A people-as-means approach to interpersonal relationships

E Orehek, AL Forest, N Barbaro - … on Psychological Science, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Interpersonal relationships and goal pursuit are intimately interconnected. In the present
article, we present a people-as-means perspective on relationships. According to this …

The role of social network sites in romantic relationships: Effects on jealousy and relationship happiness

S Utz, CJ Beukeboom - Journal of computer-mediated …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
On social network sites (SNS), information about one's romantic partner is readily available
and public for friends. The paper focuses on the negative (SNS jealousy) and positive (SNS …

The architecture of interdependent minds: A Motivation-management theory of mutual responsiveness.

SL Murray, JG Holmes - Psychological Review, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
A model of mutual responsiveness in adult romantic relationships is proposed. Behaving
responsively in conflict-of-interest situations requires one partner to resist the temptation to …

Toward an optimized measure of perceived partner responsiveness: Development and validation of the perceived responsiveness and insensitivity scale.

D Crasta, RD Rogge, MR Maniaci… - Psychological …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Perceived partner responsiveness (PPR; Reis & Shaver, Handbook of personal
relationships, 1988, Wiley)—the belief that one's partner will attend to core concerns—is a …

Self-esteem and romantic relationship quality

JV Wood, AL Forest, JP Friesen, SL Murray… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Although many laypeople believe that self-esteem influences the quality of relationships, the
empirical evidence is mixed. In this Review, we identify reasons for inconsistent findings and …

Signaling when (and when not) to be cautious and self-protective: impulsive and reflective trust in close relationships.

SL Murray, RT Pinkus, JG Holmes, B Harris… - Journal of Personality …, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
A dual process model is proposed to explain how automatic evaluative associations to the
partner (ie, impulsive trust) and deliberative expectations of partner caring (ie, reflective …

Career stereotypes and identities: Implicit beliefs and major choice for college women and men in STEM and female-dominated fields

ST Dunlap, JM Barth - Sex Roles, 2019 - Springer
The present study examines the gendered nature of implicitly held beliefs related to STEM
careers. It tests predictions from balanced identity theory on the relations between implicit …

When people serve as means to goals: Implications of a motivational account of close relationships

E Orehek, AL Forest - Current Directions in Psychological …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Goal pursuit is almost always conducted in concert with helpful others. People serve as
instrumental means to goals, and evaluations of people are shaped by their perceived …

Mate evaluation theory.

PW Eastwick, EJ Finkel, S Joel - Psychological Review, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
There are two unresolved puzzles in the literature examining how people evaluate mates
(ie, prospective or current romantic/sexual partners). First, compatibility is theoretically …

Highlighting the contextual nature of interpersonal relationships

JK McNulty - Advances in experimental social psychology, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …