LOVE AND

INTIMACY
 LOVE
A STRONG FEELING OF
AFFECTION AND CONCERN
TOWARD ANOTHER PERSON.
( IT COULD BE KINSHIP OR CLOSE FRIENDSHIP )
 LOVE
A FEELING OF DEVOTION
OR ADORATION TOWARD
GOD OR A god.
 LOVE
GOD-personal name of Israel’s God.
god-referring to many gods( Zeus,
Apollo,Poseidon ) not our GOD.
 LOVE
A FEELING OF KINDNESS
OR CONCERN BY GOD
TOWARD HUMANS.
(
 LOVE
SEXUAL DESIRE OR
ACTIVITY.
 LOVE
IT IS AN EMOTION,
FEELING, VIRTUE, AN
ACTION AND EXPERIENCE.
(
 HELEN FISHER
AN ANTHROPOLOGIST
PRESENTED THE BIOLOGICAL
MODEL OF LOVE. “ SCIENCE :
HUMAN BODY AND MIND. “
3 STAGES OF LOVE
 1. LUST

Very strong sexual

desire for someone.
 2. ATTRACTION
The action or power of
evoking interest, pleasure,
or liking for someone.
 3. ATTACHMENT
Affection, fondness, or
sympathy for someone or
something.
 DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF LOVE
( ROBERT STERNBERG’S TRIANGULAR
THEORY OF LOVE )
 1. INTIMACY
REIS, CLARK & HOLMES ( 2004 ) ANS
REIS & SHAVER ( 1998 ) DEFINED IT AS
“ THAT LOVELY MOMENT WHEN
SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS &
VALIDATES US “
 INTIMACY
JOHN JOSEPH POWELL – DEFINED IT AS
“ IT IS AN ABSOLUTE HUMAN CERTAINTY
THAT NO ONE CAN KNOW BEAUTY OR
PERCEIVE A SENSE OF HIS OWN WORTH
UNTIL IT HAS BEEN REFELECTED BACK
TO HIM IN THE MIRROR OF ANOTHER
( BEING INTIMATE WITH ANOTHER
PERSON IS ABOUT BEING OPEN AND
VULNERABLE TO THAT PERSON WHOM
YOU DEEPLY TRUST, FEEL CONNECTED
WITH, VALUES US WITH
UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD.
VIEWING THE OTHER PERSON WITH
COMMUNICATION
KEY COMPONENT IN
DEVELOPING INTIMACY.
CONVERSATION NURTURE
AND STRENGHTHEN
 2. COMMITMENT
AN ACT OF DECIDING TO
CONSISTENTLY FULFILL
AND LIVE BY AGREEMENTS
MADE WITH ANOTHER
 COMMITMENT
IT IS EXPRESSED
CONTINOUSLY IN CARING
ANF LIVING ACTIONS FOR
THE BELOVED.
 3. PASSION
INTENSE STATE OF BEING THAT
DRIVES AND CONSUMES A
PERSON TO PURSUE AN
INTEREST, A VISION, OR A
 PASSION
IT CONNOTES SEXUAL
ATTRACTION.
 ATTRACTION
SERVES AS THE FIRST
STEP TOWARD LIKING
SOMEONE, AND AMONG
ALL THE BASIS OF
THANK YOU!!!