Past research has identified several communication strategies that are used to end relationships (e.g., Baxter, 1982). The present study extends this research by considering how young adults’ propensity to experience compassionate love for a romantic partner is associated with their reported use of breakup strategies. A sample of US university students (n 1⁄4 343) who had initiated the breakup ...

0191-8869/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.030 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 8604506658. E-mail address: [email protected] (P.K Little work has examined the manner in which the Dark Triad may function in relationship contexts. In this online, international study (N = 302), we correlated the Dark Triad with love styles. Individuals who scored high on...

It is vitally important that psychotherapists bring a strong understanding of the nature of love to their work with the many clients who are struggling, in one way or another, with love relationships. With this in mind, the present paper is designed to accomplish two purposes. The first of these is to provide an adequate answer to an old and perplexing question: "What is romantic love?," and to...

for their answers to various questions which I stumbled upon along the way. I would like to thank Professors Arnold Ross and Daniel Shapiro, who instilled in me a love for number theory. Furthermore, I am very grateful to my parents who not only taught me for twelve years, but also were kind enough to help me with editing this thesis. I would like to thank Altavista whose Babel Fish program let...

Abstract Purpose Phantom studies in CT emphysema quantification show that iterative reconstruction and deep learning-based noise reduction (DLNR) allow lower radiation dose. We compared on ultra-low-dose (ULDCT) with without reduction, to standard-dose (SDCT) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Method Forty-nine COPD patients underwent ULDCT (third generation dual-source CT; 70ref-mAs...

In the present study, we investigated the relationship among three emotion-motivation systems (adult attachment, romantic love, and sex). We recorded event-related potentials in 37 healthy volunteers who had experienced romantic love while they viewed SEX, LOVE, FRIEND, SPORT, and NEUTRAL images. We also measured adult attachment styles, level of passionate love and sexual attitudes. As expecte...

Love is a wondrous state, deep, tender, and rewarding. Because of its intimate and personal nature it is regarded by some as an improper topic for experimental research. But, whatever our personal feelings may be, our assigned mission as psychologists is to analyze all facets of human and animal behavior into their component variables. So far as love or affection is concerned, psychologists hav...

A long-term romantic relationship can offer many benefits to committed individuals. Thus, humans possess relationship maintenance mechanisms to protect against threats from those who serve as attractive alternatives or intrasexual rivals. Many studies have indicated that romantic love can act as a commitment device to activate these mechanisms. To examine the attentional bias associated with re...