es des hétéros comme des non-hétérosexuel·les. If individuals speak about their romantic life to others, they do not do so with everyone. The existing literature has often depicted women as more prone to speak about their personal life than men. However, the mechanisms behind this difference are loosely identified. With this paper, I aim to make them visible on a specific topic: romantic disappointments. Using the data of the EPIC survey as a starting point, before relying on 43 interviews, I will underline that their management cannot be summarized by an opposition between “men not speaking about it” and “women speaking about it a lot”. The case of non-heterosexuals provides with an explanation of these differences. Indeed, if they differ from heterosexuals in their choice of confidants, they do so differently depending on their sex. I will then show that articulating confidence related risks and gender sociabilities allow us to explain both these discrepancies and the choices of confidants made by heterosexuals.

Gaze cues serve an important role in facilitating human conversations and are generally considered to be one of the most important non-verbal cues. Gaze cues are used to manage turn-taking, coordinate joint attention, regulate intimacy, and signal cognitive effort. In particular, it is well established that gaze aversion is used in conversations to avoid prolonged periods of mutual gaze. Given the numerous functions of gaze cues, there has been extensive work on modelling these cues in social robots. Researchers have also tried to identify the impact of robot gaze on human participants. However, the influence of robot gaze behavior on human gaze behavior has been less explored. We conducted a within-subjects user study (N = 33) to verify if a robot’s gaze aversion influenced human gaze aversion behavior. Our results show that participants tend to avert their gaze more when the robot keeps staring at them as compared to when the robot exhibits well-timed gaze aversions. We interpret our findings in terms of intimacy regulation: humans try to compensate for the robot’s lack of gaze aversion.

À la toute fin du XVIIe siècle, le scandale provoqué par l’arrestation du Père Froilán Díaz de Llanos, confesseur de Charles II, ne tient pas seulement à la haute qualité des personnes impliquées, il est dû également au dévoilement de l’intimité royale. L’infertilité du couple royal fait l’objet de toute l’attention des cours espagnole et européennes. Les exorcismes auxquels se livre le roi espagnol en présence de son confesseur sont au centre d’intérêts contraires et conduisent la reine Marie-Anne de Neubourg à organiser l’arrestation de ce dernier en mars 1699. L’affaire éclate et fait d’autant plus de bruit qu’elle a trait au corps de Charles II et, au-delà, au respect de l’institution monarchique. Scandale et intimité se mêlent ici pour donner à comprendre le climat de grande tension liée aux enjeux de la fin du règne du dernier des Habsbourg d’Espagne. A finales del siglo XVII, el escándalo que provocó la detención del Padre Froilán Díaz de Llanos, confesor de Carlos II, no solo se debe a la alta dignidad de las personas implicadas, se explica también por el desvelo de la intimidad regia. La infertilidad del matrimonio real es objeto de particular atención por parte de las cortes españolas y europeas. Los exorcismos que conoce el rey español en presencia de su confesor están en el centro de intereses contrarios y conducen a la reina Mariana de Neoburgo a fomentar la detención de este último en marzo de 1699. El caso provoca gran ruido tanto más cuanto que tiene que ver con el cuerpo de Carlos II y, más allá, el respeto de la institución monárquica. Escándalo e intimidad se mezclan aquí para dar a entender el clima de gran tensión relacionada con las expectativas de finales de reinado del último de los Habsburgo de España. At the end of the seventeenth century, the scandal caused by the arrest of father Froilán Díaz de Llanos, confessor of Charles II, is not only due to the high dignity of the persons involved, but is also explained because the royal intimacy was revealed. The Spanish and European courts pay special attention to the issue of the infertility of the royal couple. The exorcisms known by the Spanish king in the presence of his confessor are central to opposing interests and lead Queen Mariana of Neuburg to encourage the arrest of the latter in March 1699. The case caused much noise, all the more so as it concerned the body of Charles II, and furthermore, respect for the monarchical institution. Scandal and intimacy are mixed here to give an idea of the climate of great tension related to the expectations at the end of the reign of the last of the Habsburgs of Spain.

Il s’agit de s’attacher à un scandale qui éclata à Santiago dans les premiers temps de l’intégration du Chili dans la province jésuite de Paraquaria : l’« apostasie » du novice Manuel de Fonseca. Les reconstructions narratives qu’en firent Diego de Torres Bollo (1614), puis Nicolas du Toict (1673) et enfin Pedro Lozano (1755), à des moments particuliers de la relation entre la Compagnie de Jésus et la Monarchie espagnole, en appellent différemment à la polémique pour protéger l’intimité de l’ordre de saint Ignace. Se trata de analizar uno de los escándalos que marcaron la integración de Santiago de Chile en la provincia de Paraquaria, la « apostasía » del novicio Manuel de Fonseca. Observamos las construcciones narrativas que de esta hacen Diego de Torres Bollo (1614), Nicolás Del Techo (1673) y Pedro Lozano (1755), en momentos particulares de la relación entre la Compañía de Jesús y la Monarquía española, apelando de manera distinta a la polémica para proteger la intimidad de la orden de san Ignacio. This paper deals with one of the scandals that broke out in Santiago de Chile, in the early times of its integration in the Jesuit province of Paraquaria: the "apostasy" of the novice Manuel de Fonseca. The narrative reconstructions made by Diego de Torres Bollo (1614), then Nicolas du Toict (1673) and finally Pedro Lozano (1755), at specific moments of the relationship between the Society of Jesus and the Spanish Monarchy, all play out differently within the controversy in order to protect the privacy of the order of St. Ignatius.

Derrière l’écran du jeu, du déguisement et de la bouffonnerie, la scène de la Comédie-Italienne devient un lieu de plus en plus polémique, grâce à une satire visant les représentants du pouvoir à la fois dans la sphère publique et dans celle intime, de la famille et du mariage. De nombreuses comédies, jouées à l’Hôtel de Bourgogne, puis publiées dans le recueil Le Théatre Italien d’Evariste Gherardi (1700), mettent en scène des comportements transgressifs relevant du phénomène de la coquetterie chez des personnages féminins en guerre contre l’autorité des pères et des maris. Après plusieurs avertissements, la fermeture de la Comédie-Italienne est décrétée par Louis XIV et les acteurs se voient interdire de jouer à Paris (1697). Dans quelle mesure la mise en scène d’un intime scandaleux, au cœur de ces comédies, peut-elle être considérée un facteur déclencheur provoquant la fermeture de la Comédie-Italienne ? Dietro lo schermo del gioco, del travestimento e del puro divertimento, la scena della Comédie-Italienne diventa un luogo sempre più polemico, grazie a una satira rivolta contro i rapresentanti del potere sia nella sfera pubblica che in quella intima delle relazioni famigliari e matrimoniali. Numerose commedie rappresentate all’Hotêl de Bourgogne, e poi pubblicate nella raccolta Le Théâtre Italien di Evaristo Gherardi (1700), mettono in scena comportamenti trasgressivi tipici del fenomeno della coquetterie, da parte di personaggi femminili in guerra contro l’autorità dei padri e dei mariti. Dopo vari avvertimenti, il teatro viene chiuso per ordine del Re Luigi XIV e agli attori viene vietato di recitare a Parigi (1697). In che misura la messa in scena di tali comportamenti scandalosi al centro di queste commedie può essere considerata uno dei fattori determinanti della chiusura della Comédie-Italienne ? Behind the screen of a playful theater, mainly aiming at pure entertainment, the scene of the Comédie-Italienne becomes more and more polemical, due to a satire against representatives of power, both in the public sphere and in the private domain of family and marriage relationships. Most of the plays represented in the theater of the Hôtel de Bourgogne, and later published in Evaristo Gherardi recueil Le Théâtre Italien (1700), stage transgressive behaviours typical of the coquetry phenomenon, by feminine characters at war against father and husband autority. After several warnings, this theater is closed at the behest of king Louis XIV, and the actors are forbidden from playing in Paris (1697). To what extent can the staging of such scandalous behaviours central to these comedies, be considered a crucial factor leading to the closing of the Comédie-Italienne ?

