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| psychology of men in relationships: The Love Gap Jenna Birch, 2018-01-23 A research-based guide to navigating the newest dating phenomenon--the love gap--and a trailblazing action plan to help smart, confident, career-driven women find (and keep) their match. For a rising generation young women, the sky is the limit. Women can be anything and have everything. They are outpacing their male peers in higher education and earning the corner office at work. Smart, driven, assertive women are succeeding at just about everything they do--except romance. Why are so many men afraid to date smart women? Modern men claim to want smarts, success, and independence in romantic partners. Or so says the data collected by scientists and dating websites. If that's the case, why are so many independent, successful women winning in life, but losing in love? Journalist Jenna Birch has finally named the perplexing reason: the love gap--or that confusing rift between who men say they want to date and who they actually commit to. Backed by extensive data, research, in-depth interviews with experts and real-life relationship stories, The Love Gap is the first book to explore the most talked-about dating trend today. The guide also establishes a new framework for navigating modern relationships, and the tricky new gender dynamics that impact them. Women can, and should, have it all without settling. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Marriage, for Equals Shauna Howarth Springer, 2012-02 Marriage, for Equals: The Successful Joint (Ad)Ventures of Well-Educated Couples pulls back the curtain on a number of dangerously misleading messages promoted in the media and popular press that encourage us to commit to ticking-time-bomb relationships. In addition to revealing the telltale signs of doomed relationships, this book also describes a form of marriage that is highly successful and deeply rewarding to many of the smartest women in this generation. To profile these relationships, Marriage for Equals draws from a poll of more than 1200 women, mostly Harvard graduates and their equally capable friends, who are working to create truly equal partnerships. The end result is a guidebook to a marriage of equals that offers a blunt, bold, and refreshingly truthful approach about what it takes to create and sustain an exceptional partnership. With a combination of research, clinical insight, and plain good sense, author Shauna Springer sorts out the state of romantic love today, bursting more than a few myths in the process. For anyone confused about intimate relationships, this book offers a clear, highly readable, and entertaining road map. -- Dr. Benjamin Karney, Professor of Psychology, UCLA A fresh look at love and marriage, stripping away the fantasies and revealing the realities, this book should be read by every person who is (or hopes to be) in love and/or married. While grounded in research, the concepts are presented in common sense terms and are presented in a way that is both entertaining and enlightening. I wholeheartedly recommend it. -- Peggy Vaughan, Author and Host of DearPeggy.com The best predictor of well-being is a healthy and happy relationship. By drawing on clinical experience and solid research, this wonderful book can help you realize your potential for well-being--and love. --Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, Author of Being Happy Shauna Springer, Ph.D., earned her undergraduate degree in English Literature from Harvard University and her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Florida. She has particular expertise in marital counseling, stressor effects on marriage, trauma recovery, and women's issues. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Why Marriages Succeed or Fail John Gottman, 2012-12-11 Psychologist John Gottman has spent twenty years studying what makes a marriage last. Now you can use his tested methods to evaluate, strengthen, and maintain your own long-term relationship. This breakthrough book guides you through a series of self-tests designed to help you determine what kind of marriage you have, where your strengths and weaknesses are, and what specific actions you can take to help your marriage. You'll also learn that more sex doesn't necessarily improve a marriage, frequent arguing will not lead to divorce, financial problems do not always spell trouble in a relationship, wives who make sour facial expressions when their husbands talk are likely to be separated within four years and there is a reason husbands withdraw from arguments—and there's a way around it. Dr. Gottman teaches you how to recognize attitudes that doom a marriage—contempt, criticism, defensiveness, and stonewalling—and provides practical exercises, quizzes, tips, and techniques that will help you understand and make the most of your relationship. You can avoid patterns that lead to divorce, and—Why Marriages Succeed or Fail will show you how. |
| psychology of men in relationships: The Social Psychology of Female-Male Relations Richard D. Ashmore, Frances K. Del Boca, 2013-10-22 The Social Psychology of Female-Male Relations: A Critical Analysis of Central Concepts covers the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours of individuals in social interaction and explicitly considers women and men in relation to one another - as individuals, as representatives of social categories, and as significant social groups. Chapter One lays out the parameters of the social psychology of female-male relations. Chapter Two contains two major insights: that gender identity is a complex, multifaceted construct and that the structure and degree of differentiation of gender identity develop and change over the life course. Chapters Three and Four present a relatively general cognitive social-psychological framework for two important constructs, sex stereotypes and gender-related attitudes. Chapter Five offers a critique of analyses that explain the behavior of women and men in close, personal relationships in terms of sex differences in the individual dispositions of the participants. Chapter Six presents a strong and straightforward critique of the current usage of the term sex role to describe a global set of behavioral prescriptions that apply to all women and to all men. Chapter Seven presents a comprehensive review of research on gender-related patterns of behavior in task groups that cannot be found elsewhere. The concluding chapter summarizes points made in earlier chapters and offers a set of notes toward a theory of female-male relations. Social scientists (especially, psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists) doing research on women, on men, or on women and men in relationships or in social interaction. |
