ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПРЕДСТАВЛЕНИЙ О ЛЮБВИ СУПРУГОВ С РАЗНЫМИ КОМПОНЕНТАМИ И СТИЛЯМИ ЛЮБВИ

Abstract

In view of the tendency for the decline of marriage and family, the interest in the problem of love within the relations between a man and a woman raises. The paper analyzes R. Sternberg’s triangular theory of love. According to this theory, there are three components of love – intimacy, passion, commitment. The paper presents the results of the study of the perception of love, styles, and components of love of married couples. The results of empirical study of perception of love by young people at the age of 20 to 40 are identified by the incomplete-sentence test. All respondents’ judgments about love are grouped in four basic blocks with separate subsections and generalized constructs reflecting in aggregate the respondents’ perceptions of love. The influence of a number of constructs on the styles and components of love is shown. The author detected negative influence of the “negative attitude to love” construct on the “eros” love type. “Loyalty”, “serving” and “happiness” constructs influence negatively the “ludus” love style. “Belief and love” and “love as sex and passion” constructs influence negatively the “storge” love style. “Happiness” construct influences positively the “agape” love style. “Happiness” construct influences positively all three components of love as well. “Reciprocity” construct influences positively the relationship component of love. “Serving” construct influences positively the passion component of love. “Negative attitude to love” construct influences negatively all three components of love.