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Constructing the meaning of human–AI romantic relationships from the perspectives of users dating the social chatbot Replika Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Shuyi Pan, Yi Mou
With the increasingly emerging human–artificial intelligence (AI) romantic relationships throughout the world, it is important to understand its meaning from the perspective of users who are dating virtual lovers. This study uses relational dialectics theory 2.0 and its corresponding method of contrapuntal analysis to examine the discursive tensions of what it means to have an AI partner. Specifically
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Self‐concept clarity and the evaluation and selection of incompatible dating partners Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-06 Katya F. Kredl, Dita Kubin, John E. Lydon
Romantic compatibility is theorized to play a crucial role in the success and stability of romantic relationships, although evidence to date has been somewhat indirect. Previous experimental findings suggest that those lower, relative to higher, in self‐concept clarity find it more challenging to evaluate similarity (i.e., a contributor to compatibility) in prospective romantic partners. The current
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Emerging adult perceptions of costs and benefits of using information and communication technology in dating relationships Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-13 Ishita Munshi, Evan J. Basting, Marissa Dongarra, Jessica Harangozo, Elizabeth A. Goncy
Rapid technological advancements have revolutionized the dating experiences of emerging adults. This study explored perceptions of information and communication technology within emerging adult romantic relationships and examined what young adults perceived to be the costs and benefits of using technology to communicate in dating relationships. Emerging adults (N = 118) from diverse backgrounds completed
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Relationship sustainability: Exploring the idea of sustainable marriages among Indian married couples Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-11 Jeshmeen D. Barman, Saurabh Maheshwari
The present study adopted the concept of sustainability to understand Indian marriages and proposed a new concept of relationship sustainability. Employing an exploratory sequential mixed‐method design, Study 1 involved 30 interviews with long‐term married couples (Mage = 44.70; Mmarriage years = 19.48) to understand their marital experiences. Thematic analysis identified three major factors that lead
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“I did not expect that from you!”: Unforgiveness dimensions, attachment insecurities, and relationship under‐commitment following a relational transgression Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Mireille Jean, Audrey Brassard, Susan D. Boon, Marie‐France Lafontaine, Josianne Mondor, Katherine Péloquin
After experiencing a relational transgression, individuals may not forgive their partner. However, unforgiveness may prove detrimental to relationship functioning for both partners, and even more so when combined with individual and relational risk factors. This study examined the associations between unforgiveness dimensions (cognitive‐evaluative, emotional‐ruminative, and offender reconstrual) and
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Is teasing meant to be mean or nice? Retrospective reports of adolescent social experiences and teasing attitudes Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-31 Naomi C. Z. Andrews, Oya Pakkal, Molly Dawes
Peer teasing has contradictory conceptualizations, including teasing that is playful, and teasing that is akin to bullying. In addition to individuals potentially having different conceptualizations of teasing, and despite the inherently social nature of teasing, little is known about the social correlates of teasing attitudes. The current study aimed to examine multifaceted teasing attitudes (i.e
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But I said I'm sorry: Helpfulness of romantic couples' efforts to reconcile after conflict Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-27 Siri Wilder, Karen J. Prager, Srikar Garapati
Whereas several decades of research have documented behavior during couples' conflict discussions that is destructive to the couple relationship, the effectiveness of post‐conflict reconciliation efforts has only recently received research attention. The current study aimed to discover how couples' negative and positive communication during conflict discussions was associated with the helpfulness of
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Post‐separation parental conflict and father–child physical contact: A bidirectional study Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Karl Larouche, Sylvie Drapeau, Véronique Lachance, Hans Ivers, Amandine Baude, Marie‐Hélène Gagné, Sarah Dussault
The first goal of this longitudinal study was to examine the strength and direction of the relations between post‐separation parental conflict (PSPC) and father–child physical contact, as reported by the mother, at the time of separation (Time 1) and in the following 2 years (Time 2). A cross‐lagged panel model was conducted with a sample of 198 parents of children from 3 to 8 years old at the time
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Cultural humility in international relationship research: Perspectives from an International Section Peer Mentor Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-13 Cimmiaron F. Alvarez
Personal Relationships is dedicated to publishing international scholarship. Scholars can submit their work to the International Section if their manuscript reports on data that were collected outside of North America or they examine cross‐cultural investigations. For the last 2 years, I have had the privilege of being an International Section Peer Mentor for Personal Relationships. Working with international
