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Sex and Relationship Differences on the Short Love Attitude Scale: Insights from the Hungarian Adaptation

2021; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 25; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s12119-021-09830-z

1936-4822

Norbert Meskó, András N. Zsidó, András Láng, Kázmér Karádi,

Marriage and Sexual Relationships

Abstract Love styles are attitudes towards romantic relationships that are related to sexual motivation, sociosexuality, mate value, and relationship status. In the present study, the Short Love Attitude Scale (LAS-SF) was adapted to Hungarian, and the original factor structure was replicated with a Hungarian sample of 800 participants (439 females, mean age = 38.6 years). The results show that the Hungarian LAS-SF is a reliable and valid measure, which enables cross-cultural comparisons. Differences in love styles were revealed across sexes and relationship statuses. All men except singles scored relatively high on Eros, while the highest Eros scores among women were obtained for those in a committed relationship. Women and men preferred the same strategy (Ludus) to achieve short-term relationship goals.