Interpersonal relationship

==== Romance ====
{{Main|Romance (love)}}
While many individuals recognize the single defining quality of a romantic relationship as the presence of love, it is impossible for romantic relationships to survive without the component of interpersonal communication. Within romantic relationships, love is therefore equally difficult to define. Hazan and Shaver<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hazan |first1=Cindy |last2=Shaver |first2=Phillip |title=Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process. |journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |date=1987 |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=511–524 |doi=10.1037/0022-3514.52.3.511 |pmid=3572722 |s2cid=2280613 }}</ref> define love, using Ainsworth's attachment theory, as comprising proximity, emotional support, self-exploration, and separation distress when parted from the loved one. Other components commonly agreed to be necessary for love are physical attraction, similarity,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vangelisti |first1=Anita L. |chapter=Interpersonal Processes in Romantic Relationships |pages=597–631 |chapter-url=https://in.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/48309_CH_18.pdf |s2cid=15423545 |editor1-last=Knapp |editor1-first=Mark L. |editor2-last=Daly |editor2-first=John A. |title=The SAGE Handbook of Interpersonal Communication |date=2011 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-1-4129-7474-5 }}</ref> reciprocity,<ref name="Gibson_2015" /> and self-disclosure.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kito M | title = Self-disclosure in romantic relationships and friendships among American and Japanese college students | journal = The Journal of Social Psychology | volume = 145 | issue = 2 | pages = 127–40 | date = April 2005 | pmid = 15816343 | doi = 10.3200/SOCP.145.2.127-140 | s2cid = 25117099 }}</ref>