id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4690 Triangular theory of love - Wikipedia .html text/html 3771 459 64 In the context of interpersonal relationships, "the three components of love, according to the triangular theory, are an intimacy component, a passion component, and a decision/commitment component."[1] Sternberg says that intimacy refers to "feelings of closeness, connectedness, and bondedness in loving relationships", passion refers to "the drives that lead to romance, physical attraction, sexual consummation, and related phenomena in loving relationships" and decision/commitment means different things in the short and long term. In his theory, to define romantic love, Rubin concludes that attachment, caring, and intimacy are the three main principles that are key to the difference of liking one person and loving them. In Sternberg's theory, he presents, like Lee, that through the combination of his three main principles, different forms of love are created. Liking/friendship This type of love is intimacy without passion or commitment. "Intimacy, passion, and commitment in adult romantic relationships: a test of the triangular theory of love". ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4690.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4690.txt