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Conformity Orientation
refers to how strongly a family enforces the uniformity of attitudes, values, and beliefs.
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Conversation Orientation
relates to how open families are to discussing a range of topics.
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Family Communication Pattern
consensual, pluralistic, protective, or laissez-faire.
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Family System
a group of interdependent individuals that interact and adapt together as a whole.
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Friends with benefits (FWB)
is a popular term for nonromantic heterosexual friendships that include sexual activity.
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Intimacy
close union, contact, association, or acquaintance
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Love Languages
- suggests that we get into trouble when we fail to recognize that our way of expressing love
- may not match our partner's.
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Relational Commitment
involves a promise—sometimes implied and sometimes explicit—to remain in a relationship and to make that relationship successful
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Relational turning point
transformative events that alter the relationship in a fundamental way.
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Role
is a set of expectations about how to communicate.
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Triangulary Theory of Love
Intimacy, Passion and Commitment
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