Cet article propose une réflexion sur la notion d’intimité spirituelle à travers l’œuvre de Francisco de Osuna, et plus particulièrement à partir de son enseignement du Recueillement tel qu’il est exposé dans le Troisième Abécédaire spirituel (1527) et la Loi d’amour (1530). L’intime se retrouve au cœur de débats théologiques et spirituels intenses, dans un contexte polémique tendu, marqué par la mise à l’index de la spiritualité de l’Abandon à l’occasion de la publication de l’édit de Tolède en 1525. Tout l’enjeu des Abécédaires osuniens est de se démarquer des thèses des dejados récemment censurées et de prouver l’orthodoxie de la propre doctrine : le Recueillement, méthode d’introspection spirituelle visant l’union sans médiation avec Dieu. Afin de légitimer sa quête spirituelle de pur amour – sur laquelle planait le soupçon d’illuminisme –, le Franciscain andalou prend soin d’établir clairement les limites spatio-temporelles de l’expérience – potentiellement subversive – de cette intimité spirituelle avec Dieu dans le recueillement. El presente artículo ofrece una reflexión acerca de la noción de intimidad espiritual a través de la obra de Francisco de Osuna, y sobre todo de sus enseñanzas relativas al Recogimiento, método espiritual expuesto en el Tercer Abecedario espiritual (1527) y la Ley de amor (1530). Esa intimidad se encuentra en el centro de intensos debates teológico-espirituales, en un contexto religioso convulso, marcado por la condena de las tesis atribuidas a los “alumbrados, dexados y perfectos” por el Edicto de Toledo en 1525. El objetivo principal de los Abecedarios osunianos consiste por lo tanto en marcar las diferencias entre la propia doctrina y la del Dejamiento, y en probar la ortodoxia del Recogimiento ―un método de introspección espiritual que aspira a la unión sin mediación con Dios. Con el fin de legitimar su búsqueda espiritual de amor puro –entonces sospechosa de presentar afinidades con el alumbradismo–, el franciscano andaluz tiene que establecer con claridad los límites espacio-temporales de la experiencia íntima –potencialmente subversiva– del Recogimiento. This article proposes a reflection with regard to the notion of spiritual intimacy through the writings of Francisco de Osuna, and especially in the Third Spiritual Alphabet (1527) and the Law of love (1530), two of his books where he develops the spiritual method of “Recollection”. Spiritual intimacy becomes the centre of intensive theological and spiritual discussions, in a religious context marked by the condemnation of the “Alumbrados” by the Edict of Toledo in 1525. The main purpose of the Spiritual Alphabets is to mark the differences between his own doctrine and that of the Illuminated, and prove the orthodoxy of “Recollection”, a method of spiritual introspection which aspires to the union without mediation with God. In order to legitimize his spiritual quest of pure love – that was regarded with suspicion in the context of alumbrados’ condemnation –, Francisco de Osuna had to establish with clarity the spatial and temporal limits of the intimate experience – possibly subversive – of God in “Recollection”.

The genesis and publication history of Virginia Woolf’s “How Should One Read a Book?”, whose final version appeared in The Second Common Reader in 1932, is by now well-established. Critics, including Andrew McNeillie and Beth Rigel Daugherty, have traced its inception in a lecture given by Woolf in 1926 and documented the successive revisions undergone by the text. In the wake of such studies, this paper focuses on the differences between the Yale Review and the Common Reader versions of “How Should One Read a Book?” to suggest that the change in medium – periodical vs. book-form essay – alters Woolf’s relationship to the subject she is writing about: reading books. Whereas in The Common Reader, Woolf is writing from within the field she explores (books and their various “classes”), The Yale Review essay approaches the same question from the perspective of the journal article. As I argue, a number of the differences between the two versions of the essay – including the reading strategy devised by Woolf – are accountable to this change of perspective. La genèse de « How Should One Read a Book? », essai de Virginia Woolf dont la version finale est parue en 1932 dans le second volume du Common Reader, est désormais bien établie. La critique (on songe notamment aux travaux d’Andrew McNeillie et de Beth Rigel Daugherty) a identifié son point d’origine dans une conférence donnée par Woolf en 1926 et décrit les révisions successives qu’avait connues le texte. Dans le sillage de ces études, le présent article se propose d’examiner les différences entre la version de l’essai parue dans la Yale Review et celle du Common Reader, et ce afin de suggérer que le changement de médium (de la revue au recueil d’essais) modifie en profondeur la relation de l’autrice à son sujet, à savoir le processus de lecture. Tandis que dans le Common Reader le propos de Woolf a pour cadre un livre, semblable à ceux dont elle traite, l’essai publié dans la Yale Review, dans la mesure où il répond à la logique propre au périodique, approche cette même question depuis un champ distinct. Ainsi que le suggère cet article, nombre de différences entre les deux versions, notamment en ce qui concerne la stratégie de lecture élaborée par Woolf, sont imputables à ce changement de perspective.

This article delves into the concept of tawajjuh through a poem and a prayer ascribed to the Arabic letter rāʾ, which expresses key themes in the Akbarian tradition. Using the hermeneutical approach of Ibn ʿArabī to interpret word polysemy in the texts, the article sheds light on the science of letters and key metaphysical ideas cultivated in this tradition. The letter rāʾ represents various aspects of cosmic duality and hence a strong desire for intimacy. The Arabic word tawajjuh, meaning the projection of spiritual energy, orientation, or attentiveness, refers to turning to face God. There is contemplation and continuous turning, like the phases of the moon facing the sun.

This research explores the impact that gender and age have on motivations, experiences, and perceptions regarding the use of Tinder. Based on an inductive analysis of 37 semi-structured interviews with heterosexual Tinder users, we specifically examine gender and age differences in motivations, match selection, and communication management on this mobile dating app. The findings show that age differences have a more significant effect on motivations than gender differences do, whereby older adults use the app to find a stable partner, and young adults use it for sex. Women are more selective when picking matches than men, and when they make these selections, they pay special attention to male attributes that are typically associated with maintaining stable relationships. In contrast, men tend to focus almost exclusively on physical appearance. Between the match and the first date, users need to deal with a considerable volume of communication, which involves the use of different communication media in a series of consecutive stages, toward which matches normatively orient themselves. This transition to new media and stages, in which men tend to take the initiative and women assume the sanctioning role, marks a kind of incremental passage to intimacy. We conclude that, in their courting conduct, Tinder users perform conventional gender scripts that are typical of the heteronormative model of intimate relationships. This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación under Grant PGC2018-101682-B-I00; and Departament de Recerca i Universitats de la Generalitat de Catalunya under Grant 2017SGR53.

This research utilizes a qualitative approach to examine re-partnered relationships of females aged 60 to 85 to understand older females' experiences of intimate romantic connections formed in the latter part of the life course. Social exchange theory (SET) was used as the theoretical framework to inform this research. The study utilizes one-on-one semi-structured interviews with seventeen older females to elicit stories and viewpoints of newly formed late-life romantic relationships following the death or divorce of a spouse. The study’s purpose is twofold: 1) to extend existing interpersonal communication research by investigating romantic relationships through the lived experiences of older females, and 2) to understand the ways older females conceptualize romantic relationships later in life. An iterative, thematic analysis of the interviews identified how relational rewards, specifically experiential, emotional, benevolent, and physical intimacy, are not mutually exclusive but are interconnected and positively contribute to older females’ relational satisfaction in romantic relationships formed later in life. Additionally, the findings illustrate how the paradoxical structure of time creates a dichotomy that is central to understanding relational commitment. These findings extend the literature on SET, relational rewards, satisfaction, and commitment.

ObjectiveThe current research examined the effect of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) on perceived intimacy, affect, and dyadic connection in cancer survivor couples with relationship challenges.MethodIn this longitudinal replicated single-case study, positive and negative affect, intimacy, partner responsiveness, and expression of attachment-based emotional needs were reported every 3 days before and during treatment. Thirteen couples, with one partner having survived colorectal cancer or breast cancer, participated for the full duration of the study. Statistical analysis of the data was performed using randomization tests, piecewise regression, and multilevel analyses.ResultsAdherence to the therapeutic protocol was tested and found adequate. Compared with baseline, significant positive effects on affect variables were found during the therapeutic process. Positive affect increased and negative affect decreased. Partner responsiveness, perceived intimacy, and the expression of attachment-based emotional needs improved, but only in the later phase of treatment. Results at the group level were statistically significant, whereas effects at the individual level were not.DiscussionThis study found positive group-level effects of EFCT on affect and dyadic outcome measures in cancer survivors. The positive results warrant further research, including randomized clinical trials, to replicate these effects of EFCT in cancer survivor couples experiencing marital and sexual problems.

