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Epstein, Norman Finkbeiner, Nicole Digital Repository at the University of Maryland University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) Family Studies 2008-08-07T05:30:54Z 2008-08-07T05:30:54Z 2008-05-05 http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8320 This study examined the association between withdrawing behaviors, withdrawal cognitions, and depression symptoms and both the degree of the individual's own intimate behavior and his/her pleasure from receiving intimate behavior from a partner. Results indicated that thoughts or cognitions involving the desire to distance oneself from an interaction were significantly related to lower levels of intimate behavior and lower levels of pleasure experienced from a partner's intimate behavior. Further, there was a trend toward support for the notion that individuals with higher levels of depression symptoms engage in lower levels of intimate behavior. For females, the presence of depression symptoms was associated with less pleasure experienced from a partner's intimate behavior. In contrast, avoidant behavior during conflict was not found to be associated with the initiation of intimate relationship behavior and was only associated with the amount of pleasure that females experienced from intimate behavior. 274372 bytes application/pdf en_US The Associations of Depression Symptoms, Withdrawal Behaviors, and Withdrawal Cognitions with Intimate Behavior and Pleasure from Partner's Intimate Behaviors Among Clinical Couples Thesis Health Sciences, Mental Health Sociology, Individual and Family Studies open.access