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Emotional and social loneliness in later life: Associations with positive versus negative social exchanges 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
The adverse effects of loneliness on health and well-being accelerate with age, making it important to understand the relationship experiences that underlie loneliness in later life. The current study...
The path to closeness: A mediational model for overcoming the risks of increasing closeness 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Relationships are strongly influenced by the perceptions of how one’s partner feels about oneself, yet little is known about the nature of these perceptions or how they relate to outcomes. This study ...
Eating me up inside: Priming attachment security and anxiety, and their effects on snacking 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Recent research has shown that attachment anxiety (a model of interpersonal relationships characterised by a fear of abandonment) is a good predictor of disinhibited eating and, in turn, body mass ind...
The role of Facebook in romantic relationship development: An exploration of Knapp's relational stage model 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
This study examines the implications of social networking web sites (SNSs) within romantic relationships. Specifically, Knapp’s (1978) stage model of relationships is examined through a new lens where...
Intrapersonal moderators of the association between relationship satisfaction and depressive symptoms: Findings from emerging adults 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
In a sample of 484 emerging adults in dating relationships, we tested whether four intrapersonal characteristics (masculinity, femininity, neuroticism, and co-rumination) moderated the association bet...
Passion for activities and relationship quality: A dyadic approach 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
The dualistic model of passion (Vallerand (2010) On passion for life activities: The dualistic model of passion. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 42, pp. 97–193)....
Friends or lovers? Person- and variable-oriented perspectives on dyadic similarity in adolescent romantic relationships 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Variable- and person-oriented approaches were used to examine the affiliative and romantic experiences of adolescents in heterosexual romantic relationships and its associations with relationship conf...
The personal and interpersonal rewards of communal orientation 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
People high in communal orientation care for the welfare of others based on others’ needs and desire similar care for themselves. The current study investigates the personal and interpersonal rewards ...
Parental rearing style as a predictor of attachment and psychosocial adjustment during young adulthood 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Parental rearing styles are crucial for psychosocial adjustment both during childhood and adulthood. The current study examined whether (a) parental rearing styles predicted psychosocial adjustment in...
Self-disclosure mediates the effects of gender orientation and homophobia on the relationship quality of male same-sex friendships 15 Jul 2013 | 02:46 pm
This study tested the degree to which self-disclosure mediates the effects of gender orientation and homophobia on relational satisfaction, closeness, and commitment in men’s same-sex friendships. Par...
