Compassionate Love for a Romantic Partner, Love Styles and Subjective Well-Being

Neto, Félix ^[1]
1. [1] Universidade Do Porto
  
  Universidade Do Porto
  
  Santo Ildefonso, Portugal
Localización: Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, ISSN-e 1981-6472, Vol. 6, Nº. 1, 2012, págs. 23-39
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Recently a compassionate love scale was developed to assess compassionate love or altruistic love for different targets (e.g., romantic partner, close others and all the humanity; Sprecher & Fehr, 2005). This study was conducted to examine the psychometric properties of the Compassionate Love Scale in the Portuguese context. In addition, it has been examined how compassionate love for a romantic partner was related to socio-demographic variables, love styles, and subjective well-being. Two hundred and eighty one men and women participated (42% of women) with a mean age of 21.89. All participants were currently in a romantic relationship. The Compassionate Love Scale shows satisfactory psychometric properties. Furthermore, our predictions were supported, as those who experience high levels of compassionate love for a romantic partner are more likely to report Eros and altruistic love (Agape), and subjective well-being.