The Psychology of Love and Hate in Intimate Relationships

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aumer, Katherine (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Sociology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Sexual behavior.; Sexual psychology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Sexual Behavior.; Gender Studies.

Social psychology has made great advancements in understanding how our romantic relationships function and to some extent, dissolve. However, the social and behavioral sciences in much of western scholarship often focus exclusively on the more positive aspects of intimate relationships--and less so...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• Part I: Love
• Chapter 2. Unweaving the rainbow of human sexuality
• Chapter 3. The Importance and Meaning of Sexual Fantasies in Intimate Relationships
• Chapter 4. The Science of Female Orgasm: Exploring the Gender Gap
• Chapter 5. Passionate Love: Inspired by Angels or Demons?- Part II. Hate
• Chapter 6. Chapter 6. Your Pain, My Gain: The Interpersonal Context of Sadism
• Chapter 7. Hate: Theory and Implications for Intimate Relationships
• Chapter 8. Hate in Intimate Relationships as a Protective Emotion
• Chapter 9. We Hate what we Fear: Interpersonal Hate from a Clinical Perspective.