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Twice in a lifetime: quantifying passionate love in U.S. single adults | Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships

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Passionate love is widely considered a hallmark of romantic relationships and a central component of adult development. While the onset and psychological impacts of passionate love have been well-studied, little is known about how frequently individuals experience passionate love in their lifetime. In this study, we quantified the number of passionate love experiences reported by 10,036 single U.S. adults aged 18 to 99, and examined how the number of passionate love experiences varied by gender, age, and sexual orientation. On average, participants had experienced passionate love twice in their lifetime, while 14% had never experienced it. Older adults and men reported slightly more experiences of passionate love than did younger adults and women, respectively. Notably, the only significant sexual orientation difference emerged in an interaction: heterosexual men reported more passionate love experiences than did heterosexual women. These findings expand the empirical application of St

Twice in a lifetime: quantifying passionate love in U.S. single adults Authors Amanda N. Gesselman Margaret Bennett-Brown Jessica T. Campbell Malia Piazza Zoe Moscovici Ellen M. Kaufman Melissa Blundell Osorio Olivia R. Adams Simon Dubé Jessica J. Hille Lee Y. S. Weeks Justin R. Garcia DOI: https://doi.org/10.54899/ijpr.v20i1.733 Keywords: passion, love, romantic relationships, gender, sexual orientation, age Abstract Passionate love is widely considered a hallmark of romantic relationships and a central component of adult development. While the onset and psychological impacts of passionate lo

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