Gender and personality differences in conceptions of love: An interpersonal theory analysis

Personal Relationships

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-136

  Fehr, Beverley ^a   Broughton, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035614718     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2001.tb00031.x     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Aron, A., & Westbay, L. (1996). Dimensions of the prototype of love. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 535-551.
2. Bailey, W. C., Hendrick, C., & Hendrick, S. S. (1987). Relation of sex and gender role to love, sexual attitudes, and self-esteem. Sex Roles, 16, 637-648.
3. Bartlett, M. S. (1941). The statistical significance of canonical correlations. Biometrika, 32, 29-38.
4. Bem, S. L. (1974). The measurement of psychological androgyny. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 42, 155-162.
5. Berscheid, E., & Walster [Hatfield], E. (1974). A little bit about love. In T. L. Huston (Ed.), Foundations of interpersonal attraction (pp. 355-381). New York: Academic Press.
6. Broughton, R. (1984). A prototype strategy for construction of personality scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47, 1334-1346.
7. Broughton, R., & Katz, I. (June, 1990). The personality of self-esteem measures. Paper presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.
8. Broughton, R., Boyes, M.C., & Mitchell, J. (1993). Distance-from-the-prototype (DISPRO) personality assessment for children. Journal of Personality Assessment, 60, 32-47.
9. Buss, D. M. (1988). The evolutionary biology of love. In R. J. Sternberg & M. L. Barnes (Eds.), The psychology of love (pp. 100-118). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
10. Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for behavioral sciences (2nd ed.). New York: Academic Press.
11. Dion, K. L., & Dion, K. K. (1973). Correlates of romantic love. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 41, 51-56.
12. Dion, K. K., & Dion, K. L. (1975). Self-esteem and romantic love. Journal of Personality, 43, 39-57.
13. Dion, K. K., & Dion, K. L. (1985). Personality, gender, and the phenomenology of romantic love. In P. Shaver (Ed.), Review of personality and social psychology (Vol. 6, pp. 209-239). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
14. Fehr, B. (1988). Prototype analysis of the concepts of love and commitment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 557-579.
15. Fehr, B. (1993). How do I love thee . . . ? Let me consult my prototype. In S. Duck (Ed.), Understanding personal relationships: Vol. 1. Individuals in relationships (pp. 87-120). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
16. Fehr, B. (1994). Prototype-based assessment of laypeople's views of love. Personal Relationships, 1, 309-331.
17. Fehr, B. (1996). Friendship processes. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
18. Fehr, B. (2001). The status of theory and research on love and commitment. In G. J. O. Fletcher & M. S. Clark (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Interpersonal processes (pp. 331-356). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers.
19. Fehr, B., & Russell, J. A. (1991). The concept of love viewed from a prototype perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 425-438.
20. Foa, U. G., & Foa, E. B. (1974). Societal structures of the mind. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
21. Grote, N. K., & Frieze, I. H. (1994). The measurement of Friendship-based Love in intimate relationships. Personal Relationships, 1, 275-300.
22. Hassebrauck, M. (1997). Cognitions of relationship quality: A prototype analysis of their structure and consequences. Personal Relationships, 4, 163-185.
23. Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (1993). Love, sex, and intimacy: Their psychology, biology, and history. New York: HarperCollins.
24. Hatfield, E., & Sprecher, S. (1986). Measuring passionate love in intimate relationships. Journal of Adolescence, 9, 383-410.
25. Hatfield, E., & Walster, G. W. (1978). A new look at love. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
26. Hendrick, C. (1988). Roles and gender in relationships. In S. Duck (Ed.), Handbook of personal relationships (pp. 429-447). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
27. Hendrick, C., & Hendrick, S. S. (1986). A theory and method of love. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50, 392-402.
28. Hendrick, C., & Hendrick, S. S. (1988). Research on love: Does it measure up? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 784-794.
29. Hendrick, C., Hendrick, S. S., Foote, F. H., & Slapion-Foote, M. J. (1984). Do men and women love differently? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 1, 177-195.
30. Hendrick, S. S., & Hendrick, C. (1987). Love and sexual attitudes, self-disclosure, and sensation seeking. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 4, 281-297.
31. Hendrick, S. S., & Hendrick, C. (1995). Gender differences and similarities in sex and love. Personal Relationships, 2, 55-65.
32. Hendrick, S. S., Hendrick, C., & Adler, N. L. (1988). Romantic relationships: Love, satisfaction, and staying together. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 980-988.
