Love Ways and Relationship Quality in Heterosexual Relationships

Bibliographic Data

ID2936339
AuthorsMichael L Hecht (0000-0002-5747-1378, Arizona State University), Peter J Marston (California State University, Northridge), Linda Kathryn Larkey (Arizona State University), Linda Larkey (0000-0001-7681-6813, Arizona State University)
Year1994
Volume11
Issue1
Pages25-43
Publication date1994-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407594111002
OpenAlexW2110242178
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited15

This study reports the creation of the Love Ways Inventory and an investigation of the relationship between the subjective experience of romantic love and relationship quality. Based on the results of two previous studies, items were written to measure the various ways people experience love. Factor analyses resulted in five factors: intuitive love, secure love, traditional romantic love, committed love and companionate love. These `love ways' were then correlated with relational quality in two separate samples leading to three general findings. First, individuals experiencing committed love have higher quality relationships. Second, couples jointly experiencing high levels of companionate love have higher quality relationships. Third, couples experiencing similar levels of secure love and/or companionate love have higher quality relationships

Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Interpersonal relationship · Psychoanalysis · Quality (philosophy · Romance · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology

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