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Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families Cover Image
Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families, 5/e
Mary K. DeGenova
Philip F. Rice

Companionship in and Outside the Family

Glossary

joint companionship  Relationship in which a couple shares interests and activities.
parallel companionship  When people do things in each other's company and engage in parallel activities.
segregated companionship  When people participate primarily in activities outside the dyadic relationship.