Relationship Between Love, Affect and Wellbeing

Love is patient, love is kind. It is the supreme positive emotion and as such it obeys the laws of positive emotions. Love is a brief momentary connection which can happen between any two people – even strangers. Love protects, preserves and hopes for the positive aspect of life. Also love and positive affect is related to wellbeing. If the person is happy then he is likely to be psychologically and emotionally healthy. The current study aimed at understanding the relationship between love, affect and wellbeing among young females aged 20-25 years and investigating the correlation between love, affect and wellbeing. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant relationship between love, positive affect, negative affect and wellbeing. The study reported a significant relationship between love and positive affect with the significant correlation of 0.29 at 0.05 levels (p<0.01). This means that people in love experience positive emotions and healthy wellbeing. The correlation between love and negative affect came out to be insignificant. The correlation turned out to be -0.13. This means that people in love do not experience negative emotions.