Este artículo está sujeto a una licencia CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, [EN] The network culture has given rise to new formulations regarding intimacy and its transformation of the spheres of power and relationship. The folds in public and private life that make up this culture present ambivalent readings if reference is made to connected life and the construction of citizenship and subjectivity. Faced with the criticism of the Internet as an engine of exposure and commodification of the subject, feminism has managed to take over the network to make visible and share the private from a political intentionality. This article aims to address some of the powers and risks of feminism on the Internet as a public-private sphere where new forms of creating intimacy and citizenship are negotiated., [ES] La cultura red ha dado lugar a nuevas formulaciones respecto a la intimidad y su transformación de los ámbitos de poder y relación. Los repliegues de la vida pública y privada que la configuran presentan lecturas ambivalentes si se hace referencia a la vida conectada y a la construcción ciudadana y subjetiva. Frente a la crítica hacia Internet como motor de exposición y mercantilización del sujeto, el feminismo ha logrado hacerse con la red para visibilizar y compartir lo privado desde una intencionalidad política. Este artículo pretende abordar algunas de las potencias y riesgos del feminismo en Internet como esfera pública privada donde se negocian nuevas formas de crear intimidad y ciudadanía.

Der Beitrag analysiert am Beispiel des Phänomens 'Aftercare' das Verhältnis von Fürsorge und Männlichkeit im Kontext schmerz- und machterotischer Begehrensweisen. Anhand von qualitativen Leitfadeninterviews wird rekonstruiert, wie Männlichkeit von BDSM-Praktizierenden im Kontext der Nachsorge gedeutet und hergestellt wird. Aus einer praxistheoretischen Perspektive und vor dem Hintergrund des Modells der caring masculinity nach Karla Elliott, das um den Bereich von Intimität und Sexualität erweitert wird, werden die Fürsorgepraktiken theoretisiert. Der Beitrag zeigt auf, dass Aftercare einen Baustein innerhalb einer Reihe körperlich-affektiver und verbalkommunikativer Praktiken bildet, mit denen Konsens her- und sichergestellt werden soll. Eingeübt werden fürsorgliche Werthaltungen, wobei ein Orientierungsdilemma im Hinblick auf einen mit Männlichkeit verknüpften Autonomieanspruch sichtbar wird. The article analyses the relationship between care and masculinity in the context of BDSM in the framework of 'aftercare'. Using guided qualitative interviews, the article reconstructs how masculinity is construed and produced by BDSM practitioners in the context of aftercare. I theorise care practices from a practicetheoretical perspective and against the backdrop of Karla Elliott's model of 'caring masculinity' - that is extended to include the realm of intimacy and sexuality. The article shows that aftercare is one of a number of bodily-affective and verbal-communicative practices that are intended to establish and ensure consensus. Caring values are practised, and a dilemma emerges in respect of the claim to autonomy associated with masculinity.

Social media platforms have created a new industry where both influencers and consumers are empowered. Consumers do not only consume but also contribute to the content they face on social media. Through their narratives and content, they may even become social media influencers who have the power to shape the attitudes and behavior of fellow consumers. An important social medium, YouTube, allows people to engage with social media influencers by liking, commenting, sharing, etc. However, engagement practices are not similarly shared among every YouTube user, and people have different reaction styles. Thus, measuring success in creating engaging content becomes a controversial issue for brand endorsement. This research aims to uncover consumer typologies in terms of engagement behavior with social media influencers on YouTube. The influential motives of engagement for each typology are also analyzed in order to describe the groups. For this purpose, 341 participants from Amazon\"s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) platform participated in an online survey, and a two-step cluster analysis was conducted with eleven common social media engagement practices with influencers. The results implied a three-cluster solution, and the clusters were profiled according to several social media engagement motivations. The groups were named as \"positively active followers,\" \"passive followers,\" and \"analytical followers.\" Implications for brand endorsement and content marketing strategies are discussed.

This article analyzes the ethical implications of privacy and data consent related to artificial intelligence technologies in the field of health and wellness. Specifically, "brain computer interfaces" (BCI) will be considered. BCI, or non-invasive neurotechnological devices, analyze and detect in real time brain activity related to an action, which purpose aims to measure, stimulate or even rehabilitate cognitive performance. The ethical perspective of BCI regulatory policies is relevant because it allows us to examine how these neurotechnological devices take advantage of a lax legal status, infringing on the user's capacity for self-determination, transforming the very idea of privacy and intimacy, and threatening the idea of freedom. To address such complexities and issues, this proposal develops a conceptual framework defined primarly by Byung-Chul Han's ideas of psychopolitics and Nikolas Rose's biocapitalization., This article was possible thanks to the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at UNAM, POSDOC General Directorate for Academic Staff Affairs DGAPA, as a Long-term Postdoctoral Researcher (2019-2021)

This article analyzes the ethical implications of privacy and data consent related to artificial intelligence technologies in the field of health and wellness. Specifically, "brain computer interfaces" (BCI) will be considered. BCI, or non-invasive neurotechnological devices, analyze and detect in real time brain activity related to an action, which purpose aims to measure, stimulate or even rehabilitate cognitive performance. The ethical perspective of BCI regulatory policies is relevant because it allows us to examine how these neurotechnological devices take advantage of a lax legal status, infringing on the user's capacity for self-determination, transforming the very idea of privacy and intimacy, and threatening the idea of freedom. To address such complexities and issues, this proposal develops a conceptual framework defined primarly by Byung-Chul Han's ideas of psychopolitics and Nikolas Rose's biocapitalization., This is a pre-print of the following work: Cabrera Torrecilla, A. (2023). "Privacidad y consentimiento en dispositivos neurotecnológicos: un estudio crítico desde la idea de biocapitalización", pp. 51-75. In García, P.; Rivera, A. y Santamaría, E. (coords.) Neuroética y biopolítica. Pensar la subjetividad en la época de la tecnociencia, UNAM. THe final version is availabl at: https://zenodo.org/record/7868631.

This book is based upon Grégoire Halbout’s dissertation on Screwball Comedy which was published in France in 2013 (Artois Presses Université). It was translated into English by Aliza Krefetz. An ephemeral genre which ranged from 1934 (It Happened One Night, Frank Capra) to 1945 (She Wouldn’t Say Yes, Alexander Hall), screwball comedy was nevertheless immensely successful, hence evidencing how a “‘cinematic formula’ found a receptive audience” (3). Grégoire Halbout’s purpose is an all-encompas...

Modesty is omnipresent in health care, particularly in the care of highly dependent persons and which involves a significant intrusion into their intimacy. However, it is still little discussed in health care ethics. This article presents a conceptual exploration of the notion of modesty and its manifestations in healthcare, more specifically their moral dimension and the challenges they pose for health care institutions. Since modesty calls for the protection of the integrity, dignity and vulnerability of the person being cared for, it seems to us to have a moral purpose, and therefore deserves not only more attention from the ethics of care, but perhaps even to be introduced as a virtue., Omniprésente dans les soins de santé, particulièrement ceux s’adressant à des personnes très dépendantes et impliquant une importante intrusion dans leur intimité, la pudeur est cependant encore peu discutée en éthique des soins. Cet article présente une exploration conceptuelle de la notion de pudeur et de ses manifestations dans les soins de santé, plus précisément de leur dimension morale et des défis qu’elles posent pour les institutions de soins. Puisque la pudeur invite à la protection de l’intégrité, de la dignité et à l’atténuation de la vulnérabilité de la personne soignée, elle nous semble porteuse d’une visée morale, et donc mériter non seulement plus d’attention de la part de l’éthique des soins, mais peut-être même d’y être introduite à titre de vertu.

The purpose of this study was to examine whether there are cultural differences in intimacy in friendships between Japan and China; and if so, to try to explain the cultural differences in terms of relational mobility. The results of a comparative study of Japanese and Chinese university students showed no cultural differences in relational mobility and intimacy between Japan and China. However, in the exploratory study, we examined the effects of two newly obtained subfactors of relational mobility on intimacy toward friends: "freedom to dissolve relationships" and "freedom to meet new people and form new relationships." The results showed that in Japan, freedom to meet new people and form new relationships was associated with a stronger sense of intimacy with friends, whereas in China, freedom to dissolve relationships was associated with a stronger sense of intimacy with friends. These results suggest that the two aspects of newly formed relational mobility may influence the intensity of intimacy with friends in each country through different processes.

