Montgomery and Sorell (1994) did a study on romantic love and it reported that unmarried emerging adults would be more dominating, clingy, possessive, and dependent compared to young and married couples who have an altruistic selfless love. Emerging adults had less satisfaction in their relationships.
Montgomery and Sorell (1994) explored romantic love dynamics, showing that unmarried emerging adults displayed greater control, attachment, possession, and dependency compared to young married couples with an altruistic form of love. The study indicated lower relationship fulfillment for the former group.