Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

📰Newly Published: The FYP wasn't designed to threaten your relationship. But it might be anyway 📱 Black et al’s new research finds algorithmically-served alternatives on TikTok have real, measurable costs to relationship quality. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #ResearchPublishing

We are hiring a research coordinator who will assist with this multi-site project (Pitt & UNC) involving the co-design, development, and validation of a new adolescent emotional faces stimulus set. We will also test if neural responses to the stimuli uniquely predict depression, anxiety, and STBs.

Gender beliefs that children inherit from their parents could affect the way they see themselves as well as other kids. Hear more from Oksana Voznyuk of the University of Auckland. Check out Character & Context - SPSP's flagship blog - for more psych insights!

Research finds that just one-third of unmarried men under age 50 used a condom during their recent sexual encounters. At the same time, CDC data indicates that STI rates are about 13% higher than they were a decade ago. https://www.womenshealthmag.com/sex-and-love/a73746290/men-and-condoms/

🌐Online First Publication: When your relationship crosses both cultural and sexuality lines, the world gives you twice the friction. Georgopoulos & Westin's new research finds participants pushed back with 2x the resilience❤️‍🩹⚖️ doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #ResearchPublishing

📰Newly Published: Smaller network. Fewer toxic ties. More well-being. 🫂 New research by Steinhoff and Bilecen finds retirement might actually be a social upgrade — if you manage it right. 💙 doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

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🌭✨ No Labor, it's September! Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Blood Cancer Awareness Month, & World Alzheimer’s Disease Month! Our September issue is out now, & it's full of the research that moves these conversations forward📖 journals.sagepub.com/toc/SPR/curr....

🌐Online First Publication: Some friends move closer when caregiving gets hard. Others disappear entirely. New research by Cooper et al. tracks how dementia reshapes the social worlds of spousal caregivers👀 doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

🎒✨ Wait— It’s August! Happy National Black Business Month, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, & Immunization Awareness Month! Our August issue is out now, and it's full of the research that moves these conversations forward. 📖 journals.sagepub.com/toc/spra/43/...

📰Newly Published: The antidote to a rough marriage might be inside you. 🩻 New research by Mitala & Jakubiak finds sense of purpose buffers depression, anxiety, and relationship strain when spousal interactions turn negative. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

🌐Online First Publication: Partners of trans people don't just witness transition — they navigate it too. 🏳️‍⚧️ Sadek's new study finds they act as consultants, protectors, and quiet identity explorers in their own right. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #ResearchPublishing

📰Newly Published: Minority teens have more cross-ethnic best friends. Majority teens stick to their own group. New study by Bobba at al. finds those patterns lead to very different identity trajectories. 📊 doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

Excited to share our new blog about how family and friends affect marital stability. Our unexpected but not too surprising takeaway: A good marriage can buffer an unsupportive family, but a supportive family can’t fully protect a struggling marriage @spspnews.bsky.social @josoperrel.bsky.social

🌐Online First Publication: We know how individuals grieve. We know far less about how families grieve together. New longitudinal dyadic research by Jones & Theiss starts filling that gap. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

🏖️✨ It’s So Fly, It’s July! Happy Disability Pride Month, Plastic Free July, and World Population Day! At JSPR, we honor them all — the scholarly way. Our July issue is out now, & it's full of the research that moves these conversations forward. 📖 journals.sagepub.com/toc/spra/43/...

📰Newly Published: Objectification doesn't just happen on the street or in media — it happens at the dinner table, in friend groups, in classrooms. New study by De Simone et al. maps the four relational spaces where it hides in plain sight. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #FamilySci

🌐Online First Publication: Sexual racism is racial oppression. And it has real, measurable effects on queer men of color's ability to seek and sustain intimacy. 🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏽✊ New longitudinal data from Phan at al. makes the case. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #ResearchPublishing

📰Newly Published: Can't face people? Go to your place. New research by Zha et al. finds that feeling attached to a meaningful location actually reduces social avoidance. Your safe place is doing more than you think. 🏡 doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #ResearchPublishing

🌐Online First Publication: Romantic longing as an act of resistance. Lone & Ahmad’s new research from Kashmir find that disabled individuals reclaiming intimacy isn't just personal — it's political. 🪧 doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

🌈✨ I’m so Proud it’s June! Happy Pride Month, Men’s Health Month, PTSD Awareness Month, Gun Violence Awareness Month, and Immigrant Heritage Month. Our June issue is out now to celebrate the scholarly way!📖 journals.sagepub.com/toc/spra/43/6 #JSPR #AcademicJournal #NewIssue #ResearchMatters

📰Newly Published: The more you excuse the abuse, the less you feel you need help. 💔 New 3-wave study by Dannisworo et al. maps how justification of intimate partner violence dampens the signal that something is very wrong. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #ResearchPublishing

🌐Online First Publication: Your attachment style doesn't doom you to relationship addiction — but how you handle emotions along the way just might. New SEM study by Hatun & Seven untangles the chain. 🔗❤️ doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

