The Existential Context of Lovestyles: An Empirical Study

  • This study is an attempt to demonstrate empirically that the way in which one views love occurs within a broad and definable existential context. John Lee's (1974; 1977) typology of six >lovestyles< was investigated in relation to other phenomenological dimensions, including the fear of death, ego strength, self-esteem, and the meaningfulness of life. The lovestyles were also related to various self-ratings and demographic variables. One hundred and fifty-three undergraduates responded to measures of lovestyle and the existential and demographic variables. Existential profiles were generated for each lovestyle. A canonical correlation procedure resulted in an equation that placed the lovestyles along an existential dimension broadly conceived of as >affirmativeness<. The agapic and manic lovestyles were particularly prominent in that they seemed to occur within opposite existential contexts. The agapic appeared as a giving and positive position and the manic as dependent and negative. Comments are offered on the value of studying love and on the relevance of the findings to the theories of Maslow, Fromm, and others.

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Author:Steven Prasinos, Bennett I. Tittler
Parent Title (English):Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 34, No. 1 (1984), pp. 95-112. [Online ISSN1552-650X] [doi.org/10.1177/0022167884241007]
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:1984
Release Date:2024/04/04
Format:to purchase via publisher
IdNo:Prasinos_S_and_Tittler_B_I_1984
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
Licence (German):to purchase / zu erwerben
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