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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

Chapter Objectives

After reading the chapter, you should be able to:

1.

understand the importance of companionship in marriage and identify the styles of companionship that characterize relationships as well as individual differences in the need for closeness.

2.

understand the meaning of loneliness, the reasons why people feel lonely, and the types of people who are most likely to be lonely.

3.

discuss patterns of interaction in the family.

4.

discuss basic facts about companionship in leisure:
  • the need for recreation
  • types of sports and leisure activities
  • vacations
  • television
  • computers

5.

discuss basic considerations in relation to friendships outside the family:
  • personality characteristics and social life
  • gender differences
  • same-sex and opposite-sex friendships








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