{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2115194257","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407584013009","title":"Relationship Theory: An Historical Development in Psychology Leading to a Teleological Image of Humanity","display_name":"Relationship Theory: An Historical Development in Psychology Leading to a Teleological Image of Humanity","publication_year":1984,"publication_date":"1984-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2115194257","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407584013009","mag":"2115194257"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/0265407584013009","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407584013009","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407584013009","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S12430390","display_name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","issn_l":"0265-4075","issn":["0265-4075","1460-3608"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063727425","display_name":"Joseph F. Rychlak","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1925986","display_name":"Loyola University Chicago","ror":"https://ror.org/04b6x2g63","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1925986"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Joseph F. Rychlak","raw_affiliation_strings":["Loyola University of Chicago"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Loyola University of Chicago","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1925986"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5063727425"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1925986"],"apc_list":{"value":3650,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3650},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":8.0268,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97173842,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"1","issue":"3","first_page":"363","last_page":"386"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10778","display_name":"Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation","score":0.6747999787330627,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10778","display_name":"Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation","score":0.6747999787330627,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12430","display_name":"Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology","score":0.14640000462532043,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3200","display_name":"General Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12953","display_name":"Critical Realism in Sociology","score":0.10440000146627426,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relationship-theory","display_name":"relationship theory","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/teleology","display_name":"teleology","score":0.7620000243186951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/final-cause","display_name":"telos","score":0.8489999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/efficient-cause","display_name":"efficient cause","score":0.8960000276565552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/formal-causation","display_name":"formal causation","score":0.9089999794960022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mechanistic-explanation","display_name":"mechanistic explanation","score":0.6420000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interpersonal-relationships","display_name":"interpersonal relationships","score":0.6669999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dialectical-reasoning","display_name":"dialectical reasoning","score":0.7699999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/history-of-psychology","display_name":"history of psychology","score":0.6890000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/causal-theory","display_name":"causal theories","score":0.5350000262260437}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80038905","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192121","display_name":"Teleology","level":2,"score":0.9136123061180115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166151441","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4923601","display_name":"Causation","level":2,"score":0.7861335277557373},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.6853333711624146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5373965501785278},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780422510","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17027938","display_name":"Humanity","level":2,"score":0.5307586193084717},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.522685170173645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13184196","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9453","display_name":"Dialectic","level":2,"score":0.430259108543396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.3510950803756714},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.33984217047691345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.18899956345558167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C27206212","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34178","display_name":"Theology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/0265407584013009","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407584013009","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407584013009","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S12430390","display_name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","issn_l":"0265-4075","issn":["0265-4075","1460-3608"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":43,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W34583671","https://openalex.org/W159839001","https://openalex.org/W203354651","https://openalex.org/W589550207","https://openalex.org/W1531120809","https://openalex.org/W1532710992","https://openalex.org/W1584239451","https://openalex.org/W1587449018","https://openalex.org/W1592626084","https://openalex.org/W1699974644","https://openalex.org/W1967992372","https://openalex.org/W1968410348","https://openalex.org/W1979319434","https://openalex.org/W1986226536","https://openalex.org/W1987045715","https://openalex.org/W1989300217","https://openalex.org/W1995290998","https://openalex.org/W1999019500","https://openalex.org/W2008745885","https://openalex.org/W2013783553","https://openalex.org/W2023414990","https://openalex.org/W2035260372","https://openalex.org/W2040223928","https://openalex.org/W2042378313","https://openalex.org/W2047472256","https://openalex.org/W2056615219","https://openalex.org/W2058291400","https://openalex.org/W2063900882","https://openalex.org/W2065788126","https://openalex.org/W2072855077","https://openalex.org/W2094460457","https://openalex.org/W2095485131","https://openalex.org/W2315179971","https://openalex.org/W2573417827","https://openalex.org/W2744930110","https://openalex.org/W2752443224","https://openalex.org/W2753533763","https://openalex.org/W2767760515","https://openalex.org/W3022671937","https://openalex.org/W3111234396","https://openalex.org/W4230781084","https://openalex.org/W4239987398","https://openalex.org/W4302602899"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W34583671","https://openalex.org/W2001187655","https://openalex.org/W2092642460","https://openalex.org/W95575771","https://openalex.org/W7097885306","https://openalex.org/W128897288","https://openalex.org/W185386493","https://openalex.org/W4246822088","https://openalex.org/W2612102009","https://openalex.org/W2278008521"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"It":[0,83],"is":[1,6,84,90,102,134],"argued":[2],"that":[3,37],"relationship":[4,74],"theory":[5],"a":[7,91,115,127,140],"reflection":[8],"of":[9,26,53,64,72,117,129,147],"modern":[10],"developments":[11],"in":[12,23,78,136,144],"causal":[13],"theory,":[14,132],"away":[15],"from":[16],"Newtonian":[17],"efficient":[18,42],"causation":[19,22,101],"to":[20,44,47,61,67,97,104,110],"formal":[21],"the":[24,35,50,87,145],"theories":[25],"subatomic":[27],"physics.":[28],"Mechanistic":[29],"psychological":[30],"explanation":[31],"has":[32],"foundered":[33],"on":[34],"fact":[36],"there":[38],"are":[39,75],"no":[40,58],"underlying":[41,68],"causes":[43],"be":[45],"found":[46],"account":[48],"for":[49,119],"ultimate":[51],"patterning":[52],"behaviours":[54],"into":[55],"relationships.":[56,149],"Psychologists":[57],"longer":[59],"need":[60],"`reduce'":[62],"descriptions":[63],"personal":[65,73,148],"relationships":[66],"efficient-cause":[69],"determinants.":[70],"Theories":[71],"fundamentally":[76],"teleological":[77,142],"assumption":[79],"and":[80,108],"descriptive":[81],"style.":[82],"shown":[85],"how":[86],"formal-cause":[88],"conception":[89],"necessary":[92],"but":[93],"not":[94],"sufficient":[95],"ingredient":[96],"telic":[98],"description.":[99],"Final":[100],"required":[103],"capture":[105],"human":[106],"teleology,":[107],"thanks":[109],"dialectical":[111],"reasoning":[112],"we":[113],"have":[114],"way":[116],"accounting":[118],"such":[120],"agential":[121],"behaviour.":[122],"The":[123],"paper":[124],"closes":[125],"with":[126],"survey":[128],"logical":[130],"learning":[131],"which":[133],"offered":[135],"this":[137],"context":[138],"as":[139],"useful":[141],"formulation":[143],"description":[146]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}