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Youths' Outlooks on Love: Is It Just a Stage or Two?

Doreen A. Rosenthal

University of Melbourne

An attitudinal measure of Lee's typology of love was administered to a sample of 242 youths between 15 and 21 years. Variation in subjects' agreement with the six love types was analyzed as a function of sex, age, and resolution of Eriksorfs identity and intimacy crises. Male, and to a lesser degree, female preferences for love types corresponded with sex-role norms but there were no age effects. This suggested that the differences between the sexes occur before middle adolescence. Differences as a function of identity and intimacy were seen to reflect the construct validity of the measures rather than meaningful changes. The explanatory power of the identity and intimacy constructs, while superior to age as a developmental index, was not substantial.

Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 1, No. 2, 199-212 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/074355488612006


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