Table 1.
Economic status, demographic, and romantic relationship status of participants.
| LG (In-love group) (N = 34, 16 females) |
SG (Single group) (N = 32, 14 females) |
ELG (Ended-love group) (N = 34, 15 females) |
F | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Family income (RMB/months) | 4.10 × 103 | 7.04 ×102 | 4.04 × 103 | 6.22 × 102 | 4.04 × 103 | 6.82 × 102 | 0.1 | 0.91 |
| Monthly expenses (months) | 7.35 × 102 | 78.32 | 7.41 × 102 | 86.7 | 7.40 × 102 | 63.72 | 0.05 | 0.95 |
| Age (years) | 21.23 | 2.45 | 21.4 | 1.9 | 21.15 | 2.1 | 0.13 | 0.88 |
| Years of education (years) | 13.23 | 2.45 | 13.4 | 1.92 | 13.15 | 2.1 | 0.12 | 0.89 |
| Intensity of the love (PLS scores) | 104.21 | 10.58 | ||||||
| Length of time in-love (months) | 12.21 | 3.33 | 12.11 | 9.91 | ||||
| Lovelorn duration since breakup of romantic relationship (months) | 10.41 | 2.97 | ||||||
LG, participants who were intensely in love; SG, participants who had never fallen in love with someone; ELG, participants who had just ended a romantic relationship recently and were not currently in-love. PLS, Passionate Love Scale.