… Examples of items are “There will be only one real love for me,” “The relationship I will have
with my ‘true love’ will be nearly perfect,” and “I am likely to fall in love almost immediately if I …

… Whereas previous research into romantic love has focused upon the traits of love objects,
beliefs about love and/or types of loving relationships, these two studies examine the …

… relationship is, in general, evidence inconsistent with the central elements of the romantic
ideal (eg, there is one and only one true love, love can conquer all, etc.) we hypothesize: …

… that a “true love” will be nearly perfect), and Love at First … to romantic comedies and
endorsement of romantic beliefs in a … Romantic beliefs were assessed by the full Romantic Beliefs …

… cons of romantic love beliefs, positive and negative aspects of idealization in love. Empirical
… myth—that fidelity is a necessary condition for true love, whereas only 1% disagreed totally; …

… the idea that true love is meant to be, is referred to as “Love Predestined”, with 5 items (for
example: “the better-half myth” and “the belief that there is only one true love in life”). The third …

… overcome by true love) ; (2) One and Only (ie, belief that we can truly love only one … , belief
that true love can happen without prior interaction). Through a process of integrating romantic …

… in the constraining effects of these romantic beliefs on mate selection, … Whether or not this
belief is true, the effect that this … Looking beyond our own cultural perspective on romantic love, …

… will be only one real love for me,” “The relationship I will have with my ‘true love' will be
nearly perfect,” and “I am likely to fall in love almost immediately if I meet the right person”. One …

… the people with no studies and about half of the postgraduates accepted this belief as true. …
but to its consideration as a necessary condition for true love). This could be taken as proof of …