Love and addiction : the importance of commitment

Koch, Steven F.

dc.contributor.upauthor	Koch, Steven F.
dc.date.accessioned	2008-02-15T09:29:54Z
dc.date.available	2008-02-15T09:29:54Z
dc.date.issued	2005-12
dc.description.abstract	The bilaterally monopolistic nature of relationships between partners, combined with the addictive nature of love, which represents the emotion people feel during the course of a relationship, results in love growth when relationships are based on commitment. However, in relationships with less than perfect commitment, love will wither, and potentially die. In this paper, the path of love through a relationship is examined under the assumption that love is addictive and that partners may or may not be able to commit to a relationship. The differences in the results suggest that cohabiting partners may, by their very lack of commitment at the outset, be unsuited to successful marriages.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Koch, SF 2005, 'Love and addiction : the importance of commitment', University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, Working paper series, no. 2005-16. [http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=736&sub=1&parentid=677&subid=729&ipklookid=3]	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/4497
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Pretoria, Department of Economics	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Paper (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics)	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2005-16	en
dc.rights	University of Pretoria, Department of Economics	en
dc.subject	Addiction	en
dc.subject	Commitment	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Relationship addiction	en
dc.title	Love and addiction : the importance of commitment	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en