Table 4.
Descriptive and comparative analysis, according to type of relationship, of the Scale of Myths of Romantic Love.
| Monogamous | Consensual | Unrelated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n= 734 | Non- monogamous n= 399 | n= 75 | ||||||||
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | F | p | η2 | C.I. 95% η2 | |
| D1 | 2.17 | 1.29 | 1.38 | 0.84 | 2.60 | 1.28 | 73.43 | <0.001** | 0.11 | 0.08–0.14 |
| D2 | 2.55 | 1.34 | 2.04 | 1.21 | 2.79 | 1.32 | 23.782 | <0.001** | 0.04 | 0.09–0.06 |
| D3 | 2.37 | 1.22 | 1.46 | 0.84 | 2.56 | 1.37 | 91.98 | <0.001** | 0.13 | 0.10–0.17 |
| D4 | 1.46 | 0.83 | 1.22 | 0.67 | 1.57 | 0.93 | 14.64 | <0.001** | 0.02 | 0.01–0.04 |
| D5 | 3.20 | 1.20 | 2.45 | 1.21 | 3.04 | 1.38 | 48.57 | <0.001** | 0.07 | 0.05–0.10 |
| D6 | 1.88 | 1.05 | 1.24 | 0.61 | 1.68 | 0.98 | 61.41 | <0.001** | 0.09 | 0.06–0.12 |
| D7 | 3.19 | 1.23 | 2.46 | 1.23 | 3.11 | 1.32 | 44.827 | <0.001** | 0.07 | 0.04–0.10 |
| D8 | 3.36 | 1.27 | 1.91 | 1.01 | 3.37 | 1.31 | 198.23 | <0.001** | 0.25 | 0.21–0.29 |
| D9 | 3.40 | 1.21 | 2.15 | 1.16 | 3.11 | 1.29 | 140.79 | <0.001** | 0.19 | 0.15–0.23 |
| D10 | 2.30 | 1.22 | 1.71 | 1.02 | 2.28 | 1.18 | 33.95 | <0.001** | 0.05 | 0.03–0.08 |
| D11 | 1.74 | 1.11 | 1.56 | 1.04 | 1.71 | 1.02 | 3.64 | 0.027* | 0.01 | 0.0–0.02 |
| D12 | 2.74 | 1.36 | 2.26 | 1.34 | 2.79 | 1.23 | 17.91 | <0.001** | 0.03 | 0.01–0.05 |
| Myths Scale | 2.53 | 0.69 | 1.82 | 0.53 | 2.55 | 0.66 | 165.90 | <0.001** | 0.22 | 0.18–0.25 |
| Factor 1 | 2.80 | 0.80 | 1.86 | 0.62 | 2.78 | 0.79 | 209.12 | <0.001** | 0.26 | 0.22–0.30 |
| Factor 2 | 2.16 | 0.77 | 1.76 | 0.68 | 2.22 | 0.68 | 40.92 | <0.001** | 0.06 | 0.04–0.09 |
p <0.05;
p <0.001; Factor 1: exclusiveness; Factor 2: better half.
Source: Authors' own creation.