Actitudes ante el amor en adultos que han experimentado conflictos de pareja.

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to determine the attitudes to love that are generated in adults who have experienced a couple's conflict, identifying the kind of outstanding love in these people through the Loving Attitudescale (Hendrick and Hendrick), the one that is based on the six types of love proposed by Lee (1988), which are Eros – romantic love, Ludus- love as a game, Storge- friendly love, Pragma - practical love, Agape - altruistic love and mania - obsessive and possessive love. The research was carried out with a sample of 10 inhabitants of the city of Pamplona – Norte de Santander, of which were 7 women and 3 men belonging to the early adultlife cycle. For the purpose of this mixed design research study, the styles of Amor Eros, Ludus, Storge, Pragma, Mania and Agape, through absolute frequency analysis, in addition to focus group analysis and semi-structured interviews to describe intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts who are faced with a love disappointment. In conclusion, it was found that the most representative style of love in the participants was the eros, followed by the Pragma and Agape in their respective order, which means that their relationships are characterized by passion, fidelity, commitment and altruism, which in situations of disappointment generates social isolation, low self-esteem, anhedonia, depressive symptoms and anxiety, on the contrary, the less representative style of love in the participants was the Ludus, their relationships are characterized by being short and based on the lie.