The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in attitude towards love among persons married for the first time, persons divorced for the first time, and persons remarried for the first time. Additional objectives were to examine whether or not the following make a difference in one's attitude towards love: a divorce in one's family of origin; one's gender; and one's stage in the adult life cycle. Finally, there was also an investigation of whether or not there was a relationship between components of love measured by Rubin's (1970) Love Scale (LS) and those measured by Sternberg's (1986) Triangular Theory Love Scale (TTLS). Both Love Scales were utilized to measure the dependent variable of love. / The population consisted of the 1,102 parents of students at the Developmental Research School of Florida State University. Mailed questionnaires were completed by 186 females and 136 males for a total sample of 322 persons ranging between the ages of 26 and 59. They were then divided into three independent groups: (a) first time married (n = 241); (b) first time divorced (n = 26); and (c) first time remarried (n = 55). The data were analyzed by a number of statistical procedures including ANOVAs, Scheffe, t tests, scatterplots, and PPM. / Marrieds and remarrieds had a significantly different (more positive) attitude towards love than the divorced group. There was no significant difference in attitude towards love between those who had a family of origin member experience divorce, and those who did not have a family of origin member experience divorce. Males had a more romantic attitude towards love than females on the LSA, but no differences appeared between male and female responses on the TTLS. Unlike the TTLS, the LS indicated a difference in attitude towards romantic love according to life cycle stage. However, a small n in Stage 3 warrants caution in interpretation of this finding. There was a high correlation between components of love measured by LS and TTLS. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-03, Section: A, page: 0582. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76059 |
| Contributors | CRIST, VIRGINIA., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 176 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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