Abstract
In this chapter, we propose a model of the intimacy process. The process begins when one person expresses personally revealing feelings or information to another. It continues when the listener responds supportively and empathically. For an interaction to become intimate, the discloser must feel understood, validated, and cared for.
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FeelingProcess (computing)Interpersonal communicationPsychologyAestheticsSocial psychologyEpistemologyCommunicationSociologyComputer sciencePhilosophy
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- 2018
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- book-chapter
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- 113-143
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Harry T. Reis,
Phillip R. Shaver
(2018).
Intimacy as an interpersonal process.
, 113-143.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203732496-5
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- 10.4324/9780203732496-5