Passionate Love And Social Anxiety Of American And Italian Students

    Authors

    A. Y. Wang

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Psychology

    Keywords

    Psychology

    Abstract

    This study compared American and Italian college students (males and females) on the Passionate Love Scale and the Social Aversion and Distress Scale. The findings indicated that contrary to popular social stereotypes, Italians experienced love less passionately than Americans and that Italian men were the least passionate of all groups studied. In addition, Italians experienced less social anxiety than their American counterparts. These results are discussed in relation to the role of implicit theories of personality in determining the social stereotypes that individuals possess of themselves and toward others.

    Journal Title

    Psychology

    Volume

    31

    Issue/Number

    3-4

    Publication Date

    1-1-1995

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    9

    Last Page

    11

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1994QB92000003

    ISSN

    0033-3077

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