When people face difficult life events, such as cancer or bereavement, they fare better when
they receive support. These “experiencers” are likely to seek and receive support from a …

Despite the clear benefits that social connection offers to well-being, strangers in close
physical proximity regularly ignore each other due to their tendency to underestimate the …

Martin Buber was untrained in psychology, yet his teaching provides helpful guidance for a
psychological science of suffering. His ideas deserve attention at three distinct levels. For …

Wise decisions are often guided by an accurate understanding of the expected values of
different possible choices. In social contexts, wisdom comes from understanding how others …

The complementarity interference (CI) model suggests that the Internet may either inhibit or
facilitate interpersonal communications. This paper empirically examines the impact of …

Social awkwardness is a frequent challenge to healthy social interactions and can
dramatically impact how people feel, communicate and behave. It is known that humor can …

We hypothesized that people would exhibit a reticence bias, the incorrect belief that they will
be more likable if they speak less than half the time in a conversation with a stranger, as well …

Recent studies have highlighted the subjective well-being benefits of minimal social
interactions (ie, interactions with weak ties and strangers). However, the empirical work to …

Gaming and Internet use are positively associated with benefits for interpersonal
relationships in adolescence, with these behaviors when excessive having been negatively …

Feeling accepted by others is a fundamental human motive and an important marker of
successful social interactions. This interpersonal perception, known as meta-liking, is …