Čustveni razvoj v odraslosti zahteva zmožnost dolgoročne intimne zavezanosti svojemu partnerju, ta pa je povezana z občutjem, da se je mogoče na to osebo varno navezati. To oseba lahko stori le, če doseže čustveno avtonomijo in se lahko mirno poslovi od svoje primarne družine (Cvetek 2014, 153). Doktorska disertacija obravnava problematiko vztrajanja in stabilnosti dolgotrajnega partnerskega odnosa z namenom ohranjanja odnosa prek predanosti, varnosti in dostopnosti drug drugemu. V teoretičnem delu avtorica najprej oriše pojmovanja glavnih tem, ki se jih disertacija dotika, to so zavezanost, navezanost, intimnost in zadovoljstvo. V vsakem delu konkretno in natančno obdela razvojne poti pojmov, opredelitev pojmov, temeljne značilnosti pojmov, teorije in različna pojmovanja, ključne teoretične modele ter glavne avtorje, ki so se v preteklosti s temi tematikami srečevali in pomembno vlivali na razvoj teh znanosti, ter seveda naredi pregled sodobnih raziskav s posameznega področja. Pri vsakem od štirih glavnih področij so posebej predstavljene glavne dimenzije, ki so tudi predmet raziskave. Avtorica smiselno vleče teme relacijske povezanosti, vzajemnosti med partnerjema ter stabilnosti odnosa kot rdečo nit skozi vse štiri glavne kategorije, kar označuje glavni vidik celotne raziskave, to je časovna komponenta – dolgotrajni partnerski odnosi. Raziskovalni del disertacije je sestavljen iz kvantitativne in kvalitativne raziskave. V kvantitativnem delu avtorica raziskuje, kateri od vključenih dejavnikov (zadovoljstvo, intimnost, navezanost, dolžina partnerskega odnosa) so v večji oziroma manjši meri povezani s posameznikovo stopnjo zavezanosti partnerskemu odnosu ter v kolikšni meri je mogoče na temelju vključenih dejavnikov (zadovoljstva, intimnosti, navezanosti) predvideti, kakšna bo stopnja zavezanosti odnosu med partnerjema. Ker je intimnost medsebojni (diadni) proces, ki ga uravnavata oba partnerja, se je avtorica v raziskavi osredotočila na soodvisnost med posameznikovim in partnerjevim doživljanjem v odnosu. Avtorica je preverila stopnjo povezanosti med posameznikovimi in partnerjevimi doseženimi vrednostmi na lestvicah zavezanosti, zadovoljstva, intimnosti in navezanosti. Zanimala jo je razlika med različnimi stili navezanosti v stopnji zavezanosti, zadovoljstva in intimnosti pri posamezniku. V nadaljevanju je želela preveriti, kateri od vključenih dejavnikov (zavezanost, zadovoljstvo, intimnost in navezanost) so v večji ali manjši meri povezani s trajanjem partnerskega odnosa (oz. z leti trajanja odnosa) ter kakšne so razlike v zavezanosti, zadovoljstvu, intimnosti in navezanosti pri partnerjih, ki imajo otroke, in pri partnerjih, ki jih nimajo. Ugotavlja, da je osebna predanost tista, ki se pozitivno povezuje s čustveno in spolno intimo, varno navezanostjo ter zadovoljstvom. Ugotavlja tudi, da sta partnerja usklajena v moralnosti odločitve, v izogibajoči navezanosti ter vseh vidikih zadovoljstva, ter da so moški tisti, ki so višje ocenili moralnost odločitve ter druge vidike osebne predanosti. Višje so ocenili tudi konvencionalno intimo, strah pred zapuščenostjo in zadovoljstvo z odnosom. Poleg tega ugotavlja, da so višje ravni strahov oz. ne-varne navezanosti celo bolj povezane z osebno predanostjo, vendar ne zgolj z njo, nizke ravni ne-varne navezanosti pa s čustveno, spolno in socialno intimo. Pri primerjavi z varno in izogibajočo navezanostjo je prednjačila varna v povezavi z osebno predanostjo zaveze. Avtorica je prišla do zanimivih rezultatov glede trajanja odnosa in prisotnosti otrok. Trajanje odnosa je bilo povezano s čustveno intimnostjo, vdanostjo (dimenzija zadovoljstva) ter z večjo težo zaključevanja odnosa in neprivlačnih alternativ ter z nobeno dimenzijo zaveze. Otroci, ki še živijo doma, prinašajo partnerjema več varnosti, partnerjema, ki doma nimata več otrok, pa več moralnosti odločitve, večjo težo po zaključevanju odnosa ter neprivlačnih alternativ. Dimenzij zadovoljstva in intime tu ni zaznala. Rezultate kvantitativne raziskave je avtorica lepo integrirala s kvalitativnim delom, ki je prinesel vsebinsko bogate izsledke. S kvalitativnim delom raziskave je avtorica namenila raziskati oz. opredeliti ključne spremembe v doživljanju posameznika znotraj spremenljivk (zavezanost, intimnost, navezanost in zadovoljstvo) v času vključenosti v terapevtsko obravnavo, ki narekujejo spremembo v partnerskem odnosu. V ta namen je s pomočjo analize vsebine identificirala ključne spremembe v doživljanju medsebojne zavezanosti, intimnosti, navezanosti in zadovoljstva, ki so se pojavili pri parih, vključenih v terapevtski proces po modelu relacijske družinske terapije. Avtorica je tako spremljala šest parov, ki so se vključili v terapevtski proces po modelu relacijske družinske terapije in so imeli časovni status dolgotrajnega partnerskega odnosa (15 let in več). Zaznala je ključne spremembe v doživljanju posameznika znotraj spremenljivk, ki so kazale zavezanost preko osebne predanosti, ta pa se je kazala preko varnosti, verovanja, želje po dolgotrajnosti, poroke, stika in ranljivosti navezanosti preko čustvene odzivnosti, varnosti, opore, poguma in čustvenega pretoka med partnerjema intimnosti preko globine odnosa, ranljivosti, pristnih trenutkov stika, večje čustvene odprtosti, vzajemnosti in uglasitve na partnerjeva čutenja in zadovoljstva preko zavedanja sebe, medsebojne povezanosti ter sočutnega odzivanja preko pozitivnih čustev. Opazovanje vseh štirih dimenzij narekuje spremembo v partnerskem odnosu. V interpretaciji se avtorica dotika glavnih vprašanj, in sicer vztrajanja, stabilnosti in ohranjanja odnosa prek dolgotrajnosti partnerskega odnosa. Navaja, da leta in preživeti čas sama po sebi ne obljubljata globine in povezanosti, lahko zgolj kakovost, ki pa ne zadošča za izgrajevanje intime, varne navezanosti in osebne predanosti to nakazujejo razmerja, ki cvetijo oz. cvetoča razmerja. Avtorica nas pelje v smeri razvoja odnosa, ki ne temelji zgolj na vztrajanju, temveč na zavestnem ohranjanju odnosa, preko dela na sebi in odnosa, zavestne predanosti, odločitve za odnos in predvsem pozitivnosti čustev, ki ne temeljijo zgolj na pogledu vase, temveč se naslanjajo na vrednote, ki se dotikajo drugega. Avtorica ugotavlja, da relacijske izkušnje, temelječe na stiku, vplivajo na varno navezanost v daljšem časovnem obdobju. Zakon torej temelji na privolitvi, na volji, da se zakonca podarita drug drugemu, si zato pripadata, kar potrjuje njuno nerazvezljivost na poti življenja. Zakonska ljubezen je predvsem polnočloveška, torej čutna in duhovna. Pri njej ne gre samo za naval nagonov in čustev, temveč predvsem za dejanja svobodne volje. Kot taka hoče ta ljubezen ne le vztrajati, ampak tudi rasti v veselju in bridkosti vsakdanjega življenja. Ob tem zakonca dosežeta svojo človeško popolnost (Paulus VI 2014, 14). Emotional development in adulthood requires the ability to make a long-term intimate commitment to your partner, which is connected to the feeling that there is a possibility to become safely attached to that person. A person is only able to do this if they reach emotional autonomy and if they can peacefully leave their primary family (Cvetek 2014, 153). The doctoral dissertation deals with the issue of persistence and stability of long-term intimate relationships with the intention of maintaining relationships through dedication, safety and approachability to each other. In the theoretical part, the author first outlines the concept of the main topics, which the dissertation touches on, such as commitment, attachment, intimacy and satisfaction. In each part, the author concretely and precisely elaborates the development paths of concepts, definitions of concepts, basic characteristics of concepts, theories and various concepts, key theoretical models and also the main authors who have in the past dealt with these topics and significantly influenced the development of these sciences and frameworks as well as an overview of modern research in particular fields. The main dimensions are presented each of the four main fields, which are also the subject of research. The author sensibly takes the themes of relational connection, reciprocity between partners and stability of the relationship as a common thread running through all four main categories, which marks the main aspect of the whole research, which is the time component in long-term partnerships. The research part of the dissertation consists of quantitative and qualitative research. In the quantitative part, the author researches which of the included factors (satisfaction, intimacy, attachment, duration of the relationship), are more or less connected to the individual’s level of commitment to their partnership and to what extent it is possible to anticipate the level of commitment to the partner, based on the included factors (satisfaction, intimacy, attachment). Since intimacy is dyadic, which is regulated by both partners, the author focused on the interdependence, the comparison how the individual and the partners experience the relationship. The author checked the degree of connection between the individual’s and partners' achieved values based on the level of commitment, satisfaction, intimacy and attachment. She was interested in the difference between different styles of attachment in the level of commitment, satisfaction, and intimacy in individuals. The author further wanted to assess which of the included factors (commitment, satisfaction, intimacy and attachment) are more or less related to the duration of the relationship / years and what are the differences in commitment, satisfaction, intimacy and attachment with partners who have children in comparison to partners who do not have them. The author finds that personal commitment is the aspect that is positively connected with emotional and sexual intimacy, secure attachment and satisfaction. She also determines that partners are coherent in the morality of decisions, in avoidant attachment and in all aspects of satisfaction, and that it is men who rated the morality of divorce and other aspects of personal commitment higher. They also rated conventional intimacy and fear of abandonment, as well as relationship satisfaction on a higher level. Additionally she notes that higher levels of fears or insecure attachments are even more so connected to personal commitment, however not only with it, but also low levels of insecure attachment are associated with emotional, sexual, and social intimacy. When comparing secure and avoidant attachment, she was put forward security in conjunction with personal commitment. The author came up with interesting results about the duration of relationships and the presence of children. The duration of the relationships was connected to emotional intimacy, devotion (the dimension of satisfaction) and to a greater level of difficulty to end a relationship and undesirable alternatives, and also no dimension of commitment. Children who are still living at home bring more security to the partners, and alternatively partners who no longer have their children living at home bring a greater level of morality into decision-making, more difficulties after ending their relationships, and unattractive alternatives. The author did not perceive any dimensions of pleasure and intimacy in these cases. The results of the quantitative research were integrated well by the author with the qualitative work, which brought in content-rich results. The author intended to research the qualitative part of the research or identify key changes in the individual's experience within the variables (commitment, intimacy, attachment, and satisfaction) while being involved in therapeutic treatment, which leads to a change in the partnership. With this intention, the content analysis is used to identify key changes in the experience of mutual commitment, intimacy, attachment and satisfaction that occur in couples involved in the therapeutic process based on the model of relational family therapy. The author monitored six couples who were involved in the therapeutic process based on the model of relational family therapy and had the time status of a long-term partnership (lasting 15 years and more). The author perceived key changes in the individual's experience within the variables, which showed commitment through personal dedication, which was reflected through security, religion, desire for longevity, marriage, connection and vulnerability, attachment through emotional responsiveness, security, support, courage and emotional flow between partners, intimacy through the depth of the relationship, vulnerability, authentic moments of connection, greater emotional openness, reciprocity and being attuned to the partner's feelings and satisfaction through self-awareness, mutual attachment and compassionate responding through positive emotions. Observing all four dimensions lead to a change in the partnership. In the interpretation, the author touches on two issues, as are persistence, stability and maintaining relationships through the longevity of the partnerships. She states that the duration and time spent together do not promise depth and connection, but only quality, which is not enough to establish intimacy, secure attachment and personal commitment, which are presented in flourishing relationships. The author leads us in the direction of relationship development which is not only based on perseverance, but also consciously maintains the relationship through self-growth and the relationship improvement, conscious commitment, a decision to keep the relationship and above all the positivity of emotions, which are not based only on self reflexion but also touch on the values that concern the partner. The author finds that relational experiences based on contact influence secure attachment long term. A marriage is therefore based on consent, on the will that the spouses give themselves to each other in order to belong to each other, which confirms their inseparability on their life path. Marital love is above all fully-human, therefore sensual and spiritual. It is not about a bare rush of instincts and emotions, but above all about acts of free will. As being so, this love wants not only to persevere, but also to grow in joy and bitterness of everyday life. This way the spouses achieve their human perfection (Pope Paul 2014, 14).

