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Simple reflection exercises can build efficacy and reduce distress about relationship conflicts Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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 1.9) 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
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Older adults' support from children and loneliness: Roles of social media and partnership status Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Jaclyn E. Keenoy, Ashley E. Ermer
The present study examined the association between positive social support from children and loneliness for older adults and whether social media communication with children moderated this association. We additionally considered the role that partnership status plays in these associations. A structural equation modeling (SEM) framework was used to conduct path modeling and multi-group modeling on a
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Changes in childhood caregiving impressions among middle-aged and older adults Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 William J. Chopik, Jeewon Oh, Sneha R. Challa, Hannah L. Hua, Julia M. Maahs, Jacqui Smith
Childhood experiences and impressions are important for individuals' health and well-being—they often set the stage for how people approach relationships across the lifespan and how they make sense of their relational worlds. However, impressions of these experiences are likely not static and can change over time, even years after these experiences happened. The current study examined how impressions
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When worlds collide: The romantic relationship experiences of bisexual-identifying Asian American men Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Cheryl Baierl-Kwok, Sharon S. Rostosky
Relationships, their processes, and outcomes are shaped by sociocultural norms and practices. The specialty of counseling psychology emphasizes the importance of a holistic understanding of the social context of lived experience as it affects health and well-being. We used a queer paradigm and an intersectional approach to inquire about the romantic relationship experiences of 15 bisexual-identifying
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People act extremely toward their amorous partner when they feel insignificant Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Federico Contu, Molly Ellenberg, Arie W. Kruglanski, Antonio Pierro
Drawing on significance quest theory, we hypothesized that when people in romantic relationships experience a general feeling of significance loss, they should develop an obsessive passion toward their partner, which in turn should enhance their willingness to act in an extreme manner to maintain their relationship (i.e., their remaining source of significance). To test this hypothesis, we ran two
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Relationship maintenance strategies of rotational workers and their partners Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Kathryn Malcom, Scott T. Ronis
Although individuals who reside permanently in one location and work temporarily in another (i.e., rotational workers) represent a sizeable segment of the population, they are understudied in the empirical literature. Because rotational workers and their at-home partners have unique long-distance relationships due to frequent separations and reunions, they and their relationships should be examined
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Understanding relationship satisfaction during COVID-19: Assessing unstable work experiences and negative communication Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Jeremy B. Kanter, J. Kale Monk, Christine M. Proulx, Matthew A. Ogan
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in economic concerns and disruptions in daily life for many families, which may amplify relational strains and create new tensions between romantic partners. Economic stressors may be particularly salient to later relationship quality in the context of more negative relationship functioning. This study investigated dyadic trajectories of relationship satisfaction
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Parenting stress, general distress, and coparenting quality: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Moderation Model Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Jessica Turgeon, Michelle Lonergan, Jean-François Bureau, Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan, Marie-France Lafontaine
Mothers and fathers who experience parenting stress are more likely to show symptoms of distress, such as elevated levels of anxiety and/or depression. Identifying the buffering or exacerbating factors that might moderate the association between parenting stress and general distress can help inform theoretical models aimed at better understanding the reality faced by parents during challenging times
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Age moderates the link between relationship desire and life satisfaction among singles Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Laetitia Hill Roy, Yoobin Park, Geoff MacDonald
Higher desire for a romantic partner has been shown to be associated with lower life satisfaction for singles, but research has not considered whether the strength of this association might vary across age groups. We collected data from single participants (N = 3057) across a broad age range (18 to 75 years of age, mean = 36.12, standard deviation [SD] = 12.34) to examine age as a moderator of the
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Heterosexist discrimination and relational sacrifice of same-sex couples Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-21 Xiaomin Li, Zhenqiang Zhao, Melissa A. Curran, Roger Mills-Koonce, Hongjian Cao
Drawing on the family stress process model and using data from 141 same-sex couples (N = 282 partners), we examined associations between heterosexist discrimination and relational sacrifices (i.e., willingness and behaviors). We also examined the moderating roles of both partners' internalized homophobia and state-level liberalism on same-sex marriage legalization. Actor-partner interdependence moderation
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“Some days are much holier than others”: Relational uncertainty and partner influence in Christian dating couples' sexual intimacy negotiation Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Arielle Leonard Hodges, Jennifer L. Bevan
When intrafaith couples' religion strictly prohibits premarital sexual intercourse, negotiating sexual intimacy can become a multilayered process of identity negotiation that compounds the difficulty of sexual communication. Through the lens of relational turbulence theory, this study explored how devout Christian couples negotiate sexual intimacy by reanalyzing qualitative interview data the first
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Unwanted and unfollowed: Defining ghosting and the role of social media unfollowing Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Tara J. Collins, Angela-Faith Thomas, Emma Harris
Ghosting involves terminating communication, including through technological mediums, as a means of ending a relationship. Despite attention from popular media, empirical examinations of this breakup strategy are sparse. Using a correlational design, we examined the defining features of ghosting including its associations with other breakup tactics, whether it is an exclusively unilateral strategy
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Psychologists' representations of gender identity between Spain and Greece: A qualitative cross-cultural study Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Konstantinos Argyriou
