About the test
Love styles test
Explore six attitudes to romantic love, from passionate Eros to selfless Agape, with the free Love Attitudes Scale – Short Form (LAS-SF) by Hendrick, Hendrick and Dicke. You answer with one relationship in mind and get a profile of all six styles, with ideas for reflection and conversation.
Questionnaire / instrument: Love Attitudes Scale – Short Form (LAS-SF)
The test at a glance
- Price
- Free, including your results
- Registration
- No account required
- Length
- 24 statements
- Time
- About 4 minutes
- Format
- Self-report · five response options
- Your report
- Six love styles, scored 1–5
The six love styles
The styles come from John Alan Lee’s theory of love styles, which Clyde and Susan Hendrick turned into the Love Attitudes Scale. Each style is measured with four statements, and you can score high on several.
Eros
Passionate love. Physical attraction, romantic connection and a feeling of understanding each other.
Ludus
Game-playing love. A playful, less committed approach. Some statements ask about hiding things from a partner; a score does not establish what has happened.
Storge
Friendship-based love. Love that grows gradually out of friendship, shared history and familiarity.
Pragma
Practical love. Practical considerations when choosing a partner, such as family, parenting and career. One original statement about hereditary background reflects a dated view.
Mania
Possessive, dependent love. Preoccupation, jealousy and distress when attention feels uncertain. Mania is a historical scale name, not a diagnosis.
Agape
Selfless love. Putting a partner’s happiness ahead of your own. A high score does not by itself mean that a relationship is healthy or mutual.
What your results show
Your profile is shown as soon as you finish. You can preview an example report before taking the test.
- The style you agreed with most. If several styles share the highest score, all of them are shown.
- All six styles as averages from 1 to 5, in a chart and as bars you can explore one by one.
- For each style: an explanation, something to try or notice in everyday life, and a question to talk about together.
What does it measure?
Six attitudes to romantic love: passionate (Eros), playful (Ludus), friendship-based (Storge), practical (Pragma), possessive (Mania) and selfless (Agape). You can recognize several styles at once.
Where does it come from?
The Love Attitudes Scale – Short Form (LAS-SF) was published by Clyde Hendrick, Susan S. Hendrick and Amy Dicke in 1998. Our 24 items follow the publisher’s reproduced short form.
How is the result calculated?
Four items are averaged for each style on a 1–5 agreement scale. In our version, higher scores mean stronger endorsement. We use the response direction of the publisher’s form, which reverses the original paper’s direction.
What can the result tell you?
There is no overall love score, diagnostic cutoff or compatibility percentage. The result describes your current attitudes and does not determine whether a relationship is healthy, lasting or right for you.
Languages and adaptations
English follows the source instrument. Our other language versions include AI-assisted translations that have not been independently validated. Our explanations and result commentary are written for this website.
Frequently asked questions
Is the test free, including the results?
Yes. You can answer all the statements and read your full report without paying or creating an account.
Is this the same as the five love languages?
No. Love languages describe preferred ways of giving and receiving affection. Love styles describe attitudes to love itself, such as passion, friendship or possessiveness. They are separate models, and this test does not measure love languages.
Which relationship should I think about?
Your current partner. If you are single, think of your most recent partner. If you have never been in love, answer as you think you would feel. Your scores may differ from one relationship to another and change over time.
Can we use it to see whether we are compatible?
No. There is no compatibility score, and the styles are not ratings of a good relationship. If you both take the test, answer separately first and then talk about the differences, without treating the scores as the answer.
Who am I compared with?
No one. Each score is the average of your own answers from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). We use no population norms, and our scoring direction is the opposite of the original paper’s, so the scores cannot be compared directly with published averages.
Does a high Mania score mean something is wrong?
No. Mania is the historical name of a love style involving preoccupation and jealousy, not a diagnosis. If jealousy or worry about a relationship causes you distress, it can help to talk with someone you trust or a professional.
How accurate is it?
The LAS-SF is a published short form of the longer Love Attitudes Scale. With four statements per style it gives a rough picture, so small differences between styles are not meaningful. Translations into other languages are new for this site and have not been validated.
License and reuse
Public domainThe publisher’s LAS-SF form states that the instrument is in the public domain and may be used and reproduced without permission. Credit Clyde Hendrick, Susan S. Hendrick and the 1998 publication. This statement covers the questionnaire, not the entire book.
The terms below apply to the test materials. Articles, translations, software and our result descriptions may have separate terms.
Sources and further reading
Hendrick, C., Hendrick, S. S., & Dicke, A. (1998). The Love Attitudes Scale: Short Form. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 15, 147–159. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407598152001