In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, most US colleges closed their campuses—including
residence halls—causing significant disruption to students' lives. Two waves of data were …

Singlehood is often framed as not being in a relationship and treated as the referent
category in research on the impacts of romantic involvement. However, growing research …

Although singlehood is common during emerging and established adulthood, it is often
positioned as less desirable than being partnered. Using data from 168 single emerging (18 …

Objective The goal was to explore if perceived romantic relationship importance moderated
associations between single status and young adults' positive well‐being. Background …

Objective We explored how young adults discussed their experiences with singlehood and
their reasons for being single. Background Despite singlehood being normative during …

A romantic trajectory that has received little attention in the literature is “situationships,”
which is a colloquial term used in some Western cultures to describe a complex relationship …

Feminist family scholars have long called for greater transparency of the partial perspectives
embedded within family science. In this paper, I employ feminist reflexive autoethnography …

Objective Drawing on life course and gender theories, this study tests competing hypotheses
about the effect of repartnering on women's and men's levels and shares of housework …

The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant upheaval for couples and families, particularly
in terms of living arrangements. Emerging adults had to make quick decisions about where …

Data from 484 emerging adults were used to explore sexting within current romantic
partnerships. Drawing on recent studies and models of romantic relationship maintenance …