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. 2023 Jan 14;13:773. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26663-4

Table 1.

Results of the multilevel linear models regressing love components (i.e., STLS-45, intimacy, passion, and commitment) on countries’ levels of Human Development Index (HDI), Collectivism level, annual average temperature, and participants’ sex and length of relationship (in months), with participants nested within countries.

STLS-45 Intimacy Passion Commitment
β SE 95% CI p β SE 95% CI p β SE 95% CI p β SE 95% CI p
Fixed effects
HDIa 0.233 0.043 [0.043, 0.148]  < 0.001*** 0.312 0.046 [0.046, 0.221]  < 0.001*** 0.143 0.049 [0.049, 0.047] 0.004** 0.215 0.039 [0.039, 0.139]  < 0.001***
Collectivismb 0.074 0.033 [0.033, 0.010] 0.023* 0.094 0.035 [0.035, 0.026] 0.007** 0.054 0.037 [0.037, − 0.018] 0.145 0.059 0.029 [0.029, 0.001] 0.045*
Temperaturec 0.099 0.035 [0.035, 0.031] 0.004** 0.084 0.037 [0.037, 0.012] 0.023* 0.118 0.039 [0.039, 0.041] 0.003** 0.077 0.031 [0.031, 0.016] 0.014*
Sexd − 0.016 0.011 [0.011, − 0.038] 0.152 0.027 0.011 [0.011, 0.006] 0.012* − 0.042 0.011 [0.011, − 0.064]  < 0.001*** − 0.022 0.011 [0.011, − 0.043] 0.055
Relationship lengthe − 0.01 0.011 [0.011, − 0.032] 0.363 − 0.025 0.011 [0.011, − 0.046] 0.021* − 0.076 0.011 [0.011, − 0.098]  < 0.001*** 0.081 0.011 [0.011, 0.059]  < 0.001***
Random effects
Variance 0.030 0.035 0.042 0.023
Variance SD 0.174 0.188 0.205 0.150
ICC 0.035 0.043 0.045 0.026
Pseudo r2 0.032 0.065 0.021 0.035
dfresiduals 7532 7532 7524 7459
Deviance 20,192 19,720.7 20,612.6 20,081.5

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. aHuman Development Index, bCollectivism-in-group favoritism, cTemperature–Average annual temperatures, dParticipants’ sex with men as a reference group, eParticipants’ relationship length in months.