What it Means to Feel Loved to U.S. Immigrants and International Countries
Summary:
Ellis et al. (2020) found the most agreed upon scenarios of felt love among the general U.S. population were non-romantic scenarios such as: “someone caring for them when they are sick” or “someone is supportive of their life goals." Among emerging adults (18-22 years old), there was a shared agreement that “someone giving them positive feedback on the internet (e.g., Facebook, retweet) was loving. Given these results, these new studies aim to expand on previous findings and examine the degree to which there is a shared agreement among U.S. immigrants and international countries (Sweden, India, Nigeria, Mexico, China, Iran, Czech Republic) on what it means to feel loved in daily life. Moreover, we will examine how those shared beliefs might differ or are similar to the general U.S. populations. We will further explore immigrants’ level of acculturation, personality traits, and attachment styles in relation to how well they know the cultural consensus on feeling loved..
Project Members:
Eva Li, Tina Badakhshan, Alyssa Ream
Project Lead and contact:
Tina Badakshan
Love for Emerging Adults
Summary:
This study examined whether emerging adults in the United States reach a consensus on what makes people feel loved. Emerging adults ages 18 to 22 responded to 60 items on everyday scenarios and decided whether they thought the general population would think each scenario was loving or not. We also explored whether decision-making characteristics were meaningfully tied to personality and other demographic variables.
Project Lead and contact:
Olivia Ellis
Expressing and Receiving Love for Minority Youth in the US
Summary:
This Love Project seeks to understand the following questions: What are the network of connections youth subscribe to, Who do youth interact with? What differences in extension and reception of connections and communication, if any, exist. By what mode do they communicate? Is there a preference for technology or face to face. Why and what are the assumptions behind minority and majority differences. Are there differences or disparities among how minority and majority youth connect with people in their network? We hope these preliminary studies will explore how these feelings may arise through the use of technology and if there are differences in how the groups we are studying engage in these behaviors, which can build the foundation for long term studies on mechanisms and interventions across late adolescence and young adulthood.
Project Lead:
Andrew Villamil