... Interpersonal love theories that examine partnering love have looked into various aspects of love. Theories, models, and frameworks have been developed to understand expressions of love (for example, Murstein, 1988;Wilkins & Gareis, 2006); people's individual experiences (for example, Sternberg, 1988Sternberg, /2006Berscheid, 2006;Lee, 1988;Aron, Dutton, Aron, and Iverson, 1989); types of love (for example , Sternberg, 1988, Sternberg, /2006Aron, Fisher, and Strong, 2006;Aron, Paris, and Aron, 1995); the time course of love (for example, Levinger, 2002;Cunningham & Antill, 1981;Sternberg, Hojjat, and Barnes, 2001); the nature of love (for example, Sternberg & Gradjek, 1984;Fehl & Russel, 1991); measures of love (Hendrick & Hendrick, 1989;Sternberg, 1997); maintenance and repair of love relationships (for example, Canary & Daiton, 2006;Sternberg, 2006;Levinger, 2002), and more. All these regard love as a rewarding, dynamic, and long-term experience. ...