Intimacy, passion, and commitment among married individuals: Further testing of the triangular theory of love

The Triangular Theory ui Love has created much interest among researchers i ii relational communication. Previous attempts at evaluating the theory hav e proven problematic. Specifically, the problems centered around the measur ement of the theory's three components of intimacy, passion, commitment. Re cent research, which employed a new measure, offered support for the theory 's primary assumptions. To expand upon this. the current study factor analy zed data from a sample of 213 married individuals. Current results provided support for the triangular theory's primary assumptions. The principal com ponents factor analysis with varimax rotation indicated support in three di stinct and reliable factors. The three components mere also significantly r elated to scores for relational satisfaction. Stepwise regression analysis indicated that each component was a significant predictor of relational sat isfaction. Men scored significantly higher on intimacy than women.