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  1. A decade of love: mapping the landscape of romantic love research

    Among them, the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (400 publications, IF 2021 = 2.681) had the highest number of papers on romantic love research, followed by Personal Relationships (189 ...

  2. Proximate and Ultimate Perspectives on Romantic Love

    It would be useful to better understand the relationship between attachment styles and romantic love. Research should investigate if romantic love can occur at the same time as mother-infant bonding, or if they are mutually exclusive states. Research into the functions of romantic love is sparse. There is a need for clear, evidence-informed ...

  3. Well-Being and Romantic Relationships: A Systematic Review in

    1.1. Romantic Relationships and Well-Being in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood. From an evolutionary point of view, adolescence and emerging adulthood (the periods which span the second and third decades of life [14,15]) have been described as being vitally important in terms of the development of romantic relationships [16,17,18].Defined as "mutually acknowledged ongoing voluntary ...

  4. Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Love: The Quadruple Theory

    In this paper, a quadruple framework of attraction, resonance or connection, trust, and respect are proposed to explain the meaning of love. ... This weakens the erotic and emotional experience associated with romantic love (Berscheid, 2010). Research shows that a reduction in novelty due to the monotony of being with the same person for a long ...

  5. Regulation of Romantic Love Feelings: Preconceptions, Strategies ...

    Love feelings can be more intense than desired (e.g., after a break-up) or less intense than desired (e.g., in long-term relationships). If only we could control our love feelings! We present the concept of explicit love regulation, which we define as the use of behavioral and cognitive strategies to change the intensity of current feelings of romantic love. We present the first two studies on ...

  6. (PDF) The New Psychology of Love

    Behavioral systems and romantic love. 5. being loved, esteemed, and accepted by relationship partners; and optimistic beliefs about one's. ability to cope with stress and manage distress. Bowlby ...

  7. Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Love: The Quadruple Theory

    This weakens the erotic and emotional experience associated with romantic love (Berscheid, 2010). Research shows that a reduction in novelty due to the monotony of being with the ... Firstly, it could potentially be applied to any form of love although, only brand, romantic and parental love were discussed in this paper due to the paucity of ...

  8. Love, Veritably—A Mélange of Love, Intimacy, Attraction, and Sensuality

    Love attitudes scale, a 42-item scale measures the love styles of persons, and was developed by Hendrik and Hendrik. 40 Research on quality and satisfaction levels of relationships associated the Eros and Agape styles to increased satisfaction and commitment levels, contrastingly Ludus was negatively associated with relationship quality. 41 ...

  9. Comprehensive scoping review of research on intercultural love and

    Research searching for culturally universal components of romantic love suggests that across many countries around the world romantic love consists of intimacy, passion and commitment between partners (Sorokowski et al., 2021; Steinberg, 1986, 2019).However, despite the seeming universality of these basic components of romantic love, the way these are expressed and experienced likely differs ...

  10. Measuring love in romantic relationships: A meta-analysis

    The present study identifies the higher-order factors underlying the most popular measures of love in use today through meta-analytic factor analysis. Eighty-one studies representing 103 samples and 19,387 individuals provided data for the meta-analysis. The reported correlations between several commonly-used measures of love were aggregated ...

  11. Cognitive control in romantic love: the roles of infatuation and

    Romantic love is accompanied by physiological changes (e.g. pounding heart), behavioural changes (e.g. caregiving), and affective changes (e.g. euphoria and anxiety) (Fisher, Citation 1998).Romantic love is also accompanied by cognitive changes (e.g. enhanced attention and memory for beloved-related information) (Langeslag, Olivier, Köhlen, Nijs, & Van Strien, Citation 2015).

  12. (PDF) ROMANTIC LOVE-CHARACTERISTICS AND EFFECTS

    Romantic relationship, a widespread feature of human society, is one of the most influential factors in daily life. Although stimuli related to romantic love or being in a romantic relationship ...

