Incapable of real intimacy?
One-third of those answering the intimacy and sexuality questions reported substantial problems with sexual interest and enjoyment, and one-quarter reported problems with intimacy.
At the same time, it also signals the complexity and unpredictability of transnational intimate relationships, involving substantial periods of separation, the pursuit of intimacy across long geographical distances, break-ups, multiple partners, and other complications.
The intimacy that develops among actors with substantial theater experience creates an atmosphere more like a backstage dressing room than a TV studio, Ms. Baranski said.
Two years as a public company, it said, had resulted in stronger financial performance, more innovation, greater intimacy in its relationships with customers, and substantial progress in a long-term cultural transition from a slow, methodical in-house semiconductor unit to a fearless, energetic and self-sufficient business.
A substantial number of our participants showed high capability for intimacy although in the military service context the circumstances for the development of intimacy were quite limited and non-optimal.
By the play's end we seem to see to the very bottom of these souls, and feel how the artificial intimacy of the acting class has shaped their lives in substantial ways.
When three individuals, blind to condition assignment, coded relationships as either family or friend (α = .97), there was substantial overlap between the relationship type classification (i.e., family vs. friends) and the intimacy level classification (i.e., strong vs. weak tie).
Yet the intimacy remained.
