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Two independent community samples were used for exploratory and confirmatory analyses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings supported the proposed factor structure and demonstrated high internal consistency for both subscales. Strong associations with Sternberg's dimensions of intimacy, passion, and commitment provided evidence of convergent validity, while discriminant validity was also supported. Measurement invariance across gender was supported at the configural, metric, scalar, and strict levels. Regression analyses further indicated that the Content and Modality dimensions explained unique variance beyond Sternberg's model, supporting their incremental validity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results suggest that the MLMS is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing everyday expressions of love and may be useful in both relationship research and6 clinical practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1806481","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,14]],"date-time":"2026-08-14T05:32:27Z","timestamp":1786685547000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Psychometric evaluation of a new love scale, measuring the content and modality dimensions, based on love and rejection messages theory"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Ioana-Eva","family":"C\u01cedariu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Psychotherapy, Psychological Counseling and Clinical Supervision, Tibiscus University of Timi\u015foar","place":["Timi\u015foara, Romania"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Loredana-Ileana","family":"V\u00ee\u015fcu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Psychotherapy, Psychological Counseling and Clinical Supervision, Tibiscus University of Timi\u015foar","place":["Timi\u015foara, Romania"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marius Costel","family":"E\u015fi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Educational Sciences, Stefan cel Mare University","place":["Suceava, Romania"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marius","family":"Marici","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Educational Sciences, Stefan cel Mare University","place":["Suceava, Romania"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","volume-title":"Interpersonal Attraction","author":"Berscheid","year":"1969"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"464","DOI":"10.1080\/10705510701301834","article-title":"Sensitivity of goodness of fit indexes to lack of measurement invariance","volume":"14","author":"Chen","year":"2007","journal-title":"Struct. 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