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| Cognitive algebra of love through the adult life | | Author(s) | Anne Falconi, Etienne Mullet |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 57, no 3, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 275-290 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Emotions ; Sexual activity ; Personal relationships ; Attitude ; France. |
| Annotation | The study was aimed at characterising the exact algebraic structure of the love schema, in order to trace possible changes in the conceptualisation of love throughout the adult life cycle, notably as regards the weight attributed to the three components of love: passion, intimacy and commitment. The Functional Theory of Cognition was the methodological framework used. Irrespective of the 400 French participants' gender (146 men, 254 women) and age (from 18 to 93), the structure of the love schema was shown to obey an equal weight averaging rule; the love schema was conceived as a strictly compensatory schema. Irrespective of age and gender, passion was the most important factor (w=.51) followed by intimacy (.29) and commitment (.20). The relationships between overall love value and degree of passion (or intimacy or commitment) was not conceived as a linear one, but an exponential one. While the weight of passion was shown to decline over age, that of commitment was shown to increase over age. This change was, however, very limited and observed in older participants only. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040629205 A |
| Classmark | DL: BIU: DS: DP: 765 |
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