Interpersonal relationship Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text====Minding relationships==== The mindfulness theory of relationships shows how closeness in relationships may be enhanced. Minding is the "reciprocal knowing process involving the nonstop, interrelated thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of persons in a relationship."<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Harvey JH, Pauwels BG | date = 2009 | chapter = Relationship Connection: A Redux on the Role of Minding and the Quality of Feeling Special | title = Enhancement of Closeness | veditors = Snyder CD, Lopez SJ | series = Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology | edition = Second | location = Oxford | publisher = Oxford University Press | pages = 385–392 }}</ref> Five components of "minding" include:<ref name=snyder>{{cite book | vauthors = Snyder CR, Lopez SJ | date = 2007 | title = Positive psychology: the scientific and practical explorations of human strengths | url = https://archive.org/details/positivepsycholo00c | url-access = limited | location = Thousand Oaks, California | publisher = [[SAGE Publications]] | pages = [https://archive.org/details/positivepsycholo00c/page/n325 297]–321 | isbn = 9780761926337 }}</ref> # Knowing and being known: seeking to understand the partner # Making relationship-enhancing attributions for behaviors: giving the benefit of the doubt # Accepting and respecting: [[empathy]] and social skills # Maintaining reciprocity: active participation in relationship enhancement # Continuity in minding: persisting in mindfulness Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page