Sunday, 5 October 2008
First of all, thank you to all who have attended the lecture titled "What is this thing called love?":D
Following up on the lecture, here is the Passionate Love Scale Test
Consider the following and give yourself a score of 1 to 9.
(1 point for completely false and 9 points for completely true.
Add up your total score and check it against the scale found below, to find out how deep is your love.)
1. I would feel deep despair if partner left me
2. Sometimes I feel I can't control my obsessive thoughts on my partner
3. I am happy when I am doing something to make partner happy
4. I would rather be with my partner than any one else
5. I yearn to know all about my partner
6. I'd get jealous if I thought my partner were falling in love with some one else
7. I want my partner physically, emotionally, and mentally
8. I have endless appetite for affection from my partner
9. For me, my partner is the perfect romantic partner
10. I sense my body responding to my partner's touch
11. I want my partner to know me - my thoughts, my fears, my hopes
12. I eagerly look for signs indicating my partner's desire for me
13. I possess a powerful attraction for my partner
14. I get extremely depressed when things don't go right in my relationship with my partner
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106 - 135 extremely passionate
86 - 105 passionate
66 - 85 average
45 - 65 cool
14 - 44 fire is out
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This quiz is based upon the short version of the Passionate Love Scale by Elaine Hatfield and Susan Sprecher.
Hatfield, E., & Sprecher, S. (1986). Measuring passionate love in intimate relationships. Journal of Adolescence, 9, 383-410.
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