Romantic Love and Family Organization: A Case for Romantic Love as a Biosocial Universal

There will be a positive relationship between the presence of romantic love and the nuclear family (8).

Omission of matrilocal cultures somewhat enhances the correlation.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation test	Supported	p < 0.001	.81	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Romantic Love	Dependent	Basis Of Marriage, Regulation Of Marriage, Mode Of Marriage
Independent Nuclear Families	Independent	Nuclear Family

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
de Munck, Victor C.	2022	Societies with nuclear families are more likely to have romantic love as a basis for marriage than other societies.	Not supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
de Munck, Victor C.	2016	There will be a positive correlation between arranged marriage practices and extended non-matrilocal families (8).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lee, Gary R.	1980	Romantic love as a criterion in mate selection will be negatively associated with the prevalence of extended families (323).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lee, Gary R.	1980	Romantic love as a criterion in mate selection will be negatively associated with non-neolocal postmarital residence customs (323).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
de Munck, Victor C.	2022	Monogamy is more likely to be correlated with romantic love being a basis for marriage than other forms of marriage.	Supported (2 of 2)	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author