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Placing a child's or partner's needs above my own: Impacts on a couple's sexual relationship Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-06 Laura M. Vowels, Natalie M. Sisson, Joëlle Darwiche, Emily A. Impett
Parent couples often struggle to maintain satisfying sex lives perhaps because partners have different priorities to balance including the self, their relationship with each other, and their relationships with their children. Given that parents are increasingly involved in supporting adult children, it is important to examine how prioritization of other's needs over one's own shapes a couple's sexual
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Measuring positive LGBTQ+ identity: Psychometric properties of the Turkish Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Positive Identity Measure Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Yusuf Barburoğlu, Eda Çürükvelioğlu‐Köksal, S. Burcu Özgülük Üçok, Yuvamathi Gandhi, Pamela J. Lannutti, Ashley K. Randall
Previous research with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and various sexually and gender diverse (LGBTQ+) people has largely highlighted how experiences of discrimination and marginalization, and mental health outcomes are related. However, it is important that researchers operate from a strength‐based approach to identify how aspects of one's identity may foster resilience. It is crucial
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Marital strain and emotional intimacy in midlife couples: The moderating role of empathy Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Ella Carasso, Segel‐Karpas Dikla
Emotional intimacy is considered a fundamental factor contributing to the quality of marital relationships. However, marital strain can often limit intimacy. Thus, our first objective was to explore the intricate interplay between spouses' sense of intimacy and the levels of marital strain experienced by both themselves and their partners. In addition, the way partners respond to the challenges posed
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Partner support behaviors and relationship quality in interracial and intraracial Black romantic relationships Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Annika From, Jasmine Banks, Robin S. Edelstein
A convergent, mixed‐methods design was used to understand associations between partner behaviors and relationship quality among people in interracial and intraracial romantic relationships. Across two samples, 224 individuals (including 55 couples) who were in a relationship in which they and/or their partner identified as Black completed measures of perceived partner responsiveness, partner responses
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Qualitative analysis of naturalistically observed conversations among same‐ and different‐gender couples coping with breast cancer Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Katherine Emily Hague, M. Anais Martinez, Megan L. Robbins
This naturalistic observation study explored communication between partners in different types of romantic couples coping with breast cancer (women with women [WW] and women with men [WM]). Past research has suggested WW, versus WM, couples are more likely to have a concordant, immersive approach to coping with illness, characterized by increased emotional disclosure and an emphasis on caregiving.
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Morality in romantic relationships: The role of moral disengagement in relationship satisfaction, definitions of infidelity, and committed cheating Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Verena Aignesberger, Tobias Greitemeyer
Despite the moral condemnation of infidelity in romantic relationships, its prevalence remains widespread. This might be partly explained by moral disengagement (MD), the ability to decouple one's actions from internalized moral standards. While social influences are an inherent part of the conceptualization of MD, they have not been studied in romantic couples. We investigated connections between
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Mindfulness networks: Analyzing associations with self‐compassion, other‐compassion, need fulfillment, and satisfaction in midlife married Canadians Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Christopher Quinn‐Nilas, Robin R. Milhausen
Interest in mindfulness in the field of romantic relationships is growing. Drawing from a Self‐Determination Theory (SDT) perspective—which proposes that the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness are foundational for well‐being—we attempted to map out the complex associations between mindfulness, self‐compassion, other‐compassion, basic need fulfillment in relationships
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Virtual speed dating: Utilizing online‐meeting platforms to study initial attraction and relationship formation Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Juliana E. French, Lindsay J. Bolton, Andrea L. Meltzer
There is still much to learn about attraction and relationship formation. Here, we introduce an innovative method that utilizes modern technology to permit large‐scale, observational study of dyadic behavior that may yield new empirical insights into how people choose partners and form relationships: virtual speed dating. In doing so, we provide a methodological overview of a recent virtual speed‐dating
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Narcissism and romantic relationship functioning: The mediating role of the desire for power Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Virgil Zeigler‐Hill, Paxton Hicks, Nathan Brosch
We investigated the potential role played by the desire for power in the connections between narcissistic personality traits and indicators of romantic relationship functioning. In Study 1, we discovered that antagonistic narcissism had indirect connections with indicators of romantic relationship functioning via the desire for power. In Study 2, we observed actor associations in romantic couples.
