Love Attitudes Scale (Short Form)
Psychology: Personality1 sample item
About this scale
Researchers have studied the way people express and experience romantic love. The sociologist Lee (1973) became very well known for his classification of love styles , also called the colors of love . Clyde and Susan Hendrick (University of Texas) used this work to develop their lovel attitudes scale; their work is plays a dominant role in this field of research. The six love styles are listed below (defintions taken from Hendrick & Hendrick, 1986 ):
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Hendrick, C. & Hendrick, S. (1986). A theory and method of love. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50 , 392-402. | Hendrick, C., Hendrick, S., & Dicke, A. (1998). The Love Attitudes Scale: Short form. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships, 15 , 147-159. | Lee, J. A. (1973). Colours of love: An exploration of the ways of loving . Toronto: New Press.
love styles
A nice YouTube video explaining the 6 love styles
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