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Parental interference and romantic love: The Romeo and Juliet effect
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October 1972

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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Richard Driscoll

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Milton E. Lipetz

Administered questionnaires to 140 couples to test the hypotheses that (a) feelings of love become more highly correlated with trust and acceptance as relationships develop through time and (b) parental interference in a love relationship intensifies the feelings of romantic love between members of the couple. The 1st hypothesis was derived from the authors' conceptualization of love and distinctions between romantic and "conjugal" love. Affirmation of this hypothesis was found, supporting a methodology for operationalizing romantic love. The 2nd hypothesis was derived from classical literature and small group dynamics, and was explained in terms of the motivating effect of frustration and reactance. This hypothesis was also supported, using both cross-sectional and longitudinal change score correlations. Possible relationship dynamics associated with parental interference and trust are discussed. Findings are applied to cross-cultural variations in the occurrence of romantic love. (15 ref.)

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Living Together: An Alternative to Marriage

May 1972

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Journal of Marriage and Family

The major focus of this paper was on the implications of recent changes in social-sexual practices on marriage rates. Questionnaire data on interpersonal feelings and social background variables were obtained from 31 going-together couples and 18 living-together couples, all of whom were, of course, unmarried. It was found that the going-together couples held traditional orientations toward each other with commitment to marriage forming a strong part of this orientation. The living-together couples appeared to come to their arrangement with varied expectations. The living-together women appeared to desire security in marriage, whereas the men indicated that the arrangement was more likely to be an alternative to marriage. Of further interest was the finding that going-together couples evidenced greater reciprocity of other important feelings than that found for living-together couples. The effects on marriage rates for living-together couples were seen to depend upon which of the partner's positions prevailed.

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... Two other studies examined the effect of cohabitation on relationship quality. The first study was conducted as early as 1972 and found that cohabiting men had lower commitment scores than men in noncohabiting relationships [14]. However, cohabiting men were more satisfied with their sex life and cohabiting couples did not differ from non-cohabiting couples with regards to relationship happiness [14]. ...

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Through thick and thin?: The connection between sleep, boundary thickness, and relationship quality
Living Together: An Alternative to Marriage
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  • May 1972

Journal of Marriage and Family

... Reactance Theory (Brehm, 1966(Brehm, , 1972 suggests that if people experience a reduction or elimination of their freedom (which is defined as the perceived ability to engage in a chosen behavior at any moment), they will be motivated to restore their freedom. A classic example of reactance is the Romeo and Juliet effect (Driscoll et al., 1972). When parents oppose a child's relationship, their opposition will lead their children to intensify the relationship. ...

Parental interference and romantic love: The Romeo and Juliet effect

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology