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Romantic love and sexual desire in close relationships

Gonzaga, Gian C., Turner, Rebecca A., Keltner, Dacher, Campos, Belinda, Altemus, Margaret·2006·Emotion

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Drawing on recent claims in the study of relationships, attachment, and emotion, the authors hypothesized that romantic love serves a commitment-related function and sexual desire a reproduction-related function. Consistent with these claims, in Study 1, brief experiences of romantic love and sexual desire observed in a 3-min interaction between romantic partners were related to distinct feeling states, distinct nonverbal displays, and commitment- and reproductive-related relationship outcomes, respectively. In Study 2, the nonverbal display of romantic love was related to the release of oxytocin. Discussion focuses on the place of romantic love and sexual desire in the literature on emotion.

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Authors: Gonzaga, G. C., Turner, R. A., Keltner, D., Campos, B., & Altemus, M.
Affiliations: University of California, Los Angeles (US)
ORCID: Turner, Rebecca A.
Keltner, Dacher
Campos, Belinda
Altemus, Margaret
Venue: Emotion
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2006-05
Volume: 6
Issue: 2
Pages: 163-179
ISSN: 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
1931-1516
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.6.2.163
OpenAlex: W2152410293
Cited by: 292
References: 180
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FWCI: 16.83
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Emotion (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institute of Mental Health (5T32MH15750-22)
US Public Health Service (5 MO1 RR-00079)
California School of Professional Psychology
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Keywords: romantic love, sexual desire, close relationships, romantic partners, relationship commitment, reproduction, oxytocin, attachment
MeSH terms: Adult, Affect, Attitude, Cues, Demography, Ethnicity, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Libido, Love, Male, Nonverbal Communication, Object Attachment, Oxytocin, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Partners, Social Desirability, Biomarkers, Expressed Emotion

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