This article proposes a comparative reading of short fiction by Northern Irish authors Lucy Caldwell and Jan Carson. It argues that Caldwell and Carson rethink the short story as a profoundly relational art by expanding the dramatic qualities of the form and by constantly blurring the lines between narrative and dramatic writing. Focusing on Caldwell’s and Carson’s exploration of paradoxical forms of intimacy, it initially examines the physical spaces of Caldwell’s and Carson’s short stories as liminal, dramatic settings of their characters’ intimacies. It then discusses the dramatic quality of the inner monologues that are staged in these spaces, first, by establishing a parallel with uses of the monological form in radiophonic art and second, by scrutinising the performative effects of the use of the second-person pronoun. It concludes by drawing attention to the complex ways in which Caldwell and Carson foster intimacy with their reader by blurring the lines between reading and listening. Cet article propose une lecture comparée des nouvelles des auteures nord-irlandaises Lucy Caldwell et Jan Carson. On s’attache à montrer que Caldwell et Carson repensent la nouvelle comme un art profondément relationnel, en élargissant les qualités dramatiques de la forme et en brouillant constamment les frontières entre écriture narrative et écriture dramatique. Se concentrant sur les formes paradoxales d'intimité que Caldwell et Carson explorent dans leurs textes, cet article examine, d'abord, les espaces physiques de leurs nouvelles comme lieux liminaux et scènes théâtrales de l’intime. Il aborde ensuite la théâtralité des monologues intérieurs qui sont mis en scène dans ces espaces, en établissant d'une part, un parallèle avec les usages de la forme monologique dans l'art radiophonique et, d'autre part, en analysant les effets performatifs de l'usage du pronom de deuxième personne. Il conclut en attirant l'attention sur les manières complexes dont Caldwell et Carson créent des liens intimes entre texte et lecteurs, tout en brouillant les frontières entre lecture et écoute.

Товары для сексуального здоровья доступны во многих магазинах – в последние годы их активно продвигают ритейлеры, специализирующиеся на поставках косметики и оздоровительной продукции. При этом в обществе сохраняется ряд стереотипов, согласно которым, интим-товары относятся к категории запретных тем или неудобных вопросов, а оформлять подобные покупки следует исключительно в условиях анонимности. Подобные взгляды значительно затрудняют продвижение интим-товаров, однако распространение сексуального просвещения позволяет преодолеть многие барьеры. В исследовании рассматриваются трудности, с которыми сталкиваются поставщики и продавцы товаров для интимного использования. Разбираются проблемы этического, психологического, логистического характера, а также препятствия коммерческого плана. Также рассматриваются способы преодоления различных трудностей, предлагаются методы решения проблем. В заключительной части рассматриваются перспективы рынка интим-товаров – возможности, вопросы и польза, которую может принести дальнейшее развитие этой сферы., Sexual health products are available in many stores – in recent years they have been actively promoted by retailers specializing in supplying cosmetics and wellness products. At the same time, a number of stereotypes remain in society, according to which intimate goods belong to the category of forbidden topics or uncomfortable ones, and such purchases should be made only under anonymity. Such attitudes make it very difficult to promote intimate goods, but the spread of sexuality education overcomes many of the barriers. The study examines the challenges faced by providers and sellers of intimate goods. Ethical, psychological, logistical, and commercial barriers are discussed. Ways to overcome the various difficulties are also examined, and methods for solving the problems are suggested. The final part deals with perspectives on the intimate goods market – opportunities, issues and benefits that can be gained from further development of this area., Международный научно-исследовательский журнал, Выпуск 3 (129) 2023

