Objective To investigate the love view among contemporary college students
and also explore the effective pathways to educate these students about love relationship.Methods A total of 1 196 college students from a single university in West Guangxi were surveyed about their love view by using aquestionnaire.Statistical analysis of these data was performed.Results The proportion of students who previously had love experience or was currently in love with somebody was 22.99% and 26.76%
respectively;with an overall rate of49.75%.No significant gender difference was noted(P>0.05).As for love motivation
15.92%and 7.96% of boys selected "loneliness or emptiness" and "physiological or sexual needs"
while only 9.15% and 1.65% of girls chose these answers(P<0.05);53.91%
47.85% and 62.29% of girls selected "looking for a soul mate"
"looking for a partner to communicate or study together" and " attracted by some of his advantages"
whereas only 29.07%
38.41%and 39.10% of boys chose these answers(P<0.05).In terms of love attitude
63.13% of college students had ambiguous love view;53.93% reported that they would stick to their lover if they admire somebody in the heart.As for love pattern
63.71% of students would find their lover by themselves.77.93% of interviewees agreed that " campus love has its pros and cons".As for the impact of love
51.90% of boys and 34.51% of girls chose "feel more motivated for both study and life"(P<0.05);60.53%of girls believed that "school work is more important than love"
while 52.25% of boys held that "school work and love are equally important".In face of losing love
63.67% of boys and 57.00% of girls believed that "life should not be changed and tomorrow will be beautiful still"(P<0.05).Conclusion Campus love is very common among contemporary college students.Although the majority of students have positive love motivation
their love view is still ambiguous.Thus
love education should be reinforced to help these college students build a healthy view on love.