Abstract
Current Study aimed : (1) measure Life Styles and Love Styles , (2) configuration relationships within and between Life Styles and Love Styles , and (3) measure ability of Life Styles and Gender to predicted Love Styles . Presented three Scales : LSS , LAS and TLS , to student sample consist of 94 male and female . After data analysis , many of results appear : there is 13 positively significant correlation coefficients , three for self-content (with intimacy , passion and commitment) , one for enjoyment (with ludus) , five for social (with eros, ludus, storage, pragma, and passion) , one for self-control (with pragma) , and three for marketing (with eros, ludus, passion) , also define set of significant predictors love styles : eros by social, ludus by social and marketing , storage by social , pragma by self-control and self-content, intimacy by self-content, pleasance and risk , passion by social , and commitment by self-content . These suggest that there potential positive value conflict in Iraqi social culture , make youth – consciously or/and unconsciously – create dynamic psychological regulation coexist inside it conflict complexes , avoided threat of present real in same time trying changing it in future , also refer to functioning these variables specially within Iraqi cultural context . Depending on these results and conclusions , presented some recommendations and suggestions .
Key Words : Life Styles , Character Orientations , Psychotic Orientations , Social Interest , Love Style