The triangular theory of love, developed by Robert Sternberg, holds that love in interpersonal relationships is made up of three components: intimacy, passion and commitment. Sternberg described intimacy as feelings of closeness, connectedness and bondedness, passion as the drives leading to romance, physical attraction and sexual consummation, and commitment as, in the short term, the decision that one loves another person and, in the long term, one's commitment to maintain that love. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimLove has three components, intimacy, passion and commitment, and which of the three are present, and how strongly, determines what kind of love a relationship has. 1 Connections
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the three components of love, according to the triangular theory, are an intimacy component, a passion component, and a commitment component
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the three components of love, according to the triangular theory, are an intimacy component, a passion component, and a commitment component
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First presented in 1986 by psychologist Robert J. Sternberg, the triangular theory of love attempts to identify the three key components that make up the concept of love itself.
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