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The Prevalence and Nature of Unrequited Love

Author(s) -

Robert G. Bringle,

Terri A. Winnick,

Robert J. Rydell

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244013492160

Subject(s) - romance , philosophy of love , passion , psychology , sacrifice , social psychology , object relations theory , infatuation , love story , object (grammar) , psychoanalysis , philosophy , art , psychoanalytic theory , theology , literature , linguistics

Unrequited love (UL) is unreciprocated love that causes yearningfor more complete love. Five types of UL are delineated and conceptualized on acontinuum from lower to greater levels of interdependence: crush on someone unavailable,crush on someone nearby, pursuing a love object, longing for a past lover, and anunequal love relationship. Study 1a found all types of UL relationships to be lessemotionally intense than equal love and 4 times more frequent than equal love during a2-year period. Study 1b found little evidence for limerent qualities of UL. Study 2found all types of UL to be less intense than equal love on passion, sacrifice,dependency, commitment, and practical love, but more intense than equal love on turmoil.These results suggest that UL is not a good simulation of true romantic love, but aninferior approximation of that ideal

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