D Holmberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 15300 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D Holmberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | D |
| FAMILY NAME | Holmberg |
| SIGNATURE | HOLMBERG D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Acadia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0349-9786 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 223 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Mix and Match: Frequency of Public Affection Sharing as a Predictor of Well-being in White versus Interracial Relationships
Previous research has demonstrated substantial relational, mental and physical health benefits associated with affectionate touch in romantic relationships; however, given ongoing stigmatization, it remains unclear whether these benefits are readily available to individuals in interracial relationships. We conducted an online survey assessing public affection sharing practices of those in White relationships (i.e., both partners White; n = 1119) …
In Sync? Assessing Partners' Similarities in Comfort With Physical Affection–Sharing as a Predictor of Relationship Well‐Being
Physical affection‐sharing (e.g., holding hands) is associated with better relational well‐being. But does similarity/dissimilarity in couple members' comfort with affection‐sharing also predict relationship well‐being? The current study utilized data collected from an online self‐report survey at both the individual ( n = 1832) and dyadic ( n = 86 couples) level, to assess whether partners' mean comfort with affection‐sharing, as well as their p…
Warning—This Content May Trigger Temporary Discomfort, Which Is Expected and Manageable”: The Effect of Modified Trigger-Warning Language on Reactions to Emotionally Provocative Content
A growing body of research suggests that trigger warnings do not actually reduce distress in those viewing emotionally provocative stimuli and may at times even worsen it. However, little is known regarding the potential benefits of modifying trigger-warning language so that it employs therapeutically consistent messaging to encourage adaptive coping. The current study explored whether a modified trigger warning might be more effective than a tra…
Femmephobia Is a Uniquely Powerful Predictor of Anti-Gay Behavior
The current study explored a form of femmephobia (specifically, negative attitudes toward femininity in men) as a predictor of anti-gay behaviors among a sample of heterosexual men ( N = 417). Additional predictor variables included hierarchical worldviews (i.e., social dominance orientation, right-wing authoritarianism, narcissism) and prejudicial attitudes (i.e., old-fashioned and modern homonegativity). Femmephobia emerged as a robust predicto…
Walking hand in hand: The role of affection-sharing in understanding the social network effect in same-sex, mixed-sex, and gender-diverse relationships
Individuals who perceive greater support or approval for their relationships from friends and family also report greater relationship stability and commitment and better mental and physical health (known as the "social network effect"). These associations have been explained, in part, through three cognitive-affective processes: uncertainty reduction, cognitive balance, and dyadic identity formation. However, we know less about cognitive- behavio…
Back off: Disapproval of romantic relationships predicts closeness to disapproving network members
Is the perception that a social network member (SNM, i.e., friend or family member) disapproves of your romantic relationship associated with perceived changes in emotional closeness to that person? This question was investigated using an online survey ( N = 703). Participants reported their current closeness to a disapproving SNM, and retrospectively rated closeness before the disapproval and at the height of disapproval. As predicted, perceivin…
Now for the Good News: Self-Perceived Positive Effects of the First Pandemic Wave on Romantic Relationships Outweigh the Negative
Media attention has highlighted the COVID-19 pandemic's negative effects on romantic relationships (e.g., increased partner aggression). The current mixed-method study also explored potential positive effects, and how the relative balance of positive versus negative effects might have changed over time during the first pandemic wave. Individuals ( N = 186) who participated in a pre-COVID study were recruited through MTurk to participate in a four…
On guard: Public versus private affection-sharing experiences in same-sex, gender-diverse, and mixed-sex relationships
This study compared public versus private affection-sharing experiences of individuals in mixed-sex ( N = 1018), same-sex ( N = 561), and gender-diverse ( N = 96) relationships. Private affection-sharing was similar across groups, except those in mixed-sex relationships reported somewhat less comfort doing so. Despite having a stronger desire to engage in public affection-sharing, those in same-sex and gender-diverse relationships shared public a…
Trust Me, He’s Not Right for You: Factors Predicting Trust in Network Members’ Disapproval of a Romantic Relationship
When individuals experience disapproval of their romantic relationship from friends or family members, how do they determine whether they should trust or believe that negative opinion? In this study, we examined a hypothesised model in which level of perceived relationship expertise, level of perceived bias, quality of evidence provided, and level of perceived approval for the romantic relationship from the broader social network predicted levels…
Holy anorexia: Views of femininity as a potential mediator in the association between religiosity and disordered eating
What would you know about it? Managing ingroup vs. outgroup perceived support of same-sex vs. mixed-sex romantic relationships
Social support for relationships is an important predictor of relationship well-being, duration, and mental and physical health. But does the source of the support matter? This article examines whether there is potential moderation by the ingroup versus outgroup status of the person offering the support. Specifically, in a sample of 407 individuals in mixed-sex versus same-sex relationships, we assessed how much social support individuals perceiv…
Support processes in same- and mixed-sex relationships: Type and source matters
Research has established that social support for relationships is an important predictor of well-being. However, the underlying assumption that social support specifically for relationships is a separate construct from general social support has not been properly tested empirically, nor has the question of whether support processes vary by source (friends vs. family). The current study (N = 1,281) used confirmatory factor analysis and structural …
Dynamics of perceived social network support for same‐sex versus mixed‐sex relationships
Individuals in mixed‐sex ( n = 248) and same‐sex ( n = 159) romantic relationships completed several online questions for each member of their social network, including the member's perceived support for their romantic relationship. Those in same‐sex relationships perceived less support for their relationship, but only from family members, not from friends. Levels of relationship support were lower among subjectively more distant network members …
Conscientiousness and attachment avoidance as moderators of the association between attachment anxiety and neuroticism: An interpersonal perspective
Crawford, Shaver, and Goldsmith ((2007) How affect regulation moderates the association between anxious attachment and neuroticism, Attachment & Human Development 9, 95-109) suggested that attachment avoidance and conscientiousness may both serve as affect regulation strategies that allow individuals to down-regulate negative emotions, and thereby attenuate the usually strong association between neuroticism and general attachment anxiety. Their f…
Adult attachment styles and stressor severity as moderators of the coping sequence
This study examined the normative temporal sequence of the coping process and whether stressor severity or adult attachment styles moderated that sequence. Participants ( N = 75) described a minor or a major stressor. They were given a stack of index cards, representing coping strategies from five different domains. They selected strategies they had employed and sorted them into the order used. Overall, support from partner was one of the first c…
Women's Sexual Satisfaction as a Predictor of Well-Being in Same-Sex Versus Mixed-Sex Relationships
Structural equation modelling was used to assess the strengths of the links between sexual satisfaction and self-reported (a) relationship well-being, (b) mental health, and (c) physical health for women in same-sex (i.e., homosexual, n = 114) versus mixed-sex (i.e., heterosexual, n = 208) relationships. Participants came from a large-scale Internet study. Sexual satisfaction was found to be an extremely strong predictor of relational well-being,…
Attachment avoidance and commitment aversion: A script for relationship failure
Do avoidantly attached individuals, with fears of closeness and dependency, expect their relationships to fail? Moreover, do they expect specific events that will lead to failure? Canadian students outlined their expectations for a new romantic relationship by ordering a series of dating events using a card sorting procedure. Avoidance was associated with both expectations of relationship failure and commitment aversion (the absence of positive c…
Sexual Desire, Communication, Satisfaction, and Preferences of Men and Women in Same-Sex Versus Mixed-Sex Relationships
In an online study, measures of subjective sexual experiences in one's current relationship were compared across four groups: Men and women in mixed-sex (i.e., heterosexual) and same-sex (i.e., homosexual) relationships. Results indicated far more similarities than differences across the four groups, with groups reporting almost identical sexual repertoires, and levels of sexual communcation with partner. Men reported experiencing somewhat more s…
Perceived social network support and well-being in same-sex versus mixed-sex romantic relationships
A theoretical model was tested, in which better perceived social network support specifically for a romantic relationship was hypothesized to predict higher relationship well-being which, in turn, would predict more positive mental and physical health outcomes for relationship partners. Furthermore, the model was tested on participants in both same-sex (i.e., homosexual, n = 183) and mixed-sex (i.e., heterosexual, n = 275) relationships. Structur…
But what will they say: The impact of receiving feedback on women’s relationship narratives
In this study, 72 women wrote eight emails over the course of a month discussing one of two topics: (a) non-emotional events (i.e., control condition), or (b) their thoughts and feelings regarding their current romantic relationship. Some of the latter group received feedback on what they had written, whereas others kept their narratives more private. Participants who wrote about their relationships differed from those in the control condition on…
