The larger issue is that falling in love is influenced by diverse factors such as brain chemistry, attraction, proximity, similarity, reciprocity ,sexual attractiveness, attitudes and culture and socio-biological components (Crooks & Bauer, 2010), which may or may not belong to the same category. Thus, identifying categories and then placing the elements of falling in love into discrete categories is a difficult, if not impossible task. .
Rather than attempting to do so, the current paper pretends, by summarizing, and reviewing previous researches, raised over several decades, identify the variables that have been linked to Falling in Love and its mediating variables, and open a space where they all come together to better understanding and applicability of this knowledge in our field of study: Human Sexuality. This research paper will include scope and limitations of the material being reviewed and revision of accepted conclusions around Falling in Love in the light of new and possible discovered facts. .
In romantic relationships, falling in loveis mainly a Western concept of moving from a feeling of neutrality towards a person to one of love. The use of the term "fall" implies that the process is in some way inevitable, uncontrollable, risky, irreversible, and that it puts the lover in a state of vulnerability. The term is generally used to describe an eventual love that is strong. .
Dating and romantic relationships typically initiate when one person is attracted to other based on one of three needs: (1) Physical, as reflective if a desire to be with an attractive other; (2) social, as defined by the need to be in a relationship; or (3) instrumental, or the degree to which the other will help accomplish a task (McCroskey & McCain, 1974). .
How falling in love occurs, is associated with intense effective states and such intense states have been shown to have a particularly strong influence on judgment and behavior that can often override more cognitive decision making processes (for a review see Loewenstein et al.
