Karandashev et al. (2012). Online Readings in Psychology and Culture Empirical research | To reconstruct how attachment avoidance and anxiety developed during the early romantic relationship. To assess the role of love styles in this development | 290 undergraduate students 61% females Age = 19.2 years (range 18 - 31) 93% single The average length of relationship was 10.9 months (SD 9.7). 94% Caucasian |
| Students from introductory psychology classes received class credit. The procedure completed was completed in groups | Love styles Attachment style All variables measured by validate tools Significant events of relationships (by an item ad hoc) |
Kimberly & Werner-Wilson (2013). Journal of Human Sciences and Extension Empirical research | To assess the association of love styles with marital satisfaction and communication techniques used during marital conflict | 653 individuals 72% Females Age = 37 years, (DS 1.79) (range 22 - 89 years) 70% comfortable the current financial situation The length of current relationship was a little under 15 years The lengh of married was almost 11 years 92% Caucasian | Southeastern state. | Random sampling by mail, email, and Facebook The contact information obtained from the United Postal Services, Directors of Graduate Studies and Facebook Questionnaire completed online. | Love styles Relationship satisfaction Destructive interpersonal communication All variables measured by validate tools |
Lin et al. (2005). Marriage & Family Review Empirical research | To examine the associations between Agape and religiosity, age, gender, relationship satisfaction, and education. | 513 individuals 59% Females Age = 46 years (DS 16) (range 19 - 91) 84% married 35% completed educational level 64% protestants 36% income $25.000 - 49.999 94% white | Midwestern State Research University | The sample was generated by Genesys software 30 interviewers Computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) software was used | Love styles Religiosity, age and relationship satisfaction. All variables measured by validate tools and also telephone interview |
Neto & Pinto, (2015). Applied Research in Quality of Life Empirical research | To examine the relation of love life satisfaction with relational constructs (such as love styles, romantic loneliness, partnership commitment, sexual desire), and subjective well-being. | 1284 participants 668 Males Age 37.97 years (SD 17.38) (range 18 - 90 years) 51 % attended university 58% single 25.5% married 71% believers | Lisbon (Portugal) | Participants were unpaid volunteers and recruited and tested by a trained psychology researcher. Completion of the questionnaire required less than half an hour. | Love styles Satisfaction with Life and Love Life Affective well-being Relationship variables All variables measured by validate tools |
Ortalda & Clapetto (2010). Psicologia della Salute Empirical research | To assess the correlations between subjective weel-being and love types; and also among these last ones, jealousy ans relationship length | 156 individuals 57% Females Age = 24 years (DS 3.2) (range 20 - 30 years) 52% full-time workers 67% medium-high education level 67 % participants lived without romantic partners | Valle d’Aosta (Italy) | Non-probabilistic sampling, respecting subdivision of genders | Love styles Subjective wellbeing All these variables measured by validate tools Falling in love and Love status (by items ad hoc) |
Smith & Klases (2016). Interpersona Empirical research | To assess if attachment style, cultural orientation, gender, and relationship length were predictors for love styles | 108 Participants 57 Females Age = 28.96 years (range 20 - 61 years). The length of relationship = from 60.66, months (Hong Kong) to 87.08 months (UK) | London (UK) Hong Kong | Opportunity sampling, drawned from an urban population. | Love styles Culture variable Attachment style All variables measured by validate tools |