Long‐Distance Romantic Couples: An Attachment Theoretical Perspective

Pistole, M. Carole

doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2009.00169.x

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“…The finding that attachment avoidance increased the negative effect of time in the pandemic only among noncohabitating individuals is consistent with a previous study in which both insecure attachment styles had a stronger negative effect for individuals in long-distance relationships than for cohabitating individuals (Lee & Pistole, 2012). The authors attribute this to the chronic separationreunion circle of long-distance couples, which reinforces attachment concerns (Pistole, 2010). Anxiously attached individuals might thus suffer from the partner's lack of availability even more than cohabitants, even if caused by distance.…”

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A prospective study of relationship and sexual satisfaction during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic: The role of dispositional vulnerabilities and external stressors

Vigl

Talamini

Strauß

et al. 2022

Journal of Personality

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ObjectiveThe COVID‐19 pandemic had a strong impact on many aspects of life, particularly social relationships. Although there is some evidence regarding short‐term effects of the pandemic on cohabitating couples or individuals, it is unclear to what extent these effects persist over time and whether they also apply to noncohabitating individuals. The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in relationship and sexual satisfaction among both cohabitating and noncohabitating individuals during the first year of the pandemic and to examine the extent to which these changes could be accounted for by personal vulnerabilities, pandemic‐related stressors, and their interaction.MethodWe assessed relationship and sexual satisfaction longitudinally with a cross‐national sample (N = 2859) that included five prospective measurement time points and analyzed the data with multilevel models.ResultsWe observed a decrease in relationship satisfaction over the course of the study, especially among noncohabitants. Sexual satisfaction, in turn, conformed to a quadratic trend among noncohabitants while changing only minimally in cohabitating individuals. Of the individual vulnerabilities examined, attachment avoidance was the greatest risk factor for both relationship and sexual satisfaction. Among pandemic‐related stressors, mobility restrictions had a negative impact into the relationship and sexual satisfaction of noncohabitating individuals.ConclusionsAlthough the pandemic generally showed negative effects on close relationships, these effects varied depending on the type of couple (cohabitants or noncohabitants), the component of relationship satisfaction (relationship satisfaction or sexual satisfaction), the time interval (curfew period or not), and also individual dispositions (especially attachment avoidance).

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Section: Predictors Of Relationship and Sexual Satisfaction In Noncoh...supporting

confidence: 90%

A prospective study of relationship and sexual satisfaction during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic: The role of dispositional vulnerabilities and external stressors

Vigl

Talamini

Strauß

et al. 2022

Journal of Personality

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“…Long-distance relationship. A long-distance relationship is a particular situation between couples referring partners who live and work in different geographical locations for career or education and reunite for face-to-face interaction by periodically travelling [11]. According to attachment theory, approaches and behaviours become restricted to be available, sensitive, and supportive in regard to the partner's needs in the long-distance situation.…”

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“…-𝐶7 𝐹 VR Environments Favorability. Figure 2 depicts five natural environments (1, 2, 5, 7, 8) receiving relatively better evaluation than the non-natural elements environments (9,10,11). Three natural environments (3,4,6) received relatively lower favourability.…”

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“…More than half of the participants described that the colourful universe (9) made them feel weird, empty around and sometimes a little bit blurry eyes and dizzy when viewing the dynamic colourful aperture. The only two indoor scenes, namely Mystery temple (10) and Japanese wamuro (11), received the same feedback, such as depression, gray, monotonous, not open and not bright enough. In addition, the decorations, the sculpture and the reliefs on the wall contributed to the mystery and tension.…”

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Designing Loving-Kindness Meditation in Virtual Reality for Long-Distance Romantic Relationships

Wang,

Mo,

Lee

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 31st ACM International Conference on Multimedia

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Loving-kindness meditation (LKM) is used in clinical psychology for couples' relationship therapy, but physical isolation can make the relationship more strained and inaccessible to LKM. Virtual reality (VR) can provide immersive LKM activities for long-distance couples. However, no suitable commercial VR applications for couples exist to engage in LKM activities of long-distance. This paper organized a series of workshops with couples to build a prototype of a couple-preferred LKM app. Through analysis of participants' design works and semi-structured interviews, we derived design considerations for such VR apps and created a prototype for couples to experience. We conducted a study with couples to understand their experiences of performing LKM using the VR prototype and a traditional video conferencing tool. Results show that LKM session utilizing both tools has a positive effect on the intimate relationship and the VR prototype is a more preferable tool for long-term use. We believe our experience can inform future researchers.

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“…Long-distance marriage describes the physical condition of the separated husband and wife because one of them has to go to another location for specific purposes, such as work. At the same time, other couples stay at home (Carole Pistole, 2010).…”

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Phenomenological Study: Marriage Satisfaction on Wife Who Has Long-Distance Marriage

Ramadhani

Nuraeni

2021

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This study was conducted to describe marital satisfaction in wives who run distant marriages. This research focuses on the marital satisfaction of the wife who undergoes a foreign marriage because her husband works outside Java. This research is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach, data collection using in-depth interview techniques on the main subject. The credibility of data using research extension and data triangulation. Participants have two wives with the criteria that a wife and husband work outside Java. The results of research conducted on 2 participants show that despite undergoing long-distance marriages, participants N and S can communicate well via telephone or chat and are open to each other in communication with their partners. Participants take advantage of their free time with quality time with their partners. Participant S is not satisfied with applying religious values, while Participant N is satisfied with their partner's religious values. Participant N and Participant S resolve conflicts by being creative and finding solutions together. Participants are open to each other in financial matters. Long-distance marriages support participants to fulfill their sexual needs by calling or video calling, showing affection for each other, and being open about sexual issues. Participants have a reasonably good relationship with family and friends due to frequent visits. Parenting is still carried out together by the participants both near and far. Participants can accept and respect each other's personality differences. Participants can receive the roles that must be carried out, such as being child protectors and independent when their husbands have to be away.

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Long‐Distance Romantic Couples: An Attachment Theoretical Perspective

Cited by 23 publications

References 34 publications

A prospective study of relationship and sexual satisfaction during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic: The role of dispositional vulnerabilities and external stressors

A prospective study of relationship and sexual satisfaction during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic: The role of dispositional vulnerabilities and external stressors

Designing Loving-Kindness Meditation in Virtual Reality for Long-Distance Romantic Relationships

Phenomenological Study: Marriage Satisfaction on Wife Who Has Long-Distance Marriage

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