Intimacy

Family is the initial cell and corner stone of a society that forms the base of characterization of the child. Health of society depends on health of family. Family with positive outputs renders mental and sentimental problem, socialize proportional children with the values and manners approved by society and arrange sexual behaviors. Present paper aims to identify important factors effecting family break-up and their impacts on family. For this purpose, out of 150 divorce applicants (30% male70% female), 107 samples were selected randomly and were studied by interview techniques based on, questionnaires. In this research tow hypotheses "economic difficulties are the laying ground for the family break – up" and "Absence of intimate space and sexual satisfaction are the factors of family brake – up as well as one question “Is annoyance the basis for family problems? Were studied. The results showed that 63.6% of the society confirmed the economic problems in divorce whereas 24.3 of men of families seeking divorce were unemployed. Of course, the proportion of unemployed men is 2/6% in Iranian families. And the rate of employment in divorce families is 36.8% among the employment of all married women in Iran (12%). The difference between the indices of sample group with that of statistical society was at the level of P= 5% were significant. 93% of women and men were annoyed from each other.

511 commercial emails from four Asian countries, namely China, Pakistan, India, and Iran have been analyzed in a mixed-method design. The focus of the study is on the two features of politeness and intimacy. In the quantitative analysis, the model proposed by Brown & Levinson (1987) and that of Coulmas (2005) which have drawn upon the features of indirectness in requesting and the length of letters as the indicators of politeness are used. In the qualitative and descriptive analysis formality in salutation and opening clause as well as the use of abbreviated forms are taken into account. The result shows that Iranians use the most polite style in their business letters, while Chinese use the most intimate discourse. On the other hand, Indians use both the least polite and intimate style in their business letters. Pakistanis’ use of polite and intimate style is not as conspicuous as that of Iranians and Chinese respectively. The findings are hoped to help better inter-cultural understanding, especially with respect to written rhetorical characteristics.

 The present s tudy aimed to discover the memorabilia aspects and evaluate the effectiveness level on promoting the feeling of intimacy of inhabitants in localities to their biological scopes. The feeling of intimacy is a multidimensional issue for which various aspects are compelling. Based on the recent s tudies, memory as one of the criteria examines the feeling of intimacy toward their habitats. To assess the theoretical patterns, three locations were chosen as a case s tudy among old localities, including Ishaq Beyg, Blacks tone, and chicken market and three areas of irrigation, Havabord, and Eslahnezhad among new localities of Shiraz. A consis tent ques tionnaire was dis tributed among them. This s tudy includes a practical method is and developed based on correlation and descriptive-analytical technique. The ques tionnaires data were assessed by SPSS software and Spearman Correlation Coefficient tes ts, ANOVA, Tukey, Samples, and Paired Tes t Samples T and Pearson Correlation Coefficient. Our results indicated the homogeneity of particular localities in old and new contexture based on the individual feature's similarities and importance of memory aspect on the promotion of intimacy in all localities. Thus, social memories are more effective than skeletal ones in promoting the inhabitant's intimacy in localities.

Purpose : The aim of this study was the effectiveness of family therapy in Bowen's systemic approach on humor and intimacy of couples. Methodology : The research design was quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test design with experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the study was all couples in Tehran in 2020. The statistical sample size of the study is 50 couples who, after consultation and explanation of the research conditions and the satisfaction of the sample, are divided into experimental and control groups (25 in the experimental group and 25 in the control group). The experimental group was exposed to the Bowen systemic approach during eight sessions of family therapy, and the controls did not receive any training from the researcher. The research instruments were the Thompson and Walker Marital Intimacy Scale 1983 and the 2003 Martin Humor Questionnaire. Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. Findings : Data analysis showed that the experimental group in the post-test phase after receiving family therapy Bowen systemic approach in the variables of humor and intimacy had a positive difference compared to the control group and the research hypotheses were confirmed. Conclusion : Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that Bowen's systemic approach to family therapy has an effect on couples humor and intimacy.

Objective:  The purpose of this paper was to examine the effectiveness of the training couple care program (CARE) based on Halford’s instructions on intimacy and trust of couples referred to counseling centers of Isfahan in 2021.Methods: The research methodology of this study was semi-experimental divided into two groups of experiment and control with 16 participants in each group. The statistical population of this research included all couples who have referred to the counseling centers of Isfahan in the first 6 months of 2021. Subjects of experimental group participated in 7 sessions of the training program which each session took 90 minutes. Research data was collected by Alavi’s questionnaire. For evaluating of the content validity of this questionnaire was utilized experts’ propositions. Findings showed that the training approaches of the couple care program (CARE) are effectiveness on the intimacy, emotional, supportive, and aggressive behaviors, and trust of couples.Results: when the emotional experience of love and intimacy in couples’ relationships becomes less important and less valuable, the life atmosphere definitely becomes unstable and unreliable. Therefore, by implementing the care training program, it is possible to create a calm psychological atmosphere in couples’ relationships and provide the way for a more productive conversation. In this way, intimate relationships become stable with the ability to communicate and agree on interests in a relationship.Conclusion: the beliefs and expectations of couples affect the perception of couples, marital life, relationships and interactions. So that they can form stable relationships between couples or lead intense love to divorce; which can be improved with the help of rich programs such as CARE couple care program, communication, and care in couples.