| psychology of men in relationships: The Psychology of Men in Context Michael Addis, Ethan Hoffman, 2019-09-02 What does it really mean to say that boys will be boys, men are from Mars, or that contemporary men are in crisis? Does modern psychology support or refute these notions? And how is psychological theory and research about boys and men used in society? The Psychology of Men in Context is an essential introduction to the field which challenges readers to examine psychological research on men, masculinity, and gender, and consider its impact on daily life, through everyday speech, popular media, political rhetoric, and more. The authors offer a range of lenses for studying masculinity, including biology, social learning, social constructionism, feminism, and intersectionality. Demonstrating how these frameworks can be used to understand research on pressing topics such as violence, health, and relationships, the book also considers masculinity in its broader philosophical and historical contexts, equipping readers with the tools needed to connect the psychology of men with other areas of social science. Exercises and prompts to help students relate the research to their own lives are included throughout. Designed for students at undergraduate and graduate level, but suitable for anyone curious about understanding the field from a more critical social scientific perspective, The Psychology of Men in Context is a valuable introduction to the history, current scholarship, and social implications of the psychological study of men and masculinity. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Why Men Marry Some Women and Not Others John T. Molloy, 2008-12-14 A groundbreaking book--based on years of the same thorough research that made the Dress For Success books national bestsellers--about how women can statistically improve their chances of getting married. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Liking the Child You Love Jeffrey Bernstein, 2009-06-09 How to recognize and cope with Parent Frustration Syndrome (PFS): negative thoughts and feelings about your children |
| psychology of men in relationships: Men's Experiences of Violence in Intimate Relationships Marianne Inéz Lien, Jørgen Lorentzen, 2019-01-04 This open access book draws on a broad study on violence against men, from both male and female partners in Norway, to contribute to the research on intimate partner violence. It identifies similarities in men's experiences and backgrounds, including in their perceptions of their own victimisation. Marianne Inez Lien and Jørgen Lorentzen argue that the traditional gender power model should be modified and supplemented, and propose that we consider violence in terms of psychological supremacy, rather than in terms of femininity and masculinity. Men's Experiences of Violence in Intimate Relationships will appeal to students and scholars across a range of areas including criminology, sociology and family violence, and gender studies. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus John Gray, 1993-04-23 Popular marriage counselor and seminar leader John Gray provides a unique, practical and proven way for men and women to communicate and relate better by acknowledging the differences between them. Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets. Using this metaphor to illustrate the commonly occurring conflicts between men and women, Gray explains how these differences can come between the sexes and prohibit mutually fulfilling loving relationships. Based on years of successful counseling of couples, he gives advice on how to counteract these differences in communication styles, emotional needs and modes of behavior to promote a greater understanding between individual partners. Gray shows how men and women react differently in conversation and how their relationships are affected by male intimacy cycles (get close, back off), and female self-esteem fluctuations (I'm okay, I'm not okay). He encourages readers to accept the other gender's particular way of expressing love, and helps men and women learn how to fulfill each other's emotional needs. With practical suggestions on how to reduce conflict, crucial information on how to interpret a partner's behavior and methods for preventing emotional trash from the past from invading new relationships, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus is a valuable tool for couples who want to develop deeper and more satisfying relationships with their partners. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Our Fathers, Ourselves Peggy Drexler, 2011-05-10 There's no denying that a woman's relationship with her father is one of the most important in her life. And there's also no getting around how the quality of that relationship—good, bad, or otherwise—profoundly affects daughters in a multitude of ways. In Our Fathers, Ourselves, research psychologist, author and scholar Dr. Peggy Drexler examines the ways in which the father-daughter bond impacts women and offers helpful advice for creating a better, stronger, more rewarding relationship. Through her extensive research and interviews with women, Dr. Drexler paints an intimate, timely portrait of the modern father-daughter relationship. Women today are increasingly looking to their dads for a less-than-traditional bond, but one that still stands the test of time and provides support, respect, and guidance for the lives they lead today. Our Fathers, Ourselves is essential reading for any woman who has ever wondered how she could forge a closer connection with and gain a deeper understanding of her father. