Altruistic love scores were higher for women who are homemakers than women who work outside the home. Men scored higher than women. "This may be because there is an element of heroic stoicism and ...

Want a better love life that goes beyond Valentine’s Day romance? Prize your partner’s happiness and well-being above your own, a new survey suggests.

In the nation's first survey of altruistic love, scholars have found that people who have strong feelings of love for people in general are more likely to have strong romantic relationships. The ...

Previously, psychologists called the subject of their research “interpersonal attraction” or used the lens of attachment. While the term love may call to mind romance or a dyadic relationship within ...

Altruistic love scores were higher for women who are homemakers than women who work outside the home. Men scored higher than women. "This may be because there is an element of heroic stoicism and ...

Lovers should be neither very egoistic nor completely altruistic, though their love should involve both personal and altruistic elements. Lovers should care about themselves as well as their beloved.

One could say that altruistic love is the most positive of all the positive emotions.” That, Ricard pointed out, is how he got the “happiest man” title in the first place.

"Altruistic love is a questionable concept; it is more spiritual in nature. I do not believe altruistic love exists between people, all relationships are based on mutual give and take," he says.