Abstract
Individual differences in love attitudes and the relationship between love attitudes and other variables in Asian culture lack in-depth exploration. This study conducted cluster analysis with data regarding love attitudes obtained from 389 college students in mainland China. The result of cluster analysis based on love-attitude scales distinguished four types of students: game players, rational lovers, emotional lovers, and absence lovers. These four groups of students showed significant differences in sexual attitudes and personality traits of deliberation and dutifulness but not self-discipline. The study’s implications for future studies on love attitudes in certain cultural groups were also discussed.
Highlights
Love Attitude and Its MeasurementLove has been typically defined as an emotional and passionate experience between two individuals [1], which may be reflected in several facets, such as attitude, emotion or behavior [2]
The three primary colors could combine in pairs and create three “secondary colors” that have their own particular properties and characteristics [5]: pragma or obsessive love, which is a combination between ludus and storge, refers to realistic and practical love that is not based on intense physical attraction but emphasizes the conscious search for a compatible partner; mania or possessive love, which is a combination between eros and ludus, is an obsessive, intense, full-feeling and possessive type of love held by lovers who have a strong need to be loved; and agape or altruistic love, which is a combination between eros and storge, refers to people who need attention from loved ones without having personal interest [6]
As for the correlations between love attitudes and other variables, sex centered on self had a high correlation with ludus (r = .51) and its correlations with pragma and mania were significant (r = .10 and .12 respectively), while sex centered on relationship had significant positive correlations with all dimensions of love attitudes except for ludus
Summary
Love Attitude and Its MeasurementLove has been typically defined as an emotional and passionate experience between two individuals [1], which may be reflected in several facets, such as attitude, emotion or behavior [2]. One of the earliest and most influential theories is the colors of love, which was proposed by Lee in 1973. In this theory, there are three “primary colors” of love: eros or passionate love, which refers to the forceful physical or emotional attraction following commitment to a loved one; ludus or game-playing love, which represents the playful love felt by someone who has no commitment towards love or his/her partner; and storge or friendship-based love, which describes an intimate relationship developed gradually from prior friendship [4]. The three primary colors could combine in pairs and create three “secondary colors” that have their own particular properties and characteristics [5]: pragma or obsessive love, which is a combination between ludus and storge, refers to realistic and practical love that is not based on intense physical attraction but emphasizes the conscious search for a compatible partner; mania or possessive love, which is a combination between eros and ludus, is an obsessive, intense, full-feeling and possessive type of love held by lovers who have a strong need to be loved; and agape or altruistic love, which is a combination between eros and storge, refers to people who need attention from loved ones without having personal interest [6].
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