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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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.

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 filicide is murder committed out of love to relieve the real or imagined suffering of the children,” says a jarringly stark 2006 study in the Journal of the American Academy of ...

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.

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 ...

We've all felt it: that exhilarating, all-consuming rush when a new romance blossoms. The sleepless nights, the constant desire to be near your beloved, the dizzying sensation that this person ...