So Far, So Good: Scripts for Romantic Relationship Development as Predictors of Relational Well-Being
We hypothesized that relationship well-being will be higher if: (i) individuals' relationships are developing in the way they think relationships typically should; and (ii) individuals agree with their partners on how relationships in general, as well as their own relationship, should develop. Thirty dating couples were asked to sort a set of 51 dating events based on the past and future development of their own relationship (personal relationshi…
Impulsive, But Violent: Are Components of the Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Syndrome Associated with Aggression in Relationships
Links between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and relationship aggression were explored in 157 college students. ADHD and comorbid disorders, such as conduct disorder (CD), were small but significant predictors of both physical and sexual aggression in relationships. The role of pragmatic language difficulties was also investigated. Verbal impulsivity—a tendency to blurt out thoughts and interrupt others—predicted relationships ag…
The New Old-Fashioned Girl: Effects of Gender and Social Desirability on Reported Gender-Role Ideology
Becoming a Married Couple: The Emergence of Meaning in the First Years of Marriage
Terri L. Orbuch, Joseph Veroff, Diane Holmberg, Becoming a Married Couple: The Emergence of Meaning in the First Years of Marriage, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Nov., 1993), pp. 815-826
Are Wives' Memories for Events in Relationships more Vivid than their Husbands' Memories
Gender differences in socialization and marital roles may lead wives to attend more closely to relationship interactions than their spouses do; wives may also assign greater importance to such interactions and deliberate more about them. As a result, wives would possess more vivid memories than their husbands have for events in their relationship. Spouses tape-recorded descriptions of their first date together, a shared vacation and an argument b…
Sexual Desire, Communication, Satisfaction, and Preferences of Men and Women in Same-Sex Versus Mixed-Sex Relationships
In an online study, measures of subjective sexual experiences in one's current relationship were compared across four groups: Men and women in mixed-sex (i.e., heterosexual) and same-sex (i.e., homosexual) relationships. Results indicated far more similarities than differences across the four groups, with groups reporting almost identical sexual repertoires, and levels of sexual communcation with partner. Men reported experiencing somewhat more s…
Perceived social network support and well-being in same-sex versus mixed-sex romantic relationships
A theoretical model was tested, in which better perceived social network support specifically for a romantic relationship was hypothesized to predict higher relationship well-being which, in turn, would predict more positive mental and physical health outcomes for relationship partners. Furthermore, the model was tested on participants in both same-sex (i.e., homosexual, n = 183) and mixed-sex (i.e., heterosexual, n = 275) relationships. Structur…
Women's Sexual Satisfaction as a Predictor of Well-Being in Same-Sex Versus Mixed-Sex Relationships
Structural equation modelling was used to assess the strengths of the links between sexual satisfaction and self-reported (a) relationship well-being, (b) mental health, and (c) physical health for women in same-sex (i.e., homosexual, n = 114) versus mixed-sex (i.e., heterosexual, n = 208) relationships. Participants came from a large-scale Internet study. Sexual satisfaction was found to be an extremely strong predictor of relational well-being,…
Becoming a Married Couple: The Emergence of Meaning in the First Years of Marriage
Terri L. Orbuch, Joseph Veroff, Diane Holmberg, Becoming a Married Couple: The Emergence of Meaning in the First Years of Marriage, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Nov., 1993), pp. 815-826
So Far, So Good: Scripts for Romantic Relationship Development as Predictors of Relational Well-Being
We hypothesized that relationship well-being will be higher if: (i) individuals' relationships are developing in the way they think relationships typically should; and (ii) individuals agree with their partners on how relationships in general, as well as their own relationship, should develop. Thirty dating couples were asked to sort a set of 51 dating events based on the past and future development of their own relationship (personal relationshi…
Are Wives' Memories for Events in Relationships more Vivid than their Husbands' Memories
Gender differences in socialization and marital roles may lead wives to attend more closely to relationship interactions than their spouses do; wives may also assign greater importance to such interactions and deliberate more about them. As a result, wives would possess more vivid memories than their husbands have for events in their relationship. Spouses tape-recorded descriptions of their first date together, a shared vacation and an argument b…
Support processes in same- and mixed-sex relationships: Type and source matters
Research has established that social support for relationships is an important predictor of well-being. However, the underlying assumption that social support specifically for relationships is a separate construct from general social support has not been properly tested empirically, nor has the question of whether support processes vary by source (friends vs. family). The current study (N = 1,281) used confirmatory factor analysis and structural …
