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Universality of the Triangular Theory of Love: Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Triangular Love Scale in 25 Countries
Luis Diego VegaMuhammad RizwanIskra HerakAicha BensafiaConal MonaghanSarah L. MckercharMarina ButovskayaBogdan WojciszkeMohd Sofian Omar-fauzeeChin Ming HuiAleksandra KosticIvan Sarmány-schullerVilmante PakalniskieneMarcin CzubSeda DuralAriela Francesca PaganiTruong Quang LamRichard AyebareTruong Thi Khanh HaRobert J. SternbergRocio MartinezAnnette PisanskiFarida GuemazTomasz FrackowiakPiotr SorokowskiMiriam PariseMarija PejičićRuta SargautyteKarina Ugalde GonzálezAntonin CarrierDaniel Conroy-beamIke E. OnyishiFarid PazhoohiBoris BizumicDavid M. BussMaja ZupančičCharlotte AlmChiemezie S. AtamaMohammad Madallh AlhabahbaBerna ErtuğrulAlvaro MailhosNaumana AmjadIlona CroyNorbert MeskóAfifa AnjumAgata GroyeckaKonstantinos KafetsiosDaria DronovaIvana HromatkoCarla Sofia EstevesSvjetlana SalkičevićAneta PrzepiorkaNils C. KöbisTran Ha ThuMahmoud BoussenaBogusław PawłowskiErnesto LeónSusanne SchmehlMarina HorvatJean Carlos NatividadeMarta ZaťkováEdna Lúcia Tinoco PoncianoMons BendixenGeorgina R. LennardToivo AavikAndrás LángİZzet DuyarChristin-melanie VauclairDominika ChabinBarış ÖZenerAgustín EspinosaDwi Ajeng WidariniGirishwar MisraFranco SimonettiLeif Edward Ottesen KennairPavol ProkopCarlota BatresAnam ShahidNejc PlohlAgnieszka SorokowskaElisabeth OberzaucherAnna OleszkiewiczMaciej KarwowskiSeda CanMario Sainz MartinezTorun LindholmDerya Atamtürk DuyarShivantika SharadKelly AsaoHakan CetinkayaAlba Moya-garófanoGyesook YooKatarzyna PisanskiJorge Contreras GraduñoMeri TadinacGulia LopezBojan MusilZoi ManesiEmanuel C. MoraIgnacio EstevanTina KavčičAnna KrasnodębskaNicolas KervynJas Laile Suzana Binti JaafarGeorge NizharadzeZainab F. ZadehJoanna Różycka-tranRizwana ShaikhCamelia PopaRosa María CuetoGrace AkelloKatarzyna CantareroFeng JiangMária Haľamovásubject
Cross-Cultural Comparison:Ciências Sociais::Sociologia [Domínio/Área Científica]Sociology and Political ScienceScale (ratio)Psychometrics:Humanidades::Outras Humanidades [Domínio/Área Científica]Evolutionary psychology:Ciências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais [Domínio/Área Científica]Empirical Research:Ciências Sociais::Psicologia [Domínio/Área Científica]Romantic loveCommitment deviceGender StudiesQuality of alternativesEmpirical researchHistory and Philosophy of ScienceThe Triangular Theory of Love cross-culturalHumansTriangular theory of loveStatistical physicsCross-cultural studyAdaptation (computer science)General PsychologyMathematicsTriangular Love Scale:Ciências Médicas::Medicina Básica [Domínio/Área Científica]05 social sciencesSDG 10 - Reduced InequalitiesLoveSettore M-PSI/05 - PSICOLOGIA SOCIALEUniversality (dynamical systems)Close relationshipsPsychometric PropertiesTriangular Love Scale; Psychometric Properties; Cross-cultural study050903 gender studiesHomogeneous/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities0509 other social sciencesdescription
The Triangular Theory of Love (measured with Sternberg’s Triangular Love Scale – STLS) is a prominent theoretical concept in empirical research on love. To expand the culturally homogeneous body of previous psychometric research regarding the STLS, we conducted a large-scale cross-cultural study with the use of this scale. In total, we examined more than 11,000 respondents, but as a result of applied exclusion criteria, the final analyses were based on a sample of 7332 participants from 25 countries (from all inhabited continents). We tested configural invariance, metric invariance, and scalar invariance, all of which confirmed the cultural universality of the theoretical construct of love analyzed in our study. We also observed that levels of love components differ depending on relationship duration, following the dynamics suggested in the Triangular Theory of Love. Supplementary files with all our data, including results on love intensity across different countries along with STLS versions adapted in a few dozen languages, will further enable more extensive research on the Triangular Theory of Love. This article will not be available due to copyright restrictions © 2020 by The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-01 | Journal of Sex Research |