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“I love you forever (more or less)” – stability and change in adolescents’ romantic love status and associations with mood states

OBJECTIVE: Experiencing romantic love is an important part of individual development. Here, we investigated stability and change in romantic love and psychological correlates, including mood states, anxiety, and sleep, among Iranian adolescents over a period of 8 months. METHOD: Two hundred and one...

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Autores principales: Bajoghli, Hafez, Farnia, Vahid, Joshaghani, Narges, Haghighi, Mohammad, Jahangard, Leila, Ahmadpanah, Mohammad, Bahmani, Dena Sadeghi, Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith, Brand, Serge
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Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7111418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28380109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2016-2126
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author Bajoghli, Hafez
Farnia, Vahid
Joshaghani, Narges
Haghighi, Mohammad
Jahangard, Leila
Ahmadpanah, Mohammad
Bahmani, Dena Sadeghi
Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith
Brand, Serge
author_facet Bajoghli, Hafez
Farnia, Vahid
Joshaghani, Narges
Haghighi, Mohammad
Jahangard, Leila
Ahmadpanah, Mohammad
Bahmani, Dena Sadeghi
Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith
Brand, Serge
author_sort Bajoghli, Hafez
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description OBJECTIVE: Experiencing romantic love is an important part of individual development. Here, we investigated stability and change in romantic love and psychological correlates, including mood states, anxiety, and sleep, among Iranian adolescents over a period of 8 months. METHOD: Two hundred and one adolescents who had taken part in a previous study were contacted; 157 responded. Participants completed a questionnaire covering sociodemographic data, current state of love, and mood, including symptoms of depression, anxiety (state and trait), and hypomania. They also completed a sleep and activity log. RESULTS: Of 64 participants formerly in love, 45 were still in love; of 86 participants not in love at baseline, 69 were still not in love (overall stability, 76%); 17 had fallen in love recently while 19 were no longer in love. Significant and important changes in mood and anxiety were observed in that experiencing romantic love was associated with higher anxiety scores. Hypomania scores increased in those newly in love, and decreased in those in a longer-lasting romantic relationship. Sleep and sleep-related variables were not associated with romantic love status. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that, among Iranian adolescents, the state of love is fairly stable, and that love status seems to be associated with specific states of mood and anxiety.
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spelling pubmed-71114182020-04-02 “I love you forever (more or less)” – stability and change in adolescents’ romantic love status and associations with mood states Bajoghli, Hafez Farnia, Vahid Joshaghani, Narges Haghighi, Mohammad Jahangard, Leila Ahmadpanah, Mohammad Bahmani, Dena Sadeghi Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith Brand, Serge Braz J Psychiatry Original Article OBJECTIVE: Experiencing romantic love is an important part of individual development. Here, we investigated stability and change in romantic love and psychological correlates, including mood states, anxiety, and sleep, among Iranian adolescents over a period of 8 months. METHOD: Two hundred and one adolescents who had taken part in a previous study were contacted; 157 responded. Participants completed a questionnaire covering sociodemographic data, current state of love, and mood, including symptoms of depression, anxiety (state and trait), and hypomania. They also completed a sleep and activity log. RESULTS: Of 64 participants formerly in love, 45 were still in love; of 86 participants not in love at baseline, 69 were still not in love (overall stability, 76%); 17 had fallen in love recently while 19 were no longer in love. Significant and important changes in mood and anxiety were observed in that experiencing romantic love was associated with higher anxiety scores. Hypomania scores increased in those newly in love, and decreased in those in a longer-lasting romantic relationship. Sleep and sleep-related variables were not associated with romantic love status. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that, among Iranian adolescents, the state of love is fairly stable, and that love status seems to be associated with specific states of mood and anxiety. Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria 2017-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7111418/ /pubmed/28380109 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2016-2126 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bajoghli, Hafez
Farnia, Vahid
Joshaghani, Narges
Haghighi, Mohammad
Jahangard, Leila
Ahmadpanah, Mohammad
Bahmani, Dena Sadeghi
Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith
Brand, Serge
“I love you forever (more or less)” – stability and change in adolescents’ romantic love status and associations with mood states
title “I love you forever (more or less)” – stability and change in adolescents’ romantic love status and associations with mood states
title_full “I love you forever (more or less)” – stability and change in adolescents’ romantic love status and associations with mood states
title_fullStr “I love you forever (more or less)” – stability and change in adolescents’ romantic love status and associations with mood states
title_full_unstemmed “I love you forever (more or less)” – stability and change in adolescents’ romantic love status and associations with mood states
title_short “I love you forever (more or less)” – stability and change in adolescents’ romantic love status and associations with mood states
title_sort “i love you forever (more or less)” – stability and change in adolescents’ romantic love status and associations with mood states
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7111418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28380109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2016-2126
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