Absence Really Does Make Heart Grow Fonder, Expert Says.

AScribe Health News Service, August, 2005

Byline: Purdue University

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Leaving your significant other behind while you attend college could actually bring you closer together, says a Purdue University romantic relationship researcher.

Mary Carole Pistole, an associate professor of educational studies, says that contrary to popular belief, long-distance relationships tend to last as long - and sometimes longer - as relationships in which partners live close to each other.

"Studies have found long-distance relationships tend to be more stable than geographically close ones," says Pistole, an expert in attachment theory. "It's counterintuitive, but many people do sustain these relationships."

Pistole says it is estimated that at...

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