selected scholarly activity
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chapters
- Expectations and beliefs regarding sex in relationships. 1-4. 2020
- Implicit theories of sexuality scale. 103-106. 2019
- The Social Psychology of Gullibility. 21-41. 2019
- The Mask of Love and Sexual Gullibility. 21-41. 2019
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conferences
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journal articles
- Not Who You Are, But Who You Are With: Re-examining Women’s Less Satisfying Sexual Debuts. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 52:3405-3427. 2023
- Expect and you shall perceive: People who expect better in turn perceive better behaviors from their romantic partners.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 124:1230-1255. 2023
- It Takes Two to Tango: Links Between Traditional Beliefs About both Men’s and Women’s Gender Roles and Comfort Initiating Sex and Comfort Refusing Sex. Sex Roles. 88:514-528. 2023
- A Learning Experience? Enjoyment at Sexual Debut and the Gender Gap in Sexual Desire among Emerging Adults. Annual Review of Sex Research. 59:1092-1109. 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:e2206925119. 2022
- Is my attachment style showing? Perceptions of a date’s attachment anxiety and avoidance and dating interest during a speed-dating event. Journal of Research in Personality. 100:104269-104269. 2022
- The Risks and Benefits of Being “Early to Bed": Toward a Broader Understanding of Age at Sexual Debut and Sexual Health in Adulthood. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 19:1343-1358. 2022
- Feminine Gender Role Discrepancy Strain and Women’s Self-Esteem in Daily and Weekly Life: A Person x Context Perspective. Sex Roles. 87:35-51. 2022
- A Learning Experience? Enjoyment at Sexual Debut and the Gender Gap in Sexual Desire among Emerging Adults. Journal of Sex Research. 59:1092-1109. 2022
- Navigating Women’s Low Desire: Sexual Growth and Destiny Beliefs and Couples’ Well-Being. Annual Review of Sex Research. 58:1118-1129. 2021
- It’s all Greek to me: Explaining, computing, and summarizing traditional and (re)emerging metrics of reliability for seven measures in sexual science. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, The. 30:156-170. 2021
- Effects of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication of Affection on Avoidantly Attached Partners’ Emotions and Message Receptiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 46:1567-1580. 2020
- Kiss and Makeup? Examining the Co-occurrence of Conflict and Sex. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 49:2883-2892. 2020
- Biased Partner Perceptions of Women's Pain Self-Efficacy in Postpartum Pain During Intercourse: A Dyadic Longitudinal Examination. Journal of Pain. 21:1047-1059. 2020
- Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117:19061-19071. 2020
- No effect of attachment avoidance on visual disengagement from a romantic partner’s face. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 37:2166-2183. 2020
- The predictive effects of fear of being single on physical attractiveness and less selective partner selection strategies. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 37:100-123. 2020
- No strings attached? How attachment orientation relates to the varieties of casual sexual relationships. Personality and Individual Differences. 151:109455-109455. 2019
- Sex-Differentiated Changes in Sexual Desire Predict Marital Dissatisfaction. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 48:2473-2489. 2019
- No Longer in a Dry Spell: The Developing Understanding of How Sex Influences Romantic Relationships. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 28:102-107. 2019
- What Theories and Methods From Relationship Research Can Contribute to Sex Research. Journal of Sex Research. 55:540-562. 2018
- How implicit theories of sexuality shape sexual and relationship well-being.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 112:238-279. 2017
- Settling for less out of fear of being single.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 105:1049-1073. 2013
- Attachment Theory as a Framework for Understanding Responses to Social Exclusion. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 7:444-456. 2013
- Don’t Get Your Hopes Up. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 39:219-236. 2013
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other
- Relationship Quality with a Leader During an Organizational Crisis: Team Dynamics and Outcomes. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2024
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posters
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preprints
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presentations