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Exploring Different Patterns of Love Attitudes among Chinese College Students

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  • Xianglong Zeng
  • Yiqin Pan
  • Han Zhou
  • Shi Yu
  • Xiangping Liu

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Individual differences in love attitudes and the relationship between love attitudes and other variables in Asian culture lack in-depth exploration. This study conducted cluster analysis with data regarding love attitudes obtained from 389 college students in mainland China. The result of cluster analysis based on love-attitude scales distinguished four types of students: game players, rational lovers, emotional lovers, and absence lovers. These four groups of students showed significant differences in sexual attitudes and personality traits of deliberation and dutifulness but not self-discipline. The study’s implications for future studies on love attitudes in certain cultural groups were also discussed.

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  • Xianglong Zeng & Yiqin Pan & Han Zhou & Shi Yu & Xiangping Liu, 2016. "Exploring Different Patterns of Love Attitudes among Chinese College Students," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(11), pages 1-12, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0166410
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166410
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    1. Xinqiao Liu & Xinyu Ji & Yifan Zhang, 2024. "More romantic or more realistic: trajectories and influencing factors of romantic love among Chinese college students from entering college to graduation," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, December.

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