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Practical Female Psychology for the Practical Man Joseph W. South, 2008-05-24 Practical Female Psychology for the Practical Man is a unique examination of women and relationships in an era of material equality between the sexes. Despite vast gains in the welfare of women, especially in the modern West, both men and women are finding relationships ranging from dating to marriage increasingly difficult. The author draws upon cutting edge science in evolutionary biology, and neuropsychology, and vast personal experience with women to distill some simple and practical principles men will find useful for creating and maintaining relationships with emotionally and sexually compatible women. |
| psychology of men in relationships: A New Psychology Of Men Ronald Levant, William S. Pollack, 1995-03-23 By synthesizing the latest research, clinical experience, and major theoretical perspectives on men and by figuring in cultural, class, and sexual orientation differences, the authors brilliantly illuminate the many variations of male behavior. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Dr. Seth's Love Prescription Seth Meyers, 2010-11-18 The landscape of love is littered with people injured by love time and time again. And so they hobble from one bad relationship to another. But it doesn't have to be that way. Noted psychologist Seth Meyers, PsyD--aka Dr. Seth--has developed a foolproof four-step cure for Relationship Repetition Syndrome (RRS). With this book, you can avoid making the same mistakes in your love life over and over again. With behavioral exercises and questionnaires designed to reveal the RRS behaviors that sabotage love, you'll learn why your relationships have failed, and how you can love more wisely--and happily--the next time. Armed with Dr. Seth's unique love action plan, you can put the pain of dead-end relationships behind you and find true love that lasts--forever cured of RRS! |
| psychology of men in relationships: The Way of the Superior Man David Deida, 2008-09 Deida explores the most important issues in men's lives--from career and family to women and intimacy to love and spirituality--to offer a practical guidebook for living a masculine life of integrity, authenticity, and freedom. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Untrue Martin Wednesday, 2019-01-25 What do straight, married female revelers at an all-women's sex club in LA have in common with nomadic pastoralists in Namibia who bear children by men not their husbands? Like women worldwide, they crave sexual variety, novelty, and excitement. In ancient Greek tragedies, Netflix series, tabloids and pop songs, we've long portrayed such cheating women as dangerous and damaged. We love to hate women who are untrue. But who are they really? And why, in this age of female empowerment, do we continue to judge them so harshly? In Untrue, Wednesday Martin takes us on a bold, fascinating journey to reveal the unexpected evolutionary legacy and social realities that drive female faithlessness, while laying bare our motivations to contain women who step out. Blending accessible social science and interviews with sex researchers, anthropologists, and real women from all walks of life, Untrue will change the way you think about women and sex forever. |
| psychology of men in relationships: The Psychology of Men and Masculinities Ronald F. Levant, Y. Joel Wong, 2017 This volume synthesizes and evaluates major theories, research, and applications in the psychology of men and masculinities--a thriving, growing field dedicated to the study of how men's lives shape, and are shaped by, sex and gender. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Get the Guy Matthew Hussey, 2013-04-09 Most dating books tell you what NOT to do. Here's a book dedicated to telling you what you CAN do. In his book, Get the Guy, Matthew Hussey—relationship expert, matchmaker, and star of the reality show Ready for Love—reveals the secrets of the male mind and the fundamentals of dating and mating for a proven, revolutionary approach to help women to find lasting love. Matthew Hussey has coached thousands of high-powered CEOs, showing them how to develop confidence and build relationships that translate into professional success. Many of Matthew’s male clients pressed him for advice on how to apply his winning strategies not to just get the job, but how to get the girl. As his reputation grew, Hussey was approached by more and more women, eager to hear what he had learned about the male perspective on love and romance. From landing a first date to establishing emotional intimacy, playful flirtation to red-hot bedroom tips, Matthew’s insightfulness, irreverence, and warmth makes Get the Guy: Learn Secrets of the Male Mind to Find the Man You Want and the Love You Deserve a one-of-a-kind relationship guide and the handbook for every woman who wants to get the guy she’s been waiting for. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Manhood in the Making David D. Gilmore, 1990-01-01 Offers a cross-cultural study of manhood as an achieved status, and looks at two androgynous cultures that are exceptions to the manhood archetype |
| psychology of men in relationships: A Practical Guide to the Psychology of Relationships John Karter, 2012-04-05 Understanding psychological techniques can help you make your relationships happier and more fulfilling. This Practical Guide will help you achieve new and healthier ways of relating by explaining some of the major underlying psychological 'drivers' that permeate relationships and identify and work on these unconscious motivating factors to eliminate 'knee-jerk' reactions. Filled with straightforward, practical advice, case studies and examples, Introducing Psychology of Relationships will help you understand your relationship and make it more loving and mutually supportive, as well as be better equipped for entering into a new relationship. |
