Family Intimacy Measures

Margherita Lanz; Semira Tagliabue

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1003

Family Intimacy Measures

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“Intimacy is a term that, despite its widespread use, remains relatively ambiguous” (Hirschberger, Florian & Mikulincer, 2003, p.676). This sentence underlines the difficulty to define, and to measure family intimacy. Indeed, measuring family intimacy involves taking into account both several dimensions of the construct, and different level of analysis. In the literature, several definitions of intimacy have been provided (Erikson, 1963; Reis & Shaver, 1988; Sullivan, 1953), Often intimacy is defined using terms as cohesion, closeness, support, trust, self-disclosure, responsiveness, presence, interdependence, positivity (Foley & Duck, 2006).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research
Publisher	Springer, Dordrecht
Pages	2184-2186
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	ISBN9789400707528
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1003
Publication status	Published - 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General Medicine
General Health Professions

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FAMILY INTIMACY
MEASUREMENT

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Family Intimacy Measures

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