Compassionate And Passionate Styles Of Love
Psychologist Elaine Hatfield has described two different types of romantic love: compassionate (also known as companionate) and passionate. Compassionate love involves feelings of mutual respect, trust, and affection while passionate love involves intense feelings and sexual attraction. What Is Passionate Love? Hatfield defines passionate love as “a state of intense longing for union with another.” This type of love tends to be more common at the outset of a relationship....