Love is a perennial topic of fascination for scholars and laypersons alike. Whereas
psychological science was slow to develop active interest in love, the past few decades�…

The purpose of this chapter is to document social science research on love, with an
emphasis on social psychological contributions. The chapter begins with the fundamental�…

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�…

Existing research and writing on the topic of love is explored in order to encourage study of
the epidemiology of love. Theoretical work in the psychology of love is reviewed, followed by�…

What do we actually talk about when we talk about love? Research on love and emotions
has been met with suspicion although people live in a network of relationships from birth to�…

Love is regarded as one of the most exciting and pleasant experiences in life. Love is
thought to fill one's life with purpose and meaning, and American society embraced love as�…

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�…

Examines love as a multidimensional construct comprising several facets. While attachment
theory includes attachment, care giving, and sexuality, the theory of love styles (JA Lee�…

The concept of passionate love has a long history, yet it was not until the 1940s that social
scientists created tools designed to measure this emotion. Over the next 60 years, numerous�…

“Love is blind,” according to a common saying.“Love is a recent invention, a mere few
hundred years old,” some social scientists have argued.“Love is limited to Western cultures,”�…