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Background: Demographic research on assortative mating underplays the role of social status in shaping partnering behavior, yet qualitative research suggests social status is critical in shaping partner desirability and structuring opportunities for ...
Kristine Kilanski, David McClendon
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Self-esteem has been shown to be both predictive of and predicted by characteristics of romantic relationships. While there is an increasing number of studies yielding support for reciprocal influences between self-esteem and perceived conflict in ...
Julia Richter, Christine Finn
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Writing the Self: Interior Voyage in 19th Century French Travel Writing
Travel is a momentum to look inside that influences the travelers' existence, along with meeting and interacting with others. The self as a traveler experiences internal dynamics reflected in the travel writings.
Andi Mustofa +2 more
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Things Are Going to Change: Genre Hybridization in Shaun of the Dead
This article on comics purports to examine genre dynamics in Shaun of the Dead (Wright 2005). In particular, it seeks to detail the interactions between the romantic-comedy elements present in the film and its ostensible alignment with the zombie genre ...
Jean-François Baillon, Nicolas Labarre
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Fantastic and Romantic: Generic Multiplicity of John Keats’ “Lamia”
This study focuses on the intergeneric structure of a Romantic poem, “Lamia” (1820). Since the scholars have mostly studied the long narrative poem from the respect of its origins and the influences of the previous literary sources, the study ...
Şafak Altunsoy
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Does Hard Work Pay Off? The Influence of Perceived Effort on Romantic Attraction
This study examines how a person’s willingness to exert effort affects how others perceive their romantic desirability. The study also examines whether the participants’ implicit theory of personality (incremental or entity) influences ratings of the ...
Jennifer R. Dwiggins +1 more
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Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic instability on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living in an agricultural region and examines pathways including supportive family and social structures, decision making autonomy in romantic relationships ...
Marie C. D. Stoner +11 more
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Body image and the role of romantic relationships
A variety of sociocultural factors have been recognized as important influences on appearance-related issues but little research has examined the intersection between romantic relationships and body image among adults.
Maria Fernanda Laus +2 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Chopinian Particularities of the Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 65
In this article, emphasis is placed on the formal analysis of the Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 65, as well as on the exposition of some of Chopin’s stylistic principles. A comparison between the Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.
Lioara POPA
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