Love In-Between

The neurobiological link between compassion and love

Love and compassion exert pleasant feelings and rewarding effects. Besides their emotional role and capacity to govern behavior, appetitive motivation, and a general 'positive state', even 'spiritual' at times, the behaviors shown in love and compassion clearly rely on neurobiological mechanisms and underlying molecular principles. These processes and pathways involve the brain's limbic motivat...

The Relationship Between Personality Traits and Love Styles Alexithymia

This study examined the relationship between personality traits and love styles with alexithymia. This research was a correlational study. One hundred persons of married women’s between 20-50 ages were selected from the Islamic Azad University of Karaj in 2018-2019 by available sampling method. The sample replied to three questionnaires include five factors of NEO Personality, Sternberg’s theor...

Love (Mohabba) in Sufism

In the following, I describe the Sufi Path (tariqa) as a dialectical process which transforms the person through love. I examine the belief system of Islamic mystics as a journey involving both creativity and passion. I do so by using a fresh approach, a perspective that has heretofore yet to be applied to the spiritual alchemy of the Sufis.

Conflicts between Love and Family Relationships in Chinese Films

Different Types of Love in Polyamory: Between Primary and Secondary

Polyamory is a relationship model where every partner involved in the relationship practices or consents to the practice of multiple simultaneous relationships. Polyamory typically consists of at least two partners, and the most common model is the primary-secondary relationship. Previous research found higher intimacy, commitment, and investment in primary relationships, while greater sexual f...