Personal Relationships
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Personal Relationships is an international, interdisciplinary journal that promotes scholarship in the field of personal relationships using a wide variety of methodologies and throughout a broad range of disciplines.
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They then performed a theoretically driven review of the empirical articles published over the last 20 years, critiquing the nature of the samples, methods, and privileged research questions. #PersonalRelationships
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A systematic review of relationship maintenance: Reflecting back and looking to the future
Relationship maintenance processes include a wide range of activities and cognitions that romantic partners engage in to sustain or enhance their relationships. In this article, we review literature ....
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October 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
They then performed a theoretically driven review of the empirical articles published over the last 20 years, critiquing the nature of the samples, methods, and privileged research questions. #PersonalRelationships
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The authors reviewed literature from the past two decades (2002-2021) focusing on key definitional and conceptual issues in the study of relational maintenance (activities and cognitions that romantic partners engage in to sustain or enhance their relationships).
October 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The authors reviewed literature from the past two decades (2002-2021) focusing on key definitional and conceptual issues in the study of relational maintenance (activities and cognitions that romantic partners engage in to sustain or enhance their relationships).
Women mainly used appearance-enhancement tactics, whereas men commonly increased their income/social status and exaggerated their wealth & abilities. The authors called for research to test the strategies’ effectiveness (e.g., correlating them with mating success).
October 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Women mainly used appearance-enhancement tactics, whereas men commonly increased their income/social status and exaggerated their wealth & abilities. The authors called for research to test the strategies’ effectiveness (e.g., correlating them with mating success).
The study, with 7,000+ respondents, identified 10 strategies people reported using to become more desirable partners. The most common ones included enhancing physical appearance, showing abilities/talents, & highlighting similarity with a prospective mate.
October 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The study, with 7,000+ respondents, identified 10 strategies people reported using to become more desirable partners. The most common ones included enhancing physical appearance, showing abilities/talents, & highlighting similarity with a prospective mate.
...differences, reviews how behaviors and psychological tendencies in close relationships differ between cultures and proposes a socioecological framework to understand those differences. You can read the article here: doi.org/10.1111/pere... #personalrelationships #IARR
Relational mobility and close relationships: A socioecological approach to explain cross‐cultural differences
This article reviews how behaviors and psychological tendencies in close relationships differ between cultures, and proposes a socioecological framework to understand those differences. Our review of...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
...differences, reviews how behaviors and psychological tendencies in close relationships differ between cultures and proposes a socioecological framework to understand those differences. You can read the article here: doi.org/10.1111/pere... #personalrelationships #IARR
Releasing and gentle profiles also perform the inhibiting type. Speak up_ silence hurts love. To read more, go to: doi.org/10.1111/pere... #PersonalRelationships #IARR
Chinese young adults' emotion regulation and conflict resolution response profiles, and their associations with perceived partner responsiveness and romantic relationship satisfaction
Interpersonal conflicts are common in romantic relationships. How to respond and cope with conflicts impacts the romantic relationship process and outcomes. This study examined the heterogeneity of C....
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September 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Releasing and gentle profiles also perform the inhibiting type. Speak up_ silence hurts love. To read more, go to: doi.org/10.1111/pere... #PersonalRelationships #IARR
... in the context of sexual relationships can influence how individuals evaluate and satisfied with their relationship. Go to our website to learn more! #PersonalRelationships #IARR
September 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
... in the context of sexual relationships can influence how individuals evaluate and satisfied with their relationship. Go to our website to learn more! #PersonalRelationships #IARR
...and mental health. His research focuses on social skills, relationship development and satisfaction, and such problems as depression, anxiety, loneliness, and marital distress. Join us in congratulating Dr. Segrin on this accomplishment! #PersonalRelationships #IARR
September 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
...and mental health. His research focuses on social skills, relationship development and satisfaction, and such problems as depression, anxiety, loneliness, and marital distress. Join us in congratulating Dr. Segrin on this accomplishment! #PersonalRelationships #IARR
...being told other people's secrets may take time before becoming a reliable friendship cue (Bedrov & Gable, 2024). Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/pere... #sharingsecrets #friendship #relationshipresearch
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Just between us…: The role of sharing and receiving secrets in friendship across time
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....
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September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
...being told other people's secrets may take time before becoming a reliable friendship cue (Bedrov & Gable, 2024). Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/pere... #sharingsecrets #friendship #relationshipresearch
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You can read the article here: doi.org/10.1111/pere...
Contextual desirability of strong men employing affiliative and aggressive humor
Women find men's upper body strength highly desirable, albeit primarily within short-term mating contexts. This boundary implicates strength as possessing both costs and benefits in long-term and sho...
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September 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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…heterosexual women's choice of affiliative/aggressive humor for a mate rises w/his physical strength based on short-term (ST)/long-term (LT) mating focus. Women favored affiliative humor in LT but strength in ST mates. Results suggest tradeoffs in ST & LT contexts.
Contextual desirability of strong men employing affiliative and aggressive humor
Women find men's upper body strength highly desirable, albeit primarily within short-term mating contexts. This boundary implicates strength as possessing both costs and benefits in long-term and sho...
doi.org
September 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
…heterosexual women's choice of affiliative/aggressive humor for a mate rises w/his physical strength based on short-term (ST)/long-term (LT) mating focus. Women favored affiliative humor in LT but strength in ST mates. Results suggest tradeoffs in ST & LT contexts.
In 2017, Dr. Chopik was recognized as Forbes Magazine’s Top 30 Scientists Under 30 and has since been recognized as a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science.
July 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In 2017, Dr. Chopik was recognized as Forbes Magazine’s Top 30 Scientists Under 30 and has since been recognized as a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science.
change over time and across situations. Dr. Chopik’s work examines phenomena as broad as how relationships and social institutions shape development and as focused as the mechanisms that underlie the link between close relationships and health.
July 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
change over time and across situations. Dr. Chopik’s work examines phenomena as broad as how relationships and social institutions shape development and as focused as the mechanisms that underlie the link between close relationships and health.