"On average, single adults in the U.S. report they have fallen in passionate love twice in their life so far, according to a new survey. And 14 percent of the 10,036 respondents said they had never fallen in passionate love at all. The results highlight the diversity of people's experiences with love, says the study's lead author Amanda Gesselman, a psychologist at Indiana University's Kinsey Institute. There's a lot more variation than we really know about, she says."
"Researchers have proposed many ways to understand romantic love. One popular model is the triangular theory of love, which divides romance into three pieces: passion, intimacy and commitment. The balance of these factors typically changes throughout the life cycle of a relationship, with passionate love happening earliest. It's that first feeling of magnetism to a partner, that feeling of obsessionjust this intense longing to be together, Gesselman says."
Survey respondents in the U.S. reported falling in passionate love an average of 2.05 times so far in life. Fourteen percent of 10,036 respondents said they had never fallen in passionate love. Respondents ranged from 18 to 99 years old and data were collected in 2022 and 2023. The triangular theory of love divides romance into passion, intimacy and commitment. Passionate love typically appears earliest, characterized by intense magnetism and obsessive longing, and often fades into companionate love, a steadier, warm form of attachment. Experiences of passionate love vary widely across individuals.
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