The components of love: Romantic attraction and sex role orientation
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Personality
- Vol. 54 (2) , 354-370
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1986.tb00399.x
Abstract
Hypotheses derived from both Erich Fromm and the feminist literature linking sex role orientation to type of love experienced were tested in a sample of 123 heterosexual dating couples Five components of love were identified through factor analysis romantic dependency, communicative intimacy, physical arousal, respect, and romantic compatibility Type of love was related to sex role orientation (p 01), with traditionals characterized by romantic dependency and romantic compatibility, while nontraditionals emphasized communicative intimacy Sex differences showed females being more emotionally expressive in then love than males and scoring higher on communicative intimacy (p's < 01)This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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