Researchers have proposed a concept related to romantic hate, romantic jealousy, which describes the negative attitudes, anger, and fear associated with having a relationship partner ( Yoshimura, 2004). Hate, within the context of a romantic relationship, arises mainly from a relational betrayal. Collectively, these definitions suggest that love is a multi-faced phenomenon ( Ekman, 1972 Izard, 1977 Tomkins, 1984). Love has been defined as an action ( Swensen, 1972), attitude ( Rubin, 1970), experience ( Skolnick, 1978), and even as a prototypical emotion ( Fehr and Russell, 1991 Post, 2002 Sober, 2002 Wyschogrod, 2002). These include Sternberg’s (1986) triangular theory of love and the three-stage model of love ( Fisher, 1989 Fisher et al., 2006). However, traditional psychological theories have mainly focused on love, especially romantic love. Increasingly, empirical research has been carried out on the relationship between love and hate. Love and hate are important human affects that are of long-standing interest in psychology. However, if one does not love that person, hate will be a much stronger feeling than love.

If one loves someone deeply and sometimes hates that person, the feeling of love may still be dominant in the context of betrayal. People have different emotional reactions toward different target persons in the context of romantic love and hate. Our study revealed a complex picture of love and hate. Additionally, stronger feelings of love were associated with greater hate after the relationship was broken, suggesting a link between romantic love and hate. The results showed that people who shared similar values and interests with the target persons were more likely to experience stronger love. The present study investigated whether similarity within romantic partners was associated with greater feelings of love in the absence of betrayal, and greater hate induced in the presence of betrayal by using vignettes to induce love and hate in a sample of 59 young adults. However, few studies have been conducted on the relationship between love and hate. Previous research has focused on the classification, functions, and other aspects of these two affects. 4Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan, Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.3School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.2Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.1Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.

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