Relational Savoring as an Approach to Improve Marital Relationship Outcomes: A Pilot Study Among Iranian Wives - Zahra Sadeghi Dehnavi, Zabihollah Kaveh Farsani, Jessica L. Borelli, 2026 Marital relationship quality is a strong predictor of overall health, making it a critical target for prevention and intervention efforts. In Iran, rapid cultur...

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What if revisiting your happiest relationship memories could strengthen your marriage?

💡Dehnavi et al.’s new research on 96 Iranian wives tests a 4-week program built on exactly that — and the results are promising.
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Valuing your partner more: Linking emotional intelligence to better relationship quality - Hester He Xiao, Kit S. Double, Rebecca T. Pinkus, Carolyn MacCann, 2026 Emotional intelligence (EI) has been positively associated with relationship quality in romantic couples, but few studies have examined the mechanisms underlyin...

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Valuing your partner more: Linking emotional intelligence to better relationship quality - Hester He Xiao, Kit S. Double, Rebecca T. Pinkus, Carolyn MacCann, 2026 Emotional intelligence (EI) has been positively associated with relationship quality in romantic couples, but few studies have examined the mechanisms underlyin...

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❤️ Smart with emotions. Better at relationships. But here's the real reason why. Xiao et al.’s new 14-week study. 175 couples. One key finding.

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🙏When people feel forgiven by God, do they forgive their partners more?

Tudder’s & Fincham’s new 14-day study of 82 couples says yes — and the effect shows up the very same day.
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Invisible costs of care: Health consequences for women supporting survivors of intimate partner violence in South America - Arístides A. Vara-Horna, Zaida B. Asencios-Gonzalez, Noelia Rodríguez-Espart... This study examines the often-overlooked health consequences experienced by women who provide informal support to survivors of intimate partner violence against...

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Survivors aren't the only ones harmed by domestic violence. So are the women who support them. New study . Two countries. One urgent finding. 💙

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🐰✨ New Month, New Issue, & All the Awareness!

Happy Arab American Heritage Month, Stress Awareness Month, Earth Month, Alcohol Awareness Month, and Autism Acceptance Month!

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Good years. Bad years. Your family feels every one of them.

A new 16-year study from Shrout et al. on what really drives marriages toward — or away — from the edge. 💒
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What happens at age 4 doesn't stay at age 4. 👀

Harries et al.'s new study finds that early childhood behavior, parenting patterns, and family conflict predict hostile mother-teen conflict over a decade later.
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Would you like your partner to share your interests? Vocational ideal-partner standards of singles and couples - Katarina Banov Trošelj, Nada Krapic, Igor Kardum, 2026 To explore how vocational self-concepts align with ideal partner preferences, we collected data from two Croatian heterosexual samples: 271 couples and 335 sing...

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Swipe right on... an engineer? An artist? Turns out your own career interests quietly shape your ideal partner.

💡Trošelj et al.'s new research connects vocational identity to attraction — and it holds up in real couples too.

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Burned out. Regretful. Disconnected. 5% of parents are in crisis — and their children are struggling too.

New study by Carone et al. featuring real implications. 📊
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How you support your friends says as much about you as it does about your friendship. 🔬

Hasan's et al.'s new study finds support-giving is part personality, part relationship — not purely situational.
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Stressed caregivers talk less. And that silence is costing their marriages. 🔬 Brisini & Wang's latest study unpacks the communication patterns that protect — or erode — partnerships in eldercare.
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Is sexism associated with the use of relational aggression by young adults? The moderating effect of gender - Marion Chatelois, Stéphanie Boutin, Alexa Martin-Storey, Michèle Déry, Mélanie Lapalme, 20... Relational aggression refers to behaviors intended to harm a target’s social relationships either in response to a threat (reactive form) or with an ulterior mo...

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Ghosting. Excluding. Undermining. Where does relational aggression come from? Chatelois et al.’s new research points to something bigger — sexism itself.
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Fight with your partner — then pour a drink? 🍸

New research by Rodriguez et al. on 410 adults finds that how you identify with masculinity or femininity shapes whether conflict sends you to the bottle.
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It's not just how much you love them. It's how sure you are. New research by Adisa & Luttrell links attitude certainty to stronger, more resilient romantic relationships.
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Happy Women's History Month, International Women’s Day (3/8), World Wildlife Day (3/3), Global Recycling Day (3/18), International Day of Forests (3/21), & World Water Day (3/22) from all of us at JSPR.

Celebrate the scholarly way with our March issue, out now!
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Reading between the ties: Solitary and social activities, network satisfaction, and loneliness in later life - Haosen Sun, Markus H. Schafer, 2026 Loneliness negatively impacts on the well-being of older adults, especially those with small social networks. While expanding networks and participating in soci...

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We've been told the cure for loneliness is more people. But for older adults, new research by Sun & Schafer says solo activities — think reading, hobbies, quiet rituals — may matter just as much.
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Tangled threads of romantic conflict: The intersection of generation, culture, and socio-demographics in shaping Chinese women’s romantic conflict styles - Jiaqi Zeng, Rain Wuyu Liu, 2026 Interpersonal conflict research has traditionally emphasized cultural determinants of conflict styles while overlooking their context-sensitive nature. Addressi...

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Do you avoid the argument, dominate it, or call in backup? New research by Zeng & Liu shows the answer depends less on personality — and more on the era you grew up in.
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❤️Love, awareness, or education on the brain this month? Why not both!

Happy Valentine’s Day, Black History Month, World Cancer Day, Random Act of Kindness Day, and World Day of Social Justice!

🗞️Celebrate the scholarly way with our February issue, out now!
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Are you your sister's keeper?🫵

Check out Rogers et al.'s study to see how strong sibling bonds boost well-being for sexually diverse young adults, buffering stress and raising positive emotions.
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Li et al.'s study- Gender ideology, harmony, and face beliefs jointly shape marital satisfaction in older Hong Kong couples—especially when one partner has mild cognitive impairment.
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Adult sibling relationships and media multiplexity theory - Maura D. Corder, Jeffrey A. Hall, Natalie Pennington, Amanda J. Holmstrom, 2026 Sibling relationships are among the longest-lasting relationships in people’s lives. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), including voice calls, t...

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Adult sibling closeness isn’t about using more apps—it’s about connecting more often. Calls and emails > platform overload.

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Drawing on data from 151 older couples, Sönmez-Orhan et al.'s study shows that facial emotion perception in later life relates to cognition, empathy, and relationship satisfaction.
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🎆New Year, New Issue, Same JSPR!🎆

Happy New Year's from all of us at JSPR! Hope everyone had a restful and joyful holiday break! We're back with the latest and greatest ground breaking research in Social and Personal Relationships!

Cheers to Volume 43 and 2026!
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Happy HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, Universal Human Rights Month, and Seasonal Affective Disorder Awareness Month from all of us at JSPR! Celebrate the scholarly way with our December Issue, out now! Check out the issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/spra/42/12

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Sibling abuse is common but understudied—Smith et al.'s twin study shows how family support (or strain) shapes emotional outcomes years later.
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How do teacher ties, peer attachment, and kids’ internalizing problems influence each other over time? Jia et al.’s study uncovers the two-way dynamics among left-behind children in China.
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Social provision and postnatal well-being across the transition to motherhood: Family cohesion as a mediator - Xin-Ying Zeng, Eva Yi Hung Lau, 2025 The transition to motherhood often leads to a decline in maternal well-being. However, mothers with higher social provision, may perceive greater connection and...

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Zeng & Lau’s study shows that strong social support boosts family cohesion, which helps protect new mothers’ well-being during the transition to motherhood.
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