📰Newly Published: Mom thinks it's getting worse. Dad thinks conflict is decreasing. New study by Gong & Kramer: mom's perception predicts kids' outcomes. Make of that what you will. 📊 doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

🌐Online First Publication: Dad votes conservative, mom does it all — & the data agrees. New research by Tager-Shafrir et al. links fathers' political ideology to unequal parenting, and that inequity hits relationships hard. 📊 doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

📰Newly Published: Who's commenting and what they say shapes how women experience sexual objectification — but barely moves the needle for men. New research from Jiang et al. adds cultural and relational nuance to objectification theory. 🧵 doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #ResearchPub

🌐Online First Publication: What happens when both partners experience menopause? New qualitative research by Westwood on lesbian & queer women finds the answer is complicated — the symptoms don't just double. They compound. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsych #ResearchPublishing

💐✨ Hip-hip Hooray! It’s May! Happy Asian American & Pacific Islander Month, Jewish American Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, and ALS Awareness Month. Celebrate with our May issue which is out now!📖 journals.sagepub.com/toc/spra/43/5

📰Newly Published: Breakups look different now in the digital age. New research by Brody et al. reveals how your attachment style shapes what you do with digital memories after a split — and why the wrong choice slows healing. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #ResearchPublishing

🌐Online First Publication: Your belief in your ability to maintain close relationships predicts your well-being. And new research by Rivers et al. shows it doesn't matter if those relationships are romantic or not. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #RelationshipScience #AcademicSky #ResearchPublishing

📰Newly Published: Disability stigma. Gender roles. Social norms. When all three converge, the right to marry disappears. Nguyen et al.’s new qualitative research from Northern Vietnam shows exactly how — & why policy needs to catch up. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #ResearchPublishing

🌐Online First Publication: What if revisiting your happiest relationship memories could strengthen your marriage? 💡Dehnavi et al.’s new research on 96 Iranian wives tests a 4-week program built on exactly that — and the results are promising. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology

🌐Online First Publication: 🙏When people feel forgiven by God, do they forgive their partners more? Tudder’s & Fincham’s new 14-day study of 82 couples says yes — and the effect shows up the very same day. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

📰Newly Published: Survivors aren't the only ones harmed by domestic violence. So are the women who support them. New study . Two countries. One urgent finding. 💙 From Vara-Horna et al: doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

🐰✨ New Month, New Issue, & All the Awareness! Happy Arab American Heritage Month, Stress Awareness Month, Earth Month, Alcohol Awareness Month, and Autism Acceptance Month! At JSPR, we honor them all — the scholarly way. ⏬ Check out the new issue below ⏬ journals.sagepub.com/toc/SPR/curr...

🌐Online First Publication: Good years. Bad years. Your family feels every one of them. A new 16-year study from Shrout et al. on what really drives marriages toward — or away — from the edge. 💒 doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

📰Newly Published: What happens at age 4 doesn't stay at age 4. 👀 Harries et al.'s new study finds that early childhood behavior, parenting patterns, and family conflict predict hostile mother-teen conflict over a decade later. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

🌐Online First Publication: Swipe right on... an engineer? An artist? Turns out your own career interests quietly shape your ideal partner. 💡Trošelj et al.'s new research connects vocational identity to attraction — and it holds up in real couples too. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky

📰Newly Published: Burned out. Regretful. Disconnected. 5% of parents are in crisis — and their children are struggling too. New study by Carone et al. featuring real implications. 📊 doi.org/10.1177/0265... #ParentingResearch #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

🌐Online First Publication: How you support your friends says as much about you as it does about your friendship. 🔬 Hasan's et al.'s new study finds support-giving is part personality, part relationship — not purely situational. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #ResearchPublishing

📰Newly Published: Stressed caregivers talk less. And that silence is costing their marriages. 🔬 Brisini & Wang's latest study unpacks the communication patterns that protect — or erode — partnerships in eldercare. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicResearch #CaregivingCouples #FamilySci

🌐Online First Publication: Ghosting. Excluding. Undermining. Where does relational aggression come from? Chatelois et al.’s new research points to something bigger — sexism itself. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

📰Newly Published: Fight with your partner — then pour a drink? 🍸 New research by Rodriguez et al. on 410 adults finds that how you identify with masculinity or femininity shapes whether conflict sends you to the bottle. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #ResearchPublishing

🌐Online First Publication: It's not just how much you love them. It's how sure you are. New research by Adisa & Luttrell links attitude certainty to stronger, more resilient romantic relationships. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing

Happy Women's History Month, International Women’s Day (3/8), World Wildlife Day (3/3), Global Recycling Day (3/18), International Day of Forests (3/21), & World Water Day (3/22) from all of us at JSPR. Celebrate the scholarly way with our March issue, out now! journals.sagepub.com/toc/spra/43/3

📰Newly Published: We've been told the cure for loneliness is more people. But for older adults, new research by Sun & Schafer says solo activities — think reading, hobbies, quiet rituals — may matter just as much. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #ResearchPublishing

🌐Online First Publication: Do you avoid the argument, dominate it, or call in backup? New research by Zeng & Liu shows the answer depends less on personality — and more on the era you grew up in. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing