couples — Publications — Close Relationships Laboratory

Relationship quality and physical health: responsiveness as an active ingredient predicting health across the lifespan.

Farrell, A. K., Stimpel, A. L., Stanton, S. C. E. & Slatcher, R. B. (in press). Current Opinion in Psychology.

2023Richard SlatcherAugust 28, 2023COVID-19, couples, health, responsiveness, families

From close to ghost: Examining the relationship between the need for closure, intentions to ghost, and reactions to being ghosted.

Leckfor, C. M., Wood, N. R., Slatcher, R. B., & Hales, A. H. (2023). Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

TechnologyRichard SlatcherJanuary 30, 2023technology, couples, pre-registered

Positive crossover: Parent perceived partner responsiveness and health of youth with asthma.

Bierstetel, S.J., Farrell, A.K., Tobin, E.T., Kane, H.S., Imami, L., Zilioli, S., & Slatcher, R.B. (2023). Personal Relationships.

2023Richard SlatcherJanuary 30, 2023health, asthma, families, couples, responsiveness

A descriptive literature review of early research on COVID-19 and close relationships.

Bevan, J. L., Lannutti, P. J., Murphy, M., Slatcher, R. B., & Balzarini, R. N. (2023). Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

2023Richard SlatcherJuly 6, 2022COVID-19, couples, families, friendship

Motives for security and sexual activity among single individuals at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rodrigues, D. L., Zoppolat, G., Balzarini, R.N., & Slatcher, R. B. (2022). Psychology & Sexuality.

2022Richard SlatcherJuly 6, 2022sex, self-regulation, COVID-19, couples, pre-registered

Sexual Desire in the Time of COVID-19: How COVID-Related Stressors Are Associated with Sexual Desire in Romantic Relationships. Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Balzarini, R. N., Mark, K., Muise, A., Gesselman, A., Zoppolat, G., Lehmiller, J., Garcia, J., & Slatcher, R. B. (2022). Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Personality and social relationships: What do we know and where do we go?

Back, M., Branje, S., Eastwick, P. W., Human, L. J., Penke, L., Sadikaj, G., Slatcher, R. B., Thielmann, I., Van Zalk, M.H.W., & Wrzus, C. (2023). Personality Science.

2022Richard SlatcherApril 4, 2022personality, couples, families, friendship, emotion

Relationship difficulties and “technoference” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zoppolat, G., Righetti, F., Balzarini, R. N., Alonso-Ferres, M. , Urganci, B., Rodrigues, D. L., Debrot, A., Wiwattanapantuwong, J., Dharma, C., Chi, P., Karremans, J., Schoebi, D., & Slatcher, R. B. (2022). Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

2022, TechnologyRichard SlatcherApril 4, 2022technology, COVID-19, couples, pre-registered

Love in the time of COVID: Perceived partner responsiveness buffers people from lower relationship quality associated with COVID-related stressors.

Balzarini, R. N., Muise, A., Zoppolat, G., Di Bartolomeo, A., Rodrigues, D. L., Alonso-Ferres, M., Urganci, B., Pichayayothin, N. B., Debrot, A., Dharma, C., Chi, P., Karremans, J., Schoebi, D., & Slatcher, R. B. (2022). Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Associations between language style matching and relationship commitment and satisfaction: An integrative data analysis.

Bierstetel, S. J., Farrell, A. K., Briskin, J. L., Harvey, M. W., Gable, S. L., Ha, T., Ickes, W., Lin, W.-F., Orina, M. M., Saxbe, D., Simpson, J., Ta, V, & Slatcher, R. B. (2020). Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 2459-2481.

**Awarded the 2022 Article Award from the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) for the top article published in Personal Relationships or Journal of Social and Personal Relationships in 2019 and 2020 that made a significant and original contribution to the study of personal relationships.

journal article, Families, Couples-Health, 2020Richard SlatcherApril 21, 2020language, couples, conflict, pre-registered

Couples’ Behavior During Conflict in the Lab and Diurnal Cortisol Patterns in Daily Life

Bierstetel, S., & Slatcher, R. B. (2020). Psychoneuroendocrinology, 115, 104633.

journal article, 2020ScienceSitesMarch 2, 2020couples, conflict, cortisol

Housework, Health, and Well-Being in Older Adults: The Role of Socioeconomic Status

Rodriguez-Stanley, J., Alonso-Ferres, M., Zilioli, S., & Slatcher, R. B. (2020). Journal of Family Psychology, 34, 610–620.

Relationships, Health, and Well-Being: The Role of Responsiveness

Stanton, S.C.E., Slatcher, R.B., & Reis, H.T. (2019). In D. Schoebi and B. Campos (Eds.), New Directions in the Psychology of Close Relationships (pp. 118-135). New York: Routledge.

Smartphones and Close Relationships: The Case for an Evolutionary Mismatch

Sbarra, D.A., Briskin, J.L., & Slatcher, R.B. (2019). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 14, 596–618.

For Better or For Worse? Outsourcing Self-Regulation and Goal Pursuit (PDF)

Briskin, J.L., Kopetz, C.E., Fitzsimons, G.M., & Slatcher, R.B. (2019). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 181–192. doi: 10.1177/1948550617736112

2019, journal articleScienceSitesMarch 2, 2020self-regulation, couples, pre-registered

Perceived Partner Responsiveness, Daily Negative Affect Reactivity, and All-Cause Mortality: A 20-Year Longitudinal Study (PDF)

Stanton, S.C.E., Selcuk, E., Farrell, A.K., Slatcher, R.B., & Ong, A.D. (2019). Psychosomatic Medicine, 81, 7–15.

Affective Processes as Mediators of Links Between Close Relationships and Physical Health

Farrell, A.K., , Imami, L., Stanton, S.C.E., Slatcher, R.B. (2018). Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 12, e12408.

2018, Couples-Health, Families, journal articleScienceSitesMarch 2, 2020couples, families, emotion, health

Looking at Dyads: A Primer on Actor-Partner Analysis in Marriage Research

Welker, K.M., & Slatcher, R.B. (2017). In C.C. Weisfeld, G.E., Weisfeld, & L.M. Dillon (Eds.), The Psychology of Marriage: An Evolutionary View Across Culture (pp. 53–71). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

2017, book chapterScienceSitesMarch 2, 2020couples

Protective Processes Underlying the Links Between Marital Quality and Physical Health (PDF)

Slatcher, R.B., & Schoebi, D. (2017). Current Opinion in Psychology, 13, 148–152. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2016.09.002