This study assessed characteristics associated with on-again/off-again (on–off) partners'
perceived relational stability. We employed a three-category conceptualization of stability in …

Though an emerging research area, serial argumentation has yet to be cohesively explored
from a theoretical lens. The current project thus extends and updates original serial …

Drawing on theoretical principles related to goal pursuit and inference, the present study
investigated the extent to which specific message features led to better or worse …

Using the framework of Dyadic Power Theory (Dunbar,), this study compares parent–child,
sibling, and romantic relationships in terms of serial argument goal importance and conflict …

This investigation tests Honeycutt's conflict linkage theory in the context of serial arguing.
Reports on the characteristics of imagined interactions were obtained before, after, and …

Serial arguments are conflict interactions that recur about the same topic, within the same
relationship, and without achieving resolution. A consequential form of interpersonal …

This study examined rumination, conflict intensity, and perceived resolvability as predictive
of factors that sustain serial arguments. Young adults reported on serial arguments in either …

Romantic partners' dyadic perceptions of their goals and conflict strategies in ongoing,
unresolved conflict are examined in relation to one another and to these serial arguments' …

Research on intractable conflict indicates that difficult conflicts often are associated with a
sense of hopelessness about the potential for resolution. We argue that hopelessness arises …

Sexual conflict is a consequential feature of many long-term relationships. The present study
investigates the sources of sexual conflict for 452 individuals in relationships of at least three …