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Intergenerational connections: Skipped generation family contact during the COVID‐19 pandemic Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Abigail T. Stephan, Georgia L. McKown
This study investigates the association between the perceived impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on skipped generation familial connections and subjective well‐being among grandchildren and grandparents across the United States. Guided by Walsh's family resilience model, this convergent mixed methods study drew on the survey responses of unrelated adolescent and young adult grandchildren (n = 66) and
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Mate value discrepancies and mate retention behaviors: A cubic response surface analysis Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Gracynn Young, Virgil Zeigler‐Hill, Jessica Ross
This study used cubic polynomial regression with response surface analysis to examine the associations that mate value discrepancies (i.e., the difference between an individual's self‐reported mate value and their perceptions of their partner's mate value) had with mate retention behaviors performed by the individual and their perceptions of the mate retention behaviors performed by their partner.
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Ignorance is not always bliss: A qualitative study of young Adults' experiences with being ghosted Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Karen Wu, Olajide Bamishigbin
Ghosting, or ignoring someone to end a relationship, is often considered a harmful aspect of growing digital connectivity. However, research on ghosting has focused on the experiences of European/European Americans in romantic contexts. Thus, we broadly explored experiences of being ghosted among 29 undergraduates primarily from underrepresented populations (75.9% Latinx, 6.9% Asian, 6.9% Black) in
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Longitudinal dyadic interplay between marital conflict and psychological well‐being in couples: The moderating roles of Wives' employment Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Jeong Jin Yu
This study examined longitudinal dyadic and within‐partner associations among self‐esteem, subjective happiness, and marital conflict in married couples, with a possible moderating role of wives' employment status. Data were analyzed from the Panel Study on Korean Children, nationwide longitudinal data. The study sample included 1668 married couples (N = 3336 participants) where both partners provided
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Simple reflection exercises can build efficacy and reduce distress about relationship conflicts Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Emily M. Britton, Denise C. Marigold, Ian McGregor
Serious conflicts in close personal relationships can be highly distressing and tempting to ignore, but avoidance of conflict is maladaptive. In the present research, we tested the effectiveness of short conflict‐reflection interventions to promote constructive engagement with conflicts. In Study 1 (N = 358), a relatively unstructured, conflicted‐reflection intervention significantly reduced distress
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Emerging adult siblings' relational entitlement and conflict: The moderating effects of financial dependence on parents Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Weimiao Zhou, Alesia Woszidlo
Past literature has documented a linkage between entitlement and interpersonal tension, primarily in romantic relationships. However, there is a lack of research investigating the impact of entitlement on sibling relationships. Guided by the agency model of narcissism and adult development literature, this study conceptualized relational entitlement as one form of state narcissism and examined the
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Anxiety and depression in young adults: The role of perceived romantic partner drinking Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Katie P. Himes, Sarah E. Victor, Adam T. Schmidt, Andrew K. Littlefield
This cross-sectional study examined how perceived partner drinking relates to relationship satisfaction and symptoms of anxiety and depression across romantic drinking partnerships. Participants included 239 cisgender, heterosexual undergraduate students in current romantic relationships (Mage = 19.74; 76.15% female; 87.87% White) who reported their own and their romantic partner's drinking. Associations
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How couples think about money: Types of money motives and relationship satisfaction Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Johanna Peetz, Morgan Joseph
Two studies examined how financial values held by romantic partners were linked with relationship satisfaction. Across a sample of married individuals (N = 628), and a dyadic sample (N = 236), results suggest that holding or perceiving a romantic partner to hold integrated money motives—wanting to earn money to feel pride, establish one's worth, facilitate freedom, and enrich leisure activities—was
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Heterosexual men's reactions to infidelity revisited: Comparing the sex role presentation of extradyadic female partners Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Mitch Brown, Samuel E. Snowden, Seth M. Bridges
