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Why Do You Want a Romantic Relationship? Individual Differences in Motives for Romantic Relationship Pursuit

Abstract
Relationship science currently lacks a theoretical approach to capture the variety of motivations potentially underlying the pursuit of romantic relationships. We introduce the Autonomous Motivation for Romantic Pursuit Scale (AMRPS) which conceptualizes and measures motivations ranging in levels of autonomy (from a motivation to intrinsic motivation), based on self-determination theory (SDT). In ...
Keywords
Romance
Psychology
Autonomy
Variety (cybernetics)
Goal pursuit
Social psychology
Self-determination theory
Scale (ratio)
Developmental psychology
Psychoanalysis
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Artificial intelligence
Political science
Computer science
Law
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Reduced inequalities



Why Do You Want a Romantic Relationship? Individual Differences in Motives for Romantic Relationship Pursuit

Why Do You Want a Romantic Relationship? Individual Differences in Motives for Romantic Relationship Pursuit

Abstract
Relationship science currently lacks a theoretical approach to capture the variety of motivations potentially underlying the pursuit of romantic relationships. We introduce the Autonomous Motivation for Romantic Pursuit Scale (AMRPS) which conceptualizes and measures motivations ranging in levels of autonomy (from a motivation to intrinsic motivation), based on self-determination theory (SDT). In ...
Keywords
Romance
Psychology
Autonomy
Variety (cybernetics)
Goal pursuit
Social psychology
Self-determination theory
Scale (ratio)
Developmental psychology
Psychoanalysis
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Artificial intelligence
Political science
Computer science
Law
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Reduced inequalities