Trans people's relationship with mental health providers carries historical tensions. Counseling services have been tied to standardized procedures or diagnostic certification of dysphoria and gender evaluations, while other psychosocial demands have been largely disregarded. Moreover, protocols and approaches focus disproportionately on Anglo-American frameworks, in terms of epistemic resources established
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People who help people: A needs assessment of those who provide interpersonal support to individuals with chronic illnesses Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Heather L. Voorhees, Shana Makos, Sara Babu, Emiko Taniguchi-Dorios, Charee M. Thompson
Social support during an ongoing illness has been shown to be beneficial for both the provider and the receiver, but people often struggle with offering effective, appropriate support. There is a lack of communication-focused training not specifically tied to caregiving or training that is designed for all social network members of a person experiencing a chronic illness, which we call interpersonal
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Dyadic processes of relational turbulence theory Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Alan K. Goodboy, Megan R. Dillow, Kevin C. Knoster, Heath A. Howard
This study tested dyadic processes of relational turbulence theory (RTT) in heterosexual marriages. We tested propositions 1, 2, and 5 of RTT, which propose that uncertainty about the marriage biases cognitive appraisals, and that interference from a partner heightens negative emotions, both of which culminate in relational turbulence for spouses. Guided by these propositions, husbands' and wives'
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Challenges and stressors in intimate intercultural relationships: A systematic research synthesis Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Tom Su
Globalization has facilitated increasing cross-cultural interactions and the formation of intimate intercultural relationships. This study systemically screened and reviewed fifteen quantitative studies that included participants in a current intimate intercultural relationship, synthesizing their research methods and findings with a focus on investigating stressors and challenges. The results revealed
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Loneliness and relationship dispositions in emerging adults: Gender and culture as moderators Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Pei Hwa Goh, Isabelle Yue Sze Koh, Devmi Savidhya Piyadigama, Khai Ming Yong
Prior research has provided evidence of the link between loneliness and the number of past sexual partners—suggesting the role of short-term intimate connections as a strategy to fulfill belongingness needs. The current study examined whether increased loneliness was associated with increased tendencies to engage in short-term sexual (sociosexuality) and romantic (emophilia) relationships with a sample
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Online daters' reactions to sexually explicit initiation messages Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Amanda E. Lilly, Emily M. Buehler
This study used expectancy violations theory and uses and gratifications theory to conduct an experiment investigating how the content of relationship initiation messages, recipients' gender, and recipients' motives for using online dating applications shape whether and how the initiation message violates recipients' expectations. Participants (N = 275) were recruited through an emergent adult population
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Latent class analysis of college women's motivations for engaging in same-sex performativity Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Samantha M. Stevens, Flora Oswald, Jes L. Matsick
Same-sex performativity (SSP), or public performances of sexuality (e.g., kissing) between women who identify as heterosexual, is a relatively common relational experience among college-aged women. Identifying patterns of women's motivations for engaging in SSP can elucidate the heterogeneity among women's social and sexual behaviors during a critical developmental period (i.e., college). We used latent
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Forgiveness among Ghanaian children and early adolescents in the context of peer-to-peer dyads Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Joyce Komesuor, Sheri A. Nsamenang, Joana Salifu Yendork, Selina Owusu Boadu, Annabella Osei-Tutu, Everett L. Worthington
How children experience forgiveness within peer relationships is unknown among children in West Africa. In this study, we sought to understand the contributing factors and influences of forgiveness among children in Ghana for peer-to-peer offenses. We conducted a qualitative study on 25 participants (between the ages of 12 and 15 years) in Accra, Ghana. Thematic analysis was utilized to identify themes
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Couple disagreement: Inevitable and healthy? Belgian and Japanese conceptions Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-05 Anna Schouten, Michael Boiger, Atsuhiko Uchida, Nathalie Ribbers, Yukiko Uchida, Batja Mesquita
“Couples who argue together, stay together” is a popular English saying suggesting the necessity of disagreement for a healthy and stable romantic relationship. The present study explores whether Belgian and Japanese participants similarly view couple disagreement as a necessity, and whether conceptions of disagreement have implications for partners' ideas of how to deal with disagreement. We conducted
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Emerging adult romantic relationship narratives during COVID-19: Understanding relational challenges and opportunities Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-05 Candice Feiring, Jessica O'Dell, Faith Cortright
This cross-sectional study sought to understand how emerging adult college students currently in relationships experienced and dealt with COVID-19 stress during a key time for romantic relationship development. Using a relational turbulence theory (RTT) framework, we examined romantic relationship narratives in three different groups of students for indicators of uncertainty (break-up anxiety [BUA])
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Similar minds in the family: COVID-19 centrality and relationship quality Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Asuman Buyukcan-Tetik, Cagla Aydin, Maarten C. Eisma
We examined whether perceived similarity in COVID-19 centrality (i.e., the extent to which one thinks of the pandemic as shaping current and future life) is associated with family relationship quality during the pandemic. Thinking that other family members are similar to oneself regarding the pandemic's centrality may improve the quality of family relationships. We collected data from Turkish family
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“What matters to us”: The portrait values questionnaire to measure couple values Personal Relationships (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Francesca Danioni, Claudia Russo, Ioana Zagrean, Camillo Regalia, Daniela Barni
No previous studies have analyzed values as qualities of relational microsystems, such as the romantic couple. Based on Schwartz's Theory of Human Values, this study examines the psychometric properties of the Portrait Couple Values Questionnaire (PCVQ). It measures four couple value dimensions: conservation, openness to change, self-enhancement, and self-transcendence. Five hundred and forty-six Italian