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Triangular Theory

Triangular Theory (Health Education · Theories of Love) — "Robert Sternberg was the “Geometry of Love” psychologist who triangulated love using intimacy, passi…

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  • Conceptions of love through Sternberg’s triangular model and modern applications
  • Sternberg’s model triangulates love through three measurable components.
  • Intimacy is one dimension of the love triangle.
  • Passion is one dimension of the love triangle.
  • Commitment is one dimension of the love triangle.
  • The intensity of each component determines the intensity of the couple’s love triangle.
  • Each partner’s triangle should be considered in relation to the other partner’s triangle.
  • When all three components are balanced and sufficiently strong, the relationship may have a rare and rewarding form of love.
  • Consummate love consists of equal measures of passion, intimacy, and commitment that satisfy both partners.
  • Modern applications identify many ingredients of love, including commitment, passion, friendship, trust, loyalty, affection, intimacy, acceptance, caring, concern, selflessness, infatuation, and romance.
  • Unconditional love is sincere love that does not vary according to the loved person’s actions.
  • Parents may express unconditional love toward children whose misbehavior embarrasses or disappoints them.
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"Robert Sternberg was the “Geometry of Love” psychologist who triangulated love using intimacy, passion, and commitment by measuring the intensity of each and how intense the triangulation was for the couple. To Sternberg it was important to consider how each partner’s triangle matched the other partner’s. He said that a couple with all three types of love balanced, and in sufficient magnitude, would have a rare yet rewarding type of love that encompassed much of what couples seek in a loving relationship. Sternberg’s consummate love is a love type that had equal measures of passion, intimacy, and commitment that is satisfactory to both lovers.\n\nIn modern-day applications of love, various components have been found as the ingredients of love: commitment, passion, friendship, trust, loyalty, affections, intimacy, acceptance, caring, concern, care, selflessness, infatuation, and romance. There is a love type identified that many people are aware of called unconditional love. Unconditional love is the sincere love that does not vary regardless of the actions of the person who is loved. You often hear it expressed in greater measure among parents of children whose misbehaviors embarrass or disappoint them."

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