Intimacy and Virtual Extimacy in Contemporary Conjugality

Authors

  • Carolina Mendes-Campos Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
  • Terezinha Féres-Carneiro Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
  • Andrea Seixas Magalhães Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v19i3.34887

Keywords:

intimacy, virtual extimacy, conjugality

Abstract

Before the internet boom, intimacy was highly connected to the idea of privacy. However, it is
notorious the transformation of intimacy today, especially in what concerns its relationship to the
virtual space. The internet became a stage for exhibition, in which lots of information is shared,
achieving a public visibility never imagined before. In this work, we aim to investigate, throw a
theorical review, the possible repercussions that this new phenomenon observed in the internet is
producing in the experience of contemporary conjugality once the eyes seem to be increasingly
magnetized by the numerous virtual others. In order, to reach this goal, we will present the perspective
of casting intimacy into public externality – coined as virtual extimacy – reflecting on its new
challenges.

Author Biographies

Carolina Mendes-Campos, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Clínica da PUC-Rio

Bolsista do CNPq

Psicóloga clínica

Terezinha Féres-Carneiro, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Doutora em Psicologia Clínica

Psicoterapeuta de Casal e Família

Professora titular do departamento de Psicologia da PUC-Rio

Andrea Seixas Magalhães, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Doutora em Psicologia Clínica

Psicoterapeuta de Casal e Família

Professora adjunta do departamento de Psicologia da PUC-Rio

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Published

2016-11-09

How to Cite

Mendes-Campos, C., Féres-Carneiro, T., & Magalhães, A. S. (2016). Intimacy and Virtual Extimacy in Contemporary Conjugality. Interação Em Psicologia, 19(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v19i3.34887

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Theoretical or Historical Studies

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