title: Exploring Different Patterns of Love Attitudes among Chinese College Students.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xianglong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yiqin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Shi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiangping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D001290:Attitude; D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D011594:Psychometrics; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult