This page will be used for links to findings derived from data collected using The Love Test. The Love Test is a 68 item questionnaire that was designed to assess love and its dimensions. There are two versions of The Love Test. The Concept version was designed to assess what people think love is. The Experience version was designed to assess people's experience of love. Participants could elect to take either version or both versions.

As of 5/10/97

• the Concept Version of the Love Test has been taken 20,039 times
• the Experience Version of the Love Test has been taken 13,752 times

Love Test Subscale Average Scores	Concept
	Experience
Love Dimension	% of total	% of total
Passion	74%
	75%
Emotional Intimacy	89%
	81%
Commitment	78%
	75%

	Number of Love Tests Taken
	Number of Love Tests taken each day Daily average of the number of Love Tests taken, by month taken
	Methodology
	How the scales were developed, administered and scored
	Scale Properties
	Scale reliability, subscale correlations, and convergent validity (relationships between the self report measures of love for partner, liking for partner, lust for partner, likelihood of being together in 5 years, and satisfaction with the relationship).
	The Love Test Concept items How central each Love Test Item (descriptor of love) is to people's concept of love.
	The Love Test Experience items How central each Love Test Item (descriptor of love) is to people's experience of love.
	Dimensions of Love The Concept of Love Items loaded on 3 dimensions using exploratory factor analysis that appear to involve: Caregiving, Attachment and Sexual Attraction rather than Passion, Intimacy, and Commitment. (12/97)
	A Heart formed from the descriptors of love arranged by the Caregiving, Attachment and Sexual Attraction dimensions of love. (12/97)
	Descriptives on the sample
	As of 4/97, 33,791 Love Tests have been taken. Here's what the sample looks like so far.
	As of 9/96, 10,864 Love Tests have been taken. Here's what the sample looks like so far.
	Age
	Love Test Scores by Age Grouping
	Attachment Style
	How do our early experiences affect what we think love is and how we experience it? Here's what we know so far about how attachment style relates to love.
	Gender
	Love Test Scores by Gender
	Are there gender differences in what people think love is or in how people experience love?
	Marital Status
	Love Test Scores by Marital Status
	Commitment Levels
	Love Test Scores by Commitment Category (none, verbal, engaged, married)
	Length of Time in the Relationship
	Love Test Scores by Length of Time in the Relationship.
	Relationship Satisfaction
	Is relationship satisfaction related to differences between what people think love is and what they are experiencing?
	Met on the Net versus Met in Person
	Do people who met on the net differ from those who met in person in terms of their scores on The Love Test?
	People Who Met on the Net
	Love Test Scores for People who met on the net who now: Live Together, Commute to See Each Other, or Have NOT Met In-Person
	Sexuality Standards
	Love Test Scores for People who require a) Engagement or marriage prior to sex, b) Love prior to sex, or c) Liking or physical attraction only prior to sex.

More to come!

Ultimately, findings will be presented in several areas:

• Normative Data - Overall scores on the love scales and it's dimensions
• Normative Data - Love Test scores for subgroups formed based on demographic questions. This will include comparisons between various groups (e.g., male vs female; etc) in terms of their experiences and concepts of love.
• Comparisons that examine the relationship between what people think love should be and their experience of love and how that relates to information from the demographic questions.

• Do people who have been in a relationship for a long time differ in how they experience or view love from people who have been in a relationship a short time?
• Do males and females experience love differently?
• Do relationships on the net differ from in-person relationships in terms of how people experience love?
• Do discrepancies between what one thinks that love should be and what they are experiencing affect relationship satisfaction?

In survey research, researchers typically attempt to select participants randomly from the designated population of interest. They do this so that they can generalize the results from a subset of the population to the entire population of interest. Without random sampling there is no guarantee that these results will generalize to any population other than those who have taken the test.

Enjoy! and be sure to let us know what you think of our Love Test.
We hope that it contributes something of value to your life.

The Love Test, Copyright © 1996, Betty Harris and Jim Glover.

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