A New Look at Love

Howery, Carla B.; Walster, Elaine; Walster, G. William; Hall, Francine S.; Hall, Douglas T.; Knox, David

doi:10.2307/1317348

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“…Sternberg, 1986). In line with this thesis, romantic love relates to an interest in being close to a partner (Aron & Aron, 1998;Hatfield, 1988;Hatfield & Walster, 1978) and encourages self-disclosure (Aron, Norman, Aron, McKenna, & Heyman, 2000;S. S. Hendrick, Hendrick, & Adler, 1988;Wieselquist, Rusbult, Foster, & Agnew, 1999).…”

Section: Romantic Love and Sexual Desire As Separate Relational Proce...mentioning

confidence: 85%

“…Two schools of thought converge on the notion that romantic love and sexual desire are independent relational processes. Relationship researchers have long grappled with the question of how romantic love and sexual desire emerge and evolve over the course of intimate relationships (Aron & Aron, 1998;Hatfield, 1988;Hatfield & Rapson, 1993;Hatfield & Walster, 1978;S. S. Hendrick & Hendrick, 1992; R. J.…”

Section: Romantic Love and Sexual Desire As Separate Relational Proce...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Romantic love and sexual desire in close relationships.

Gonzaga¹,

Turner²,

Keltner³

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Emotion

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Drawing on recent claims in the study of relationships, attachment, and emotion, the authors hypothesized that romantic love serves a commitment-related function and sexual desire a reproduction-related function. Consistent with these claims, in Study 1, brief experiences of romantic love and sexual desire observed in a 3-min interaction between romantic partners were related to distinct feeling states, distinct nonverbal displays, and commitment- and reproductive-related relationship outcomes, respectively. In Study 2, the nonverbal display of romantic love was related to the release of oxytocin. Discussion focuses on the place of romantic love and sexual desire in the literature on emotion.

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Section: Romantic Love and Sexual Desire As Separate Relational Proce...mentioning

confidence: 85%

Section: Romantic Love and Sexual Desire As Separate Relational Proce...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Romantic love and sexual desire in close relationships.

Gonzaga¹,

Turner²,

Keltner³

et al. 2006

Emotion

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“…A third and last area where passion can affect relationships pertains to the impact one's passion for the loved one can have on the quality of the intimate relationship. Past research (e.g., Hatfield & Walster, 1978) has typically looked at passionate love as roughly the equivalent of obsessive passion. However, as seen so far, one can still be harmoniously passionate for an activity, and this should apply to love relationships as well.…”

Section: Passion and Interpersonal Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the psychology of passion: In search of what makes people's lives most worth living.

Vallerand¹

2008

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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“…Sternberg (1986) proposed that commitment is one of three components of love. Hatfield and colleagues have described a kind of love called companionate love that refers to "the affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined" (Hatfield & Rapson, 1993, p. 596; see also Hatfield & Walster, 1978). In a similar vein, A.…”

Section: Love As a Commitment Devicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Various observations lend credence to this contention. Theorists have posited that love involves feelings of connectedness and closeness (Sternberg, 1986), affection (Hatfield, 1988;Hatfield & Rapson, 1993;Hatfield & Walster, 1978), commitment (Hendrick & Hendrick, 1992;Lee, 1977), and a desire to be near an intimate (A. Aron & Aron, 1991;Hatfield, 1988;Hatfield & Walster, 1978).…”

Section: Love As An Internal Signal To Approachmentioning

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Love and the commitment problem in romantic relations and friendship.

Gonzaga

Keltner²,

Londahl³

et al. 2001

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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On the basis of the proposition that love promotes commitment, the authors predicted that love would motivate approach, have a distinct signal, and correlate with commitment-enhancing processes when relationships are threatened. The authors studied romantic partners and adolescent opposite-sex friends during interactions that elicited love and threatened the bond. As expected, the experience of love correlated with approach-related states (desire, sympathy). Providing evidence for a nonverbal display of love, four affiliation cues (head nods, Duchenne smiles, gesticulation, forward leans) correlated with self-reports and partner estimates of love. Finally, the experience and display of love correlated with commitment-enhancing processes (e.g., constructive conflict resolution, perceived trust) when the relationship was threatened. Discussion focused on love, positive emotion, and relationships. Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transform to form and dignity, Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

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A New Look at Love

Cited by 18 publications

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Romantic love and sexual desire in close relationships.

Romantic love and sexual desire in close relationships.

On the psychology of passion: In search of what makes people's lives most worth living.

Love and the commitment problem in romantic relations and friendship.

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