PSY 3128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Emotional Intimacy, Stepfamily
6 Mar 2017
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Two sisters who are in late 60s and early 70s. Changing relationship between the two sisters as the relationship went on. Lived in a nursing home eventually because bunny the older one had health issues. The older one is jealous that she"s in a hospital and the younger one lives with her kids. Bunny develops depression because she has health issues and no one visits her in the nursing home for the rst four days. Sibling relationships: have received less research than other types of relationships. The level of envy for one another. Congenial relationship: average levels of contact, low levels of envy and resentment. Loyal: average levels of closeness, involvement and contact, low levels of envy and resentment. May have a good relationship but have more emphasis on other relationships. Intimate relationships: close and extremely related, more value on this than other relationships. Apathetic: low on everything, no envy and resentment but not close at all.
