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  2. Relationship maintenance - Wikipedia

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    Relationship maintenance (or relational maintenance) refers to a variety of behaviors exhibited by relational partners in an effort to maintain that relationship.Scholars define relational maintenance in four different ways: [1] to keep a relationship in existence, to keep a relationship in a specified state or condition, to keep a relationship in a satisfactory condition, and to keep a ...

  3. Human bonding - Wikipedia

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    Human bonding is the process of development of a close interpersonal relationship between two or more people.It most commonly takes place between family members or friends, [1] but can also develop among groups, such as sporting teams and whenever people spend time together.

  4. Social connection - Wikipedia

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    Social support is the help, advice, and comfort that we receive from those with whom we have stable, positive relationships. [11] Importantly, it appears to be the perception, or feeling, of being supported, rather than objective number of connections, that appears to buffer stress and affect our health and psychology most strongly.

  5. Phatic expression - Wikipedia

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    Phatic communion denotationally breaks Grice's conversational maxims, because it gives information that is unnecessary, untrue, or irrelevant.It has important connotational meanings that do not break these maxims [6] and is best understood as an important part of language in its role in establishing, maintaining, and managing bonds of sociality between participants, [7] as well as creating ...

  6. Romantic friendship - Wikipedia

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    A romantic friendship (also passionate friendship or affectionate friendship) is a very close but typically non-sexual relationship between friends, often involving a degree of physical closeness beyond that which is common in contemporary Western societies. It may include, for example, holding hands, cuddling, hugging, kissing, giving massages ...

  7. Why it's important to keep your friends when starting a new ...

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    By making time for friends while in a relationship, the relationship maintains its spark and stays healthy. Scroll through these pictures to see ideal #relationshipgoals:

  8. Guanxi - Wikipedia

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    Guanxi has 3 sub-dimensions sometimes abbreviated as GRX which stands for ganqing, a measure of the emotional attachment in a relationship, renqing (人情 rénqíng/jen-ch'ing), the moral obligation to maintain a relationship with reciprocal exchange of favors, and xinren, or the amount of interpersonal trust. [8]

  9. Affectional bond - Wikipedia

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    The individual wishes to maintain proximity or contact with the person with whom they have an affectional tie. The individual feels sadness or distress at involuntary separation from the person. (Attachment bond) The individual feels lonely & can not form other long lasting relationships & friendships.