The New Old-Fashioned Girl: Effects of Gender and Social Desirability on Reported Gender-Role Ideology
On guard: Public versus private affection-sharing experiences in same-sex, gender-diverse, and mixed-sex relationships
This study compared public versus private affection-sharing experiences of individuals in mixed-sex ( N = 1018), same-sex ( N = 561), and gender-diverse ( N = 96) relationships. Private affection-sharing was similar across groups, except those in mixed-sex relationships reported somewhat less comfort doing so. Despite having a stronger desire to engage in public affection-sharing, those in same-sex and gender-diverse relationships shared public a…
Walking hand in hand: The role of affection-sharing in understanding the social network effect in same-sex, mixed-sex, and gender-diverse relationships
Individuals who perceive greater support or approval for their relationships from friends and family also report greater relationship stability and commitment and better mental and physical health (known as the "social network effect"). These associations have been explained, in part, through three cognitive-affective processes: uncertainty reduction, cognitive balance, and dyadic identity formation. However, we know less about cognitive- behavio…
Holy anorexia: Views of femininity as a potential mediator in the association between religiosity and disordered eating
Now for the Good News: Self-Perceived Positive Effects of the First Pandemic Wave on Romantic Relationships Outweigh the Negative
Media attention has highlighted the COVID-19 pandemic's negative effects on romantic relationships (e.g., increased partner aggression). The current mixed-method study also explored potential positive effects, and how the relative balance of positive versus negative effects might have changed over time during the first pandemic wave. Individuals ( N = 186) who participated in a pre-COVID study were recruited through MTurk to participate in a four…
Trust Me, He’s Not Right for You: Factors Predicting Trust in Network Members’ Disapproval of a Romantic Relationship
When individuals experience disapproval of their romantic relationship from friends or family members, how do they determine whether they should trust or believe that negative opinion? In this study, we examined a hypothesised model in which level of perceived relationship expertise, level of perceived bias, quality of evidence provided, and level of perceived approval for the romantic relationship from the broader social network predicted levels…
Conscientiousness and attachment avoidance as moderators of the association between attachment anxiety and neuroticism: An interpersonal perspective
Crawford, Shaver, and Goldsmith ((2007) How affect regulation moderates the association between anxious attachment and neuroticism, Attachment & Human Development 9, 95-109) suggested that attachment avoidance and conscientiousness may both serve as affect regulation strategies that allow individuals to down-regulate negative emotions, and thereby attenuate the usually strong association between neuroticism and general attachment anxiety. Their f…
Impulsive, But Violent: Are Components of the Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Syndrome Associated with Aggression in Relationships
Links between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and relationship aggression were explored in 157 college students. ADHD and comorbid disorders, such as conduct disorder (CD), were small but significant predictors of both physical and sexual aggression in relationships. The role of pragmatic language difficulties was also investigated. Verbal impulsivity—a tendency to blurt out thoughts and interrupt others—predicted relationships ag…
Are Wives' Memories for Events in Relationships more Vivid than their Husbands' Memories
Gender differences in socialization and marital roles may lead wives to attend more closely to relationship interactions than their spouses do; wives may also assign greater importance to such interactions and deliberate more about them. As a result, wives would possess more vivid memories than their husbands have for events in their relationship. Spouses tape-recorded descriptions of their first date together, a shared vacation and an argument b…
Becoming a Married Couple: The Emergence of Meaning in the First Years of Marriage
Terri L. Orbuch, Joseph Veroff, Diane Holmberg, Becoming a Married Couple: The Emergence of Meaning in the First Years of Marriage, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Nov., 1993), pp. 815-826
The New Old-Fashioned Girl: Effects of Gender and Social Desirability on Reported Gender-Role Ideology
Impulsive, But Violent: Are Components of the Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Syndrome Associated with Aggression in Relationships
Links between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and relationship aggression were explored in 157 college students. ADHD and comorbid disorders, such as conduct disorder (CD), were small but significant predictors of both physical and sexual aggression in relationships. The role of pragmatic language difficulties was also investigated. Verbal impulsivity—a tendency to blurt out thoughts and interrupt others—predicted relationships ag…
So Far, So Good: Scripts for Romantic Relationship Development as Predictors of Relational Well-Being
