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DIGITAL EVENTS
Connect digitally with the broader TLC community! Our 2020-2021 program of digital events includes research talks, panel discussions, and networking events designed to support interdisciplinary learning and collaboration. Our next event is described in detail below. Check back here for more on future events!
Register for our November community event—Harnessing Gratitude for Good
Scheduled for Thursday, November 19, 2020 from 3 to 4:30PM Eastern Time, this event will showcase three talks about the latest experimental evidence on gratitude toward another person, involving data from both members of the pair. Each talk will focus on a different type of relationship.
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Andrea Hussong will share her recent work using an online gratitude skill development program within parent-child relationships.
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Rainy Gu will share her research on gratitude expression between teammates and its influence on physiological responses to an ecologically valid, stressful task.
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And TLC's own Sara Algoe will present the latest on her work testing hypotheses about gratitude expressions within romantic couples using nightly data across a five week experiment.
Q+A will follow the talks along with a panel discussion on implications, considerations of relationship context, and guidance for conducting dyadic experiments in this domain, moderated by Amie Gordon.
Attendees are also invited to stick around after the event to connect with others in small breakout groups, from 4:30 to 5PM Eastern Time.
Click the button below to register for the event. We look forward to seeing you there!
WEBINARS
Join us for an upcoming informational webinar! During our time together, we will give an overview of The Love Consortium Dataverse, explain the process to post a dataset description, and answer any questions you may have. Each webinar takes about 30 minutes, but we reserve the full hour for additional conversation, should the Q&A portion run over.
Register for a webinar
There are no webinars scheduled at this time. If you would like to schedule a private webinar for you or your lab, please reach out via our Contact page and we'll be happy to accommodate.
IN-PERSON EVENTS
The Love Consortium Inaugural Meeting: Theoretical Perspectives on the Science of Love
Invited scholars from a variety of theoretical perspectives met to discuss evidence and theory related to the construct of love (Days 1 and 2) as well as to offer visions for a future of thriving research in this domain (Day 3).
Date: April 25-27, 2019
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Program: Download PDF
The Love Consortium Trainee Workshop on The Science of Love
Selected attendees met to share their research, learn about the science of love from affective and relationship scientists (Drs. Algoe, Fredrickson, Gable, Reis), and develop scientific collaborations on love with one another.
Date: June 17-19, 2019
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Program: Download PDF
The Love Consortium Pre-Conference Workshop
Attendees of the International Association for Relationship Research Mini-Conference on Positive Action in Relationships joined this Pre-Conference Workshop to learn more about The Love Consortium and how to get involved, to offer expertise to facilitate the goals of The Love Consortium, and to consider how their own work (independently or in collaboration with others at the workshop) may benefit from The Love Consortium resources.
Date: June 19-20, 2019
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Program: Download PDF
METHODOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES
The Love Consortium initiative holds great promise for scientific advances by capitalizing on the methods afforded by the approach of uncovering untapped data from across labs, disciplines, and geographic locations. For now, we feature two key opportunities that we believe will be especially fruitful.
Using Integrative Data Analysis to Pool Data Across Samples
Find out more about Integrative Data Analysis (IDA) by reading this paper by Hussong, Curran, & Bauer (2013). IDA provides many advantages for theory testing that could be capitalized upon through collaborations developed via The Love Consortium.
Expanding the Range of Evidence Related to the Construct, Love
Evidence points to the value of love for individual and collective welfare, but surprisingly, most of it is indirect. While many researchers study people who are in love-based relationships, most do not study the construct of love itself. Other researchers study emotion, but few study the emotion, love. Datasets uncovered via The Love Consortium may help us take a new look at longstanding questions about the nature and value of Love.
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