Cheryl L Carmichael
Biographic Data
| ID | 757453 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cheryl L Carmichael |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cheryl L |
| FAMILY NAME | Carmichael |
| SIGNATURE | CARMICHAEL C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Graduate Center, CUNY |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4474-3485 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 118 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Men’s social relationships, health, and well-being in the United States
An Experimental Investigation of Sexual Scripts by Partner Gender: Anticipated Clitoral Stimulation and Partner Orgasm Pursuit Shape Women’s Orgasm Expectations
Research has found that bisexual women expect clitoral stimulation and orgasm more when hypothetically partnered with another woman versus a man, which is consistent with the widely documented heterosexual orgasm gap. The current research aims to (1) investigate “perceived partner orgasm pursuit” (i.e., the participant’s perception that her partner is pursuing her orgasm) as a novel mechanism to explain this difference in orgasm expectations, and…
Personal and perceived partner orgasm pursuit: A daily diary study about the gendered orgasm gap
Interdependence theory reveals the robust influence romantic partners have on each other's outcomes. However, research on "the orgasm gap"-that men orgasm significantly more often than women in partnered (hetero) sex-relies largely on women-only samples and ignores gendered interpersonal influences. We apply interdependence theory and investigate how gendered interpersonal orgasm goal pursuit (OGP) underlies orgasm inequity in relationships. With…
An intimacy gap? Exploring U.S. men’s experience with and capacity for physical intimacy in their same-sex friendships
Meta‐analytic evidence that attachment insecurity is associated with less frequent experiences of discrete positive emotions
Our results underscore the need to further investigate the mechanisms underlying insecure individuals' blunted positive emotional experiences
A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being
The relation between religiosity and well-being is one of the most researched topics in the psychology of religion, yet the directionality and robustness of the effect remains debated. Here, we adopted a many-analysts approach to assess the robustness of this relation based on a new cross-cultural dataset (N=10,535 participants from 24 countries). We recruited 120 analysis teams to investigate (1) whether religious people self-report higher well-…
Arrangements versus Agreements: Evaluating Two Approaches to Measuring Male Couples’ Rules and Understandings Around Sex with Outside Sex Partners
Security-Based Differences in Touch Behavior and Its Relational Benefits
Affectionate touch is crucial to the development of attachment security in infancy, yet little is known about how attachment and touch are related in adulthood. For adults high in anxiety, touch provision can maintain proximity, and received touch can signal reassurance of a partner’s affections that relatively anxious people desperately desire. Adults high in avoidance likely view touch as a threat to independence, should be less inclined to pro…
Friends, family, and romantic partners: Three critical relationships in older women’s lives
How are different social relationships jointly and uniquely associated with older women's health and well-being, and what is the directionality of these associations? We address these questions using longitudinal data from the Midlife in the United States study. We find that relationship quality with romantic partners, family, and friends is positively linked with better health and well-being concurrently and longitudinally. Cross-lagged analyses…
Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies
Significance What predicts how happy people are with their romantic relationships? Relationship science—an interdisciplinary field spanning psychology, sociology, economics, family studies, and communication—has identified hundreds of variables that purportedly shape romantic relationship quality. The current project used machine learning to directly quantify and compare the predictive power of many such variables among 11,196 romantic couples. P…
Does online support matter? The relationship between online identity-related support, mattering, and well-being in sexual minority men
Counter‐argument self‐efficacy predicts choice of belief‐defense strategies
Research has identified many strategies people use to defend against belief‐inconsistent information. However, little research has identified factors that predict which defense strategy people will use when more than one is available. Two experiments tested whether people choose to counter‐argue belief‐inconsistent information because they believe arguing will be successful, but resort to weaker defense strategies because they believe arguing wil…
Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation in effect magnitudes across samples and settings. Each protocol was administered to approximately half of 125 samples that comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries and territories. Using the conventional criterion of statistical significance ( p < .05), we found that 15 (54%) of …
The costs of being put on a pedestal: Effects of feeling over-idealized
