The Relationship between Romantic Love and the Attainment of Marital Values

The paper aims to study the relationship between romantic love and marital values. Romantic love was defined according to Hendriks'' theory of universal language of love and love triangle theory of Sternberg. Data were gathered through surveys. The sample comprised the couples living in Tehran. 180 of them had normal marital lives and 120 of them were those couples who had got divorced in the first half of the year 1389. The results showed that romantic love before marriage was still important for those couples who now were going to divorce. Therefore، it can be said that romantic love cannot guarantee a happy life. In sum، the findings indicate that among the divorced group، romantic love had the most significant correlation with sexual chemistry، while in couples having a successful marriage، romantic love was correlated with the following marital moral values: good behavior، honesty، responsibility، tolerating the problems، chastity، acceptance، enjoyment، chemistry، deference، loyalty. According to these findings، it seems that combination of feelings and affections، self-consciousness along with moral values can ensure a balanced mixture of wisdom and emotion and lead to successful marriages in society.