Love

A Psychometric Approach

Bibliographic Data

ID13675629
AuthorsAlvin Pam (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, corresponding author), Robert Plutchik (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Hope R Conte (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Year1975
Volume37
Issue1
Pages83-88
Publication date1975-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1975.37.1.83
PMID1153600
OpenAlexW2079289309
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited2

A new psychometric instrument, the Love Scale, was developed for measuring feelings and attitudes associated with being in love. A series of items was constructed to provide measures of five components assumed on the basis of philosophical speculation and previous research to be basic to the love experience: Respect, Congeniality, Altruism, Physical Attraction, and Attachment. Both the total and the subscale scores proved to be highly reliable. The significant differences between Love, Dating, and Friendship groups clearly indicated that the Love relationship can be distinguished empirically from that of Dating or Friendship. Most important to a Love relationship appeared to be Attachment and Physical Attraction

Altruism (biology · Attraction · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Friendship · Scale (ratio · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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