| psychology of men in relationships: How to Marry the Man of Your Choice Margaret Kent, 2007-09-03 Before there was The Rules there was the wildly bestselling How to Marry the Man of Your Choice, now revised and updated for a whole new generation of single women. Presented with intelligence and peppered with just the right amount of humor, HOW TO MARRY THE MAN OF YOUR CHOICE offers women a step-by-step program for making—and then landing—the very best choice in a husband. Topics covered include: How to dress to your advantage How to orchestrate your dates to maximize fun and future potential Dealing with previous marriages and children Enhancing and maintaining the right relationship and more! Through its use of success stories, do and don’t lists, and an abundance of insightful advice, HOW TO MARRY THE MAN OF YOUR CHOICE will have every wannabe wife walking down the aisle in no time! |
| psychology of men in relationships: Men in Relationships Victoria Bedford, PhD, Barbara Turner, PhD, 2006-06-27 Print+CourseSmart |
| psychology of men in relationships: Sacred Influence Gary L. Thomas, 2009-05-26 God calls women to influence and move their husbands in positive ways. Applying the concepts from his bestseller, Sacred Marriage, Gary Thomas offers a view through a man’s eyes. Here’s the inside scoop on what men find motivating—with inspiring real-life stories of women who are employing this knowledge to transform their marriages. Sacred Influence doesn’t flinch from difficult marital problems. But by using this faith-focused approach, you’ll see how to help your husband become the man God intends him to be. At the same time, God will shape you to be the woman he designed you to be. God has given godly women a wonderful power to influence and encourage their husbands. What’s the secret? This book will provide challenges, examples, and hope to women who want to love their husbands well and be loved well in return. --Dennis Rainey, President of Family Life |
| psychology of men in relationships: Men are from Earth, Women are from Earth Kenneth Wenning, 1998-10-01 Men Are from Earth, Women Are from Earth is a self-help book for couples in conflict. Its primary goal is to help couples stop fighting and start living together cooperatively—like true partners in life. Toward this end it shows married people how to overcome their self-defeating, relationship-damaging attitudes and behaviors, how to identify and prevent the main cause of emotional disturbance in marriage, and how to win greater cooperation from their mates. It also teaches couples effective communication and problem-solving methods—and ways of finding greater pleasure in married life. Though primarily a self-help book for married individuals, this book is also designed to support any marital therapy effort or any type of individual therapy for a married person who is seeking to improve his or her marriage. It can be used simply as recommended reading for clients who wish to facilitate self-improvement in marriage as well as relational improvement with the spouse, or it can be used as a structured, step-by-step intervention for distressed couples. Either way, both the psychoeducational content of this book and the emotional and interpersonal problem-solving methods it prescribes are likely to help many unhappily married individuals decisively end the marital madness and create more satisfying relationships with their partners. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Why Men Love Bitches Sherry Argov, 2002 Describes why men are attracted to strong women and offers advice on ways a woman can relate to men and gain a man's love and respect. |
| psychology of men in relationships: The Art of Insubordination Todd B. Kashdan, 2022-02-15 A highly practical and researched-based toolbox for anyone who wants to create a world with more justice, creativity, and courage. For too long, the term insubordination has evoked negative feelings and mental images. But for ideas to evolve and societies to progress, it’s vital to cultivate rebels who are committed to challenging conventional wisdom and improving on it. Change never comes easily. And most would-be rebels lack the skills to overcome hostile audiences who cling desperately to the way things are. Based on cutting-edge research, The Art of Insubordination is the essential guide for anyone seeking to be heard, make change, and rebel against an unhealthy status quo. Learn how to Resist the allure of complacency Discover the value of being around people who stop conforming and start deviating. Produce messages that influence the majority-- when in the minority. Build mighty alliances Manage the discomfort when trying to rebel Champion ideas that run counter to traditional thinking Unlock the benefits of being in a group of diverse people holding divergent views Cultivate curiosity, courage, and independent, critical thinking in youth Filled with engaging stories about dissenters in the trenches as well as science that will transform your thinking. The Art of Insubordination is for anyone who seeks more justice, courage, and creativity in the world. |
| psychology of men in relationships: You Just Don't Understand Deborah Tannen, 2013-04-23 From the author of New York Times bestseller You're Wearing That? this bestselling classic work draws upon groundbreaking research by an acclaimed sociolinguist to show that women and men live in different worlds, made of different words. Women and men live in different worlds...made of different words. Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural and intellectual phenomenon. This is the book that brought gender differences in ways of speaking to the forefront of public awareness. With a rare combination of scientific insight and delightful, humorous writing, Tannen shows why women and men can walk away from the same conversation with completely different impressions of what was said. Studded with lively and entertaining examples of real conversations, this book gives you the tools to understand what went wrong -- and to find a common language in which to strengthen relationships at work and at home. A classic in the field of interpersonal relations, this book will change forever the way you approach conversations. |
