A new paper from our lab has just been published!
Led by Dr. John Lydon, this article reviews theory and research on relationship identification - the degree to which a person defines themselves in terms of a specific close relationship.
doi.org/10.1080/1529...
Engaging with popular ideas about relationships - such as the love languages - could help scientists improve theories of love, communicate research more clearly, and design guidance that better fits people's lives and relationships.
Read more in #PSPR: https://ow.ly/4CCR50Z1NHG
Texting daily with a random human peer is more effective at reducing loneliness than texting with a highly supportive chatbot.
Next time you feel lonely reach out to a human, any human.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Katya Kredl
New paper out in JPSP with @erichehman.bsky.social! We asked: What is the framework underlying our impressions of environments? Our large bottom-up study shows that people pay attention to 4 factors. We’re calling it the Environment Impressions Model: doi.org/10.1037/pspa...
We made an open repository of close relationships measures. Our goal is to catalogue all of the published self-report measures in relationship science.
You can help us expand the database by suggesting measures you tend to use in your research, or by uploading your own measures!
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McGill is hiring a faculty lecturer in social psychology, in a (non-adjunct) permanent teaching position.
Please consider being my colleague, Montreal is really great: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
Interested in attending the CPA Social & Personality pre-conference in Montreal on June 3rd? See below for more information!
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RelaScale is a searchable database of psychological measures and constructs for relationship researchers.
Original article here:
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Our work on relationship clarity featured in the Washington Post!
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
Katya Kredl
Travis Lim
Jay Van Bavel, PhD
Drawing on theories or conceptualizations of relational selves, relationally interdependent self-construal (RISC) and self-determination, we present theory and research on relationship identificati...
The goal of the current study was to explore the role of relationship clarity—the extent to which someone understands what they want in a relationship—in single young adults' dating experiences. We h...
People who date with intention may be more satisfied overall and less lonely, even if they don’t find a relationship, an article published last year suggests.
