Talk:Emotional intimacy

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Comments
How does this definition draw a distinction from, say, "emotional gossip"? Mikkalai 07:37, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Gossip is communication about third parties. Intimacy is communication about each other. If this definition doesn't make that distinction clear, it needs to be changed. You might as well do it 'cos I'm off to bed -- it's sleepy time for me. -- Derek Ross 07:41, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Additions to page...
I hope you find my addition to the page acceptable. I am currently researching this topic and would be happy to continue to develop this stub. This is the first wikipedia.org stub I have expanded so please feel free to send feedback, suggestions, or just curious ideas. martin.lopatka@gmail.com

Minor nit
"It is necessary for human beings to have this form of intimacy on a regular basis..."

Necessary? I wouldn't say so, it's perfectly possible to go through life without being emotionally intimate with anybody. Bob the Pirate 19:27, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

I have a major problem with that final sentence, and it is the sole reason I put up the neutrality template. -Crimson Phantom Iam asking about anger in the closeness of people (or rough act of intimacy in the -or-woman)   -J.Dunbar  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.42.16.153 (talk) 01:17, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Additions to the Sociology Part
I would like to add several things even if they are here only under the form of ideas: - The interdependence between all the individual contain our freedom. But, according to Hegel, the individual choose with who he is going to have an intimacy, and thus he can have more freedom and choose to be "ourselves". This intimacy, with the Love for example, create a stronger self-confidence which is developed by a process of socialization. - The freedom is even more important because it does not subject of the public property or of the private secrecy. - It is a social phenomenon so, it is influenced by the society but it also has an influence on the society. There is an evolution of the norms with the evolution of the intimacy. Allerlesverts (talk) 05:56, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Outline

- Be more emotionally invested in a relationship than the partner can be considered as a lost of power. But Emotional Intimacy also enhance the physical and physiologic well-being ( Ornish 98.

- Berger and Keller : Conversation = crucial role in the building of intimacy and long distant can paradoxically facilitate it.

- The emotional intimacy is difficult to create cause of social barriers, norms. For example, an emotional intimacy between men is harsh to create because of the role of the man in the society, the competition pressure, the fear of the vulnerability, the homophobe. Olstad (1975), and Powers & Bultena (1976) shows that with the best friend relationship. Men have a lot of best friends of the same sex but a big majority discuss of the important topics and decisions with their female friends.Allerlesverts (talk) 04:23, 8 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Sources

- Alan M. Dahms, Emotional Intimacy: Overlooked Requirement for survival, (Fort Collins, Colo: Shield Publishers, 1972) to give a reference to the definition of the emotional intimacy in the introductory paragraph.

- Simon J. Williams, Emotion and Social Theory: Corporeal Reflections on the (Ir)Rational, (Sage Publication, 2001)

- Harry Blatterer, Everyday Friendships: Intimacy as Freedom in a Complex World, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)

- Dean C. Dauw, Tom & Joan Watts, The Stranger in Your Bed: A Guide To Emotional Intimacy, (Nelson-Hall, Chicago 1984)

- Robert A. Louis, Journal of social issues, Emotional Intimacy among men, 1978

- Sinclair, Development and validation of the Emotional Intimacy Scale, ISSN : 1061-3749, Vol 13.

- Mcallister, Shelece, Thornock, Carly, Hammond, Jeffrey, Holmes, Errin, Hill: The influence of Couple Emotional Intimacy on Job Perceptions and Work-Family conflicts, Family and consumer Sciences Research Journal June 2012, Vol 40.

- Jurkane-Hobein, Iveta; Imagining the Absent Partner: Intimacy and Imagination in Long-distance relationships, Journal: Innovative Issues and appraoches in social sciences, vol 8.Allerlesverts (talk) 04:23, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Allerlesverts (talk) 21:18, 24 February 2016 (UTC) - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allerlesverts (talk • contribs) 04:34, 24 February 2016 (UTC)


 * This is a great start, Alexis, but I encourage you to look up academic articles from peer-reviewed journals. These can often be better starts than turning to books directly since books can be quite cumbersome to get through.  But this is a good start.  I wish you the best as you go to the library to conduct your research.  Please make sure to sign all your posts.  Alfgarciamora (talk) 14:26, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Update, March 31, 2016
Well done, Alexis. You've added a substantial amount of content. One thing is that you don't need to write sentences such as "Berger and Kellner consider the conversation as a key point in every emotional intimacy relationship." You can, instead, just write sentences such as "The foundation of emotional intimacy begins with the conversation," or "The conversation is a key point in establishing emotional intimacy." Do you see the difference? You will still have the citation, so people will be able to go check out the Berger and Kellner piece, so you don't need that. They just need to read the facts in a neutral manner.

Moving forward to your final draft, I encourage you to do a few things. In addition to continuing your research, you should break up your second and third paragraphs because they are far too big. Make sure that each paragraph focuses on just one topic in particular. It is overwhelming for people going onto Wikipedia to see such a huge paragraph chunk. Second, I'd like for you to edit the grammar of your page. You have, for instance, sentences such as: "Olstad (1975), and Powers & Bultena (1976) show that with the best friend relationship." That is not a complete sentence (and, indeed, it does not follow the style that I mentioned above.

Third, I would like for you to expand your article by discussing what the "Emotional Intimacy Scale" is from the Sinclair citation. And finally, consider placing a photograph in the piece.

Overall, you've done an exceptional job here and you have received an A for your first draft. Well done. Alfgarciamora (talk) 17:12, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Inappropriate relationship advice in 'Description'
In the third paragraph of the Description section, the excerpt 'There are great moments and also tough moments that come with any relationship .... also keeps stable emotional intimacy.' seems to be giving relationship advice, which I suspect may be violating Wikipedia's explicit purpose of neutrally describing info from secondary sources. Therefore I suggest the excerpt must be deleted. Is this acceptable? Factthinker (talk) 15:04, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

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