| psychology of men in relationships: The Five Love Languages Gary Chapman, 2009-12-17 Marriage should be based on love, right? But does it seem as though you and your spouse are speaking two different languages? #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Gary Chapman guides couples in identifying, understanding, and speaking their spouse's primary love language-quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch. By learning the five love languages, you and your spouse will discover your unique love languages and learn practical steps in truly loving each other. Chapters are categorized by love language for easy reference, and each one ends with simple steps to express a specific language to your spouse and guide your marriage in the right direction. A newly designed love languages assessment will help you understand and strengthen your relationship. You can build a lasting, loving marriage together. Gary Chapman hosts a nationally syndicated daily radio program called A Love Language Minute that can be heard on more than 150 radio stations as well as the weekly syndicated program Building Relationships with Gary Chapman, which can both be heard on fivelovelanguages.com. The Five Love Languages is a consistent New York Times bestseller - with over 5 million copies sold and translated into 38 languages. This book is a sales phenomenon, with each year outselling the prior for 16 years running! |
| psychology of men in relationships: How to Fall in Love with Anyone Mandy Len Catron, 2017-06-27 “A beautifully written and well-researched cultural criticism as well as an honest memoir” (Los Angeles Review of Books) from the author of the popular New York Times essay, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” explores the romantic myths we create and explains how they limit our ability to achieve and sustain intimacy. What really makes love last? Does love ever work the way we say it does in movies and books and Facebook posts? Or does obsessing over those love stories hurt our real-life relationships? When her parents divorced after a twenty-eight year marriage and her own ten-year relationship ended, those were the questions that Mandy Len Catron wanted to answer. In a series of candid, vulnerable, and wise essays that takes a closer look at what it means to love someone, be loved, and how we present our love to the world, “Catron melds science and emotion beautifully into a thoughtful and thought-provoking meditation” (Bookpage). She delves back to 1944, when her grandparents met in a coal mining town in Appalachia, to her own dating life as a professor in Vancouver. She uses biologists’ research into dopamine triggers to ask whether the need to love is an innate human drive. She uses literary theory to show why we prefer certain kinds of love stories. She urges us to question the unwritten scripts we follow in relationships and looks into where those scripts come from. And she tells the story of how she decided to test an experiment that she’d read about—where the goal was to create intimacy between strangers using a list of thirty-six questions—and ended up in the surreal situation of having millions of people following her brand-new relationship. “Perfect fodder for the romantic and the cynic in all of us” (Booklist), How to Fall in Love with Anyone flips the script on love. “Clear-eyed and full of heart, it is mandatory reading for anyone coping with—or curious about—the challenges of contemporary courtship” (The Toronto Star). |
| psychology of men in relationships: The Social Psychology of Gay Men Rusi Jaspal, 2019-08-14 This book focuses on the social psychological aspects of gay men’s lives and provides a cutting-edge examination of topics including sexual orientation, sexual behavior, identity, relationships, prejudice, and health. The Social Psychology of Gay Men forces us to re-think existing theory and research, much of which has taken heterosexuality for granted. With identity process theory at its heart, this book advocates a social psychology of gay men which incorporates three levels of analysis – the psychological, interpersonal and societal. The book promises not only a deeper understanding of gay men’s lives but also pathways for enhancing wellbeing, intergroup relations and equality in this key population. This illuminating and thought-provoking text is an invaluable resource not only for psychologists, but for students, scholars and practitioners working in the area of gay men’s life. |
| psychology of men in relationships: I Don't Want to Talk About It Terrence Real, 1999-03-11 A bestseller for over 20 years, I Don’t Want to Talk About It is a groundbreaking and hopeful guide to understanding and destigmatizing male depression, essential not only for men who may be suffering but for the people who love them. Twenty years of experience treating men and their families has convinced psychotherapist Terrence Real that depression is a silent epidemic in men—that men hide their condition from family, friends, and themselves to avoid the stigma of depression’s “un-manliness.” Problems that we think of as typically male—difficulty with intimacy, workaholism, alcoholism, abusive behavior, and rage—are really attempts to escape depression. And these escape attempts only hurt the people men love and pass their condition on to their children. This groundbreaking book is the “pathway out of darkness” that these men and their families seek. Real reveals how men can unearth their pain, heal themselves, restore relationships, and break the legacy of abuse. He mixes penetrating analysis with compelling tales of his patients and even his own experiences with depression as the son of a violent, depressed father and the father of two young sons. |
| psychology of men in relationships: We Robert A. Johnson, 2013-03-05 Provides an illuminating explanation of the origins and meaning of romantic love and shows how a proper understanding of its psychological dynamics can revitalize our most important relationships. |