This research explored the possibility of feeling over-idealized, or "put on a pedestal" by a partner, examining whether there is an optimal level of perceived idealization, such that too little or too much is detrimental. Perceived over-idealization was manipulated experimentally with 99 dating couples (Study 1), and in surveys of 89 married (Study 2) and 156 dating couples (Study 3). Study 1 found that participants physically distanced themselv…
Differentiation in the Momentary Rating of Somatic Symptoms Covaries With Trait Emotional Awareness in Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death
OBJECTIVES: Somatic symptom ratings covary with neuroticism. Yet, people vary from one another in their ability to report their own emotions and differentiate them from bodily sensations. We hypothesized that stressed individuals with greater emotional awareness would experience somatic symptoms in a more differentiated way independent of neuroticism. METHODS: Over 3 days, ecological momentary assessments were completed in 161 patients (72.6% fem…
Affective forecasting and individual differences: Accuracy for relational events and anxious attachment
We examined whether accuracy of affective forecasting for significant life events was moderated by a theoretically relevant individual difference (anxious attachment), with different expected relations to predicted and actual happiness. In 3 studies (2 cross-sectional, 1 longitudinal), participants predicted what their happiness would be after entering or ending a romantic relationship. Consistent with previous research, people were generally ina…
Are you happy for me? How sharing positive events with others provides personal and interpersonal benefits
Sharing good news with others is one way that people can savor those experiences while building personal and interpersonal resources. Although prior research has established the benefits of this process, called capitalization, there has been little research and no experiments to examine the underlying mechanisms. In this article, we report results from 4 experiments and 1 daily diary study conducted to examine 2 mechanisms relevant to capitalizat…
Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation in effect magnitudes across samples and settings. Each protocol was administered to approximately half of 125 samples that comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries and territories. Using the conventional criterion of statistical significance ( p < .05), we found that 15 (54%) of …
Are you happy for me? How sharing positive events with others provides personal and interpersonal benefits
Sharing good news with others is one way that people can savor those experiences while building personal and interpersonal resources. Although prior research has established the benefits of this process, called capitalization, there has been little research and no experiments to examine the underlying mechanisms. In this article, we report results from 4 experiments and 1 daily diary study conducted to examine 2 mechanisms relevant to capitalizat…
The costs of being put on a pedestal: Effects of feeling over-idealized
This research explored the possibility of feeling over-idealized, or "put on a pedestal" by a partner, examining whether there is an optimal level of perceived idealization, such that too little or too much is detrimental. Perceived over-idealization was manipulated experimentally with 99 dating couples (Study 1), and in surveys of 89 married (Study 2) and 156 dating couples (Study 3). Study 1 found that participants physically distanced themselv…
Personal and perceived partner orgasm pursuit: A daily diary study about the gendered orgasm gap
Interdependence theory reveals the robust influence romantic partners have on each other's outcomes. However, research on "the orgasm gap"-that men orgasm significantly more often than women in partnered (hetero) sex-relies largely on women-only samples and ignores gendered interpersonal influences. We apply interdependence theory and investigate how gendered interpersonal orgasm goal pursuit (OGP) underlies orgasm inequity in relationships. With…
Affective forecasting and individual differences: Accuracy for relational events and anxious attachment
We examined whether accuracy of affective forecasting for significant life events was moderated by a theoretically relevant individual difference (anxious attachment), with different expected relations to predicted and actual happiness. In 3 studies (2 cross-sectional, 1 longitudinal), participants predicted what their happiness would be after entering or ending a romantic relationship. Consistent with previous research, people were generally ina…
Are you happy for me? How sharing positive events with others provides personal and interpersonal benefits
Sharing good news with others is one way that people can savor those experiences while building personal and interpersonal resources. Although prior research has established the benefits of this process, called capitalization, there has been little research and no experiments to examine the underlying mechanisms. In this article, we report results from 4 experiments and 1 daily diary study conducted to examine 2 mechanisms relevant to capitalizat…
Differentiation in the Momentary Rating of Somatic Symptoms Covaries With Trait Emotional Awareness in Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death
OBJECTIVES: Somatic symptom ratings covary with neuroticism. Yet, people vary from one another in their ability to report their own emotions and differentiate them from bodily sensations. We hypothesized that stressed individuals with greater emotional awareness would experience somatic symptoms in a more differentiated way independent of neuroticism. METHODS: Over 3 days, ecological momentary assessments were completed in 161 patients (72.6% fem…
