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interpersonal relationship

Strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people

Also known as interpersonal status · relationship · personal relationship · human relations · interpersonal relations · relationships

Instance of: type of relation
Subclass of: social relation

Overview

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In social psychology, an interpersonal relation describes a social association, connection, or affiliation between two or more people. It overlaps significantly with the concept of social relations, which are the fundamental unit of analysis within the social sciences. Relations vary in degrees of intimacy, self-disclosure, duration, reciprocity, and power distribution. The main themes or trends of the interpersonal relations are: family, kinship, friendship, love, marriage, business, employment, clubs, neighborhoods, ethical values, support, and solidarity. Interpersonal relations may be regulated by law, custom, or mutual agreement, and form the basis of social groups and societies. They appear when people communicate or act with each other within specific social contexts, and they thrive on equitable and reciprocal compromises.

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50 statements · 26% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Wikimedia outline: outline of relationships
Partially coincident with: social behavior

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38 identifiers linking interpersonal relationship across the web's reference databases

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26%

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AIDb. (2026). interpersonal relationship (Q223642). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/interpersonal-relationship-Q223642