Readings by Topic

NOTE:

  • Source Readings are linked to application activities and journal entries.
  • Topics containing source readings are noted by a *
  • Each source reading is labeled.
  • Topics are listed in chronological order

Lewis, J. M. (1998). For better or worse: interpersonal relationships and individual outcome. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 582-589. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.5.582

Allen, K. A., Gray, D. L., Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (2022). The Need to Belong: a Deep Dive into the Origins, Implications, and Future of a Foundational Construct. Educational psychology review, 34(2), 1133–1156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09633-6

Coan, J. A., & Sbarra, D. A. (2015). Social baseline theory: The social regulation of risk and effort. Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 87-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2014.12.021

Finkel, E. J., Cheung, E. O., Emery, L. F., Carswell, K. L., & Larson, G. M. (2015). The suffocation model: Why marriage in America is becoming an all-or-nothing institution. (pdf) Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24, 238-244. https://elifinkel.squarespace.com/s/2015_FinkelCheungEmeryCarswellLarson_CDir.pdf

Buss, D.M. (1998). Sexual Strategies Theory: Historical origins and current status. (pdf) Journal of Sex Research, 34, 19-31. http://labs.la.utexas.edu/buss/files/2015/09/SST-1998.pdf

Fletcher, G. J. O., Simpson, J. A., Campbell, L., & Overall, N. C. (2015). Pair-Bonding, Romantic Love, and Evolution: The Curious Case of Homo sapiens. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(1), 20-36. DOI: 10.1177/1745691614561683 [Off-campus login needed]

SOURCE READING: Carmichael, C. L., Goldberg, M. H., & Coyle, M. A. (2021). Security-Based Differences in Touch Behavior and Its Relational Benefits. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(4), 550-560. doi 10.1177/1948550620929164 [Off-campus login needed]

Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. R. (1994). Attachment as an organizational framework for research on close relationships. (pdf) Psychological Inquiry, 5, 1-22.

Collins, N. L., & Feeney, B. C. (2013). Attachment and caregiving in adult close relationships: normative processes and individual differences. Attachment & Human Development, 15(3), 241–245. doi 10.1080/14616734.2013.782652 [Off-campus login needed]

Rusbult, C. E., & Van Lange, P. A. (2003). Interdependence, interaction, and relationships. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 351-375.

Gordon, A. M., Cross, E., Ascigil, E., Balzarini, R., Luerssen, A., & Muise, A. (2022). Feeling Appreciated Buffers Against the Negative Effects of Unequal Division of Household Labor on Relationship Satisfaction. Psychological Science, 33(8), 1313-1327. DOI: 10.1177/09567976221081872 [Off-campus login needed]

SOURCE READING: Impett, E.A., Gable, S.L., & Peplau, L.A. (2005). Giving up and giving in. The costs and benefits of daily sacrifice in intimate relationships. (pdf) Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 327-344.

Sprecher, S., Treger, S., Wondra, J. D., Hilaire, N., & Wallpe, K. (2013). Taking turns: Reciprocal self-disclosure promotes liking in initial interactions. (pdf) Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 860-866. [Off-campus login needed]

Shelton, J. N., Trail, T. E., West, T. V., & Bergsieker, H. B. (2010). From strangers to friends: The interpersonal process model of intimacy in developing interracial friendships. (pdf) Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27, 71-90.

SOURCE READING: Laurenceau, J.P., Barrett, L.F., & Pietromonaco, P.R. (1998). Intimacy as an interpersonal process: The importance of self-disclosure, partner disclosure, and perceived partner responsiveness in interpersonal exchanges. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1238-1251.

Diamond, L. M. (2004). Emerging perspectives on distinctions between romantic love and sexual desire. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13, 116- 119.

Lehmiller, J., VanderDrift, L., & Kelly, J. (2014). Sexual Communication, Satisfaction, and Condom Use Behavior in Friends with Benefits and Romantic Partners. Journal of Sex Research, 51(1), 74–85. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2012.719167 [Off-campus login needed]

Moors, A. C. (2023). Five Misconceptions About Consensually Nonmonogamous Relationships. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32, 355-361 [Off-campus login needed]

Tidwell, N. D., Eastwick, P. W., & Finkel, E. J. (2013). Perceived, not actual, similarity predicts initial attraction in a live romantic context: Evidence from the speed‐dating paradigm. Personal Relationships, 20, 199-215.

