ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Different Stories of Love: Chinese Couples Are Committed, Whereas American Couples Are Physically Intimate
- Kraig Saito
California State University - Los Angeles - Karen Wu
California State University - Los Angeles - Cheng Yang Hsiao
Univeristy of Southern California - Danny Vasquez
California State University - Los Angeles - Tania Zepeda
California State University - Los Angeles - Anthony Hernandez
California State University - Los Angeles
Abstract
We compared the experience of passion, intimacy, and commitment events among 98 Chinese couples and 124 American couples. As expected, Chinese couples were more likely to report commitment events and less likely to report passion events compared to American couples. There were few cultural differences, however, in intimacy events.
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