Social support research proliferated across multiple disciplines for more than a half century.
This growth, as well as disciplinary differences, resulted in mixed views, conceptualizations …

We propose the Attachment Security Enhancement Model (ASEM) to suggest how romantic
relationships can promote chronic attachment security. One part of the ASEM examines …

Abstract The coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has profoundly altered people's daily
lives and created multiple societal challenges. One important challenge of this unique …

The COVID-19 pandemic presents acute, ongoing relationship challenges. The current
research tested how (1) preexisting vulnerabilities assessed prior to the pandemic …

Emotional suppression and expression both occur frequently in daily social interactions, yet
research examining these emotion regulation processes simultaneously in naturalistic …

Toward the end of their academic careers, most students are required to demonstrate their
ability to integrate theory and research methodology in their field of study by completing a …

Conflict can have damaging effects on relationship health. But is all conflict detrimental?
Across 7 studies, we tested the overarching hypothesis that conflict in close relationships is …

Five studies examined whether receiving gratitude expressions from a romantic partner can
buffer insecurely attached individuals from experiencing low relationship satisfaction and …

Affectionate touch is crucial for well-being. However, attachment avoidance is associated
with negative attitudes toward touch. We tested two preregistered hypotheses about how …

Two decades of research on adult attachment and psychopathology, suggest that while
various indicators of attachment insecurity increase risk for psychopathology, these findings …