Aron and colleagues (1998) studied experiences of unreciprocated love, loving someone who does not love you. One of their predictions focused on the intensity of the experience (how much you think about it, how much it disrupts your life). The researchers hypothesized that intensity would be predicted by desirability (how much the lover thought a relationship with the beloved would be wonderful), probability (how much the beloved had led the lover to believe a relationship might develop), and desirability of the state (how much the lover thought it was desirable to be in love, even though it was not reciprocated). Aron and colleagues carried out a structural equation model analysis testing this model. The results are shown in Figure 15-9.
(a) Explain the pattern of results.
(b) Using this diagram as an example, explain the general principles of interpreting a path diagram (including the limitations) to a person who understands multiple regression in a general way but who is unfamiliar with path diagrams or structural equation modeling.
In Figure 15-9.

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.39 73 45 .28 .30 Desirability Probability Desires State .62 .65 .53 87 68 .32 .16 Intensity 72/ .90 82