Heterosexual men report less distress at infidelity from female interlopers than male interlopers. In addition to presenting no risk of cuckoldry, men could also perceive these women as additional sexual opportunities if they assume mutual interest from the female interloper. The current study considered this possibility by experimentally manipulating the sex role assumption of a female interloper
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Lacking family ties during COVID-19: A longitudinal, small-scale qualitative analysis of fictive kin in older adulthood Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Bryce Van Vleet, Heather R. Fuller, Emily E. Kinkade, Andrea Huseth-Zosel
Family support was an important coping mechanism for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, not all older adults had access to traditional family ties amid the pandemic. Thus, this study sought to investigate if and how fictive kin ties were developed as a result of pandemic-related isolation. Older adults (n = 8) who were identified as lacking access to traditional family ties were interviewed
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Transformative power of friendships: Examining the relationships among friendship quality, self-change, and well-being Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Emine Yücel, Duygu Dincer
Friendships are beneficial to a person's growth and well-being. People in close relationships may experience four types of self-change: self-expansion, self-pruning, self-contraction, and self-adulteration. The current cross-sectional research sought to investigate whether these relational self-change processes explain the links between friendship quality and well-being in same-sex best friendships
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Latinx young adults' retrospective sibling caregiving: Associations with ethnic identity, responsibility, and depressive symptoms Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Gabrielle Kline, Sahitya Maiya, Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez
The current research used reports among 350 Latinx young adults (60.3% male) between 18 and 21 years (Mage = 20.18, SD = 1.02). Using the cultural transmission model (Carlo & de Guzman, Handbook of U.S. Latino psychology. Sage Publications, Inc., 2009), the goal of the current study was to investigate the associations that sibling caregiving during adolescence, measured retrospectively, may have on
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Re-evaluating the honing framework: Naturalistic observation of same- and different-sex couples' conversations Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Megan L. Robbins, Chandler M. Spahr, Alexander Karan
The current study tested the honing framework, which posits that people in same-, versus different-, sex couples may reduce their social networks to primarily include members perceived as supportive, facilitating more satisfying social interactions and enjoying more positive affect. The honing framework also predicts similarities among people in same- and different-sex couples, including quantity of
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Is caring for oneself relevant to happy relationship functioning? Exploring associations between self-compassion and romantic relationship satisfaction in actors and partners Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-14 Robert Körner, Nancy Tandler, Lars-Eric Petersen, Astrid Schütz
Self-compassion means being supportive and kind to oneself when experiencing failure or inadequacies. It is associated with adaptive intrapersonal and relational outcomes for individuals. This evidence was extended by using an Actor-Partner Interdependence framework. Other-sex couples (N = 209) completed measures of self-compassion, relationship-specific self-compassion, and relationship satisfaction
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The relative importance of contextual factors in judging mundane extradyadic behaviors as infidelity: A policy-capturing study Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Sara Salavati, Susan D. Boon
Seemingly benign extradyadic behaviors (e.g., buying/receiving gifts or talking on the phone) may be perceived as infidelity under certain circumstances, therefore causing distress and conflict in romantic relationships. A policy-capturing method was used to illuminate the relative role of contextual factors (secrecy, frequency of the behavior, and the victim's familiarity with the rival) in perceiving
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Distal sibling grief: Exploring emotional affect and salience of listener behaviors in stories of sibling death Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Margaret Brock, Christina Granato Yoshimura
Communicated Narrative Sense-Making (CNSM) theory was utilized to consider the characteristics of stories of sibling death 5 years or more after the loss and to investigate the association between sharing these stories and a bereaved sibling's well-being. Analysis of 174 narratives revealed that a neutral affective tone was predominant in storytelling and that participant overall mood emerged as a
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Committed to staying single: Adapting the investment model of commitment processes to study singlehood Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Emily T. Beauparlant, Laura V. Machia, Jeewon Oh
