http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/romantic-love Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:50:58 -0400 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:50:58 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1776/the-psychology-of-romance-the-impact-of-personality-traits-on-romantic-relationships By Amanda Glynn - Research shows conflicting results when relaying how personality traits play into successful and satisfying romantic relationships. The focus has been on trait similarity (i.e. the “Birds of a Feather” concept) without a clear answer, with very little research supporting the “Opposites Attract” concept. Additional factors have also been noted, to include emotionality, how maladaptive traits factor into a relationship, self-esteem, and how the perception of a partner affects feelings about the relationship. Self-report measurement methods have shown to provide conflicting... Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:49 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1776/the-psychology-of-romance-the-impact-of-personality-traits-on-romantic-relationships http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1576/social-networking-sites-and-romantic-relationships-effects-on-development-maintenance-and-dissolution-of-relationships By Kenadie T. Wilkerson - In our now largely virtual world there are many different ways that we can choose to communicate with one another. Texts, FaceTime, and social media sites have become some of the most popular ways for people to communicate with each other. Romantic partners express their relationship in many different ways. A couple can choose how they want their relationship to be expressed to the public. Now, with the increasing growth of technology, romantic partners can express their relationship online for essentially everyone they know to see. Social networking sites are used to try to recreate face-to-face... Tue, 14 Mar 2017 05:06 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1576/social-networking-sites-and-romantic-relationships-effects-on-development-maintenance-and-dissolution-of-relationships http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/130/a-midsummer-nights-dream-imagination-romantic-love-and-the-creation-of-art By Natasha L. Richter - In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare plays with the themes of love, art, imagination, and dreaming to forge an overall meaning for his work.  His play within a play, found in Act V, expands on his themes and portrays the relationship between the audience and the performers on stage.  Specifically, Quince’s disordered prologue to the play mirrors the distorted reality characterizing the dreamy, nighttime woods; overall, the interjected play underscores Shakespeare’s larger aim of exhibiting the necessity of imagination and dreaming to the maintenance of loving relationships... Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:39 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/130/a-midsummer-nights-dream-imagination-romantic-love-and-the-creation-of-art