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Four, seven-point questions are used to measure how much a particular activity or other stimulus motivated a person to have feelings associated with parenting such as nurturing and devotion.
The extent to which a person believes a particular activity would help feel more intimate with another person and strengthen their emotional connection is measured with three, seven-point items.
How much a person felt close to a particular person during an initial interaction and wants to spend more time with him/her is measured with three, five-point Likert-type items.
One’s belief that he/she has value because of the love that comes from GOD is measured with five, seven-point Likert-type items.
With three, nine-point items, the scale measures how attractive and desirable a person is with whom one has romantic feelings that have not been expressed.
This 13-item Likert-type scale measures how much a person is experiencing the type of love for a partner associated with romance, desire to affiliate, selflessness, and sacrifice.
The extent to which a person desires to be close to a partner in a romantic relationship and worries about being abandoned is measured with a seven-point Likert-type format. A four-item and a six-item version are described.
How much a person indicates he/she is in a romantic relationship is measured with three, seven-point items. The phrasing of items is such that the scale is most suited for measuring the romantic status of singles rather than people who are married.
This six-item Likert-type scale measures how much one has a sense of satisfaction in doing things primarily for the benefit of a particular person rather than him/herself.
Using eight, nine-point items, the scale measures the degree to which a person wants greater physical intimacy with a particular person, e.g., to touch, smell, see, hear.
