Current research supports the notion that the apparently innate trait Sensory Processing
Sensitivity (SPS) may act as a modulator of development as function of the environment …

Highlights•Describes the strength and strain model of marital quality and health.•Partner
responsiveness and affective processes are used to illustrate core aspects of the …

Abstract The Positivity Resonance Theory of coexperienced positive affect describes
moments of interpersonal connection characterized by shared positive affect, caring …

Positivity resonance—defined as a synthesis of shared positive affect, mutual care and
concern, plus behavioral and biological synchrony—is theorized to contribute to a host of …

Motivated by collective emotions theories that propose emotions shared between individuals
predict group-level qualities, we hypothesized that co-experienced affect during interactions …

Although social learning theory provides the conceptual basis for behavioral interventions
designed to treat and prevent relationship distress, the results of large, recently published …

Objectively coded interpersonal emotional behaviors that emerged during a 15-min marital
conflict interaction predicted the development of physical symptoms in a 20-year longitudinal …

Research on nightmares has largely focused on the nightmare itself and its associated
negative consequences, framing nightmare sufferers as victims of a diathesis-stress induced …

Negative cognitive biases and genetic variation have been associated with risk of
psychopathology in largely independent lines of research. Here, we discuss ways in which …

In this chapter, we review the current state of knowledge about neural and genetic pathways
that influence three emotional processes:(1) emotional reactivity, which is generating …