The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected nearly every area of daily life, including romantic
relationships. With the pandemic still ongoing, this study reviewed the existing scholarly …

This in-depth critical review investigates the impact of COVID-19 on personal relationships
from the start of the pandemic in early 2020 to September 2021. Research examining six …

Relational turbulence theory posits that external changes to the relational environment
compel romantic partners to navigate transitions by establishing new daily routines as …

Whether and how shared intentionality (SI) influences the establishment of a novel
interpersonal communication system is poorly understood. To investigate this issue, we …

Resilience, or the ability to adapt positively when confronted with adversity (Luthar, 2003), is
one of the most studied concepts across disciplines, and yet continues to be one of the most …

The goal of this article is to theoretically extend the perspective on the conceptualization of
parenting styles (Baumrind, 1971; Maccoby & Martin, 1983) to, first, employ a reciprocal …

The current study applies the communication theory of resilience (CTR) to assess married
individuals' utilization of resilience communication during the first wave of the COVID-19 …

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, romantic partners and families were forced to
develop new routines under increasingly stressful circumstances. These conditions had the …

Relationship maintenance processes include a wide range of activities and cognitions that
romantic partners engage in to sustain or enhance their relationships. In this article, we …

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