Dyadic coping (DC), how couples cope together to deal with a stressor like chronic illness,
has received increased attention over the last three decades. The aim of the current study …

Although getting married is no longer a requirement for social acceptance, most people do
marry in their lifetimes, and couples across the socioeconomic spectrum wish their …

Feeling heard is critical to human flourishing—across domains, relationships are
strengthened and individual well-being is enhanced when people feel listened to. High …

Chatbots are becoming increasingly popular. One promising application for chatbots is to
elicit people's self-disclosure of their personal experiences, thoughts, and feelings. As …

Established as the foremost textbook on communication, the seventh edition of Owen
Hargie's Skilled Interpersonal Communication is thoroughly revised and updated with the …

BACKGROUND We believe that couple intervention must be grounded in basic research.
When we began this work in the 1970s, there were only a handful of studies dedicated to …

Existing trait mindfulness scales primarily assess mindfulness as it occurs outside
interpersonal contexts. To more fully understand the possible relational benefits of …

Twenty years ago, dyadic coping arose from the conceptualization of stress and coping in
romantic dyads, abandoning the traditional individual view of these phenomena. Since then …

The associations among the frequency and quality of social interactions and in-the-moment
and global well-being have been well-documented. Fewer studies explore whether the …

Active listening is a well-known skill applied in human communication to build intimacy and
elicit self-disclosure to support a wide variety of cooperative tasks. When applied to …