Scale Reliability The Love Test Scale and
Subscales have adequate internal consistency.
Subscale Correlations are a bit on the high
side indicating that possibly these three scales could be tapping one
construct. Further exploration is necessary.
Convergent Validity
- The Love Test scales were strongly and consistently related to self reports of:
- How much people like their partner, (Intimacy)
People who say they like their partner more, score higher
on The Love Test. Reports of liking one's partner are
highly correlated with both the concept and experience
versions of the Intimacy scale.
- How much people lust after their partner, (Passion)
People who say they lust after their partner more,
score higher on The Love Test. Reports of more lusting after
their partner were most highly correlated with both the
concept and experience versions of the Passion scale.
- How likely they think it is that they will still be together in 5 years, (Commitment)
People who think it's more likely that they will still be
together in 5 years, score higher on The Love Test.
Reports of it being more likely that they'll still be
TOGETHER with their partner in 5 years were most
highly correlated with both the concept and experience
versions of the Commitment scale.
- How much they love their partner,
People who report higher levels of love for their
partner, score higher on The Love Test.
The experience scales of The Love Test (Intimacy Scale,
r=.65; Commitment Scale, r=.64; Passion Scale, r=.53)
were more highly correlated with self reports of love
than were the concept scales (Intimacy Scale, r=.22;
Commitment Scale, r=.24; Passion Scale, r=.13).
- How satisfied they are with their relationship.
People who report being more satisfied with their
relationship score higher on The Love Test.
Scores on the experience version of The Love Test
(Intimacy Scale, r=.65; Commitment Scale, r=.64; Passion Scale,
r=.53) were more highly correlated with self reports of
satisfaction with the relationship than were scores on
the concept version of the scale (Intimacy Scale, r=.18;
Commitment Scale, r=.17; Passion Scale, r=.10).
- Differences between Concept and Experience Scales
were related to self reports of:
- How much people like their partner, (Intimacy)
People who say they like their partner less have higher descrepancies between what they think Intimacy should be and what they are experiencing.
- How much people lust after their partner, (Passion)
People who say they lust after their partner less have higher descrepancies between what they think Passion should be and what they are experiencing.
- How likely they think it is that they will still be together in 5 years, (Commitment)
People who say there is less commitment in their relationship have higher descrepancies between what they think Commitment should be and what they are experiencing.
- How much they love their partner,
People who say they love their partner less has higher descrepancies between what they think Love should be and what they are experiencing in terms of their scores on Commitment, Love, Intimacy and Passion.
- How satisfied they are with their relationship.
People who say they are less satisfied with their relationship have higher descrepancies between what they think Love should be and what they are experiencing in terms of their scores on Intimacy, Love, Commitment and
Passion.
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