PMID- 10804681
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000614
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0145-4455 (Print)
IS  - 0145-4455 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 2
DP  - 2000 Apr
TI  - Fear of intimacy among dating couples.
PG  - 223-40
AB  - Fear of intimacy among heterosexual dating couples was examined with the 
      Fear-of-Intimacy Scale (FIS) and the Personal Assessment of Intimacy in 
      Relationships (PAIR). Following a 6-month interval, couples were again contacted 
      to determine whether they continued to date. Males reported higher FIS scores 
      than females, and FIS scores were positively correlated within couples. Also, FIS 
      scores of males and females were significantly correlated with indices of actual 
      and desired intimacy; however, for females, correlations of FIS scores with 
      desired intimacy were significantly lower than correlations with actual intimacy. 
      Females who were no longer in the dating relationship at the 6-month follow-up 
      had higher FIS scores than those who were continuing in their dating 
      relationship. These findings increase our understanding of fear of intimacy, 
      especially gender differences in dating couples.
FAU - Thelen, M H
AU  - Thelen MH
AD  - Psychology Department, University of Missouri-Columbia 65211, USA.
FAU - Vander Wal, J S
AU  - Vander Wal JS
FAU - Thomas, A M
AU  - Thomas AM
FAU - Harmon, R
AU  - Harmon R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Behav Modif
JT  - Behavior modification
JID - 7803043
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Courtship
MH  - Fear/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Interpersonal Relations
MH  - Male
MH  - Missouri
MH  - Population Surveillance
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Students/psychology
EDAT- 2000/05/11 09:00
MHDA- 2000/06/17 09:00
CRDT- 2000/05/11 09:00
PHST- 2000/05/11 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/06/17 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/05/11 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/0145445500242004 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Behav Modif. 2000 Apr;24(2):223-40. doi: 10.1177/0145445500242004.