Edward T. Hall’s theory of proxemics suggests that various cultural and personal characteristics influence people’s preferences of personal space. “Personal space” can be defied as an invisible domain surrounding a person which they regard as their territory, and an unspoken bubble that travels with them wherever they go. Previous studies suggest that sex, intimacy, and nationality directly affect how someone reacts to another in their personal space. The present study purposed to explore with Japanese university students’ the influence of sex, intensity, and locality on the size of their personal space. Participants used tape measures and were asked to say stop when they began to feel anxious or uncomfortable with the approach of another individual. Results of the study indicate that individual characters such as sex influence Japanese university students’ interpersonal space preference. Results also suggest that there is a variation in interpersonal space preference based on participants’ locality and the intimacy among the participants., {"references":["] M. BaldassareandS. Feller,Cultural Variations in Personal Space. Ethos, 3,1975, 481-503.","] H. Hediger, Studies of the Psychology and Behaviour of Captive Animals in Zoos and Circuses(London: Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1955).","E. T. Hall,The Hidden Dimension(NY : Doubleday, 1966).","N. Bruno andM. Muzzolini, Proxemics Revisited: Similar Effects of Arms Length on Men's and Women's Personal Distances, Universal Journal of Psychology, 1(2), 2013, 46-52.","A. Y. Khan andA. Karmal, Exploring Reactions to Invasion of Personal Space in University Students, Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 20 (2), 2010, 80-9","N. M. SussmanandH. M. Rosenfeld, Influence of Culture, Language, and Sex on Conversational Distance, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42(1), 1982, 66-74.","L. L. Adler andM. A. Iverson, Interpersonal Distances a Function of Task Difficulty, Praise, Status Orientation, and Sex of Partner, Perceptual and Motor Skills, 39, 1974, 683-692","S. M. S. Ahmed, Invasion of Personal Space; A study of Departure Time as Affected by Sex of the Intruder, Sex of the Subject, and Saliency Condition,Perceptual and Motor Skills, 49, 1979, 85-86."]}

Com base no ecofeminismo terreno de Donna J. Haraway e na fenomenologia metafísica de Emmanuel Levinas, duas linhas do pensamento a princípio incompatíveis, esta dissertação propõe novas estratégias de contacto para o presente e o futuro. Num contexto pós-pandémico, depois de o isolamento tornar-se lei e constatar-se a indispensabilidade de se cultivar relações de intimidade sem proximidade, cabe questionar o lugar do desejo e do toque. Celebrando, assim, uma política da aproximação, a pesquisa cogita os modos de presença na ausência e ausência na presença que podem reger novas formas de interação intra- e interespécies num planeta ferido. Nesse sentido, em busca de uma ecologia pautada menos na contiguidade espacial e a familiaridade — signos de uma doutrina ocidental ancorada num Lógos que privilegia o descobrir e o compreender — do que sobre a curiosidade e o estranhamento, a presente investigação conduz uma dança teórica entre o filósofo judeu e a bióloga estadunidense e apresenta exercícios práticos para a edificação e fabulação de um tato extra-individual, extra-ordinário e trans-mundos. Based on Donna J. Haraway’s earthly ecofeminism and Emmanuel Levinas’ metaphysical phenomenology, two at first incompatible lines of thought, this dissertation proposes new strategies of contact for the present and the future. In a post-pandemic context, after isolation has become the law and the indispensability of cultivating intimate relationships without proximity has become more evident, it is worth questioning the place of desire and touch. Thus, celebrating a politics of getting-closer, my research considers the ways of presence in absence and absence in presence that may rule new forms of intra- and interspecies interaction on a wounded planet. In this sense, in search of an ecology based less on spatial contiguity and familiarity — signs of a Western doctrine anchored in a Logos that privileges discovery and understanding — than on curiosity and strangeness, this investigation conducts a theoretical dance between the Jewish philosopher and the American biologist, besides presenting practical exercises for the fabulation and edification of an extra-individual, extra-ordinary and trans-worldly tact.

Le bien-être sexuel, soit l’évaluation subjective des aspects physiques, émotionnels, cognitifs et sociaux de sa sexualité, inclut la satisfaction sexuelle, les pensées, connaissances, émotions et expériences personnelles en lien avec la sexualité. Il est associé à plusieurs bienfaits physiques et psychologiques et constitue un ingrédient essentiel des relations amoureuses satisfaisantes. Or, la satisfaction sexuelle tend à diminuer pendant la relation et les difficultés sexuelles sont fréquentes chez les couples de longue durée. Il est donc nécessaire de s’intéresser aux facteurs favorisant le bien-être sexuel chez ces couples. Selon le Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Model of women’s sexual dysfunction (Rosen & Bergeron, 2019), des facteurs relationnels, comme les caractéristiques de la relation (p. ex. intimité), les caractéristiques individuelles des partenaires (p. ex. attachement) et les caractéristiques des activités sexuelles précises (p. ex. motivations sexuelles), doivent être considérés dans l’étude du bien-être sexuel des couples. Ainsi, la thèse visait à examiner des facteurs relationnels liés au bien-être sexuel chez les deux partenaires de couples de longue durée de la population générale. À l’aide d’un devis dyadique prospectif, la première étude a investigué le bien-être sexuel de manière globale : elle s’est penchée sur les associations entre l’intimité et la satisfaction sexuelle et conjugale pendant 13 mois chez 145 couples. Les résultats suggèrent la présence d’associations bidirectionnelles entre l’intimité et la satisfaction sexuelle ainsi qu’entre l’intimité et la satisfaction conjugale. Une perception d’intimité plus élevée était associée à des niveaux de satisfaction sexuelle et conjugale plus élevés dans le temps. En retour, des niveaux de satisfaction sexuelle et conjugale plus élevés étaient associés à une perception d’intimité plus élevée dans le temps. La deuxième étude a examiné le bien-être sexuel de façon plus proximale à l’aide d’un devis dyadique à journaux quotidiens (21 jours) : elle a investigué les associations entre les insécurités d’attachement, les motivations sexuelles d’attachement et de soutien ainsi que les émotions ressenties par les deux partenaires de 149 couples lors des activités sexuelles. Les résultats démontrent que les individus présentant plus d’évitement de l’intimité avaient moins tendance à rapporter des motivations sexuelles de soutien, ce qui était associé à des expériences émotionnelles plus négatives lors des activités sexuelles. Les personnes présentant plus d’anxiété d’abandon rapportaient davantage de motivations sexuelles d’attachement, ce qui était associé à des expériences émotionnelles plus négatives pendant les activités sexuelles pour les deux partenaires. Toutefois, les personnes présentant plus d’anxiété d’abandon rapportaient également plus de motivations sexuelles de soutien et cela était associé à des expériences émotionnelles plus positives pendant les activités sexuelles pour les deux partenaires. Les résultats de la thèse mettent en relief l’importance de considérer les prédispositions individuelles, les caractéristiques de la relation ainsi que les raisons pour lesquelles les individus s’engagent dans des interactions sexuelles pour mieux comprendre le bien-être sexuel des partenaires de couples de longue durée. La thèse apporte une contribution théorique de par son investigation de postulats théoriques peu étudiés empiriquement à ce jour. Plusieurs implications cliniques découlent également des résultats et sont discutés dans la thèse., Sexual well-being, i.e., subjective evaluation of physical, emotional, cognitive, and social aspects of one’s sexuality including, for instance, sexual satisfaction, thoughts, knowledge, emotions and personal experiences related to sexuality, is associated with important physical and psychological health benefits. It is also an essential ingredient of a satisfying romantic relationship for many adults. However sexual satisfaction tends to decrease with the length of the relationship, and sexual difficulties are often a concern for couples in relationship therapy. Thus, there is a need to address factors that may promote sexual well-being in long-term couples. According to the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Model of women's sexual dysfunction (Rosen & Bergeron, 2019), multiple relational factors, such as relationship characteristics (e.g., intimacy), partners’ individual characteristics (e.g., attachment), and characteristics of sexual activities (e.g., sexual motivations), must be considered when studying couples' sexual well-being. As such, the overall purpose of this dissertation was to examine relational factors related to sexual well-being in both partners of long-term couples in the general population. The first study investigated global sexual well-being by examining its involvement in relationship dynamics with a longitudinal dyadic design. Specifically, this study examined the associations between intimacy and sexual and relationship satisfaction over a 13-month period in 145 couples. The results suggest that the associations between intimacy and sexual satisfaction as well as between intimacy and relationship satisfaction are bidirectional. Indeed, higher perceived intimacy was associated with higher levels of sexual and relationship satisfaction over time. In turn, higher levels of sexual and relationship satisfaction were also associated with higher perceived intimacy over time. The second study examined sexual well-being more proximally using a dyadic daily diary design (21 days). The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between attachment insecurities, attachment- and caregiving-related sexual motives, and emotions experienced during sexual activities by both partners of 149 couples. Analyses revealed that individuals with higher levels of attachment avoidance were less likely to report caregiving sexual motives, which was associated with more negative emotional experiences during sexual activities. Individuals with higher levels of attachment anxiety reported more attachment sexual motives, which was associated with more negative emotional experiences during sexual activities for these individuals and their partners. However, individuals with higher levels of attachment anxiety also reported more caregiving sexual motives and this was associated with more positive emotional experiences during sexual activities for both partners. Overall, the dissertation and its two articles highlight the importance of considering partners’ individual predispositions, relationship characteristics, as well as the reasons why individuals engage in sexual interactions to better understand the sexual well-being of partners in long-term couples. This research makes a substantial theoretical contribution by investigating theoretical assumptions that have rarely been studied empirically to date. Several clinical implications also arise from the findings and are discussed in the dissertation., Thèse de doctorat présenté en vue de l'obtention du doctorat en psychologie - recherche intervention, option psychologie clinique (Ph.D)

