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Adults who resolve and recover from conflict are known to be happier in their romantic relationships but the same does not hold true for teen romances, according to research published April 17 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Thao Ha and colleagues from the Behavioural Science Institute of Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. The authors observed 14-16-year olds in romantic relationships dealing with conflicts over issues such as cheating, experiencing jealousy and parental...

Former Super Model and Cosmo Cover Girl Offers Advice in "HEARTGASM!" Book LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Baby boomers can light up their love lives with practical, age-specific advice in "HEARTGASM! Increasing Intimacy & Ecstasy with Your Beloved," a new book from relationship coach Toni De Marco. "My work with relationships for couples integrates the latest in Western psychology with the most practical Eastern spiritual healing modalities. The goal is bringing...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Yet again a new study has emerged which reaffirms something most of us have known all along: You don’t have to be close with your partner to have a good relationship, you just need to be happy and play by your own rules. Today’s penchant for over-sharing on the Internet through social websites likes Facebook and Instagram could cause some couples to feel as if they aren’t close enough to their significant other or as if they...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online While school-aged victims of cyber bullying are often thought of as ostracized outsiders, new research suggests that they are more likely to be members of mainstream social groups and are often targeted by friends, former friends, or ex-dating partners. The discovery comes as part of a wider study, presented Saturday at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) in New Orleans, exploring the...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Do you have commitment phobia? A new study led by researchers at Tel Aviv University reveals that fear of committing to a relationship may be just one more thing to blame on your parents. Dr. Sharon Dekel, a psychologist and researcher at the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University, and her colleague Professor Barry Farber of Columbia University studied the romantic history of 58 adults aged 22 to 28. They found that...

People who experience Childhood Emotional Maltreatment (CEM) are more likely to have troubled romantic relationships in adult years, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. In two separate studies, doctoral candidate Dana Lassri and Prof. Golan Shahar of BGU's Department of Psychology examined the stability and satisfaction of intimate relationships among college students with a history of CEM. The studies, published in the Journal of Social & Clinical...

SAN DIEGO, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Data released by Healthy Relationships California (HRC) from the largest study ever conducted on the impact of Marriage Education classes showed that these programs help couples significantly improve their communication and levels of relationship satisfaction. Surveying 17,245 Californians who took one of several programs available for couples, HRC found a statewide average increase of more than 13% in relationship satisfaction...

The levels of violence girls and boys from disadvantaged backgrounds experience in their partner relationships is revealed in new University of Bristol research published today. It is the first time there has been an in-depth look at violence in the intimate relationships of disadvantaged teenagers who are not in mainstream education. Some of those who took part had been permanently excluded from school, were young offenders or teenage mothers. The researchers interviewed 82 boys and...

A study by researchers at the Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California, San Diego finds that successful aging and positive quality of life indicators correlate with sexual satisfaction in older women. The report, published online in the August edition of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society, also shows that self-rated successful aging, quality of life and sexual satisfaction appear to be stable even in the face of declines in physical health of women...

For better or for worse, in sickness and in health "“ there's a long line of research that associates marriage with reducing unhealthy habits such as smoking, and promoting better health habits such as regular checkups. However, new research is emerging that suggests married straight couples and cohabiting gay and lesbian couples in long-term intimate relationships may pick up each other's unhealthy habits as well. University of Cincinnati research into how those behaviors evolve will be...