| psychology of men in relationships: The Psychology of Romantic Love Robert A. Johnson, 1988-11 By retelling the myth of Tristan and Iseult, the author provides an illuminating exploration of the origins and meaning of romantic love. From Romeo and Juliet to the latest romantic novel he offers both women and men insights into their inner selves and the forces at work when we are caught up in the experience of romantic love. |
| psychology of men in relationships: The Science of Relationships Gary W. Lewandowski, 2011 |
| psychology of men in relationships: Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love Barbara Pease, Allan Pease, 2010-01-12 Allan and Barbara Pease, the international bestselling authors of Why Men Don’t Listen & Women Can’t Read Maps, deliver their most exciting book yet. Will men and women ever see eye-to-eye about love and sex? How will relationships ever be rewarding if men only want to rush into bed and women want to rush to the altar? In this practical, witty and down-to-earth guide, couples experts Allan and Barbara Pease reveal the truth about how men and women can really get along. By translating science and cutting edge research into a powerful yet highly entertaining read, you’ll learn how to find true happiness and compatibility with the opposite sex. REVEALED IN THIS BOOK: * The seven types of love * The top five things women want from men * What to do when the chemistry is wrong * What turns men and women on – and off! * The most common “New Relationship” mistakes and how to avoid them * How to decode “manspeak” If you want to get the most satisfaction from your relationship, or are single and looking for the right person, then you must read this book for the answer to Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love. |
| psychology of men in relationships: How We Love, Expanded Edition Milan Yerkovich, Kay Yerkovich, 2009-01-20 Did you know the last fight you had with your spouse began long before you even met? Are you tired of falling into frustrating relational patterns in your marriage? Do you and your spouse fight about the same things again and again? Relationship experts Milan and Kay Yerkovich explain why the ways you and your spouse relate to each other go back to before you even met. Drawing on the powerful tool of attachment theory, Milan and Kay explore how your childhood created an “intimacy imprint” that affects your marriage today. Their stories and practical ideas help you: * identify your personal love style * understand how your early life impacts you and your spouse * break free from painful patterns that keep you stuck * find healing for the source of conflict, not just the symptoms * create the close, nourishing relationship you dream about Revised throughout with all-new material and additional visual diagrams, this expanded edition of How We Love will bring vibrant life to your marriage. Are you ready for a new journey of love? Note: The revised and expanded How We Love Workbook is available separately. |
| psychology of men in relationships: The Highly Sensitive Person in Love Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D., 2009-11-04 Do you fall in love hard, but fear intimacy? Are you sick of being told that you are “too sensitive”? Do you struggle to respect a less-sensitive partner? Or have you given up on love, afraid of being too sensitive or shy to endure its wounds? Statistics show that 50 percent of what determines divorce is genetic temperament. And, if you are one of the 20 percent of people who are born highly sensitive, the risk of an unhappy relationship is especially high. Your finely tuned nervous system, which picks up on subtleties and reflects deeply, would be a romantic asset if both you and your partner understood you better. But without that understanding, your sensitivity is likely to be making your close relationships painful and complicated. Based on Elaine N. Aron’s groundbreaking research on temperament and intimacy, The Highly Sensitive Person in Love offers practical help for highly sensitive people seeking happier, healthier romantic relationships. From low-stress fighting to sensitive sexuality, the book offers a wealth of practical advice on making the most of all personality combinations. Complete with illuminating self-tests and the results of the first survey ever done on sex and temperament, The Highly Sensitive Person in Love will help you discover a better way of living and loving. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Dangerous Personalities Joe Navarro, Toni Sciarra Poynter, 2018-01-16 What makes a narcissist go from self-involved to terrifying? In this national bestseller, Joe Navarro, a leading FBI profiler, unlocks the secrets to the personality disorders that put us all at risk. “I should have known.” “How could we have missed the warning signs?” ”I always thought there was something off about him.” When we wake up to new tragedies in the news every day—shootings, rampages, acts of domestic terrorism—we often blame ourselves for missing the mania lurking inside unsuspecting individuals. But how could we have known that the charismatic leader had the characteristics of a tyrant? And how can ordinary people identify threats from those who are poised to devastate their lives on a daily basis—the crazy coworkers, out-of-control family members, or relentless neighbors? In Dangerous Personalities, former FBI profiler Joe Navarro has the answers. He shows us how to identify the four most common dangerous personalities—the Narcissist, the Predator, the Paranoid, and the Unstable Personality— and how to analyze the potential threat level. Along the way, he provides essential tips and tricks to protect ourselves both immediately and in the long-term, as well as how to heal the trauma of being exposed to the destructive egos in our world. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Have the Relationship You Want Rori Gwynne, 2006-11 A step-by-step guide for women to tranforming your love life practically overnight. