Zick Rubin

Isaac Michael "Zick" Rubin (born 1944) is an American social psychologist, lawyer, and author.[1] He is "widely credited as the author of the first empirical measurement of love,"[2] for his work distinguishing feelings of like from feelings of love via Rubin's Scales of Liking and Loving.[3][4][5] Science Progress stated, "The major breakthrough in research on love came from the pioneer psychometric work of Zick Rubin."[6]

He has also published on disclosing to consequential strangers. According to The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships, Rubin "conducted influential early studies on disclosure reciprocity in naturalistic settings, such as in airport departure lounges and at bus stops."[7] His work also examined the development of friendship among toddlers.[8]

  1. ^ Sheehy, Noel; Conroy, Wendy A. (1997). Biographical dictionary of psychology, p. 493. Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-415-09997-4
  2. ^ Baxter LA; Akkoor C (2008). Aesthetic love and romantic love in close relationships. In Roberts, Kathleen Glenister; Arnett Ronald C., eds. Communication ethics: between cosmopolitanism and provinciality, p. 29. Peter Lang, ISBN 978-1-4331-0326-1
  3. ^ Associated Press (May 5, 1970). Harvard Sociologist Finds Male Love Exceeds Liking. New York Times
  4. ^ Feshbach, Seymour; Weiner, Bernard; Bohart, Arthur C. eds. (1996). Personality. D.C. Heath, ISBN 978-0-669-35442-3
  5. ^ Myers, David G. (1999). Social Psychology. McGraw-Hill College, ISBN 978-0-07-290217-4
  6. ^ Kanekar, Suresh (1989). "Toward a scientific understanding of romantic love". Science Progress (1933–2017). 73 (4 (292)). London: Science Reviews Ltd.: 501–519. ISSN 0036-8504. JSTOR 43421050.
  7. ^ Vangelisti, Anita L.; Perlman, Daniel (2006). The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships, p. 410. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-82617-4
  8. ^ Collins, Gail (December 15, 1980). Friendship: A Fact of Life for Toddlers, Too; Challenging Assumptions Theoretical Model 60 Families Observed. New York Times