Research has shown that romantic love can be regulated. We investigated perceptions
about love regulation, because these perceptions may impact mental health and influence�…

Love feelings can be more intense than desired (eg, after a break-up) or less intense than
desired (eg, in long-term relationships). If only we could control our love feelings! We�…

Love feelings can be more intense than desired (eg, after a break-up) or less intense than
desired (eg, in long-term relationships). If only we could control our love feelings! The�…

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�…

With romantic love having long been studied with a focus on the romantic component and
how it is expressed, little is known about what love is as a feeling in romantic relationships�…

Contemporary love theory and research have not identified the unique antecedents,
manifestations, and consequences of romantic or other types of love. Three experiments�…

This research review based on literature derived from a Pubmed search on the terms
romantic love revealed only 149 studies from 1953 to 2016. These include self-report and�…

Across human societies, people form long-term romantic bonds that can last a lifetime. Many
theorists have proposed that the emotion love plays a causal role in maintaining these�…

With research long focusing on distinct characteristics of different love types, little is known
about love as a general feeling across relationship contexts. To explore the core elements of�…

We conducted a prototype analysis to explore men's and women's cognitions (knowledge
and beliefs) about the nature of romantic love. In study 1 (compilation of prototypic features)�…