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Beyond Mars and Venus John Gray, 2017-01-24 The author of the most well-known and trusted relationship book of all time returns with an updated guide for today's generation. Two decades ago, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus revolutionized the way we thought about love and partnership. John Gray's work has helped countless readers improve and even save their relationships. But as society evolves, relationships do, too. It's time to move beyond Mars and Venus, toward a new relationship model for modern couples. Today, men and women are no longer trapped by rigid societal roles. Now more than ever, we have the freedom to be our authentic selves. Women can access their masculine side, and men can embrace their feminine side. This new freedom is a good thing, but it also brings new challenges. Men and women still need the right tools and skills to help build stronger relation- ships. While previous generations sought role mate relationships, based on the more rigid gender roles of the time, today's couples need a new kind of relationship: a soul mate relationship. These more emotionally satisfying relationships require a deeper understanding of our partners' individual needs. In Beyond Mars and Venus, Gray teaches you how to strengthen your bond and grow in love together, so you and your loved one can meet each other's needs in the best way possible, bringing you lasting happiness and a fulfilling partnership. |
| psychology of men in relationships: Attached Amir Levine, Rachel Heller, 2010-12-30 “Over a decade after its publication, one book on dating has people firmly in its grip.” —The New York Times We already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller scientifically explain why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle. Discover how an understanding of adult attachment—the most advanced relationship science in existence today—can help us find and sustain love. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment posits that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways: • Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back. • Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness. • Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving. Attached guides readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate (or potential mate) follow, offering a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people they love. |
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Psychology of Men & Masculinity - Self-Compassion
The current study furthers this emerging area of inquiry by addressing the relationships among conformity to masculine norms, trait shame, self-esteem, and self-compassion for 145 …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities - American Psychological …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities, brings together itsfindings, corrects some misunderstandings, and suggests useful directions for the future. Keywords: hegemonic …
APA Handbook of Men and Masculinities - APA PsycNet
Within the psychology of men and masculinities, Dr. Wong is broadly interested in basic theoretical conceptualizations of masculinities, how these con- ceptualizations can be …
Psychology of Men & Masculinity - campusclimate.gsu.edu
intimate relationships is the ultimate demonstration of dominance and control and most closely embodies hegemonic masculinity. In contrast, the reviewed theory posits that men who do not …
Psychology of Men & Masculinity - The University of Liverpool
Adolescent Masculinity Ideology in Relationships Scale. The Adolescent Masculinity Ideology in Relationships Scale (AMIRS; Chu et al., 2005) is a second-generation measure that maps the …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities - Partners in Care
Studies that have utilized this self-report measure have demonstrated that men and women are equally as likely to be aggressive in the context of intimate relationships (Archer, 2000; Bates …
The Psychology of Men and Masculinities
The psychology of men and masculinities is a dynamic young field that has come a long way in a relatively short time. It benefitted from the foun-dation laid by the psychology of women in …
Psychology of Men & Masculinity - ResearchGate
Gender role socialization offers an explanation for men’s reluc-tance to seek couple therapy. According to this line of thought, “men and women learn gendered attitudes and behaviors from
Psychology of Men & Masculinities - American Psychological …
Public Significance Statement. Depression and anxiety are prevalent mental health disorders among children and parents. The current meta-analysis examines if depression and anxiety in …
Psychology of Men and Masculinities: The Journal of Big Ideas
In this editorial, the editor of the Psychology of Men and Masculinities articulates his vision for the journal as the main forum for disseminating big ideas on the field. Keywords: men, …
The New Psychology of Men - ResearchGate
A new psychology of men might help men find so- lutions to the masculinity crisis and the crisis of connection that enhance rather than inflame gender relations; also, it might pro-
The Effect of Social Relationships on Psychological Well-Being: …
We assess evidence for gender differences across a range of relationships and consider whether the form and quality of these relationships affect the psy- chological functioning of men and …
Men Seek Social Standing, Women Seek Companionship: Sex
Do men base their self-worth on relationships less than do women? In an assessment of lay beliefs, men and women alike indicated that men are less reliant on relationships as a source …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities - ResearchGate
redefined to accommodate newer attitudes and beliefs among men surrounding masculinity, friendship, and sexuality. Keywords: gay men, heterosexual men, cross-orientation …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities - American Psychological …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities. “I Don’t Know What the Hell You’d Call It”: A Qualitative Thematic Synthesis of Men’s Experiences With Sexual Violence in Adulthood as …
