Exploring the Link among Love Styles, Relationship Satisfaction And Self Disclosure

Abstract

Love styles have a profound impact on the quality of relationships. Different love styles seem to be associated with varied levels of relationship satisfaction and self-disclosure. Thus, the main objective of the study was to understand the relationship of love styles with relationship satisfaction. It also aims to explore how the levels of disclosure between couples differ across different love styles. The research sample included a total of 91 participants, consisting of 54 females and 37 males, who are involved in a romantic, heterosexual relationship for at least one year. The study employed purposive and snowball sampling techniques. Correlation analysis was carried out after pooling the data. Results of the current study suggested that a significant negative correlation exists between relationship satisfaction and three love styles, i.e. Eros, Storage and Agape, in the total sample. Further, self-disclosure was found to be positively correlated with Ludus love style and Mania love style in the overall sample. Last but not the 
least, love styles were also found to be significantly correlated with relationship satisfaction and self disclosure in female and male participants.