The costs of being put on a pedestal: Effects of feeling over-idealized
This research explored the possibility of feeling over-idealized, or "put on a pedestal" by a partner, examining whether there is an optimal level of perceived idealization, such that too little or too much is detrimental. Perceived over-idealization was manipulated experimentally with 99 dating couples (Study 1), and in surveys of 89 married (Study 2) and 156 dating couples (Study 3). Study 1 found that participants physically distanced themselv…
Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation in effect magnitudes across samples and settings. Each protocol was administered to approximately half of 125 samples that comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries and territories. Using the conventional criterion of statistical significance ( p < .05), we found that 15 (54%) of …
Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies
Significance What predicts how happy people are with their romantic relationships? Relationship science—an interdisciplinary field spanning psychology, sociology, economics, family studies, and communication—has identified hundreds of variables that purportedly shape romantic relationship quality. The current project used machine learning to directly quantify and compare the predictive power of many such variables among 11,196 romantic couples. P…
Does online support matter? The relationship between online identity-related support, mattering, and well-being in sexual minority men
Counter‐argument self‐efficacy predicts choice of belief‐defense strategies
Research has identified many strategies people use to defend against belief‐inconsistent information. However, little research has identified factors that predict which defense strategy people will use when more than one is available. Two experiments tested whether people choose to counter‐argue belief‐inconsistent information because they believe arguing will be successful, but resort to weaker defense strategies because they believe arguing wil…
Arrangements versus Agreements: Evaluating Two Approaches to Measuring Male Couples’ Rules and Understandings Around Sex with Outside Sex Partners
Security-Based Differences in Touch Behavior and Its Relational Benefits
Affectionate touch is crucial to the development of attachment security in infancy, yet little is known about how attachment and touch are related in adulthood. For adults high in anxiety, touch provision can maintain proximity, and received touch can signal reassurance of a partner’s affections that relatively anxious people desperately desire. Adults high in avoidance likely view touch as a threat to independence, should be less inclined to pro…
Friends, family, and romantic partners: Three critical relationships in older women’s lives
How are different social relationships jointly and uniquely associated with older women's health and well-being, and what is the directionality of these associations? We address these questions using longitudinal data from the Midlife in the United States study. We find that relationship quality with romantic partners, family, and friends is positively linked with better health and well-being concurrently and longitudinally. Cross-lagged analyses…
Meta‐analytic evidence that attachment insecurity is associated with less frequent experiences of discrete positive emotions
Our results underscore the need to further investigate the mechanisms underlying insecure individuals' blunted positive emotional experiences
A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being
The relation between religiosity and well-being is one of the most researched topics in the psychology of religion, yet the directionality and robustness of the effect remains debated. Here, we adopted a many-analysts approach to assess the robustness of this relation based on a new cross-cultural dataset (N=10,535 participants from 24 countries). We recruited 120 analysis teams to investigate (1) whether religious people self-report higher well-…
An intimacy gap? Exploring U.S. men’s experience with and capacity for physical intimacy in their same-sex friendships
An Experimental Investigation of Sexual Scripts by Partner Gender: Anticipated Clitoral Stimulation and Partner Orgasm Pursuit Shape Women’s Orgasm Expectations
Research has found that bisexual women expect clitoral stimulation and orgasm more when hypothetically partnered with another woman versus a man, which is consistent with the widely documented heterosexual orgasm gap. The current research aims to (1) investigate “perceived partner orgasm pursuit” (i.e., the participant’s perception that her partner is pursuing her orgasm) as a novel mechanism to explain this difference in orgasm expectations, and…
Personal and perceived partner orgasm pursuit: A daily diary study about the gendered orgasm gap
Interdependence theory reveals the robust influence romantic partners have on each other's outcomes. However, research on "the orgasm gap"-that men orgasm significantly more often than women in partnered (hetero) sex-relies largely on women-only samples and ignores gendered interpersonal influences. We apply interdependence theory and investigate how gendered interpersonal orgasm goal pursuit (OGP) underlies orgasm inequity in relationships. With…
Men’s social relationships, health, and well-being in the United States
Psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (6 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Feeling (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)