Editing Triangular theory of love (section)

{{Short description|Psychological theory by Robert Sternberg}}
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The '''triangular theory of love''' is a theory of [[love]] developed by [[Robert Sternberg]]. In the context of [[interpersonal relationship]]s, "the three components of love, according to the triangular theory, are an intimacy component, a passion component, and a commitment component."<ref>{{cite book |first=Robert J. |last=Sternberg |chapter=Triangulating Love |editor-first=T. J. |editor-last=Oord |title=The Altruism Reader: Selections from Writings on Love, Religion, and Science |year=2007 |location=West Conshohocken, PA |publisher=Templeton Foundation |page=332 |isbn=9781599471273 }}</ref>
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Sternberg says that intimacy refers to "feelings of closeness, connectedness, and bondedness in loving relationships," passion refers to "the drives that lead to romance, physical attraction, sexual consummation, and related phenomena in loving relationships" and decision/commitment means different things in the short and long term. In the short-term, it refers to "the decision that one loves a certain other", and in the long-term, it refers to "one's commitment to maintain that love."<ref name="Sternberg, Robert 1997">{{cite journal|last=Sternberg|first=Robert J.|year=1997|title=Construct validation of a triangular love scale|journal=European Journal of Social Psychology|volume=27|issue=3|pages=313–335|doi=10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199705)27:3<313::AID-EJSP824>3.0.CO;2-4}}</ref>