In the current work, we adapt the investment model of commitment processes for single adults. Across two cross-sectional studies using undergraduate and internet samples (total N = 647), we tested whether the same factors that predict relationship commitment (investment, satisfaction, and quality of alternatives) also predict commitment to singlehood. In line with this theoretical model, we found that
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Are we there for each other? Longitudinal associations between parenting stress and coparenting in parents of preschool and school-aged children Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Stéphanie Azzi, Marie-France Lafontaine, Jean-François Bureau, Audrey Brassard
It is well known that parenthood can be particularly stressful. However, less is known about the stability of parenting stress across children's developmental periods. Certain correlates to parenting stress, such as coparenting support between parents, also appear to play a crucial role in childrearing. The current study aims to shed light on the longitudinal associations between parenting stress during
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Examining trajectories of marital satisfaction to represent the resilience process among Indonesian married individuals Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Edwin Adrianta Surijah, Kate Murray, Darren Wraith, Ian Shochet
Marriage is an important milestone for many adults, and notably in Indonesia, where marriage is also considered a personal accomplishment and social obligation. Research has found being married is associated with greater well-being, but marriages also face challenges. Resilience, defined as successfully adapting to challenges, is a potential concept to help married individuals maintain or regain adaptation
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Depressed mood and perception of negative partner behavior in couple interactions: A daily diary study Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Tamara Luginbuehl, Dominik Schoebi, Pei Hwa Goh, John V. Miller, Joanne Davila
Despite extensive research on depression and couple interactions, little is known about how depressed mood influences couples' experience of everyday life interactions. In this study, data were gathered from 72 different-gender couples (N = 144 individuals), who reported their feelings, behavior, and perceptions of their partner's behavior several times a day over 14 days. The study revealed that when
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Just between us…: The role of sharing and receiving secrets in friendship across time Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Alisa Bedrov, Shelly L. Gable
Secrets are prominent in close relationships. Most research has examined people's general tendencies to share secrets or single instances of secret-keeping or secret-sharing. These methods limit what we know about how keeping and sharing secrets across time in established close relationships is associated with important relationship characteristics. This research focused on the role that secret exchanges
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An examination of specialness meaning framework threat in reactive and retroactive romantic jealousy experiences Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Jessica R. Frampton
Extant jealousy models explain cases of reactive jealousy, which occurs in response to a partner's unambiguous romantic or sexual involvement with a rival from the present. However, they likely cannot explain cases of retroactive romantic jealousy, which is evoked in response to information about a partner's previous romantic or sexual experiences that occurred before the primary relationship began
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Desperate or desirable? Perceptions of individuals seeking dates online and offline Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Trenton C. Johanis, Claire E. Midgley, Penelope Lockwood
Past research suggests that people who use the Internet to pursue romantic relationships have been stereotyped negatively—as unattractive, desperate, or creepy. It is possible, however, that as finding dates online has grown in popularity, individuals who have themselves used online methods to meet a partner are less likely to apply these negative stereotypes than non-users. In addition, as options
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Development and empirical test of the research-informed South African Relationship Functioning Assessment (SARFA) Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Jennifer M. Belus, Abigail C. Hines, Jessica F. Magidson, Derek K. Iwamoto, Alexandra L. Rose, Alison Li, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Alastair van Heerden
Intimate partners play an important role in chronic diseases. Despite the chronic disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa, very few culturally relevant quantitative measures of intimate relationship functioning are available. We conducted an empirical investigation evaluating the psychometric properties of the South African Relationship Functioning Assessment (SARFA) assessing healthy relationship functioning
