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Differences Between Ratings of Love Test Concept and Experience Items for the Group who Requires Engagement or Marriage Prior to Sex (Sorted by Difference Scores)

The following table contains the average rating for each Concept version item and each Experience version item and the difference between each item's concept and experience version ratings.

Love Test Item < Love Group
Concept Experience Difference
Confidence that it will be long-lasting 5.19 4.30 -0.89
Commitment 5.67 4.78 -0.89
Confidence that our feelings are mutual 5.25 4.42 -0.83
Intimacy 5.10 4.32 -0.78
Trust 5.90 5.13 -0.77
Loyalty 5.80 5.10 -0.70
Security 5.21 4.55 -0.66
Openness 5.65 5.00 -0.65
Being able to talk about anything 5.69 5.07 -0.62
Devotion 5.55 4.93 -0.62
Honesty 5.87 5.27 -0.60
Supportiveness 5.58 5.04 -0.54
Responsibility 5.29 4.76 -0.53
Understanding 5.61 5.09 -0.52
Closeness 5.56 5.04 -0.52
Comforting each other 5.55 5.04 -0.51
Respect 5.76 5.26 -0.50
Happiness 5.62 5.13 -0.49
Contentment 5.13 4.64 -0.49
Forgiveness 5.60 5.11 -0.49
A positive outlook 5.13 4.67 -0.46
Sharing 5.35 4.90 -0.45
Affection 5.49 5.06 -0.43
Willingness to sacrifice 5.10 4.67 -0.43
Compassion 5.44 5.03 -0.41
Patience 5.37 4.96 -0.41
Touching 4.84 4.43 -0.41
Helping 5.27 4.87 -0.40
Feeling good about myself 5.18 4.79 -0.39
Doing things for each other 5.20 4.84 -0.36
Feeling relaxed 5.27 4.91 -0.36
Giving 5.26 4.91 -0.35
Empathy 4.83 4.49 -0.34
Interdependency 4.26 3.93 -0.33
Caring 5.69 5.40 -0.29
Wanting the best for each other 5.64 5.35 -0.29
Interest in each other 5.60 5.31 -0.29
Unconditional caring 5.45 5.16 -0.29
Accepting each other as is 5.31 5.03 -0.28
Putting the other person first 5.06 4.78 -0.28
Friendship 5.86 5.59 -0.27
Kindness 5.58 5.31 -0.27
Concern for each others well being 5.71 5.45 -0.26
Needing each other 4.88 4.65 -0.23
Feeling important 4.87 4.67 -0.20
Laughing 5.43 5.25 -0.18
Wanting to be with each other 5.48 5.33 -0.15
Protectiveness 4.50 4.41 -0.09
Sexual passion 3.86 3.83 -0.03
Liking 5.51 5.49 -0.02
Energy 4.43 4.42 -0.01
Admiration 4.81 4.81 0.00
Feeling attachment 4.82 4.89 0.07
Euphoria 3.82 3.90 0.08
Excitement 4.64 4.77 0.13
Having warm feelings 4.99 5.13 0.14
Having wonderful feelings 4.86 5.00 0.14
Gazing at each other 4.05 4.19 0.14
Missing each other when apart 5.02 5.19 0.17
Scary feelings 2.53 2.88 0.35
Feelings of Sex appeal 4.07 4.46 0.39
Butterflies in my stomach 3.12 3.51 0.39
Having a lot in common 4.03 4.63 0.60
Increased heart rate 3.42 4.19 0.77
Seeing only my partner's good qualities 2.74 3.57 0.83
Uncertainty 2.57 3.41 0.84
Physical attraction 4.20 5.09 0.89
Thinking about each other all the time 3.94 4.84 0.90

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