Differences in Ratings of Experience Version Love Test Items between the Sexuality Standard Groups (Sorted by Item Rankings)

The following table contains the average rating for each Experience version item, the item ranking (1=highest to 68=lowest) and the absolute value of the sum of the differences between groups on that item.

Love Test Experience Item	Sexuality Standards Group
	> Love		Love		< Love
	Mean	Rank	Mean	Rank	Mean	Rank	Difference
Friendship	5.59	1	5.43	1	5.18	1	0.82
Liking	5.49	2	5.42	2	5.06	2	0.86
Concern for each others well being	5.45	3	5.34	3	4.98	4	0.94
Caring	5.40	4	5.31	4	4.87	7	1.06
Wanting the best for each other	5.35	5	5.27	5	4.94	5	0.82
Physical attraction	5.09	19	5.22	6	4.99	3	0.46
Laughing	5.25	11	5.20	7	4.92	6	0.66
Wanting to be with each other	5.33	6	5.19	8	4.68	13	1.30
Interest in each other	5.31	7	5.18	9	4.73	11	1.16
Kindness	5.31	7	5.14	10	4.78	8	1.06
Missing each other when apart	5.19	12	5.14	10	4.54	19	1.30
Honesty	5.27	9	5.10	12	4.66	15	1.22
Respect	5.26	10	5.06	13	4.64	16	1.24
Having warm feelings	5.13	14	5.04	14	4.59	18	1.08
Affection	5.06	22	5.03	15	4.77	9	0.58
Being able to talk about anything	5.07	21	4.99	16	4.67	14	0.80
Trust	5.13	14	4.97	17	4.44	27	1.38
Closeness	5.04	23	4.97	17	4.50	20	1.08
Loyalty	5.10	18	4.94	19	4.35	35	1.50
Supportiveness	5.04	23	4.93	20	4.44	27	1.20
Accepting each other as is	5.03	26	4.92	21	4.47	24	1.12
Openness	5.00	28	4.92	21	4.48	23	1.04
Feelings of Sex appeal	4.46	53	4.92	21	4.75	10	0.92
Happiness	5.13	14	4.89	24	4.42	30	1.42
Comforting each other	5.04	23	4.88	25	4.44	27	1.20
Sharing	4.90	34	4.88	25	4.40	31	1.00
Compassion	5.03	26	4.87	27	4.47	24	1.12
Having wonderful feelings	5.00	28	4.87	27	4.38	33	1.24
Giving	4.91	32	4.87	27	4.46	26	0.90
Doing things for each other	4.84	37	4.87	27	4.38	33	0.98
Understanding	5.09	19	4.85	31	4.40	31	1.38
Unconditional caring	5.16	13	4.82	32	4.32	38	1.68
Feeling attachment	4.89	35	4.82	32	4.31	39	1.16
Feeling relaxed	4.91	32	4.79	34	4.50	20	0.82
Touching	4.43	54	4.79	34	4.71	12	0.72
Forgiveness	5.11	17	4.77	36	4.31	39	1.60
Helping	4.87	36	4.76	37	4.34	36	1.06
Thinking about each other all the time	4.84	37	4.71	38	4.10	47	1.48
Intimacy	4.32	58	4.70	39	4.50	20	0.76
Sexual passion	3.83	64	4.70	39	4.64	16	1.74
Devotion	4.93	31	4.68	41	3.98	53	1.90
Patience	4.96	30	4.67	42	4.33	37	1.26
Responsibility	4.76	44	4.65	43	4.22	44	1.08
Putting the other person first	4.78	41	4.64	44	4.09	49	1.38
Admiration	4.81	39	4.63	45	4.25	42	1.12
Excitement	4.77	43	4.63	45	4.29	41	0.96
Commitment	4.78	41	4.60	47	3.94	54	1.68
Needing each other	4.65	48	4.60	47	3.94	54	1.42
Feeling good about myself	4.79	40	4.56	49	4.25	42	1.08
Willingness to sacrifice	4.67	45	4.56	49	4.02	51	1.30
Protectiveness	4.41	57	4.53	51	4.00	52	1.06
Feeling important	4.67	45	4.52	52	4.12	46	1.10
Contentment	4.64	49	4.52	52	3.86	57	1.56
A positive outlook	4.67	45	4.43	54	3.93	56	1.48
Having a lot in common	4.63	50	4.42	55	4.18	45	0.90
Energy	4.42	55	4.39	56	4.10	47	0.64
Empathy	4.49	52	4.38	57	4.03	50	0.92
Confidence that our feelings are Mutual	4.42	55	4.28	58	3.75	59	1.34
Security	4.55	51	4.24	59	3.64	61	1.82
Gazing at each other	4.19	60	4.14	60	3.67	60	1.04
Increased heart rate	4.19	60	4.10	61	3.52	62	1.34
Confidence that it will be long-lasting	4.30	59	4.06	62	3.26	65	2.08
Euphoria	3.90	63	3.99	63	3.41	63	1.16
Interdependency	3.93	62	3.90	64	3.37	64	1.12
Butterflies in my stomach	3.51	66	3.56	65	3.01	67	1.10
Seeing only my partner's good qualities	3.57	65	3.41	66	2.97	68	1.20
Uncertainty	3.41	67	3.39	67	3.85	58	0.92
Scary feelings	2.88	68	3.16	68	3.17	66	0.58

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