| Test: | Passionate Love Scale, PLS |
| Link: | persistent link: https://psytests.org/result?v=plsaUV |
Passionate Love Scale | ||
81 | ||
[ Occasional bursts of passion ] | ||
The PLS scale was specifically designed to assess the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral components of passionate love.
The cognitive components consist of: Intrusive thinking; preoccupation with the partner; Idealization of the other or of the relationship; Desire to know the other and be known by him/her.
Emotional components consist of: Attraction to the partner, especially sexual attraction; Positive feelings when things go well; Negative feelings when things go awry; Longing for reciprocity – passionate lovers not only love, but they want to be loved in return; Desire for complete and permanent union; and Physiological (sexual) arousal.
Finally, behavioral components consist of Actions aimed at determining the other's feelings; Studying the other person; Service to the other; and Maintaining physical closeness.
For a popular press article, Hatfield and Sprecher provided for readers the following rubric to interpret their scores:
• 106-135 points = Wildly, even recklessly, in love.
• 86-105 points = Passionate, but less intense.
• 66-85 points = Occasional bursts of passion.
• 45-65 points = Tepid, infrequent passion.
• 15-44 points = The thrill is gone.