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ABSTRACT
The relationship between love styles and lifetime number of sexual partners was explored using survey data from 507 college students. Love styles significantly (p < .001) contributed to the prediction of number of lifetime sex partners after controlling for demographic characteristics and attitudes toward sexually transmitted infections. In the final model (R 2 = .22), number of sex partners was positively correlated (p < .001) with respondent age, romantic lovers (eros), and game-playing (ludus) lovers, and was negatively correlated with religiosity (p < .05). The results suggest that the Love Attitudes Scale may provide an indirect measure of number of sex partners when direct assessment of risk for sexually transmitted infections is not feasible.
About 600 students take his human sexuality course each fall, and his research interests include posthumous reproduction and abortion. Dr. Hans has received numerous university-level research and teaching awards. Most notably, he was recognized nationally in 2002 as the most outstanding student in the family sciences and was recently nominated for a national early-career teaching award.
Thanks to the many outstanding undergraduate students who assisted with this study, especially Megan Kersey, Haneen Shalash, and Jodi Stanley.
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