Compassionate love for a romantic partner across the adult life span
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Neto, Félix
Wilks, Daniela C.
Abstract / Description
Compassionate love has received research attention over the last decade, but it is as yet unclear how it is experienced over a lifetime. The purpose of this study was to investigate compassionate love for a romantic partner throughout the adult life span, exploring individual differences in the propensity to experience compassionate love in regard to age, gender, religion, love status, love styles, and subjective well-being. The results showed that religion and love status display significant effects on compassionate love. Believers experienced greater compassionate love than nonbelievers, and individuals in love presented greater compassionate love than those who were not in love. Love styles and subjective well-being were found to be related to compassionate love. These findings corroborate studies that indicate that individuals who experience higher compassionate love for a romantic partner are more likely to report Eros, Agape, and subjective well-being.
Keyword(s)
aging compassionate love love styles subjective well-beingPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2017-11-30
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
13
Issue
4
Page numbers
606–617
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Citation
Neto, F., & Wilks, D. C. (2017). Compassionate love for a romantic partner across the adult life span. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(4), 606–617. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1204
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Neto, Félix
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Wilks, Daniela C.
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Date of first publication2017-11-30
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Abstract / DescriptionCompassionate love has received research attention over the last decade, but it is as yet unclear how it is experienced over a lifetime. The purpose of this study was to investigate compassionate love for a romantic partner throughout the adult life span, exploring individual differences in the propensity to experience compassionate love in regard to age, gender, religion, love status, love styles, and subjective well-being. The results showed that religion and love status display significant effects on compassionate love. Believers experienced greater compassionate love than nonbelievers, and individuals in love presented greater compassionate love than those who were not in love. Love styles and subjective well-being were found to be related to compassionate love. These findings corroborate studies that indicate that individuals who experience higher compassionate love for a romantic partner are more likely to report Eros, Agape, and subjective well-being.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationNeto, F., & Wilks, D. C. (2017). Compassionate love for a romantic partner across the adult life span. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(4), 606–617. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1204
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1071
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1263
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1204
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Keyword(s)agingen_US
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Keyword(s)compassionate loveen_US
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Keyword(s)love stylesen_US
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Keyword(s)subjective well-beingen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleCompassionate love for a romantic partner across the adult life spanen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue4
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers606–617
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Volume13
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