Building intimate relationships is rewarding but entails risking rejection. Trait self-esteem—a
person's overall self-evaluation—has important implications for how people behave in …

The transactional and disposable nature of liquid consumption has placed trust as the
lifeblood of sharing economy service innovation, enabling billions of strangers across the …

Therapeutic Songwriting provides a comprehensive examination of contemporary methods
and models of songwriting as used for therapeutic purposes. It describes the environmental …

People are fundamentally motivated to be included in social connections that feel safe,
connections where they are consistently cared for and protected, not hurt or exploited …

Social media sites allow users to instantaneously self-disclose to their entire social network.
This creates an opportunity to engage in self-expression that is farther-reaching than ever …

Expressing our innermost thoughts and feelings is critical to the development of intimacy
(Reis & Shaver, 1988), but also risks negative evaluation and rejection. Past research …

This study examines the extent to which self-esteem moderates the influence of self-
presentation style (true self versus strategic self) on Facebook users' subjective well-being …

Despite the widespread prevalence of nonsuicidal self‐injury (NSSI) among community‐
based samples, little is known about which self‐injurers disclose their NSSI or the factors …

Understanding the social landscape at work helps employees accomplish organizational
goals. A growing body of evidence, however, suggests that people are fallible perceivers of …

This chapter highlights the contextual nature of intimate relationships. The first two sections
review evidence that the implications of four key processes for relationship functioning …