Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Love: The Quadruple Theory
Scholars across an array of disciplines including social psychologists have been trying to explain the meaning of love for over a century but its polysemous nature has made it difficult to fully understand. In this paper, a quadruple framework of attraction, resonance or connection, trust, and respe...
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| description | Scholars across an array of disciplines including social psychologists have been trying to explain the meaning of love for over a century but its polysemous nature has made it difficult to fully understand. In this paper, a quadruple framework of attraction, resonance or connection, trust, and respect are proposed to explain the meaning of love. The framework is used to explain how love grows and dies and to describe brand love, romantic love, and parental love. The synergistic relationship between the factors and how their variations modulate the intensity or levels of love are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41968772d0574fba87d3cc5ab6dd9dea2022-12-21T17:50:06ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-05-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.00862493545Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Love: The Quadruple TheoryTobore Onojighofia ToboreScholars across an array of disciplines including social psychologists have been trying to explain the meaning of love for over a century but its polysemous nature has made it difficult to fully understand. In this paper, a quadruple framework of attraction, resonance or connection, trust, and respect are proposed to explain the meaning of love. The framework is used to explain how love grows and dies and to describe brand love, romantic love, and parental love. The synergistic relationship between the factors and how their variations modulate the intensity or levels of love are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00862/fulltriangular theory of loveRomancebrand loveparental lovematernal loveMeaning of love |
| spellingShingle | Tobore Onojighofia Tobore Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Love: The Quadruple Theory Frontiers in Psychology triangular theory of love Romance brand love parental love maternal love Meaning of love |
| title | Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Love: The Quadruple Theory |
| title_full | Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Love: The Quadruple Theory |
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| title_short | Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Love: The Quadruple Theory |
| title_sort | towards a comprehensive theory of love the quadruple theory |
| topic | triangular theory of love Romance brand love parental love maternal love Meaning of love |
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