Runzhi Mary Lu
Biographic Data
| ID | 759163 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Runzhi Mary Lu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Runzhi Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Lu |
| SIGNATURE | LU R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7974-4330 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Anyway, I Love You, Text Me Please”
This study develops an affordance framework of mediated support-seeking that integrates research on affordances, attachment, and mediated support-seeking to explore how adults use texting to seek support from romantic partners in hypothetical stressful scenarios. Through a survey, participants in romantic relationships reported their perceived values of affordance for support-seeking and then composed hypothetical text messages to seek support fr…
Texting or face-to-face for support-seeking in romantic relationships
Support-seeking, a critical and strategic function of close relationships, is increasingly practiced via texting. Guided by attachment theory and an affordance-centric approach, this study investigated to what extent individuals in a romantic relationship would use texting and face-to-face for support-seeking, and what stimulates their interest in mediated support-seeking. A survey of college students in exclusive romantic relationships ( N = 211…
Innovative ideas desire earlier communication
The serial‐order effect wherein originality increases over time is one of the most robust findings in modern psychology. This effect, found in either individual or group sessions, is based on associative and spreading activation mechanisms: Mental association takes place in temporal sequential order from commonly (closely) to unusually (distantly) related semantic concepts stored in long‐term memory. Thus, data from previous studies might suggest…
Texting or face-to-face for support-seeking in romantic relationships
Support-seeking, a critical and strategic function of close relationships, is increasingly practiced via texting. Guided by attachment theory and an affordance-centric approach, this study investigated to what extent individuals in a romantic relationship would use texting and face-to-face for support-seeking, and what stimulates their interest in mediated support-seeking. A survey of college students in exclusive romantic relationships ( N = 211…
Innovative ideas desire earlier communication
The serial‐order effect wherein originality increases over time is one of the most robust findings in modern psychology. This effect, found in either individual or group sessions, is based on associative and spreading activation mechanisms: Mental association takes place in temporal sequential order from commonly (closely) to unusually (distantly) related semantic concepts stored in long‐term memory. Thus, data from previous studies might suggest…
Texting or face-to-face for support-seeking in romantic relationships
Support-seeking, a critical and strategic function of close relationships, is increasingly practiced via texting. Guided by attachment theory and an affordance-centric approach, this study investigated to what extent individuals in a romantic relationship would use texting and face-to-face for support-seeking, and what stimulates their interest in mediated support-seeking. A survey of college students in exclusive romantic relationships ( N = 211…
“Anyway, I Love You, Text Me Please”
This study develops an affordance framework of mediated support-seeking that integrates research on affordances, attachment, and mediated support-seeking to explore how adults use texting to seek support from romantic partners in hypothetical stressful scenarios. Through a survey, participants in romantic relationships reported their perceived values of affordance for support-seeking and then composed hypothetical text messages to seek support fr…
Psychology (3 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Affordance (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Associative property (1 work)