Our Funding Impact & Partnerships
31
RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED
$313,325
AWARDED
60
CROSS-INSTITUTION COLLABORATIONS
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
Check out a selection of published papers from our fellows using data described on The Love Consortium Dataverse.
Baxter, A., Maxwell, J. A., Bales, K. L., Finkel, E. J., Impett, E. A., & Eastwick, P. W. (2022).
Initial impressions of compatibility and mate value predict later dating and romantic interest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(45), e2206925119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2206925119
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Included 3 speed-dating studies with longitudinal follow-ups
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Tested an age-old question about factors that contribute to the romantic initiation process
Park, Y., Gordon, A., Humberg, S., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2023).
Differing levels of gratitude between romantic partners: Concurrent and longitudinal links with satisfaction and commitment in six dyadic datasets. Personality Science, 4(1), e10537. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.10537
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Leveraged 6 longitudinal datasets with over 500 romantic couples
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Tested a critical question about the dyadic nature of gratitude and relationship quality
Sasaki, E., Overall, N. C., Reis, H. T., Righetti, F., Chang, V. T., Low, R. S. T., Henderson, A. M. E., McRae, C. S., Cross, E. J., Jayamaha, S. D., Maniaci, M. R., & Reid, C. J. (2023).
Feeling loved as a strong link in relationship interactions: Partners who feel loved may buffer destructive behavior by actors who feel unloved. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(2), 367–396. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000419
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Included 5 dyadic observational studies, love in various live contexts
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Tested a critical question about love, the construct, and its association with behavior
DiGiovanni, A. M., Peters, B. J., Tudder, A., Gresham, A. M., & Bolger, N. (2024).
Physiological synchrony in supportive discussions: An examination of co‐rumination, relationship type, and heterogeneity. Psychophysiology, 61(7), e14554. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14554
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Included 2 experimental studies with friendship dyads and romantic couples
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Tested a novel question about physiological synchrony in social support conversations
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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