Differences in Ratings of Concept Version Love Test Items between the Sexuality Standard Groups (Sorted by Item Rankings)

The following table contains the average rating for each Concept version item, the item ranking (1=highest to 68=lowest) and the absolute value of the sum of the differences between groups on that item.

Love Test Concept Item	Sexuality Standards Group
	> Love		Love		< Love
	Mean	Rank	Mean	Rank	Mean	Rank	Difference
Trust	5.90	1	5.91	1	5.81	1	0.20
Honesty	5.87	2	5.86	2	5.70	3	0.34
Friendship	5.86	3	5.81	3	5.77	2	0.18
Respect	5.76	5	5.79	4	5.69	4	0.20
Loyalty	5.80	4	5.74	5	5.60	5	0.40
Being able to talk about anything	5.69	7	5.71	6	5.53	7	0.36
Caring	5.69	7	5.70	7	5.53	7	0.34
Concern for each others well being	5.71	6	5.69	8	5.58	6	0.26
Happiness	5.62	12	5.68	9	5.53	7	0.30
Openness	5.65	10	5.66	10	5.48	10	0.36
Supportiveness	5.58	16	5.61	11	5.40	19	0.42
Commitment	5.67	9	5.60	13	5.40	19	0.54
Understanding	5.61	13	5.60	13	5.43	15	0.36
Closeness	5.56	18	5.60	13	5.42	17	0.36
Wanting the best for each other	5.64	11	5.59	15	5.48	10	0.32
Interest in each other	5.60	14	5.54	16	5.43	15	0.34
Affection	5.49	22	5.54	16	5.47	12	0.14
Comforting each other	5.55	19	5.53	18	5.28	25	0.54
Liking	5.51	21	5.53	18	5.45	14	0.16
Kindness	5.58	16	5.49	20	5.34	22	0.48
Wanting to be with each other	5.48	23	5.48	21	5.30	23	0.36
Forgiveness	5.60	14	5.46	22	5.23	28	0.74
Laughing	5.43	26	5.44	23	5.42	17	0.04
Compassion	5.44	25	5.38	24	5.24	27	0.40
Intimacy	5.10	41	5.37	25	5.47	12	0.74
Sharing	5.35	28	5.36	26	5.20	29	0.32
Unconditional caring	5.45	24	5.35	27	5.11	32	0.68
Devotion	5.55	19	5.33	28	5.07	37	0.96
Patience	5.37	27	5.33	28	5.09	35	0.56
Accepting each other as is	5.31	29	5.31	30	5.12	31	0.38
Confidence that our feelings are Mutual	5.25	34	5.26	31	5.10	34	0.32
Responsibility	5.29	30	5.25	32	5.13	30	0.32
Feeling relaxed	5.27	31	5.25	32	5.28	25	0.06
Feeling good about myself	5.18	38	5.24	34	5.30	23	0.24
Giving	5.26	33	5.22	35	5.08	36	0.36
Helping	5.27	31	5.19	36	5.00	40	0.54
Touching	4.84	49	5.19	36	5.38	21	1.08
Doing things for each other	5.20	36	5.18	38	5.01	38	0.38
Security	5.21	35	5.16	39	4.87	44	0.68
Contentment	5.13	39	5.12	40	4.91	43	0.44
Having warm feelings	4.99	45	5.12	40	4.96	41	0.32
A positive outlook	5.13	39	5.09	42	5.01	39	0.24
Confidence that it will be long-lasting	5.19	37	5.01	43	4.67	50	1.04
Willingness to sacrifice	5.10	41	4.95	44	4.70	47	0.80
Having wonderful feelings	4.86	48	4.92	45	4.69	48	0.46
Missing each other when apart	5.02	44	4.91	46	4.61	53	0.82
Empathy	4.83	50	4.86	47	4.75	45	0.22
Feeling important	4.87	47	4.83	48	4.63	51	0.48
Needing each other	4.88	46	4.80	49	4.40	57	0.96
Putting the other person first	5.06	43	4.77	50	4.47	56	1.18
Feeling attachment	4.82	51	4.76	51	4.50	54	0.64
Excitement	4.64	53	4.76	51	4.69	48	0.24
Sexual passion	3.86	62	4.72	53	5.11	32	2.50
Admiration	4.81	52	4.67	54	4.63	51	0.36
Feelings of Sex appeal	4.07	58	4.65	55	4.92	42	1.70
Energy	4.43	55	4.55	56	4.48	55	0.24
Protectiveness	4.50	54	4.44	57	4.25	58	0.50
Physical attraction	4.20	57	4.41	58	4.71	46	1.02
Interdependency	4.26	56	4.18	59	3.84	60	0.84
Having a lot in common	4.03	60	3.99	60	3.96	59	0.14
Gazing at each other	4.05	59	3.94	61	3.71	61	0.68
Euphoria	3.82	63	3.89	62	3.70	62	0.38
Thinking about each other all the time	3.94	61	3.83	63	3.37	63	1.14
Increased heart rate	3.42	64	3.33	64	3.26	64	0.32
Butterflies in my stomach	3.12	65	3.18	65	2.98	65	0.40
Seeing only my partner's good qualities	2.74	66	2.67	66	2.40	66	0.68
Scary feelings	2.53	68	2.57	67	2.40	66	0.34
Uncertainty	2.57	67	2.51	68	2.40	66	0.34

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