The Endurance of Love: Passionate and Companionate Love in Newlywed and Long-term Marriages

Most theorists assume that the passage of time will have a very different impact on passionate versus companionate love. Passionate love is said to decline fairly quickly, while companionate love is thought to remain fairly stable (or actually increase) over time.This hypothesis was tested in two st...

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Main Authors: Mary Utne O’Brien, Jane Traupmann Pillemer, Elaine Hatfield, Yen-Chi L. Le
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2008-06-01
Series:Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Online Access:http://abpri.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/interpersona-21_2.pdf