Do people with different attachment styles differ in terms of what they think love is?

Yes, they do differ. Avoidant folks scored signifcantly lower on passion, intimacy and commitment than did either Secure or Anxious/Avoidant Folks. Check out the The Concept Version Item means for each Attachment Style group to see which items had the most impact on these differences.

Mean Love Test Concept Scores by Attachment Style

Love Test Scale Score	Attachment Style
	Secure	Avoidant	Anxious/ Ambivalent	F	p
Passion	75.2%	*71.1%	75.3%	f(2,692)=11.7	< .0001
Intimacy	90.7%	*87.4%	89.3%	f(2,692)=13.2	< .0001
Commitment	78.8%	*74.5%	80.0%	f(2,692)=11.7	< .0001

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