How Men and Women Expect to Feel and Behave in Response …
Social Psychology Quarterly 1992, Vol. 55, No. 1, 57-69 How Men and Women Expect to Feel and Behave in Response to Inequity in Close Relationships* SUSAN SPRECHER Illinois State …
Power in romantic relationships: How positional and experienced …
men’s and women’s power and their own and their partners’ perceived relationship quality (RQ) by analyzing the dyadic effects of four different power characteristics on a multitude of RQ …
The Close Relationships of Lesbians and Gay Men
The lesbians and gay men who participate in psychological research tend to be advocates of power equality in their rela-tionships. In an early study, 92% of gay men and 97% of lesbians …
'We Are Okay to Be Ourselves'': Understanding Gay Men's …
men are navigating masculinity, emotional intimacy, and the pro-tentional for attraction within their same-gender friendships. This study will extend the literature on men’s friendships by …
The psychology of men and masculinities - XY online
This traditional psychology of men was, at its core, an interpretation of the variations among males in trait masculinity femininity. One direct legacy of this older psychology of men is that our …
Psychology of Men & Masculinity - Self-Compassion
The current study furthers this emerging area of inquiry by addressing the relationships among conformity to masculine norms, trait shame, self-esteem, and self-compassion for 145 …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities - American Psychological Association …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities, brings together itsfindings, corrects some misunderstandings, and suggests useful directions for the future. Keywords: hegemonic masculinity, psychology, …
APA Handbook of Men and Masculinities - APA PsycNet
Within the psychology of men and masculinities, Dr. Wong is broadly interested in basic theoretical conceptualizations of masculinities, how these con- ceptualizations can be operationalized and …
Psychology of Men & Masculinity - campusclimate.gsu.edu
intimate relationships is the ultimate demonstration of dominance and control and most closely embodies hegemonic masculinity. In contrast, the reviewed theory posits that men who do not …
Psychology of Men & Masculinity - The University of Liverpool
Adolescent Masculinity Ideology in Relationships Scale. The Adolescent Masculinity Ideology in Relationships Scale (AMIRS; Chu et al., 2005) is a second-generation measure that maps the …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities - Partners in Care
Studies that have utilized this self-report measure have demonstrated that men and women are equally as likely to be aggressive in the context of intimate relationships (Archer, 2000; Bates & …
The Psychology of Men and Masculinities
The psychology of men and masculinities is a dynamic young field that has come a long way in a relatively short time. It benefitted from the foun-dation laid by the psychology of women in …
Psychology of Men & Masculinity - ResearchGate
Gender role socialization offers an explanation for men’s reluc-tance to seek couple therapy. According to this line of thought, “men and women learn gendered attitudes and behaviors from
Psychology of Men & Masculinities - American Psychological Association …
Public Significance Statement. Depression and anxiety are prevalent mental health disorders among children and parents. The current meta-analysis examines if depression and anxiety in fathers …
Psychology of Men and Masculinities: The Journal of Big Ideas
In this editorial, the editor of the Psychology of Men and Masculinities articulates his vision for the journal as the main forum for disseminating big ideas on the field. Keywords: men, masculinities, …
The New Psychology of Men - ResearchGate
A new psychology of men might help men find so- lutions to the masculinity crisis and the crisis of connection that enhance rather than inflame gender relations; also, it might pro-
The Effect of Social Relationships on Psychological Well-Being: Are Men …
We assess evidence for gender differences across a range of relationships and consider whether the form and quality of these relationships affect the psy- chological functioning of men and …
Men Seek Social Standing, Women Seek Companionship: Sex
Do men base their self-worth on relationships less than do women? In an assessment of lay beliefs, men and women alike indicated that men are less reliant on relationships as a source of self …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities - ResearchGate
redefined to accommodate newer attitudes and beliefs among men surrounding masculinity, friendship, and sexuality. Keywords: gay men, heterosexual men, cross-orientation friendships, …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities - American Psychological Association …
Psychology of Men & Masculinities. “I Don’t Know What the Hell You’d Call It”: A Qualitative Thematic Synthesis of Men’s Experiences With Sexual Violence in Adulthood as Contextualized …
How Men and Women Expect to Feel and Behave in Response to
Social Psychology Quarterly 1992, Vol. 55, No. 1, 57-69 How Men and Women Expect to Feel and Behave in Response to Inequity in Close Relationships* SUSAN SPRECHER Illinois State …
Power in romantic relationships: How positional and experienced …
men’s and women’s power and their own and their partners’ perceived relationship quality (RQ) by analyzing the dyadic effects of four different power characteristics on a multitude of RQ …
The Close Relationships of Lesbians and Gay Men
The lesbians and gay men who participate in psychological research tend to be advocates of power equality in their rela-tionships. In an early study, 92% of gay men and 97% of lesbians defined the …
'We Are Okay to Be Ourselves'': Understanding Gay Men's …
men are navigating masculinity, emotional intimacy, and the pro-tentional for attraction within their same-gender friendships. This study will extend the literature on men’s friendships by examining …
