Levesque Measure of Relationship Experiences (Levesque, 1993)

• Populations: Adolescents
• Age ranges: 14-18
• Languages: English
• Countries: United States

Items

Subscales

All Subscales are further divided into Giving and Getting subscales.

• Togetherness, 6 Items
• Growth, 6 Items
• Appreciation, 6 Items
• Specialness, 6 Items
• Possessiveness, 6 Items
• Communication, 6 Items
• Exhilaration, 6 Items
• Toleration, 5 Items
• Passion, 6 Items
• Painfulness, 6 Items
• Emotional Support, 6 Items
• Commitment, 7 Items

Items by Subscale

Togetherness,

• I am happiest when we are together. 
• I try to arrange my time so that I can be with her. 
• I really care for her. 
• She acts thoughtfully. 
• She is a great companion. 
• I like the way I feel when I am with her. 

Growth,

• I am happy when she succeeds. 
• I want her to be a success according to her own standards. 
• I like it when she does things on her own. 
• She makes me feel complete. 
• She helps me become what I want to be. 
• She makes me feel emotionally stronger. 

Appreciation,

• I think she has good ideas. 
• I admire her persistence in getting after things that are important to her. 
• I take pride in her accomplishments. 
• She thinks my ideas are important. 
• She respects my values and beliefs, although they don’t always agree with hers. 
• She knows when something is bothering me. 

Specialness,

• I want to be special in her life. 
• No one could love her as much as I do. 
• I treat her as very special. 
• She is the most important person in my life. 
• I feel that she was meant for me. 
• She is the person that best understands me. 

Possessiveness,

• I get upset when she shows interest in other guys. 
• I like it when she pays attention to only me. 
• I watch other guys’ reactions to her. 
• She watches how I act with other girls. 
• Sometimes she doesn’t believe that ! love only her. 
• She’s jealous of my relationships with other people. 

Communication,

• I never have to lie to her. 
• She listens to me when I need someone to talk to. 
• I find it easy to tell her how I feel. 
• I really listen to what she has to say. 
• She tells me about her weaknesses and strengths. 
• She finds it easy to tell me how she feels. 

Exhilaration,

• I make her really happy. 
• She’s really “crazy” for me. 
• She thinks our relationship is terrific. 
• She makes me feel fantastic. 
• She makes me become “alive.” 
• She makes me feel very happy.

Toleration,

• I am patient with her. 
• I accept her for what she is. 
• I’m willing to forgive her for almost anything. 
• She recognizes and accepts faults in me. 
• She takes me for what I am. 

Passion,

• She feels romantically excited when with me. 
• I want to look attractive for her. 
• It is easy for her to be romantic with me. 
• I get romantically excited just thinking about her. 
• I enjoy studying her body and her movements. 
• I feel romantically excited when with her. 

Painfulness,

• She sometimes gets angry at me. 
• Dating me can sometimes be painful for her. 
• Sometimes I really upset her. 
• I sometimes get upset because things don’t go well between us. 
• She can really hurt my feelings. 
• Sometimes I don’t know why I put up with the things she does or says. 

Emotional Support,

• I help her through difficult times. 
• I make her feel self-confident. 
• I am concerned about how she feels. 
• She helps me find solutions to my problems. 
• She comforts me when I need comforting. 
• She tries to get me in a good mood when I am angry.

Commitment

• I want to spend my life with her. 
• I will always be loyal to her. 
• I expect to always love her. 
• Her fantasy is to be married to me forever, 
• When it comes to our relationship, she is very loyal and worthy of trust. 
• She expects to be close by me forever. 
• She is willing to change for me. 

Scoring

Not Reported

Citations

LEVESQUE, R. J. R. (1993). The romantic experience of adolescents in satisfying love relationships. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 22(3), 219-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537790

Team comments

The Growth (Giving), and Communication (Giving & Getting) subscales did not reach our threshold for Adequacy for Internal consistency