SOURCE READING: Jones, S.C., & Pantich, D. (1971). The self-fulfilling prophecy and interpersonal attraction. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 7, 356-366.

Lemay Jr, E. P., Clark, M. S., & Greenberg, A. (2010). What is beautiful is good because what is beautiful is desired: Physical attractiveness stereotyping as projection of interpersonal goals. (pdf) Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 339-353.

Knee, C. R., Patrick, H., & Lonsbary, C. (2003). Implicit theories of relationships: Orientations toward evaluation and cultivation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7, 41-55.

Joel, S., MacDonald, G., & Plaks, J. E. (2013). Romantic relationships conceptualized as a judgment and decision-making domain. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 461-465.

Mattingly, B. A., & Lewandowski Jr, G. W. (2014). Broadening horizons: Self-expansion in relational and non-relational contexts. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 8, 30- 40.

Overall, N.C. (2018). Does partners’ negative-direct communication during conflict help sustain perceived commitment and relationship quality across time? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9, 481– 492. [Off-campus login needed]

SOURCE READING: Finkel, E.J., Slotter, E.B., Luchies, L.B., Walton, G.M., & Gross, J.J. (2013). A brief intervention to promote conflict reappraisal preserves marital quality over time. Psychological Science, 24, 1595–1601.

Busby, D. M., & Holman, T. B. (2009). Perceived match or mismatch on the Gottman conflict styles: Associations with relationship outcome variables. Family Process, 48, 531-545.

Reis, H. T., & Aron, A. (2008). Love: What is it, why does it matter, and how does it operate? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3, 80-86.

SOURCE READING: Algoe, S.B., Kurtz, L.E., & Hilaire, N.M. (2016). Putting the “you” in “thank you”: Examining other-praising behavior as the active relational ingredient in expressed gratitude. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 658–666.

SOURCE READING: Reis, H.T., Smith, S.M., Carmichael, C.L., Caprariello, P.A., Tsai, F.F., Rodrigues, A., & Maniaci, M.R. (2010). Are you happy for me? How sharing positive events with others provides personal and interpersonal benefits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 311-329.

Ross, J. M., Karney, B. R., Nguyen, T. P., & Bradbury, T. N. (2018). Communication that is maladaptive for middle-class couples is adaptive for socioeconomically disadvantaged couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116, 582-597

Beach, S. R., Lei, M. K., Simons, R. L., Barr, A. B., Simons, L. G., Cutrona, C. E., & Philibert, R. A. (2019). Perceived relationship support moderates the association of contextual stress with inflammation among African Americans. Journal of Family Psychology, 33, 338 [Off-campus login needed]

Körner, R., & Schütz, A. (2021). Power in romantic relationships: How positional and experienced power are associated with relationship quality. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(9), 2653-2677.

Finkel, E. J., & Hall, A. N. (2018). The I3 model: A metatheoretical framework for understanding aggression. Current Opinion in Psychology, 19, 125-130. [Off-campus login needed]

Charlot, N., Joel, S., & Campbell, L. (2025). The Predictive Validity of Intimate Partner Violence Warning Signs. Social psychological and personality science, 16(2), 192–201. DOI: 10.1177/19485506231209076

SOURCE READING: Langeslag, S.J.E, & Sanchez, M.E. (2018). Down-regulation of love feelings after a romantic break-up: Self-reported and electrophysiological data. (pdf) Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147, 720-733.

Lewandowski Jr, G. W., & Bizzoco, N. M. (2007). Addition through subtraction: Growth following the dissolution of a low-quality relationship. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 2, 40-54.

Machia, L. V., & Ogolsky, B. G. (2021). The Reasons People Think About Staying and Leaving Their Romantic Relationships: A Mixed-Method Analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(8), 1279-1293. DOI: 10.1177/0146167220966903 [Off-campus login needed]