Social psychologists have a longstanding interest in the mechanisms responsible for the
beneficial effects of positive social connections. This article reviews and integrates two …

Background: The dominant perspective in society is that stress has negative consequences,
and not surprisingly, the vast majority of interventions for coping with stress focus on …

As the COVID-19 global health disaster continues to unfold across the world, calls have
been made to address the associated mental illness public crisis. The current paper seeks to …

Abstract The coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has profoundly altered people's daily
lives and created multiple societal challenges. One important challenge of this unique …

To slow the transmission of COVID-19, countries around the world have implemented social
distancing and stay-at-home policies—potentially leading people to rely more on household …

External stressors can erode relationship quality, though little is known about what can
mitigate these effects. We examined whether COVID-related stressors were associated with …

Close and caring relationships are undeniably linked to health and well-being at all stages
in the life span. Yet the specific pathways through which close relationships promote optimal …

The pandemic caused by the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus (coronavirus) and the associated illness,
COVID‐19, has caused a level of worldwide upheaval unlike any most people now living …

This contribution offers a review, comprehensive to date, of a 15-year research program on
the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. Although centered on evidence that has …

This study examined the relationship between the presence of mobile devices and the
quality of real-life in-person social interactions. In a naturalistic field experiment, 100 dyads …