ArticleJournal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)2022
What happens when romantic couples discuss personal loss? Relational, emotional, and physiological impacts.
Article in Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Physiological attunement and flourishing: understanding the influence of relationships on health.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- It Takes Two to Tango: The Interplay of Partners' Communicated Perspective-Taking, Positive Relational Experience During Conflict and Relationship Satisfaction in Young Adult Couples.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2026Article
- A day in the life: Couples' everyday communication and subsequent relationship outcomes.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2024Article
- Family aggression and attachment avoidance influence neuroendocrine reactivity in young adult couples.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Does talking about loss with a romantic partner have salutary personal and relationship effects? Prior evidence reveals the benefits of emotional disclosure in couple relationships, yet disclosure about loss has been overlooked in research on couple communication. Using a novel communication paradigm with young-adult heterosexual romantic partners (
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