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Heterosexual men's reactions to infidelity revisited: Comparing the sex role presentation of extradyadic female partners Heterosexual men report less distress at infidelity from female interlopers than male interlopers. In addition to presenting no risk of cuckoldry, men could also perceive these women as additional se...

...reported being most aroused when the interloper was a feminine woman. #PersonalRelationships #Infidelity #IARR
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Check out this article by Robbins, Spahr, and Karan (2024) that revealed that people in same-sex couples hone their social networks to close, supportive members with whom they have one-on-one, satisfying interactions.
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Despite widespread social/tech change, the overall pattern held, though some milestone timing and social network integration shifted (Ogolsky et al., 2025). Look in our Bio for the link to learn more! #academicsky #IARR #PersonalRelationships #RomanticRelationships

Reflections on the actor–partner interdependence model The actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) has been widely successful and has become the default method for analyses of dyadic data in which both members of the pair have the same measurements. T...

...presentation of the model, a 1979 article by Kraemer and Jacklin. Also discussed are the topics of APIM patterns, whether the APIM is a dyadic model, and the automation of APIM analyses. #academicsky #IARR You can read the article here: doi.org/10.1111/pere...

Distal sibling grief: Exploring emotional affect and salience of listener behaviors in stories of sibling death Communicated Narrative Sense-Making (CNSM) theory was utilized to consider the characteristics of stories of sibling death 5 years or more after the loss and to investigate the association between sh...

The best things listeners can offer are the chance to tell the story and attentive listening behaviors. #personalrelationships #siblinggrief #IARR #academicsky
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Who else is attending the #IARR (International Association for Relationship Research) conference in Glasgow, Scotland July 8 - 12, 2026?? Abstract submissions due Dec. 1st! #RelationshipScience

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Longitudinal dyadic interplay between marital conflict and psychological well‐being in couples: The moderating roles of wives' employment This study examined longitudinal dyadic and within-partner associations among self-esteem, subjective happiness, and marital conflict in married couples, with a possible moderating role of wives' emp....

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A systematic review of relationship maintenance: Reflecting back and looking to the future Relationship maintenance processes include a wide range of activities and cognitions that romantic partners engage in to sustain or enhance their relationships. In this article, we review literature ....

They then performed a theoretically driven review of the empirical articles published over the last 20 years, critiquing the nature of the samples, methods, and privileged research questions. #PersonalRelationships
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Strategies for becoming a more desirable mate: Evidence from 14 countries The current research aimed to study the strategies that people employ in order to become more desirable as mates in different cultural settings. More specifically, using a closed-ended questionnaire ...

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Relational mobility and close relationships: A socioecological approach to explain cross‐cultural differences This article reviews how behaviors and psychological tendencies in close relationships differ between cultures, and proposes a socioecological framework to understand those differences. Our review of...

...differences, reviews how behaviors and psychological tendencies in close relationships differ between cultures and proposes a socioecological framework to understand those differences. You can read the article here: doi.org/10.1111/pere... #personalrelationships #IARR

Chinese young adults' emotion regulation and conflict resolution response profiles, and their associations with perceived partner responsiveness and romantic relationship satisfaction Interpersonal conflicts are common in romantic relationships. How to respond and cope with conflicts impacts the romantic relationship process and outcomes. This study examined the heterogeneity of C....

Releasing and gentle profiles also perform the inhibiting type. Speak up_ silence hurts love. To read more, go to: doi.org/10.1111/pere... #PersonalRelationships #IARR

... in the context of sexual relationships can influence how individuals evaluate and satisfied with their relationship. Go to our website to learn more! #PersonalRelationships #IARR

...and mental health. His research focuses on social skills, relationship development and satisfaction, and such problems as depression, anxiety, loneliness, and marital distress. Join us in congratulating Dr. Segrin on this accomplishment! #PersonalRelationships #IARR

Just between us…: The role of sharing and receiving secrets in friendship across time Secrets are prominent in close relationships. Most research has examined people's general tendencies to share secrets or single instances of secret-keeping or secret-sharing. These methods limit what....

...being told other people's secrets may take time before becoming a reliable friendship cue (Bedrov & Gable, 2024). Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/pere... #sharingsecrets #friendship #relationshipresearch
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two men are standing next to each other in a kitchen and one of them says " london baby " ALT: two men are standing next to each other in a kitchen and one of them says " london baby "

Excited to be in London for the #IARR mini-conference on ‘Gender, Sexuality and Relationships’! ❤️

The journal has continued its upward trajectory in Impact Factor from 2021 to 2024. As shown in the graph, PR’s Impact Factor was 1.5 in 2021, rising slowly to 1.6 in 2022, and 1.8 in 2023. The just-released 2024 Impact Factor was 2.2! #IARR
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Strategies for becoming a more desirable mate: Evidence from 14 countries The current research aimed to study the strategies that people employ in order to become more desirable as mates in different cultural settings. More specifically, using a closed-ended questionnaire ...

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An examination of specialness meaning framework threat in reactive and retroactive romantic jealousy experiences Extant jealousy models explain cases of reactive jealousy, which occurs in response to a partner's unambiguous romantic or sexual involvement with a rival from the present. However, they likely canno...

(i.e., jealousy regarding a partner’s past).
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Ignorance is not always bliss: A qualitative study of young adults' experiences with being ghosted Ghosting, or ignoring someone to end a relationship, is often considered a harmful aspect of growing digital connectivity. However, research on ghosting has focused on the experiences of European/Eur...

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Is caring for oneself relevant to happy relationship functioning? Exploring associations between self‐compassion and romantic relationship satisfaction in actors and partners Self-compassion means being supportive and kind to oneself when experiencing failure or inadequacies. It is associated with adaptive intrapersonal and relational outcomes for individuals. This eviden...

Men in particular benefit if their partner is self-compassionate.
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Mate value discrepancies and mate retention behaviors: A cubic response surface analysis This study used cubic polynomial regression with response surface analysis to examine the associations that mate value discrepancies (i.e., the difference between an individual's self-reported mate v...

Individuals who saw themselves as having higher value than their partners reported more cost-inflicting behaviors. #IARR #relationships #research #partnervalue
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New article! #onlinefirst This study explored how the desire for power mediated the relationship between narcissism and romantic relationship functioning (Zeigler-Hill et al., 2024). Read more in the comments. #IARR #relationships #research #narcissisminrelationships

New Article! #Onlinefirst The Red Pill (TRP) community advocates for using the Dark Triad (DT) personality constructs as part of seduction strategy (Zapcic, 2024).
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New article! #Onlinefirst Check out this article by Hague, Martinez, and Robbins (2024) that compared the ways women with women couples coped with breast cancer differently than women with men couples. Link in Bio
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Call for JSPR editor nominations (2025 to 2027).pdf

The IARR Publications Committee is seeking self-nominations for a new editor of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (@josoperrel.bsky.social). All nomination materials are due by August 31, 2024. Further details are provided in the link below!

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