Sex differences in romantic love: an evolutionary perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evolutionary selection pressures, most notably sexual selection, have created (and continue to sustain) many psychobehavioral differences between females and males. One such domain where psychobehavioral sex differences may be prominent is romantic love. The ways in which females and males may experience and express romantic love differently has been studied in psychology as well as in the arts down the ages; however, no studies have focused specifically on romantic love (i.e., passionate love) using validated measures of romantic love solely in people who are currently experiencing this form of love.

Methods

This study investigated sex differences in features and aspects of romantic love among 808 young adults experiencing romantic love. Univariate and multivaria

SUBMITTER: Bode A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11849325 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature