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The function of love: a signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment device hypothesis

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dc.contributor.authorGelbart, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorWalter, Kathryn V.
dc.contributor.authorConroy-Beam, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorEstorque, Casey
dc.contributor.authorBuss, David M.
dc.contributor.authorAsao, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorSorokowska, Agnieszka
dc.contributor.authorSorokowski, Piotr
dc.contributor.authorAavik, Toivo
dc.contributor.authorAkello, Grace
dc.contributor.authorAlhabahba, Mohammad Madallh
dc.contributor.authorAlm, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorAmjad, Naumana
dc.contributor.authorAnjum, Afifa
dc.contributor.authorAtama, Chiemezie S.
dc.contributor.authorDuyar, Derya Atamturk
dc.contributor.authorBatres, Carlota
dc.contributor.authorBendixen, Mons
dc.contributor.authorBensafia, Aicha
dc.contributor.authorBizumic, Boris
dc.contributor.authorBoussena, Mahmoud
dc.contributor.authorButovskaya, Marina
dc.contributor.authorCan, Seda
dc.contributor.authorCarrier, Antonin
dc.contributor.authorCetinkaya, Hakan
dc.contributor.authorCroy, Ilona
dc.contributor.authorCueto, Rosa María
dc.contributor.authorCzub, Marcin
dc.contributor.authorDronova, Daria
dc.contributor.authorDural, Seda
dc.contributor.authorDuyar, Izzet
dc.contributor.authorErtugrul, Berna
dc.contributor.authorEspinosa, Agustín
dc.contributor.authorEstevan, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorEsteves, Carla Sofia
dc.contributor.authorFang, Luxi
dc.contributor.authorFrackowiak, Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorGarduño, Jorge Contreras
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Karina Ugalde
dc.contributor.authorGuemaz, Farida
dc.contributor.authorGyuris, Petra
dc.contributor.authorHerak, Iskra
dc.contributor.authorHromatko, Ivana
dc.contributor.authorHui, Chin-Ming
dc.contributor.authorJaafar, Jas Laile
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Feng
dc.contributor.authorKafetsios, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorKavcic, Tina
dc.contributor.authorKennair, Leif Edward Ottesen
dc.contributor.authorKervyn, Nicolas
dc.contributor.authorHa, Truong Thi Khanh
dc.contributor.authorKhilji, Imran Ahmed
dc.contributor.authorLan, Hoang Moc
dc.contributor.authorLáng, András
dc.contributor.authorLennard, Georgina R.
dc.contributor.authorLeón, Ernesto
dc.contributor.authorLindholm, Torun
dc.contributor.authorLinh, Trinh Thi
dc.contributor.authorLopez, Giulia
dc.contributor.authorLuot, Nguyen Van
dc.contributor.authorMailhos, Alvaro
dc.contributor.authorManesi, Zoi
dc.contributor.authorMcKerchar, Sarah L.
dc.contributor.authorMesko, Norbert
dc.contributor.authorMisra, Girishwar
dc.contributor.authorMonaghan, Conal
dc.contributor.authorMora, Emanuel C.
dc.contributor.authorMoya-Garofano, Alba
dc.contributor.authorMusil, Bojan
dc.contributor.authorNatividade, Jean Carlos
dc.contributor.authorNiemczyk, Agnieszka
dc.contributor.authorNizharadze, George
dc.contributor.authorOberzaucher, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorOleszkiewicz, Anna
dc.contributor.authorOmar-Fauzee, Mohd Sofian
dc.contributor.authorOnyishi, Ike E.
dc.contributor.authorÖzener, Baris
dc.contributor.authorPagani, Ariela F.
dc.contributor.authorPakalniskiene, Vilmante
dc.contributor.authorParise, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorPazhoohi, Farid
dc.contributor.authorPisanski, Annette
dc.contributor.authorPisanski, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorPlohl, Nejc
dc.contributor.authorPonciano, Edna
dc.contributor.authorPopa, Camelia
dc.contributor.authorProkop, Pavol
dc.contributor.authorRizwan, Muhammad
dc.contributor.authorSalkicevic, Svjetlana
dc.contributor.authorSargautyte, Ruta
dc.contributor.authorSarmany-Schuller, Ivan
dc.contributor.authorSharad, Shivantika
dc.contributor.authorSiddiqui, Razi Sultan
dc.contributor.authorSimonetti, Franco
dc.contributor.authorStoyanova, Stanislava Yordanova
dc.contributor.authorTadinac, Meri
dc.contributor.authorVarella, Marco Antonio Correa
dc.contributor.authorVauclair, Christin-Melanie
dc.contributor.authorVega, Luis Diego
dc.contributor.authorWidarini, Dwi Ajeng
dc.contributor.authorYoo, Gyesook
dc.contributor.authorZatkova, Marta
dc.contributor.authorZupancic, Maja
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-12T15:24:25Z
dc.date.available2026-05-12T15:24:25Z
dc.date.issued2025-03-01
dc.description.abstractLove is commonly hypothesized to function as an evolved commitment device, disincentivizing the pursuit of romantic alternatives and signaling this motivational shift to a partner. Here, we test this possibility against a novel signaling-to-alternatives account, in which love instead operates by dissuading alternatives from pursuing oneself. Overall, we find stronger support for the latter account. In Studies 1 and 2, we find that partner quality relative to alternatives positively predicts feelings of love, and love fails to mitigate the negative effects of desirable alternatives on relationship satisfaction—contradicting the classic commitment device account. In Study 3, using a longitudinal design, we replicate these effects and find that changes in partner quality relative to alternatives predict changes in love over time. In Study 4, we replicate the relationship between love and relative partner quality across 44 countries. In Study 5, we find a nearly one-to-one correspondence between the extent to which partner-directed actions are diagnostic of love and reductions in romantic alternatives’ attraction to the actor. These results suggest that love may not act as a commitment device in the classic sense by disincentivizing the pursuit of alternatives but by disincentivizing alternatives from pursuing oneself.eng
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106672
dc.identifier.eid105005391782
dc.identifier.other01a73b6b-40c3-4674-a1bd-0e5039da4b82
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/57693
dc.identifier.wos001458234900001
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectClose relationshipseng
dc.subjectCommitment deviceeng
dc.subjectEvolutionary psychologyeng
dc.subjectQuality of alternativeseng
dc.subjectRomantic loveeng
dc.subjectSignaling theoryeng
dc.titleThe function of love: a signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment device hypothesis
dc.typeresearch article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue2
oaire.citation.volume46
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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