Relationships: key terms

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Primary relationship
A basic, long-lasting relationship founded on strong emotional ties and a reciprocal sense of commitment.
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Secondary relationship
Short-lived relationship between people characterised by limited interaction, rather clear rules for relating and quite well-defined social rules.
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Social Relationship
Encounter with another person that endures.
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Computer-mediated Communication (CMC)
Interpersonal interactions over the internet.
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Romantic love
Emotional state characterized by physical attraction and extreme investment.
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Companionate love
Feelings of affection which is characterized by mutual concern for each other. It is less intense than romantic love.
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Understudied Relationships
Relationships that until recently recieved minimal attention by researchers, e.g homosexual relationships.
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Short-lived relationship between people characterised by limited interaction, rather clear rules for relating and quite well-defined social rules.

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Secondary relationship

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Encounter with another person that endures.

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Interpersonal interactions over the internet.

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Emotional state characterized by physical attraction and extreme investment.

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