Factors Affecting Reported Level of Love in College Students: Gender, Year in College, and Place of Residence
Conte, L; Zukovich, D; Kayson, W; Jenkins, K; West, V
Psychological Reports 53(2): 407-410
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2941 DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1983.53.2.407Document Number: 260012
Love was studied in a college community by administering a 50-item true-false questionnaire to 128 college students. The 4 (year in college) × 2 (gender) × 2 (place of residence) factorial analysis of variance showed that year in college significantly affected the level of intimacy expressed. Upper classmen expressed higher intimacy than lower classmen. The results are consistent with Erikson's psychological theory of development which states that as young adults mature they would resolve the intimacy-isolation conflict by becoming more intimate with others.