David J. Roaché
davidjroache.bsky.social
David J. Roaché
@davidjroache.bsky.social
Assistant prof at Christopher Newport U.
Studying tech in close relationships.
Often communicates in gif form (pronounced jif).
Views/opinions my own.
he/him
Shoutout to my co-authors for their contributions. And thanks to co-author @lieselsharabi.bsky.social for covering our findings in a recent Psychology Today post.

Happy to share a copy of the manuscript before it is officially published later this month. 5/5
September 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Christian’s choice to act as if the effective love letters were his own reflects how contemporary singles may use AI to court potential partners. 4/5
September 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
We call this the Cyrano effect. In Rostand’s (1975) Cyrano de Bergerac, Christian struggles to competently convey his feelings to Roxanne, employing Cyrano to write love letters on his behalf. 3/5
September 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
In a new study, my co-authors and I found that date request messages modified from AI output were rated by objective judges as more effective and effortful than those written by humans or AI alone. However, participant ratings of messages did not vary by source. 2/5
September 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
These results suggest that additional scholarship is needed to distinguish between actual smartphone use and perceptions of smartphone use. 6/
December 11, 2024 at 4:27 PM
However, technological interference - when an individual perceives that their partner’s smartphone use prevents them from accomplishing their conversational objectives - was associated with greater dissatisfaction overall and at 1-minute intervals. 5/
December 11, 2024 at 4:27 PM
We also coded for the amount of time a member of the dyad used their smartphone. Smartphone use (in seconds) was not associated with dissatisfaction. 4/
December 11, 2024 at 4:27 PM
We tested this at the conversation level and at 1-minute intervals using a video-assisted recall procedure. Participants independently viewed and rated their conversation 1 minute at a time. 3/
December 11, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Co-present smartphone use, but not an unused smartphone, was more dissatisfying for couples (compared to smartphone-absent interactions). 2/
December 11, 2024 at 4:27 PM