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Universal themes
This section lists the universal themes from relationship books, all of the themes in this list appear in all of the books. Using a syntopical reading approach to those secondary sources a list of the themes has been distilled with links to further references.

Universal themes: Love, kindness, bonding, intimacy, communication, attachment, cheerfulness, reflectiveness and parenting.

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Universal themes
This section lists the universal themes from relationship books, all of the themes in this list appear in all of the books. These universal themes are: Love, kindness, bonding, intimacy, communication, attachment, cheerfulness, reflectiveness and parenting.

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Approach taken to distilling the list
Using a syntopical reading approach to those secondary sources a list of the themes has been distilled with links to further references, from the most notable relationship books.

VisitingPhilosopher (talk) 23:28, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Policy adherence notes
As a new editor on Wikipedia, I have tried to show below how this new section (text above) adheres to the Wikipedia policies which I have read. Please let me know if there are any relevant policies which I have missed. Please let me know if more detail is required in any of the policy adherence notes for this new section I am proposing to add. See the table and following sections.

Policies adhered to: WP:HOWTO WP:VER WP:NPOV WP:N WP:NEO WP:SYN WP:ADVERT WP:ESSAY WP:OPINION WP:ORIG

Themes verifiability
Policy adherence notes: relationship books, all of the themes in this list appear in all of the books.

Policy adherence notes: Kindness: In surveys, when people are asked what they most desire from their intimate relationship, kindness appears as a highly prized trait sought for in a partner.

Policy adherence notes: Reflectiveness: Several terms exist for this thinking skill -
 * * "mentalization" - Peter Fonagy
 * * "meta-cognition" - Mary Main
 * * Six Thinking Hats "blue hat" - Edward De Bono
 * * "Reflective practice" - Donald Schön
 * * "Psychologically minded"
 * * "Psychological flexibility" - A.C.T.
 * "The whole idea of thinking about thinking is that we learn about ourselves through being understood by other people. Babies learn about their feelings by having their feelings understood by someone else." ~ David Wallin

Themes howto
Policy adherence notes: This section does not contain howto advice. For "how-to" guides on this subject, see [Wikihow:Maintaining-Relationships].

Themes originality
Policy adherence notes: No original research. References provided.

Any feedback? let me know, thanks. VisitingPhilosopher (talk) 23:00, 23 July 2011 (UTC)