  13. Love: A Biological, Psychological and Philosophical Study

    For more information, please contact [email protected]. Running head: LOVE. Love: A biological, psychological and philosophical study. Heather Chapman. University of Rhode Island Dedication. This paper is dedicated to the love of my life. Jason Matthew Nye. October 4,1973 - January 26, 2011 Abstract.

  14. The neuroendocrinology of love

    Abstract. Romantic love could be considered as a collection of activities associated with the acquisition and retention of emotions needed to survive and reproduce. These emotions change the individual's behavioural strategies in a way that will increase the likelihood of achieving these goals. Love may be defined as an emergent property of an ...

  15. The Research on Love: A Psychological, Scientific Perspective on Love

    It is a systematic and seminal analysis whose major ideas. have probably influenced contemporary work on love more than all subsequent philosophical work combined. However, four major intellectual developments of the 19th and 20th centuries provided key insights that helped shape the agenda for current research and theory of love.

  16. The influence of adolescents' romantic relationship on individual

    The romantic relationships have become an integral part of adolescents' daily lives, and dating is the primary topic of adolescent conversations ().Having romantic feelings and attempting to engage in romantic relationships are significant indicators of adolescence experiences (Giordano et al., 2006).These relationships are often superficial, and the majority continue only for a few weeks or ...

  17. (PDF) Role of Love in Relationship Satisfaction

    The questionnaire used in the present research is Sternberg's Triangular love scale (1997) which ... Tang, P. T. (2007). Romantic relationship: Love styles, triangular love and relationship .

  18. Romantic love Research Papers

    Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. 103-128. In this paper I am dealing with the conceptions of true, romantic love and love magic among the Hungarians of Gyimes. In accordance with Eva Illouz (1997) and Anthony Giddens (1992) my point is that "romantic love" is not a universal... more. Download.

  19. Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Evidence

    Thus, understanding adolescent romantic relationships becomes a timely and compelling research objective. In this paper we review and integrate existing theories on the development of romantic experience through adolescence and into adulthood. We then review findings from empirical forays into the romantic lives of adolescents.

  20. (PDF) The concept of love: an exploratory study with a ...

    The concept of love: an exploratory study with a. sample of young Brazilians. 1. Thiago de Almeida, José Fernando Bittencourt Lo mônaco. Department of Psychology of Learning, Development and ...

  21. What Modern Love Really Looks Like

    What Modern Love Really Looks Like. By Christoph Niemann. April 16, 2024. Most of us walk around with a stereotypical image in our heads about how falling in love works: But Cupid's arrow is an ...

  22. The Prevalence and Nature of Unrequited Love

    This research is focused on evaluating the question of whether or not UL is a type of romantic love and the ways in which UL aligns with the attributes of romantic love. Types of UL Baumeister, Wotman, and Stillwell (1993) described several ways in which UL can develop (e.g., growing out of friendship, loving from afar) and Aron and Aron (1991 ...

  23. Key findings about online dating in the U.S.

    Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans' experiences with dating sites and apps and their views of online dating generally. This analysis is based on a survey conducted among 6,034 U.S. adults from July 5-17, 2022. This included 4,996 respondents from the Center's American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel ...

  24. Intense, Passionate, Romantic Love: A Natural Addiction? How the Fields

    Introduction. We propose that romantic love is a natural addiction (Frascella et al., 2010) that evolved from mammalian antecedents (Fisher et al., 2006).Brain scanning studies show that feelings of intense romantic love engage regions of the brain's "reward system," specifically dopamine pathways associated with energy, focus, learning, motivation, ecstasy, and craving, including ...

  25. (PDF) Perception of Love in Young Adults

    In this paper, we focus on the love styles and components of love in 106 psychology students aged 19-55 years. ... The research aimed to analyze the love styles and components of love concerning ...

  26. Travis Kelce Spotted "Kissing" Taylor Swift In "Leaked Video"!

    Travis Kelce Spotted "Kissing" Taylor Swift In "Leaked Video"! April 22, 2024 by Vishal. Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are setting major couple goals these days, the love and romance between them is reaching new highs. Their relationship has become contagious and they want to share it with the world now.