Abstract
Romantic partners have different attitudes on what love is and what it means to be in a romantic relationship. These attitudes are conceptualized as love styles that relate to relationship-maintenance behaviors and relationship satisfaction. Specifically, love styles could be associated with how partners cope with stress (dyadic coping), which in turn may be associated with relationship satisfaction. Using self-report data from 92 heterosexual couples, findings showed that: (a) eros and agape love styles have positive direct effects on dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction, whereas ludus has a negative direct effect on dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction and (b) dyadic coping partially mediated the association between love styles and relationship satisfaction. Overall, associations were s for men.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 84-97 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Personal Relationships |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2016 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Anthropology
- Life-span and Life-course Studies