Current methodological approaches for studying the association between love and psychological well-being in daily life
Abstract
We review the literature linking the experience of love in daily life to psychological well-being, with a particular emphasis on the methodologies used to investigate this relationship. Experience sampling methodology has emerged as a key ecologically valid approach that captures real-time experiences within individuals’ natural environments. Experience sampling yields rich intensive longitudinal data, which, when analyzed using dynamic models, offers promising avenues for exploring love as a momentary, fluctuating emotional experience and its connection to well-being. We provide a concise demonstration of how to analyze daily-life data on love and well-being with such dynamical models, with tutorial files made available online on the Open Science Framework.
Citation
(2025). Current methodological approaches for studying the association between love and psychological well-being in daily life. The International Handbook of Love.
Bibtex
@incollection{williams_etal:2025:methodological, title = {{C}urrent methodological approaches for studying the association between love and psychological well-being in daily life}, author = {Williams, Lindy and Heshmati, Saeideh and Vandekerckhove, Joachim and Oravecz, Zita}, year = {2025}, journal = {The International Handbook of Love}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-76665-7_75-1} }