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Courtship And Cohabitation

Courtship And Cohabitation. The Six Love Styles and The L.A.S. ( Hendrick and Hendrick 1993). 66% Storge (Friendship Love): Close Friendship Becomes Love “Love is really a deep friendship, not a mysterious, mystical emotion.” 34% Eros (Passionate Love): Love At First Sight

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Courtship And Cohabitation

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  1. Courtship And Cohabitation

  2. The Six Love Styles and The L.A.S. (Hendrick and Hendrick 1993) • 66% Storge (Friendship Love): Close Friendship Becomes Love • “Love is really a deep friendship, not a mysterious, mystical emotion.” • 34% Eros (Passionate Love): Love At First Sight • “My lover and I were attracted to each other immediately after we first met.” • 17% Pragma (Logical Love): Cognitive Appreciation For Partner • “It is best to love somebody with a similar background.” • 2% Ludus (Game-Playing Love): Flirtatious And Not Committed • “I have sometimes had to keep my two lovers from finding out about each other.” • 2% Mania (Possessive Love): Feeling Of Ownership Over Lover • “I cannot relax if I suspect that my lover is with somebody else.” • 2% Agape (Selfless Love): Putting One’s Lover Above One’s Self • “I would rather suffer than let my lover suffer.”

  3. Cohabitation More than 60% of couples live together before getting married How Does It Pan Out? Pew Research Center 2010 Cohabitators have a higher rate of divorce Cohabitators say it’s more likely they will divorce Cohabitators have more negative communication (verbally aggressive, less supportive) in their marriages Cohabitators have lower levels of marital satisfaction Infidelity is more common among cohabitators Physical violence is more common among cohabitators

  4. Cohabitation More than 60% of couples live together before getting married Why Such Negative Outcomes? The “Selection” Effect Who cohabitates matters The “Cohabitation Impermanence” Effect Less respect for commitment The “Sliding Vs. Deciding” Effect Less thoughtful commitments

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