The purpose of this study is to identify the factors associated with the burden on primary family caregivers of stroke patients at home without care services. For this study, the Korean Stroke Cohort for Functioning and Rehabilitation (KOSCO) data were used. Of the total 8010 caregivers, 1133 family caregiver burden was assessed with the shortened Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) 3 months after stroke. Patient and caregiver-related factors affecting the heavier burden of caregivers were identified by comparing the heavier caregiver burden group and the lighter caregiver burden group, which divided according to the CBI scores. The 719 (63.5%) family caregiver cared for patients at home without care services. Logistic regression analysis showed that four or more comorbidities (p = 0.002), neurological impairment at early onset (p < 0.001), dependence on daily life (p < 0.001), aphasia (p = 0.024), and depression(p < 0.001) were associated with a heavier burden of care. According to the shortened CBI, caregivers tended to be concerned more about psychological stress than physical strain. The findings suggest the importance of proactively guiding the emotional support services to caregivers who are at high risk of the heavier burden of patient care.

The aim of this study was to examine to what extent parasocial relationships with micro-celebrities and mainstream celebrities differ in terms of perceived reciprocity, authenticity, intimacy, and parasocial interaction. A within-person comparison of survey responses collected among 402 college students in China showed that participants perceived their relationships with micro-celebrities as more reciprocal than their relationships with mainstream celebrities. However, contrary to our expectations, participants perceived a lower degree of authenticity and intimacy for micro-celebrities than for mainstream celebrities. Moreover, we found no significant difference between the parasocial interactions with both types of celebrities. We additionally investigated the relative contribution of perceived reciprocity, authenticity, and intimacy to the parasocial interaction experienced with both micro- and mainstream celebrities. To that end, we performed multiple linear regression analyses run separately for each type of celebrity. We found that in the regression models for both micro- and mainstream celebrities, perceptions of reciprocity and intimacy positively predicted parasocial interaction, suggesting that these attributes are especially important in fostering parasocial relationships. Interestingly, perceptions of authenticity did not predict greater parasocial interaction with mainstream nor micro-celebrities, which suggests that the role of authenticity in fostering parasocial interactions may be different from what is commonly assumed. The implications of this study shed light on the changing nature of parasocial relationships in the context of micro-celebrities operating on social media.

An intensive study of V. Rozanovs work naturally actualizes the question of the reasons for the contradictory assessments that have accompanied it for more than a century. The author explains their polarity by the prevalence of subjective or stereotypical ideas about the fundamental novelty of V. Rozanovs approach to the psychology of literary creativity and to the aesthetics of secluded nudity, which the creative subject of his books invariably followed. The article examines the space of solitude as a sphere of creative realization of Rozanov, where the main attention is paid to the intuition of intimacy, interpreted by the writer as a genuine spiritual act underlying the true creativity of life and literature. In solitude the authors intuition of intimacy penetrates into the phenomena and objects of life, endows them with related intimate meanings, is reflected in them and contributes to the creation of a mythopoetic picture of the world, filled with a variety of subjective and personal ideas of V. Rozanov about God, the world, cultural and literary values, about to yourself. In the above examples, V. Rozanovs faces appear in the process of intimate rapprochement with the Absolute and revealed in ontological insights. Disguises are figurative dialectical projections of the intimate faces of the author, opposed to the traditional views on the writers personality. These are polar, familiarly traversed projections of his intimate faces designed to enhance their ontological and aesthetic significance. The philosophical concept of detachment in myth and literature, developed by A.F. Losev in Dialectics of Myth , served as a methodological basis for the study of the phenomenon of solitude and unity in V. Rozanov of the myth-maker and writer.

Through one of the voices of an alleged epistolary dialogue with the Beloved Lord [Amado Señor], Pablo Katchadjian builds a patchwork of tensions that outlines the search of a character to know and reach his interlocutor. These tensions, both thematic and formal, bring a deep perspective to the text and project it to a paradox. This article aims to delve into these tensions in search of the elements that give them sustenance and that allow us to look for the intimate traces of the identity of the character who writes and interprets himself in his writing.

Cancer’s impact on sexuality has been well documented across all types of cancers, both in patients with active cancers and long-term survivors. As we make progresses in extending survival for cancer patients, we must face the challenge of providing a satisfactory quality of life, on which sexual disfunction impacts profoundly. Although some treatment-related sexual adverse effects are short lived, many chronic cancer patients and survivors face long-term physical and psychological sequelae. Partners are also affected by a cancer diagnosis, with both negative and positive consequences for the relationship. Patients with sexual apparatus and non-sexual apparatus cancer are affected by sexual dysfunction, therefore each group should be evaluated for support, nevertheless considering the peculiarities of each cancer treatment and side effects, the person individuality and his cultural and religious background. Although sexual dysfunction has been studied quite extensively and a range of intervention strategies that can help patients cope with treatment-related sexual problems are now available, many patients do not feel that they are receiving adequate support from healthcare providers. By taking a holistic approach through appropriate screening, communication, medical therapy, surgical prosthesis and psychological support for cancer patients and their partners, sexual dysfunction and the accompanying distress can be signi cantly alleviated. The healthcare barriers to such interventions perceived by healthcare providers (primary care physicians, oncologists, other specialized healthcare professionals) are mainly a lack of formal training, access to appropriate referrals, the lack of standards of care, and assuming that non-sexual related cancer and elderly people sexual needs are minimal.

Merchant’s House Museum is haunted. While it functions as a historic house museum in Manhattan, the house remains the home of the Tredwell family who now appear as ghosts. For the museum, these ghosts become animating presences, continuing to keep the everyday things of the house embedded in the intimate space of a family’s home. Throughout this article, I explore how those connected to the house as staff, visitors, and volunteers present the ghosts of the Tredwells and, based on these peoples’ experiences, I examine the Tredwell house within a museological framework of, what I term, haunted intimacy, that keeps the house in vital relation to the family.

The collection of poems Bestiarium, by the Cuban poet Dulce María Loynaz and who kept it unpublished for decades, delivers a fauna that appropriates what would later be seen as a contestatory discourse to challenge the power that underestimates the poet. If as a student she was suspended for not providing additional information, by this means, the chosen animals go, with their presence, to challenge authority and, at the same time, to approach the intimacy of the lyrical voice. It does not seem to be just an example of zoolatry on the part of Loynaz; the particularity of the faunal selection attached to the inscribed feeling warns that there is an ulterior motive that needs to be revealed. The poet’s word, transmuted into verse, affirms its originality and shifts the center of power to the periphery. Bestiarium would be subscribed, then, under three different registries: its social function, its didactic function and, not least important, its poetic function. El poemario Bestiarium, de la poeta cubana Dulce María Loynaz y quien lo mantuvo inédito por décadas, entrega una fauna que se apropia de lo que luego se vería como un discurso contestatario para retar al poder que subestima a la poeta. Si como estudiante fue suspendida por no aportar información adicional, por este medio, los animales elegidos van, con su presencia, a desafiar la autoridad y, a su vez, a acercarse a la intimidad de la voz lírica. No parece ser tan solamente un ejemplo de zoolatría por parte de Loynaz; la particularidad de la selección fáunica adosada al sentimiento inscrito advierte que hay un motivo ulterior que urge develar. La palabra la poeta, transmutada en verso, se afirma en su originalidad y desplaza el centro del poder a la periferia. Bestiarium se suscribe, entonces, bajo tres registros diferentes: su función social, su función didáctica y, no menos importante, su función poética.

The purpose of this study is to understand if porn consumption and sex education influence relationship flourishing and sexual satisfaction among men who have sex with men (MSM). We further want to know if experiences of intimacy may play a role in this as well.

