Item skewness and kurtosis before and after transformations.

	Before Transformations		After Transformations
Item	Kurtosis	Skewness	Kurtosis	Skewness
Sexual passion	1.44	-1.25	-1.09	0.00
Excitement	1.08	-0.98	-0.99	0.28
Feelings of Sex appeal	1.33	-1.13	-0.95	0.19
Butterflies in my stomach	-0.95	-0.24	0.08	0.81
Increased heart rate	-0.76	-0.39	0.02	0.72
Energy	0.85	-0.86	-0.63	0.47
Gazing at each other	-0.50	-0.57	-0.51	0.54
Physical attraction	0.85	-0.94	-0.70	0.39
Laughing	4.75	-1.89	-0.96	-0.62
Touching	3.24	-1.64	-1.14	-0.40
Having wonderful feelings	1.31	-1.16	-1.22	0.01
Having warm feelings	2.64	-1.43	-1.23	-0.15
Liking	4.71	-1.83	-1.02	-0.63
Admiration	1.25	-1.06	-0.80	0.30
Happiness	8.00	-2.32	-0.40	-1.00
Euphoria	-0.24	-0.56	0.02	0.69
A positive outlook	2.77	-1.44	-1.16	-0.07
Intimacy	5.03	-1.98	-0.85	-0.67
Having a lot in common	0.29	-0.72	0.24	0.68
Uncertainty	-0.91	0.13	1.47	1.22
Wanting to be with each other	3.63	-1.62	-1.23	-0.41
Scary feelings	-1.01	0.10	1.40	1.14
Openness	6.83	-2.15	-0.69	-0.84
Supportiveness	5.29	-1.84	-1.08	-0.60
Honesty	21.01	-3.79	2.44	-1.86
Understanding	5.92	-1.92	-0.97	-0.71
Being able to talk about anything	8.44	-2.49	-0.10	-1.10
Caring	7.45	-2.16	-0.61	-0.93
Respect	15.28	-3.18	1.00	-1.49
Forgiveness	4.29	-1.77	-1.10	-0.50
Trust	27.25	-4.28	4.36	-2.30
Patience	3.37	-1.56	-1.22	-0.23
Friendship	18.02	-3.50	2.02	-1.77
Feeling good about myself	3.37	-1.71	-1.07	-0.48
Feeling relaxed	3.54	-1.66	-1.16	-0.42
Sharing	3.58	-1.55	-1.26	-0.24
Kindness	4.26	-1.70	-1.17	-0.53
Feeling important	1.30	-1.25	-1.09	-0.02
Compassion	3.93	-1.66	-1.20	-0.37
Wanting the best for each other	6.24	-2.09	-0.78	-0.77
Closeness	5.70	-1.96	-0.95	-0.68
Interest in each other	4.49	-1.68	-1.19	-0.58
Responsibility	3.74	-1.65	-1.18	-0.32
Confidence that our feelings are Mutual	3.40	-1.71	-1.07	-0.48
Helping	2.68	-1.34	-1.27	-0.04
Concern for each other's well being	6.80	-2.12	-0.56	-0.97
Comforting each other	4.73	-1.79	-1.12	-0.52
Giving	2.47	-1.36	-1.29	-0.13
Affection	4.71	-1.78	-1.09	-0.62
Accepting each other as is	3.29	-1.65	-1.14	-0.44
Empathy	1.51	-1.09	-1.07	0.20
Contentment	2.00	-1.27	-1.23	-0.03
Devotion	2.78	-1.56	-1.18	-0.38
Willingness to sacrifice	1.62	-1.18	-1.07	0.13
Putting the other person first	1.29	-1.07	-0.93	0.25
Protectiveness	0.37	-0.89	-0.93	0.29
Commitment	7.08	-2.42	-0.07	-1.08
Needing each other	1.02	-1.12	-1.07	0.10
Confidence that it will be long-lasting	2.03	-1.46	-1.16	-0.29
Loyalty	11.58	-2.93	0.80	-1.42
Thinking about each other all the time	-0.53	-0.48	0.09	0.70
Security	2.14	-1.40	-1.22	-0.20
Missing each other when apart	1.31	-1.13	-1.01	0.16
Doing things for each other	2.01	-1.20	-1.29	0.02
Feeling attachment	1.45	-1.16	-1.02	0.15
Interdependency	-0.12	-0.67	-0.43	0.54
Seeing only my partner's good qualities	-0.99	0.09	1.21	1.14
Unconditional caring	2.85	-1.63	-1.11	-0.44

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