Variation exists in the expression of romantic love: A cluster analytic study of young adults experiencing romantic love

IF 2.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-27 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113108

Adam Bode , Phillip S. Kavanagh

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Abstract

Variation exists in the expression of romantic love, but to date, no studies have specifically investigated this phenomenon. This study employed a TwoStep cluster analysis to group 809 partnered young adults experiencing romantic love from the Romantic Love Survey 2022 according to intensity of romantic love, obsessive thinking, commitment, and frequency of sex per week. The results revealed four clusters: (i) mild romantic lovers (20.02 %) characterized by the lowest intensity, lowest obsessive thinking, lowest commitment, and lowest frequency of sex; (ii) moderate romantic lovers (40.91 %), characterized by relatively low intensity, relatively low obsessive thinking, relatively high commitment, and relatively moderate frequency of sex; (iii) libidinous romantic lovers (9.64 %), characterized by relatively high intensity, relatively high obsessive thinking, relatively high commitment, and exceptionally high frequency of sex; and (iv) intense romantic lovers (29.42 %), characterized by the highest intensity, highest obsessive thinking, highest commitment, and relatively high frequency of sex. Each cluster differs on a range of personal and relationship characteristics. The findings can generate theory and hypotheses about romantic love and provide impetus for future research.

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浪漫爱情的表达存在差异：对经历浪漫爱情的年轻人的聚类分析研究

浪漫爱情的表达方式存在差异，但迄今为止，还没有研究专门调查过这一现象。这项研究采用了两步聚类分析，根据浪漫爱情的强度、强迫性思维、承诺和每周性行为的频率，对来自2022年浪漫爱情调查的809组有伴侣的年轻人进行了浪漫爱情。结果显示出四种类型：(i)轻度浪漫恋人（20.02%），他们的性行为强度最低、强迫思维最低、承诺最低、频率最低；（ii）中度浪漫恋人（40.91%），其特征是相对较低的性爱强度、相对较低的强迫思维、相对较高的承诺和相对中等的性爱频率；（iii）性欲旺盛的浪漫恋人（9.64%），其特征是相对较高的强度、相对较高的强迫思维、相对较高的承诺和异常高的性频率；（iv）强烈的浪漫恋人（29.42%），其特征是最高的强度、最高的强迫思维、最高的承诺和相对较高的性频率。每个群体在一系列个人和关系特征上都是不同的。这一发现可以产生关于浪漫爱情的理论和假设，并为未来的研究提供动力。

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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8.50

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4.70%

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577

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.