Awards and Praise for the first edition: Recipient of the 2006 International Association for
Relationship Research (IARR) Book Award" This text, as it presently stands, is THE go-to …

We build on the emerging adulthood literature to examine two forms of relationship
instability, reconciliations and sex with an ex; we term these forms of relationship churning …

The dissolution of romantic relationships can be conceptualized in many ways, from a
distressing event or a consequential life decision to a metric of a relationship's success. In …

Young adults' romantic relationships are often unstable, commonly including breakup–
reconcile patterns. From the developmental perspective of emerging adulthood exploration …

This two-study report identifies and validates a typology containing seven types of “friends
with benefits relationships”(FWBRs). Study 1 asked heterosexual students to define the term …

Dating is widely thought of as a test phase for romantic relationships, during which new
romantic partners carefully evaluate each other for long-term fit. However, this cultural …

This article explores the understudied yet prevalent phenomenon of on‐again/off‐again (on‐
off) dating relationships. Study 1 (N= 445 US college students) showed that almost two thirds …

The present research examined the subjective experience of deciding whether or not to end
a romantic relationship. In Study 1, open-ended reasons for wanting to stay in a relationship …

Despite its severity and prevalence, hardly any research addresses parent-child
estrangement. Thus, in the present study we focus on the backstories of 52 adult children in …

People often make life choices that will affect their future (eg getting married). However,
research on decision making focuses more on abstract dilemmas than on decision making …