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Romantik ilişkilerin kişilerin yaşamında pek çok alanı etkilediği bilinmektedir. Araştırmalar doyum, yakınlık ve algılanan partner duyarlılığının (APD) bu etki gücüne sahip önemli değişkenler olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Ayrıca, Dikkat Eksikliği ve Hiperaktivite Bozukluğu (DEHB) semptomlarının da ilişkileri etkileyebilen bir faktör olduğu düşünülmektedir. Ancak Türkiye’de DEHB özelliklerinin romantik ilişkiler kapsamındaki etkilerine dair çalışmalar sınırlıdır. Bu araştırma Türkiye’de yaşayan çiftlerden hareketle yakınlık hissi, ilişkide doyum, APD ve DEHB özelliklerinin biribirleriyle ilişkilerini ve ilgili değişkenlerin ilişki doyumunu ne ölçüde yordadığını incelemiştir. Yaşları 18-65 arasında değişen 205 çiftten İlişki Doyumu Ölçeği, Sternberg Aşk Üçgeni Ölçeği, Algılanan Partner Duyarlılığı Ölçeği ve Öz Bildirime Dayalı Dikkat Eksikliği ve Hiperaktivite Bozukluğu Ölçeği ile veriler toplanmıştır. Bulgular, APD ve doyum, APD ve yakınlık, yakınlık ve doyum arasında pozitif yönde, partner DEHB özellikleri ile APD ve doyum arasında ise negatif yönde anlamlı ilişkilere işaret etmektedir. Partner DEHB’si ve yakınlığın ilişkisinin olmadığı görülmüştür. Son olarak demografik değişkenler, yakınlık ve APD etkileri kontrol edildiğinde dahi partner DEHB özelliklerinin ilişki doyumunda yordayıcı etkisinin olduğu bulgulanmıştır. Sonuçlar, alanyazın çerçevesinde değerlendirilmiştir., The quality of romantic relationships is known to be affecting many areas in people’s lives. Research on relationships reveal that especially satisfaction, intimacy, and perceived partner responsiveness (PPR) are critical in these terms. Also, the symptoms of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are thought to be another factor that influence the relationships. However, in Turkey studies on ADHD characteristics and its effect on intimate relationships, are quite shallow. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between feelings of intimacy, satisfaction, PPR and ADHD characteristics, based on Turkish couples, and to search the predictive effect of these variables on relationship satisfaction. Data was collected from 205 couples aged between 18-65 years, using the Relationship Satisfaction Scale, the Sternberg Love Triangle Scale, the Perceived Partner Responsiveness Scale, and the Self-Reported Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Scale. Findings show that there is a positive relationship between PPR and satisfaction, PPR and intimacy, intimacy and satisfaction. Partner’s ADHD characteristics are negatively related to PPR and satisfaction; yet no relationship was found with intimacy. Finally, even after controlling demographic variables, intimacy and PPR; ADHD characteristics is shown to have predictive effect on relationship satisfaction. Results have been discussed in light of the literature.

Traditionally, family intimacy has been seen as depending on spatial proximity and physical closeness. However, due to individualization and globalization, many families live apart and/or spend their days away from each other. Moreover, a shift in family communication from household-to-household to person-to-person has occurred in the context of so-called networked individualism. These changes make it imperative to investigate how contemporary families communicate to create and maintain intimacy in and across households. Drawing on the concept of doing intimate family work, this study investigates the small acts performed in everyday life to do family intimacy through ICT in the context of networked individualism. We conducted interviews with 6 multigenerational families – spread across 18 households in Sweden and the US. Results show how responsibilities and practices of family communication become part of doing intimate family work, through personalized technology, with consequences for each individual family member. We explore the various affordances family members realize through actions in order to support family intimacy and how these practices reinforce the importance of the family home as a physical base for cross-household family communication.

The article is a systematic review of sociological, psychological, anthropological and philosophical research of Russian and foreign authors in recent years on the structure and specificity of romantic relationships of modern youth. The article includes three consecutive sections, which investigate the evolution of romantic relationships and their historical and cultural determinacy; predictors of socio-psychological features of romantic relationships of modern youth and finally the ongoing process of transformation of romantic relationships from institutional socially regulated form to a diffuse individual form of “pure relationships”. The authors present theories of serial monogamy, partner relationships, free love; empirical research on the shift of gender roles in relationships, the components of romantic relationships of modern youth and the place of love and marriage in the system of value orientations of young people. The article also compares some socio-psychological determinants of romantic relationships in Russia, the United States and European countries, defines the role of sexual satisfaction in partner relationships. According to the results of the theoretical review, the conclusion is made that romantic relationships, having passed the path of obligation and sexual emancipation, have moved to the stage of deep intimate and personal union, where a significant role is given to spiritual and sexual intimacy, the freedom of partners and the influence of love on the process of their personal growth and self-actualization., Статья представляет собой систематический обзор социологических, психологических, антропологических и философских исследований российских и зарубежных авторов последних лет, посвященных структуре и специфике романтических отношений современной молодежи. Статья включает три последовательных раздела, в рамках которых исследуется эволюция романтических отношений и их историко-культурная детерминированность; предикторы социально-психологических особенностей романтических отношений современной молодежи и наконец происходящий процесс трансформации романтических отношений из институциональной социально регламентированной формы в диффузную индивидуальную форму «чистых отношений». Авторами представлены теории серийной моногамии, партнерских отношений, свободной любви; эмпирические исследования по смещению гендерных ролей в отношениях, компонентах романтических отношений современной молодежи и места любви и брака в системе ценностных ориентаций молодых людей. В статье также сопоставляются отдельные социально-психологические детерминанты романтических отношений в России, США и европейских странах, определяется роль сексуальной удовлетворенности в отношениях партнерах. По результатам теоретического обзора делается вывод о том, что романтические отношения, пройдя путь долженствования и сексуальной эмансипации, перешли к стадии глубокого интимно-личностного союза, где значительная роль отводится духовной и сексуальной близости, свободе партнеров и влиянию любви на процесс их личностного роста и самоактуализации., Человеческий капитал, Выпуск 5 (173) 2023, Pages 241-253

Why do men enlist despite the many dangers and high costs associated with being a soldier? Militaries, especially those belonging to local and global hegemons, rely on enlistment—thus, investigating this question is an essential part of understanding interstate violence and the phenomena of war itself. In this thesis, I apply a queer mode of analysis to examine the motivations of men who decide to join non-conscription militaries. Ultimately, I argue that the desire for homosocial connection—which is stymied in civilian life—drives men to enlist due to the possibility of connection with other men in military life. I analyze nearly 40,000 posts from soldiers across the world, paying close attention to themes of homosocial intimacy. Additionally, I conduct close readings of military recruitment advertisements from the last century, finding that militaries explicitly leverage the promise of homosocial connection in order to recruit new soldiers.

Experience of touching and feeling touched is fundamental to human well-being, of safety and trust. Being in touch with others can be emotional and spiritual, it enables space for movement and transformation: to touch, kiss, play, dance, make love, tune and breath together.Until recently, research into Human Computer Interaction has focussed on the performative potential of technology and physiological aspects of social touch; and less on human experience. However, recent research shows that ethical aspects of vulnerability, inclusiveness, agency, autonomy, responsibility and response ability, and trust are core to human experience of technically mediated social touch. Recent neuroscience research focuses on mirror neuron activity in empathic processes through touch; on synaesthetic mirror-touch perception; and on body ownership perception in visuo-haptic motor data interaction.Media Performance Art has started to explore digital systems for shared experience of sensory, intercorporal connections and emphatic spectatorship with human and non-human others, in various hybrid social and spatial configurations. This thesis expands these emergent and fragmented foci in a new, interdisciplinary Art, HCI, Design and Neuro Science perspective, for distributed, hybrid, XR, online, human-agent and robot interaction. The thesis shows the importance for new performance scripts, for orchestrating ‘Shared Social Touch’: Shared embodied intimate experience of technically mediated social touch, for multiple participants. A first interaction model for orchestrating social touch: ‘Can I Touch You Online?’ (CITYO) is presented to this purpose. This novel interaction model has been tested internationally, in six participatory case-studies, Artistic Social Labs (ASL). These ASLs have made use of innovative A.I. Facial Technologies, Streaming platforms and Multi-Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) in multi actor networks. They have been designed to facilitate a new sense of bodily togetherness between familiar and unfamiliar others, lovers, friends, family, and strangers. The literature, and testing insights, show that performance scripts for Shared Social Touch experience rely on the design of a) Sensory Disruption (of physical touching and being touched, in reciprocal influence, and shared empathic vulnerable interplay) combined with b) Shared Reflection on the experience, through hosted dialogue. The research method has been based on combined Artist Research and Research through Design.The CITYO interaction model support these characteristics and present new perspectives for Art, Design, HCI and Science, and Education, on emotional well-being (including social connection, disconnection, and isolation (e.g. through trauma, dementia, depression); neurodiversity and autism) design of e-learning and presence design; in hybrid, A.I., XR, mixed and merging realities.