The Path of a Relationship: How Life Decisions Lead to a Positive and Fulfilling Partnership

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Author(s): Penelope Debs Keough (National University, USA)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 17
Source title: Ethical Problem-Solving and Decision-Making for Positive and Conclusive Outcomes
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Penelope D. Keough (National University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7582-5.ch014

Keywords: Ethics and Social Responsibility / Information Science Reference / Psychology / Social Sciences & Humanities

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From the cradle to the grave, life experiences lead to one making important decisions regarding relationships that may take a person by surprise! The purpose of this chapter is to examine how each decision made throughout the course of a lifetime can bring about a lifetime of happiness due to a fulfilling relationship rather than forever chasing rainbows waiting for “Mr. Right.” The theories providing the basis for this chapter are Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Eric Erickson's study of human development. A closer look at parent influences shaping decisions regarding relationships will be discussed from a psychological point of view. Attributes of family therapy will relate to the influence parents have on the decisions made which are connected to a fulfilling, “or not,” relationship. Generational components affect relationships and the characteristics of how partnerships are formed due to those characteristics will be relayed. Finally, what constitutes a fulfilling partnership as opposed to one that disintegrates with each passing day has an important piece to this chapter.

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