We hypothesized that relationship well-being will be higher if: (i) individuals' relationships are developing in the way they think relationships typically should; and (ii) individuals agree with their partners on how relationships in general, as well as their own relationship, should develop. Thirty dating couples were asked to sort a set of 51 dating events based on the past and future development of their own relationship (personal relationshi…
But what will they say: The impact of receiving feedback on women’s relationship narratives
In this study, 72 women wrote eight emails over the course of a month discussing one of two topics: (a) non-emotional events (i.e., control condition), or (b) their thoughts and feelings regarding their current romantic relationship. Some of the latter group received feedback on what they had written, whereas others kept their narratives more private. Participants who wrote about their relationships differed from those in the control condition on…
Perceived social network support and well-being in same-sex versus mixed-sex romantic relationships
A theoretical model was tested, in which better perceived social network support specifically for a romantic relationship was hypothesized to predict higher relationship well-being which, in turn, would predict more positive mental and physical health outcomes for relationship partners. Furthermore, the model was tested on participants in both same-sex (i.e., homosexual, n = 183) and mixed-sex (i.e., heterosexual, n = 275) relationships. Structur…
Attachment avoidance and commitment aversion: A script for relationship failure
Do avoidantly attached individuals, with fears of closeness and dependency, expect their relationships to fail? Moreover, do they expect specific events that will lead to failure? Canadian students outlined their expectations for a new romantic relationship by ordering a series of dating events using a card sorting procedure. Avoidance was associated with both expectations of relationship failure and commitment aversion (the absence of positive c…
Sexual Desire, Communication, Satisfaction, and Preferences of Men and Women in Same-Sex Versus Mixed-Sex Relationships
In an online study, measures of subjective sexual experiences in one's current relationship were compared across four groups: Men and women in mixed-sex (i.e., heterosexual) and same-sex (i.e., homosexual) relationships. Results indicated far more similarities than differences across the four groups, with groups reporting almost identical sexual repertoires, and levels of sexual communcation with partner. Men reported experiencing somewhat more s…
Women's Sexual Satisfaction as a Predictor of Well-Being in Same-Sex Versus Mixed-Sex Relationships
Structural equation modelling was used to assess the strengths of the links between sexual satisfaction and self-reported (a) relationship well-being, (b) mental health, and (c) physical health for women in same-sex (i.e., homosexual, n = 114) versus mixed-sex (i.e., heterosexual, n = 208) relationships. Participants came from a large-scale Internet study. Sexual satisfaction was found to be an extremely strong predictor of relational well-being,…
Adult attachment styles and stressor severity as moderators of the coping sequence
This study examined the normative temporal sequence of the coping process and whether stressor severity or adult attachment styles moderated that sequence. Participants ( N = 75) described a minor or a major stressor. They were given a stack of index cards, representing coping strategies from five different domains. They selected strategies they had employed and sorted them into the order used. Overall, support from partner was one of the first c…
Conscientiousness and attachment avoidance as moderators of the association between attachment anxiety and neuroticism: An interpersonal perspective
Crawford, Shaver, and Goldsmith ((2007) How affect regulation moderates the association between anxious attachment and neuroticism, Attachment & Human Development 9, 95-109) suggested that attachment avoidance and conscientiousness may both serve as affect regulation strategies that allow individuals to down-regulate negative emotions, and thereby attenuate the usually strong association between neuroticism and general attachment anxiety. Their f…
Dynamics of perceived social network support for same‐sex versus mixed‐sex relationships
Individuals in mixed‐sex ( n = 248) and same‐sex ( n = 159) romantic relationships completed several online questions for each member of their social network, including the member's perceived support for their romantic relationship. Those in same‐sex relationships perceived less support for their relationship, but only from family members, not from friends. Levels of relationship support were lower among subjectively more distant network members …
Support processes in same- and mixed-sex relationships: Type and source matters
Research has established that social support for relationships is an important predictor of well-being. However, the underlying assumption that social support specifically for relationships is a separate construct from general social support has not been properly tested empirically, nor has the question of whether support processes vary by source (friends vs. family). The current study (N = 1,281) used confirmatory factor analysis and structural …
What would you know about it? Managing ingroup vs. outgroup perceived support of same-sex vs. mixed-sex romantic relationships
