Agape Love in Couple Relationships

Li, Lin; Huddleston-Casas, Catherine A.

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“…On the other hand, the association between satisfaction with relationships and love styles has also been documented. Relationship satisfaction was associated with and predicted by eros and agape love styles (Frazier and Esterly 1990;Hendrick et al 1988;Lin and Huddleston-Casas 2005;Meeks et al 1998) and also by storge love styles (Hendrick and Hendrick 1993;Meeks et al 1998). Yet, in another study, marital satisfaction was predicted when eros and ludus love styles were not accentuated (Skolski and Hendrick 1999).…”

Section: Objective and Subjective Romantic Relationship Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 95%

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Adult Attachment, Love Styles, Relationship Experiences and Subjective Well-Being: Cross-Cultural and Gender Comparison between Americans, Portuguese, and Mozambicans

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Attachment security, love styles, and romantic relationship experiences are closely associated with subjective well-being (SWB). A few studies have empirically observed significant relations between these variables. However, no studies have included all of these predictors to analyze the unique contribution of each to SWB, and no crosscultural studies have analyzed these variables simultaneously. This article examined (a) the relations between attachment security, love styles, romantic relationship experiences and subjective well-being, (b) the unique contribution of each to predict SWB, and (c) crosscultural and gender differences in the predictors of SWB across three samples of 1,574 university students: 497 from North Carolina (US), 544 from Maputo (Mozambique), and 533 from Lisbon (Portugal). We found cross-cultural differences in the three samples. The main predictor of SWB was attachment security in the US and Portuguese samples, while in the Mozambican it was eros love style. Storge love style positively predicted SWB in the US and Portuguese samples, but not in the Mozambican. In contrast, mania love style predicted the SWB of Mozambicans but not that of Americans or Portuguese. We found gender similarities and differences: the association between attachment security and SWB was not gender-specific; the associations between love styles, relationship experiences and SWB were gender-specific. IntroductionClose relationships are central to humankind and have a great impact on individuals' lives and overall subjective well-being (SWB; Diener and Biswas-Diener 2008). There are studies that significantly associate attachment styles, love styles (e. g. Levy and Davis 1988;Remshard 1999), or relationship experiences with SWB (e. g. Frazier and Esterly 1990; Kim and Hatfield 2004). However, there are important gaps in the literature about the relations between these variables and an absence of studies that analyze how all of these variables conjointly affect SWB. It is important to have a deeper knowledge of the relations between these variables and their precise role in predicting SWB. Attachment (an early trait variable), love styles (conceptual/attitudinal variables), and relationship experiences (objective conditions and satisfaction with relationships) are different categories of variables that may affect SWB differently. Further, understanding these relations may allow us to know how-and at what level-to better intervene in order to promote relationship quality and human well-being. It is also important to investigate possible gender and cultural differences. Few studies have focused on how attachment, love styles and relationship experiences contribute to SWB in samples other than European or North American, and none include cross-cultural comparisons.The pertinence of this study is, therefore, to address some of these gaps in the scientific literature, such as: what type and how strong are the associations between attachment style, love styles, and romantic relationship experiences? How do these variables ...

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Section: Objective and Subjective Romantic Relationship Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Agape love style is also more common among men Davies 2001;Lin and Huddleston-Casas 2005), but was the only love style that was positively related to life satisfaction in women (Yancey and Berglass 1991). Other studies didn't find gender differences related to agape (Dion and Dion 2006;Montgomery and Sorell 1997).…”

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Adult Attachment, Love Styles, Relationship Experiences and Subjective Well-Being: Cross-Cultural and Gender Comparison between Americans, Portuguese, and Mozambicans

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“…Lin and Huddleston-Casas (2005) positively correlated agape love with relationship satisfaction. Sprecher and Fehr (2005) found compassionate love to be more encompassing and experienced among family, friends, social acquaintances, and humanity.…”

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Productive Love Promotion via Affective Technology: An Approach Based on Social Psychology and Philosophy

Pujol¹,

Umemuro²

2010

Human Technology

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“…For example, although scores for men are consistently higher than those for women on the Ludus love style (Lin & Huddleston-Casas, 2005), scores for women are usually higher than those for men on the Storge, Mania, and Pragma love styles (Neto & Pinto, 2003). No clear patterns emerge for the Agape love style (Sprecher & Toro-Morn, 2002).…”

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An Examination of Liking, Love Styles, and Wellness Among Emerging Adults: Implications for Social Wellness and Development

Shurts

Myers

2008

Adultspan Journal

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Agape Love in Couple Relationships

Cited by 33 publications

References 46 publications

Adult Attachment, Love Styles, Relationship Experiences and Subjective Well-Being: Cross-Cultural and Gender Comparison between Americans, Portuguese, and Mozambicans

Adult Attachment, Love Styles, Relationship Experiences and Subjective Well-Being: Cross-Cultural and Gender Comparison between Americans, Portuguese, and Mozambicans

Productive Love Promotion via Affective Technology: An Approach Based on Social Psychology and Philosophy

An Examination of Liking, Love Styles, and Wellness Among Emerging Adults: Implications for Social Wellness and Development

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