This chapter examines love's role in relationship satisfaction. We overview general theories
of love, including the evolutionary perspective. We then present the love styles approach�…

In Western societies, women are considered more adept than men at expressing love in
romantic relationships. Although scholars have argued that this view of love gives short shrift�…

Early-stage romantic love is associated with activation in reward and motivation systems of
the brain. Can these localized activations, or others, predict long-term relationship stability�…

The myth not only records the dynamics of romantic love in the male psyche, it also reflects
the fate of the feminine in our culture; it shows how the feminine values of feeling�…

Jealousy is not only a way of experiencing love but also a stabilizer of romantic
relationships, although morbid romantic jealousy is maladaptive. Being engaged in a formal�…

This article examines the possibility that romantic love (with intensity, engagement, and
sexual interest) can exist in long-term relationships. A review of taxonomies, theory, and�…

The effects of the human pair-bonded state of “romantic love” on cognitive function remain
relatively unexplored. Theories on cognitive priming suggest that a state of love may activate�…

Little work has examined the manner in which the Dark Triad may function in relationship
contexts. In this online, international study (N= 302), we correlated the Dark Triad with love�…

Jealousy is a powerful and complex emotion, widely experienced in human relationships,
that develops in response to social interactions and the environment. The experience of�…

There are no cognitive studies of love conducted in an Asian culture. Our study is the first to
probe the cognitive qualities that urban Chinese youth associate with what it means to be in�…