Expectations in Romantic Relationships: Associations with Cultural Background and Perceived Quality of Relationship

Bedell, Belinda Anne (1999) Expectations in Romantic Relationships: Associations with Cultural Background and Perceived Quality of Relationship. Masters thesis, University of South Africa.

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Abstract

Have you ever been in the situation where you do something quite innocuous (you think) only to have your partner jump all over you with hobnailed boots, give you a stony glare, look at you as if you just arrived from a different planet, or disappear in a huff ? You're left feeling confused, asking yourself what just happened. Sound familiar? If you are an adult, and you have been (or are currently) in a romantic relationship - that is, an intimate, non-platonic, heterosexual relationship - you will almost undoubtedly have had this experience. If you experience this situation only occasionally, it may be no cause for concern, but over a period of time, repeated miscommunications may spell doom for any romantic relationship. Sadly, we all know the heartache involved when our relationships do not Work out as we hoped. Relationship counsellors see the people who suffer from broken relationships every day, and attempt to help these people pick up the pieces and move on with their lives, by making sense of what went wrong. How odd that something as small as not washing the dirty dishes, or leaving your socks on the floor when you take them off, can cause a rift in a relationship. Not because these actions are inherently negative, but because they are interpreted negatively within a particular framework of understanding; a framework with which one might be completely unfamiliar

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Martin Lucas Mkoba
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2017 10:37
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2017 12:07
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/1016

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