Personal Relationships
banner
perrelationships.bsky.social
Personal Relationships
@perrelationships.bsky.social
Personal Relationships is an international, interdisciplinary journal that promotes scholarship in the field of personal relationships using a wide variety of methodologies and throughout a broad range of disciplines.
https://linktr.ee/pr.journal
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Klein et al. studied gaslighting holistically, asking survivors about the entire course of their relationships with the gaslighter, including recovery from it. The study remains, to the authors’ knowledge, the only empirical study on recovery from gaslighting.
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It was one of the first large-scale investigations of gaslighting by psychologists since public interest in the term exploded in the 2010s. The study uniquely sampled survivors of gaslighting from diverse genders, sexualities, and ages around the world.
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
They then performed a theoretically driven review of the empirical articles published over the last 20 years, critiquing the nature of the samples, methods, and privileged research questions. #PersonalRelationships
#IARR
doi.org/10.1111/pere...
A systematic review of relationship maintenance: Reflecting back and looking to the future
Relationship maintenance processes include a wide range of activities and cognitions that romantic partners engage in to sustain or enhance their relationships. In this article, we review literature ....
doi.org
October 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The authors reviewed literature from the past two decades (2002-2021) focusing on key definitional and conceptual issues in the study of relational maintenance (activities and cognitions that romantic partners engage in to sustain or enhance their relationships).
October 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Women mainly used appearance-enhancement tactics, whereas men commonly increased their income/social status and exaggerated their wealth & abilities. The authors called for research to test the strategies’ effectiveness (e.g., correlating them with mating success).
October 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The study, with 7,000+ respondents, identified 10 strategies people reported using to become more desirable partners. The most common ones included enhancing physical appearance, showing abilities/talents, & highlighting similarity with a prospective mate.
October 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
...differences, reviews how behaviors and psychological tendencies in close relationships differ between cultures and proposes a socioecological framework to understand those differences. You can read the article here: doi.org/10.1111/pere... #personalrelationships #IARR
Relational mobility and close relationships: A socioecological approach to explain cross‐cultural differences
This article reviews how behaviors and psychological tendencies in close relationships differ between cultures, and proposes a socioecological framework to understand those differences. Our review of...
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
... in the context of sexual relationships can influence how individuals evaluate and satisfied with their relationship. Go to our website to learn more! #PersonalRelationships #IARR
September 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
...and mental health. His research focuses on social skills, relationship development and satisfaction, and such problems as depression, anxiety, loneliness, and marital distress. Join us in congratulating Dr. Segrin on this accomplishment! #PersonalRelationships #IARR
September 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
...being told other people's secrets may take time before becoming a reliable friendship cue (Bedrov & Gable, 2024). Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/pere... #sharingsecrets #friendship #relationshipresearch
#IARR
Just between us…: The role of sharing and receiving secrets in friendship across time
Secrets are prominent in close relationships. Most research has examined people's general tendencies to share secrets or single instances of secret-keeping or secret-sharing. These methods limit what....
doi.org
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM