Coping or thriving? Reviewing intrapersonal, interpersonal, and societal factors associated with well-being in singlehood from a within-group perspective

YU Girme, Y Park… - … on Psychological Science, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Singlehood, defined as not being in a romantic relationship, is becoming increasingly
common worldwide. Despite this, research on singlehood has not received remotely …

Singlehood as an identity

E Kislev - European Review of Social Psychology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Very little attention has been paid in the literature to singlehood as an identity. Existing
research can be divided into the reasons for singlehood on one side and the implications of …

What social lives do single people want? A person-centered approach to identifying profiles of social motives among singles.

Y Park, G MacDonald, EA Impett… - Journal of Personality and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Despite the worldwide increase in unpartnered individuals (ie, singles), little research exists
to provide a comprehensive understanding of the heterogeneity within this population. In the …

Unsupported and stigmatized? The association between relationship status and well-being is mediated by social support and social discrimination

YU Girme, CG Sibley, BW Hadden… - Social …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Single adults, on average, experience worse well-being compared to coupled adults. But
why? The current research bridged interpersonal and intergroup perspectives to examine …

The friends-to-lovers pathway to romance: Prevalent, preferred, and overlooked by science

DA Stinson, JJ Cameron… - Social Psychological and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
There is more than one pathway to romance, but relationship science does not reflect this
reality. Our research reveals that relationship initiation studies published in popular journals …

“Cat Ladies” and “Mama's Boys”: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Gendered Discrimination and Stereotypes of Single Women and Single Men

HE Dupuis, YU Girme - Personality and Social Psychology …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Do single women and single men differ in their experiences of “singlism”? This mixed-
methods research examined whether single women and single men report quantitative …

Relationship status and mental and physical health among Polish and American young adults: The role of relationship satisfaction and satisfaction with relationship …

K Adamczyk, AB Barr, C Segrin - Applied Psychology: Health …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing recognition that relationship factors besides relationship status play an
important role in young adults' mental and physical health. This study explored the …

Expanding relationship science to unpartnered singles: What predicts life satisfaction?

LC Walsh, AM Gonzales, L Shen, A Rodriguez… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Singles are an understudied yet growing segment of the adult population. The current study
aims to expand the lens of relationship science by examining the well-being of unpartnered …

Fear of being single priming predicts maladaptive relationship pursuits

SS Spielmann, IA Cantarella - Personal Relationships, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We tested a priming paradigm for inducing fear of being single, and explored its causal role
on longing for ex‐partners and settling for less. In Studies 1 and 2, fear of being single was …

Happily ever after for coupled and single adults: A comparative study using latent profile analysis

LC Walsh, C Horton, A Rodriguez… - Journal of Social and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Many people believe that “living happily ever after” involves finding a romantic partner.
Regardless, it seems obvious that at least some single people are happier than some …