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Exploring linguistic markers, threat appraisals, and genetic variation during mixed-sex couples' conflict conversations Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Amanda Denes, John P. Crowley, Jessica Gasiorek, Anuraj Dhillon, Margaret Bennett-Brown, Kara L. Winkler, Ambyre L. P. Ponivas
How couples communicate during conflict interactions can have important implications for their relational well-being. The theory of resilience and relational load provides a valuable lens for exploring the associations among couples' language use during conflict conversations and the extent to which such conversations are perceived as threatening to one's relationship, as well as whether genetic markers
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Strategies for becoming a more desirable mate: Evidence from 14 countries Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Menelaos Apostolou, Mark Sullman, Béla Birkás, Agata Błachnio, Ekaterina Bushina, Fran Calvo, William Costello, Tanja Dujlovic, Tetiana Hill, Yanina Lisun, Denisse Manrique-Millones, Oscar Manrique-Pino, Norbert Meskó, Martin Nechtelberger, Yohsuke Ohtsubo, Christian Kenji Ollhoff, Aneta Przepiórka, Ádám Putz, Mariaelena Tagliabue, Burcu Tekeş, Andrew Thomas, Jaroslava Varella Valentova, Marco Antonio
The current research aimed to study the strategies that people employ in order to become more desirable as mates in different cultural settings. More specifically, using a closed-ended questionnaire on a sample of 7181 participants from 14 different countries, we identified 10 different strategies that people employ to become more appealing as mates. Participants indicated that they had more frequently
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Acculturative stress while online dating: An exploration of the experiences of second generation Indian and Pakistani immigrants in the United Kingdom Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Zeba Khadhijah, Nuno Nodin
The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the acculturative stress experienced by second generation Indian and Pakistani young adults in the United Kingdom, who use online dating services—a practice common in Western cultures but unapproved in traditional South Asian cultures. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with six participants who were recruited through purposive sampling
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Interrelated psychological predictors of mate preferences among Iranian male and female emerging adults Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-26 Hassan Shahi, Scott S. Hall, Justin Mogilski, Kourosh Amraei, Reinout E. de Vries, Azin Ghasemi, Zahra Azizi, Klaus Boehnke
Various psychological predictors of mate preference have been identified in prior research that when accounted for simultaneously could reveal the unique contributions of each. This study aimed to explore the extent to which perceived attractiveness, personality characteristics, and attachment styles are associated with young Iranian adults' mate preferences, attending to group differences based on
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When silence speaks louder than words: Exploring the experiences and attitudes of ghosters Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Karen Wu, Olajide Bamishigbin
Ghosting has become commonplace beyond romantic relationships. Therefore, we aimed to broadly understand ghosters' (i.e., people who ghost others) experiences including the process of ghosting, reasons and attributions for ghosting, feelings and behaviors associated with ghosting, and attitudes toward ghosting. Thirty-four undergraduates (65% Latinx, 15% Asian, 12% Black, 8% Other ethnicity) who had
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Linking stress to the emergence of relational turbulence in marriage Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Kellie St. Cyr Brisini, Denise Haunani Solomon, Miriam Brinberg
The assumption that stress negatively impacts marital relationships is widely accepted; however, the majority of research has focused on marital satisfaction as the outcome of interest. Relational turbulence is a quality of romantic associations on par with—but distinct from—satisfaction, in which partners conceptualize their relationship as chaotic or tumultuous. This paper draws on relational turbulence
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The role of individual- and interactive-level relationship maintenance on married couples' commitment Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Yifan Hu, Brian G. Ogolsky, Laura Stafford
The interaction of maintenance processes between partners constitutes a complex context, which can be categorized into individual- and interactive-level relationship maintenance processes. Individual-level maintenance processes refer to both partners' relationship maintenance enactment and perception of partners' relationship maintenance. Interactive-level relationship maintenance processes include
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Intergroup friendship: A reflective spotlight Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Karen K. Dion
Growing empirical evidence supports the positive contribution of cross-group friendship to intergroup attitudes, as well as to individuals' personal development. However, developing cross-group friendships may be challenging depending on individuals' respective group identities; namely, their ethnicity, gender, race, and sexual orientation identities. This paper considers how psychological factors
