Love and sexuality are phenomena of central importance to certain types of intimate
relationships. Although love has been a mainstream relationship variable in research�…

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�…

It was proposed that people falling in love differ from people not in love on a variety of
variables, viewing the world more positively, such thatlovers wear rose colored glasses'�…

This chapter explores the ways in which an individual's sexual responses and his or her
sexual attributes or characteristics are implicated in the attraction process and in the initial�…

This chapter discusses pros and cons of romantic love beliefs, positive and negative aspects
of idealization in love. Empirical research of romantic beliefs shows cross-cultural and�…

Sociological and social psychological discourse on love posits the existence of two distinct
love types: passionate and companionate love. Little research, however, has been�…

The goal of this study was to explore the association between the love styles endorsed by
respondents and their romantic partners on the one hand, and the quality of their romantic�…

In this study, 605 subjects were asked about romantic love and marriage. Married people
differentiated themselves from single people with stable partners and divorced people with�…

This study reports the creation of the Love Ways Inventory and an investigation of the
relationship between the subjective experience of romantic love and relationship quality�…

This volume brings together in a single resource fourteen empirical studies examining a
variety of emotions and behaviors covering many aspects of love, romance, and sexual�…