Langeslag Sandra J E
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 May 2;14(5):383. doi: 10.3390/bs14050383.
Scientific research on romantic love has been relatively sparse but is becoming more prevalent, as it should. Unfortunately, several misconceptions about romantic love are becoming entrenched in the popular media and/or the scientific community, which hampers progress. Therefore, I refute six misconceptions about romantic love in this article. I explain why (1) romantic love is not necessarily dyadic, social, or interpersonal, (2) love is not an emotion, (3) romantic love does not just have positive effects, (4) romantic love is not uncontrollable, (5) there is no dedicated love brain region, neurotransmitter, or hormone, and (6) pharmacological manipulation of romantic love is not near. To increase progress in our scientific understanding of romantic love, I recommend that we study the intrapersonal aspects of romantic love including the intensity of love, that we focus our research questions and designs using a component process model of romantic love, and that we distinguish hypotheses and suggestions from empirical findings when citing previous work.
关于浪漫爱情的科学研究相对较少,但正如其应有的那样,正变得越来越普遍。不幸的是,一些关于浪漫爱情的误解正在大众媒体和/或科学界根深蒂固,这阻碍了进步。因此,我在本文中反驳了关于浪漫爱情的六个误解。我解释了为什么(1)浪漫爱情不一定是二元的、社会的或人际的,(2)爱情不是一种情感,(3)浪漫爱情不只是有积极影响,(4)浪漫爱情不是无法控制的,(5)不存在专门的爱情脑区、神经递质或激素,以及(6)对浪漫爱情进行药物操纵还远未实现。为了在我们对浪漫爱情的科学理解上取得更大进展,我建议我们研究浪漫爱情的个人内在方面,包括爱的强度,我们使用浪漫爱情的成分过程模型来聚焦我们的研究问题和设计,并且在引用先前的研究时,我们要区分假设和建议与实证发现。