33. Huston, T. L., Surra, C. A., Fitzgerald, N. M., & Cate, R. M. (1981). From courtship to marriage: Mate selection as an interpersonal process. In S. Duck & R. Gilmour (Eds.), Personal relationships: 2. Developing personal relationships. London: Academic Press.
34. Kanin, E. J., Davidson, K. R., & Scheck, S. R. (1970). A research note on male-female differentials in the experience of heterosexual love. Journal of Sex Research, 6, 64-72.
35. Kelley, H. H. (1983). Love and commitment. In H. H. Kelley, E. Berscheid, A. Christensen, J. H. Harvey, T. L. Huston, G. Levinger, E. McClintock, L. A. Peplau, & D. R. Peterson (Eds.), Close relationships (pp. 265-314). New York: W. H. Freeman.
36. Kemper, T. D. (1978). A social interactional theory of emotions (pp. 283-309). New York: Wiley.
37. Kephart, W. (1967). Some correlates of romantic love. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 29, 470-479.
38. McAdams, D. P., & Constantian, C. A. (1983). Intimacy and affiliation motives in daily living: An experience sampling analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45, 851-861.
39. McCrae, R. R., & Costa, P. T., Jr. (1989). The structure of interpersonal traits: Wiggins's circumplex and the five-factor model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 586-595.
40. Norman, W. T. (1963). Toward an adequate taxonomy of personality attributes: Replicated factor structure in peer nomination personality ratings. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 574-583.
41. Paulhus, D. L. (1987). Effects of group selection on correlations and factor patterns in sex role research. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53, 314-317.
42. Peplau, L. A. (1983). Roles and gender. In H. H. Kelley, E. Berscheid, A. Christensen, J. H. Harvey, T. L. Huston, G. Levinger, E. McClintock, L. A. Peplau, & D. R. Peterson (Eds.), Close relationships (pp. 220-264). New York: W. H. Freeman.
43. Peplau, L. A., Rubin, Z., & Hill, C. T. (1977). Sexual intimacy in dating couples. Journal of Social Issues, 33, 86-109.
44. Perlman, D., & Fehr, B. (1987). The development of intimate relationships. In D. Perlman & S. Duck (Eds.), Intimate relationships: Development, dynamics, and deterioration (pp. 9-40). New York: Springer-Verlag.
45. Rubin, Z. (1973). Liking and loving. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
46. Rubin, Z., Peplau, L. A., & Hill, C. T. (1981). Loving and leaving: Sex differences in romantic attachments. Sex Roles, 7, 821-835.
47. Sprecher, S., & Metts, S. (1989). Development of the "Romantic Beliefs Scale" and examination of the effects of gender and gender-role orientation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 6, 387-411.
48. Sprecher, S., & Regan, P. C. (1998). Passionate and companionate love in courting and young married couples. Sociological Inquiry, 68, 163-185.
49. Sternberg, R. J. (1986) A triangular theory of love. Psychological Review, 93, 119-135.
50. Sullivan, H. S. (1953). The interpersonal theory of psychiatry. New York: Norton.
51. Trapnell, P., & Wiggins, J. S. (1990). Extension of the Interpersonal Adjective Scales to include the Big Five dimensions of personality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 781-790.
52. Tupes, E. C., & Christal, R. E. (1958). Stability of personality trait rating factors obtained under diverse conditions. USAF WDAC Technical Note, No. 58-61.
53. Wiggins, J. S. (1973). Personality and prediction: Principles of personality assessment. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
54. Wiggins, J. S. (1979). A psychological taxonomy of trait-descriptive terms: The interpersonal domain. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, 395-412.
55. Wiggins, J. S. (1982). Circumplex models of interpersonal behavior in clinical psychology. In P. C. Kendall & J. N. Butcher (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in clinical psychology (pp. 183-221). New York: Wiley.
56. Wiggins, J. S. (1993). Agency and communion as conceptual coordinates for the understanding and measurement of interpersonal behavior. In D. Chicchetti & W. Grove (Eds.), Thinking clearly in psychology: Essays in honor of Paul E. Meehl. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
57. Wiggins, J. S., & Broughton, R. (1985). The Interpersonal Circle: A structural model for the integration of personality research. In R. Hogan & W. H. Jones (Eds.), Perspectives in personality (Vol. 1, pp. 1-47). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
58. Wiggins, J. S., & Holzmuller, A. (1981). Further evidence on androgyny and interpersonal flexibility. Journal of Research in Personality, 15, 67-80.
59. Wiggins, J. S., & Pincus, A. L. (1989). Conceptions of personality disorders and dimensions of personality. Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1, 305-316.
60. Wiggins, J. S., Trapnell, P., & Phillips, N. (1988). Psychometric and geometric characteristics of the Revised Interpersonal Adjective Scales (IAS-R). Multivariate Behavioral Research, 23, 517-530.
61. Wiggins, J. S., Phillips, N., & Trapnell, P. (1989). Circular reasoning about interpersonal behavior: Evidence concerning some untested assumptions underlying diagnostic classification. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 296-305.