Describe the various distinctions regarding love proposed by Berscheid and Hatfield. Compare the level of each component in short-term relationships and relationship satisfaction.

Berscheid and Hatfield have distinguished between passionate and companionate love, with passionate love being a complete absorption in another that includes tender sexual feelings and the agony and ecstasy of intense emotion. Companionate love is warm, trusting, tolerant affection for another whose life is deeply intertwined with one's own. These may coexist, but not necessarily. Cultures vary in their emphasis on passionate love as a prerequisite for marriage.
Different kinds of love combine these components in different ways. In short-term relationships passion may reach its zenith. Companionate love is more strongly associated with relationship satisfaction.