Intimacy in Older Women's Lives
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 22 (6) , 493-498
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/22.6.493
Abstract
Intimacy as a multidimensional concept is discussed with particular attention paid to love and sexuality. A theoretical model encompassing many of the components of intimacy is presented and tested in a preliminary way with a random sample of 106 married women ranging in age from 50 to 82. Women's life satisfaction and psychological well-being were both strongly related to their satisfaction with their intimate relationship. Passionate and companionate love as well as sexual satisfaction were related to a woman's contentment with her intimate relationship.Keywords
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