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How do I love thee? The five love attitudes people hold toward their pets

Human-Animal Interactions
Relationship processes in the human-pet relationship parallel those in the human romantic relationship. In this study, we sought to determine whether the six human romantic love styles – Eros (ideal), Storge (friendship), Ludus (game-playing), Pragma ...
Michelle F. Guthrie, Philip H. Marshall
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Feeling Vulnerable With My AI Companion: Examining Well‐Being in Human‐AI Relationships

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Individuals resort to human‐AI relationships to fulfill psychological, social, and empathetic needs. Nevertheless, dilemmas arise from these interdependent relationships which, although destined to enhance users' well‐being, can also be detrimental to them.
Liliane Abboud, Valentina Pitardi, Hannah Marriott   +2 more
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Development and validation of the Japanese version of the Romantic Beliefs Scale

Journal of Human Environmental Studies
Guided by the previous finding indicating that romantic beliefs are predictors of vulnerability to romantic scams, the present study developed a Japanese version of the Romantic Belief Scale (RBS) and examined its relationship with commitment to one’s ...
Kanayo Higashi, Hiroki Takehashi
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Beyond Reality Avoidance: Unraveling the Paradox of Escapism Through Self‐Monitoring and Autonomy Mechanisms for Consumers' Life Satisfaction

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study introduces the Paradox of Escapism, exploring how the act of escaping reality can evolve from a short‐term avoidance strategy to a mechanism for self‐regulation and enhanced life satisfaction. Employing five rigorous, multimethod investigations, including qualitative interviews and sentiment analysis (Study 1), Structural Equation ...
Thamiris Magalhães de Sousa, Flávio Santino Bizarrias, Thelma Valéria Rocha, Larissa Luz Raposo   +3 more
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Shining light on the aurora's contributions to people: A qualitative study of the aurora borealis in Greenland

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The aurora borealis (northern lights) is an abiotic natural phenomenon that contributes to human well‐being. There is currently a significant research gap in primary qualitative valuation of the aurora's links to people. This exploratory qualitative study applies the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES ...
James David Broome, David Cook, Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir, Benjamin David Hennig   +3 more
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King, Martin R. McAinsh, Michael R. Roberts   +2 more
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The Legacies of Lockdown: Moral Logics of Exchange and Mistrust in Postpandemic China

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When Shanghai entered an extended lockdown under China's Zero‐COVID policy in spring 2022, residents found themselves confined within their residential compounds, cut off from conventional supply chains, and dependent on improvised systems of local provisioning and state rationing. From the perspective of economic anthropology, such conditions
Erika Kuever
wiley   +1 more source

The romantic concept of love

Journal für Psychologie, 2007
Some literary examples are used to discuss parts of the romantic concept of love. The accents are: romantic longing and idealization of the love-object.
Irma Gleiss
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Love, postmodernity and gender perspective: between romantic love and liquid love

Investigaciones Feministas, 2018
Bauman coin the term liquid modernity to conceptualize and visualize the new form that we use to implicate and link us interpersonally. In this article we have wanted to analyze this transition, by means of discourse analysis, in concrete of the ...
Alejandro Sánchez-Sicilia, Jenny Cubells Serra   +1 more
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A Test of the Coase Conjecture Using Prices of Electronic Books

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Coase Conjecture predicts that a durable‐goods monopolist without commitment will rapidly cut price toward marginal cost. We test this prediction in the electronic‐book market using release‐day prices. To proxy for marginal cost, we use competitive prices of public‐domain electronic books on the same platforms.
Tim Groseclose, Alex Tabarrok
wiley   +1 more source