When Love Comes Late – Entering into Emotional
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When Love Comes Late – Entering into Emotional Relationships Women During the Middle Adulthood

Author(s): Dorota Alina Ruszkiewicz
Subject(s): Family and social welfare
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: emotional relationships; the average adulthood; a woman; social role

Summary/Abstract: Taken in the publication of the issue was located in a qualitative methodology.The main research problem contained in the question: What is the image of emotional relationships during middle adulthood emerges from the results of the research?The study used a variation of a case study, in. Biographical method. The material was obtained using the modified technique interview autobiographic-narrative. The study involved 31 women aged 35–42 years. Qualities emotional relationships in the narrative in middle adulthood are: positive perception of women through the prism of its role as a stepmother, stable foundation of a relationship, honest conversations about money management, satisfaction with sex life and follow the path to happiness and fulfilment. In turn, the limitations are: fear of taking the role of stepmother and costs associated with the performance of,building a relationship with the simultaneous performance of several roles.

  • Issue Year: 7/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 119-136
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish