Published in Disability and rehabilitation
To explore sexuality after spinal cord injury (SCI) from the perspectives of individuals with SCI and their romantic partners. A sample of 8 Canadian adults with SCI (6 men, 2 women) and their partners participated in this study (N = 16). Semi-structured dyadic and individual interviews were conducted, discussions surrounding sexuality and intimacy...
Published in Culture, health & sexuality
Little is known about the experiences of sexual health and intimacy among African American women living with HIV, who account for more than 50% of the women living with HIV in the USA. Public discourse surrounding the sexual health of this population often centres on HIV prevention and transmission. Medical advances such as antiretroviral therapy, ...
Published in Psychophysiology
Adaptive emotional responding is crucial for psychological well-being and the quality of social interactions. Resting heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of autonomic nervous system activity, has been suggested to index individual differences in emotion regulation (ER). As non-intimate social interactions require more regulatory efforts than in...
This review provides an overview of the anthropology of love and some of the main bodies of ethnographic work and theoretical debates around studies of love. It surveys specific studies that make the politics of intimacy and love central to their analysis and that seek to make theoretical sense of its meaning and broader significance. This discussi...
Published in Journal of personality
Guided by Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, the present study investigated whether themes of trust, identity, intimacy, and generativity are represented in older adults' most important autobiographical memories. Furthermore, we tested whether these themes are associated with certain life periods and whether having important memories (i....
Ljudje smo vpeti v socialne mreže na eni strani in osebno intimnost na drugi. In čeprav smo družabna bitja, vseeno potrebujemo prostor, ki je samo naš. V njem shranjujemo svoja najdragocenejša veselja in najgloblje žalosti. Intimni prostor. Prostor varnosti, miru in udobja, pa tudi prostor, v katerem lahko predelujemo negativne doživljajske vsebine...
Osebna asistenca je storitev, namenjena osebam, ki za neodvisno življenje potrebujejo pomoč drugega. Zagotavlja jim pomoč pri dnevnih opravilih in v gospodinjstvu, spremstvo, pomoč pri izobraževanju ali na delovnem mestu ter pomoč v komunikaciji. Temelj storitve osebne asistence je, da uporabnik v sodelovanju z osebnim asistentom samostojno upravlj...
La thématique de l’inclusion a renforcé l’idée d’une extension des droits et d’une perspective de banalisation des préoccupations des personnes en situation de handicap et de leurs proches. Le respect de leur intimité et l’acceptation de leur sexualité ne devraient pas être un problème, puisqu’il doit en être ainsi pour tous les citoyens. Mais les ...
Romantični odnosi na delovnem mestu so v organizacijskih okoljih pogost in naraščajoč pojav, ki predstavlja odnos med dvema članoma iste organizacije in vključuje vzajemno spolno privlačnost. V slovenskem okolju ni raziskav, ki bi proučevale prisotnost romantičnih odnosov na delovnem mestu, zato je bil namen magistrskega dela raziskati zaznavanje t...
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...