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Diversity and inclusion in relationship science: Reflections as an International Section Peer Mentor for Personal Relationships Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Melanie A. Reyes
Since Spring 2021, I have been on the Editorial Board for Personal Relationships as an International Section Peer Mentor. In the International Section, I work to diversify relationship science with a team of relationship scientists. In this role, I have learned more about diversity, and in turn, I have become inspired to reflect on other strategies I could partake in to assist in further diversifying
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Teaching relationship science: Continuity and change in the craft Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Julie Verette-Lindenbaum, Silvia K. Bartolic, Rowland S. Miller
Relationship science is a dynamic, flourishing enterprise, with numerous discoveries and new lines of inquiry evident in recent changes in its textbooks and the teaching activities invented by its instructors. To survey changes and challenges in the teaching of courses that introduce students to relationship science—and to pursue “news instructors can use”—we surveyed 135 instructors of relationships
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Caregiving in academia: Examining educator well-being and burnout during prolonged stressors Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Rachael E. Bishop, Andrew C. High
In the face of prolonged stress, care professionals, including educators, often experience higher rates of burnout and worsened mental well-being. As school systems across the United States reconsidered their instructional practices in an effort to curtail the spread of COVID-19, educators have had to navigate a new academic landscape hallmarked by change, stress, burnout, and hopefully resilience
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The effects of sexual and gender minority stress on relationship functioning: A meta-analysis Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Konrad Bresin, Julia K. Nicholas, Alexandra L. Cowand, Helena F. Alacha, Alyssa M. Rodriguez, Dominic J. Parrott
Theory and research indicate that experiences of sexual and gender minority (SGM) stress among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, plus (LGBTQ+) individuals are related to a variety of negative health outcomes. Because positive romantic relationships promote better physical and mental health outcomes, understanding factors that contribute positively or negatively to relationship functioning
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Applying relational turbulence theory to examine partner (under)accommodation during conversations about relational stressors Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Anuraj Dhillon
Utilizing the prepositions of relational turbulence theory (RTT), the present study proposes that relational uncertainty and partner interference assessed before the conversation about a relational stressor may polarize perceptions of partner (under)accommodation during the conversation, and those perceptions may further associate with global evaluations of relationships as turbulent measured post
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Editorial synthesis for counseling psychology and relationship science: Making connections and expanding disciplinary diversity Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Tangela Roberts, James E. Brooks, TeKisha Rice, Ashley K. Randall
The field of relationship science began with understanding the role of attraction and has expanded to examine factors associated with relationship initiation, development, and maintenance. Despite the growth of the field, recent reviews of topics present in relationship science have revealed a dearth of literature examining sociocultural contexts that may impact relational processing, especially for
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A qualitative analysis of gaslighting in romantic relationships Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-24 Willis Klein, Sherry Li, Suzanne Wood
Gaslighting is an understudied form of abuse wherein a sane and rational survivor is convinced of their own epistemic incompetence on false pretenses by a perpetrator. The current study aimed to characterize the features of gaslighting as well as test and verify common claims about gaslighting. We recruited participants (N = 65) who self-identified as having experienced gaslighting in romantic relationships
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Resilience communication mitigates the negative relational effects of topic avoidance: Evidence from parental caregiving and COVID-19 pandemic contexts Personal Relationships (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Helen M. Lillie, Maria K. Venetis, Skye Chernichky-Karcher
Communicating about hardships with close others can be challenging, leading to avoidance of hardship-related topics. Although typically considered relationally damaging, topic avoidance could serve as a beneficial or neutral strategy when paired with relationally affirming communication. The current research investigates if the resilience communication processes outlined in the communication theory