Pamela C. Regan's The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage, Third Edition is
the only introductory text about human mating relationships aimed specifically at a university …

Abstract Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) provides researchers with access to a diverse
set of people who can serve as research participants, making the process of data collection …

The purpose of this study is to examine relational dissolution using the technique of
ghosting. This qualitative study explores the emerging adults' dissolution strategies leading …

Negative events within and outside of work can disrupt coworkers' relationships, triggering a
re‐evaluation of relationship quality. The subjective experience of these events–which we …

This article introduces a metatheoretical framework—the Relationship Trajectories
Framework—that conceptualizes how human mating relationships develop across their …

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 …

There is little research on the nature of relationships between individuals following the
termination of a nonmarital romantic relationship. It is largely unknown to what extent former …

This study draws on Knapp's offline relationship development model to examine how people
construct romantic relationships on social media, with particular attention to the role of …

Relational ambivalence is conceptualized as having conflicting thoughts and feelings
toward one's partner or relationship. The current study explored how ambivalence about an …

Background The importance of the therapeutic relationship is widely recognised across
healthcare professions. Despite the importance of therapeutic relationships, there are …