The Correlation between Identity Status and Loving Elements (Intimacy, Commitment, Passion)

AbstractThe present research has been carried out with the objective of studying the relation between identity status and loving elements (intimacy, commitment, passion) among university students. In retrospective study, 210 university students (62 males and 148 females) selected among university students of Alborz Province using multistage random sampling method, answered questionnaires on status of the young identity and triangular love scale .The finding obtained from the significance testing of Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient Analysis of stepwise regression showed that There is direct correlation between achievement identity and Foreclosure Identity with triple love elements and There is counter-relation between Prohibited Identity and intimacy. The results also showed that among triple love elements, identity status is only capable of forecasting intimacy and commitment and lacks the capability of foreseeing passion element