Social support for relationships is an important predictor of relationship well-being, duration, and mental and physical health. But does the source of the support matter? This article examines whether there is potential moderation by the ingroup versus outgroup status of the person offering the support. Specifically, in a sample of 407 individuals in mixed-sex versus same-sex relationships, we assessed how much social support individuals perceiv…
Trust Me, He’s Not Right for You: Factors Predicting Trust in Network Members’ Disapproval of a Romantic Relationship
When individuals experience disapproval of their romantic relationship from friends or family members, how do they determine whether they should trust or believe that negative opinion? In this study, we examined a hypothesised model in which level of perceived relationship expertise, level of perceived bias, quality of evidence provided, and level of perceived approval for the romantic relationship from the broader social network predicted levels…
Holy anorexia: Views of femininity as a potential mediator in the association between religiosity and disordered eating
Back off: Disapproval of romantic relationships predicts closeness to disapproving network members
Is the perception that a social network member (SNM, i.e., friend or family member) disapproves of your romantic relationship associated with perceived changes in emotional closeness to that person? This question was investigated using an online survey ( N = 703). Participants reported their current closeness to a disapproving SNM, and retrospectively rated closeness before the disapproval and at the height of disapproval. As predicted, perceivin…
Now for the Good News: Self-Perceived Positive Effects of the First Pandemic Wave on Romantic Relationships Outweigh the Negative
Media attention has highlighted the COVID-19 pandemic's negative effects on romantic relationships (e.g., increased partner aggression). The current mixed-method study also explored potential positive effects, and how the relative balance of positive versus negative effects might have changed over time during the first pandemic wave. Individuals ( N = 186) who participated in a pre-COVID study were recruited through MTurk to participate in a four…
On guard: Public versus private affection-sharing experiences in same-sex, gender-diverse, and mixed-sex relationships
This study compared public versus private affection-sharing experiences of individuals in mixed-sex ( N = 1018), same-sex ( N = 561), and gender-diverse ( N = 96) relationships. Private affection-sharing was similar across groups, except those in mixed-sex relationships reported somewhat less comfort doing so. Despite having a stronger desire to engage in public affection-sharing, those in same-sex and gender-diverse relationships shared public a…
Walking hand in hand: The role of affection-sharing in understanding the social network effect in same-sex, mixed-sex, and gender-diverse relationships
Individuals who perceive greater support or approval for their relationships from friends and family also report greater relationship stability and commitment and better mental and physical health (known as the "social network effect"). These associations have been explained, in part, through three cognitive-affective processes: uncertainty reduction, cognitive balance, and dyadic identity formation. However, we know less about cognitive- behavio…
Femmephobia Is a Uniquely Powerful Predictor of Anti-Gay Behavior
The current study explored a form of femmephobia (specifically, negative attitudes toward femininity in men) as a predictor of anti-gay behaviors among a sample of heterosexual men ( N = 417). Additional predictor variables included hierarchical worldviews (i.e., social dominance orientation, right-wing authoritarianism, narcissism) and prejudicial attitudes (i.e., old-fashioned and modern homonegativity). Femmephobia emerged as a robust predicto…
In Sync? Assessing Partners' Similarities in Comfort With Physical Affection–Sharing as a Predictor of Relationship Well‐Being
Physical affection‐sharing (e.g., holding hands) is associated with better relational well‐being. But does similarity/dissimilarity in couple members' comfort with affection‐sharing also predict relationship well‐being? The current study utilized data collected from an online self‐report survey at both the individual ( n = 1832) and dyadic ( n = 86 couples) level, to assess whether partners' mean comfort with affection‐sharing, as well as their p…
Warning—This Content May Trigger Temporary Discomfort, Which Is Expected and Manageable”: The Effect of Modified Trigger-Warning Language on Reactions to Emotionally Provocative Content
A growing body of research suggests that trigger warnings do not actually reduce distress in those viewing emotionally provocative stimuli and may at times even worsen it. However, little is known regarding the potential benefits of modifying trigger-warning language so that it employs therapeutically consistent messaging to encourage adaptive coping. The current study explored whether a modified trigger warning might be more effective than a tra…
Mix and Match: Frequency of Public Affection Sharing as a Predictor of Well-being in White versus Interracial Relationships
Previous research has demonstrated substantial relational, mental and physical health benefits associated with affectionate touch in romantic relationships; however, given ongoing stigmatization, it remains unclear whether these benefits are readily available to individuals in interracial relationships. We conducted an online survey assessing public affection sharing practices of those in White relationships (i.e., both partners White; n = 1119) …
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