The Passionate Love Scale

These items ask you to describe how you feel when you are passionately in love. Think of the person whom you love most passionately right now. If you are not in love right now, think of the last person you loved passionately. If you have never been in love, think of the person whom you came closest to caring for in that way. Choose your answer remembering how you felt at the time when your feelings were the most intense.

For each of the fifteen items, choose the number between 1 and 9 that most accurately describes your feelings. The answer scale ranges from 1, not at all true, to 9, definitely true. Click the number you choose next to each item.

	Not at all true Moderately true Definitely true 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. I would feel deep despair if __________ left me.
2. Sometimes I feel I can’t control my thoughts; they are obsessively on __________.
3. I feel happy when I am doing something to make __________ happy.
4. I would rather be with __________ than anyone else.
5. I’d get jealous if I thought __________ were falling in love with someone else.
6. I yearn to know all about __________.
7. I want __________ —physically, emotionally, mentally.
8. I have an endless appetite for affection from __________.
9. For me, __________ is the perfect romantic partner.
10. I sense my body responding when __________ touches me.
11. __________ always seems to be on my mind.
12. I want __________ to know me—my thoughts, my fears, and my hopes.
13. I eagerly look for signs indicating __________’s desire for me.
14. I possess a powerful attraction for __________.
15. I get extremely depressed when things don’t go right in my relationship with __________