In press

Park, L., Aknin, L., Gaither, S., Impett, E. A., & Whillans, A. (in press). Tips for starting and sustaining fruitful collaborations. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.

Sisson, N. M., Park, Y., Overall, N., Johnson, M., Park, H. G., Stellar, J., Le, B. M., & Impett, E. A. (in press). Thank you for changing: Gratitude promotes autonomous motivation and successful partner regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Tavares, I. M., Brandelli, Y., Dawson S. J., Impett, E. A., Debrot, A., & Rosen, N. O. (in press). Longitudinal associations between couple’ touch attitudes and sexual and affectionate behaviors across the transition to parenthood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

2024

Impett, E. A.*, Park, H. G.* & Muise, A.* (2024). Popular psychology through a scientific lens: Evaluating love languages from a relationship science perspective. Current Directions in Psychological Science. *All authors contributed equally. [PDF][Infographic]

Leonhardt, N. D.*, Busby, D. M., Disalvo, K., Hannah-Walker, V. R., Kim, J. J., Willoughby, B. J., & Impett, E. A. (2024). Orgasm consistency in mixed-gender couples: Actor, partner, and discrepancy effect from Dyadic Response Surface Analysis. Journal of Sex Research, 61, 216-227. [PDF] [Infographic]

Naeimi, H., West, A. L., Muise, A., Johnson, M. D., & Impett, E. A. (2024). Through the cultural looking glass: Diversity ideologies and cultural sharing in intercultural romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 41(1), 247-273. [PDF]

Schrage, K. M., Le, B. M., Stellar, J., & Impett, E. A. (2024). Feeling appreciated predicts prosocial motivation in avoidantly attached individuals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50, 103-118. [PDF]

2023

Cantarella, I., Partridge, R. T., Joel, S., Impett, E. A., MacDonald, G., & Spielmann, S. (2023). Validating a fear of being single scale for individuals in relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 26540752311645. [PDF][Infographic]

Leonhardt, N. D., Drobenko, M. A., Raposo, S., Muise, A., Sisson, N. M., & Impett, E. A. (2023). Gratitude and sexual satisfaction: Benefits of gratitude for couples and insecure attachment. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40, 4124-4147. [PDF] [Infographic]

Leonhardt, N., Fahmi, S., Stellar, J., & Impett, E. A. (2023). Turning toward or away from God: COVID-19 and changes in religious devotion. PLoS ONE. [PDF][Infographic]

Park, H. G., Leonhardt, N., Johnson, M. D., Muise, A., Busby, D. M., Hanna-Walker, V. R., Yorgason, J. B., Holmes, E. K., & Impett, E. A. (2023). Sexual satisfaction predicts future changes in relationship satisfaction and sexual frequency: New insights From within-person associations over time. Personality Science, 4. [PDF] [Infographic]

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, e1053. [PDF][Infographic]

Park, Y., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2023). Partnership status and satisfaction with work-life balance. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32, 118-127. [PDF]

Park, Y., MacDonald, G., Impett, E. A., & Neel, R. (2023). What social lives do single people want? A person-centered approach to identifying profiles of social motives among singles. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [PDF] [Infographic]

Park, Y., Sanscartier, S., Impett, E. A., Algoe, S. B., Leonhardt, N. D., Schrage, K. M., Carmichael, C. L., Collins, N. L., Conte, F., De Rosa, O., Ficca, G., Fredrickson, B. L., Harris, P. E., Keltner, D., West, T. N., & MacDonald, G. (2023). Meta-analytic evidence that attachment insecurity is associated with less frequent experiences of discrete positive emotions. Journal of Personality, 91, 1223-1238. [PDF][Infographic]

Peragine, D. E., Kim, J. J., Maxwell, J. A., Skorska, M. N., Impett, E. A., Cunningham, W. A., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2023). Not who you are, but who you are with: Re-examining women's less satisfying sexual debuts. Archives of sexual behavior. Advance online publication. [PDF] [Infographic coming soon!]

Qaiser, J., Leonhardt, N., Le, B., Gordon, A. M., Impett, E. A., & Stellar, J. (2023). Shared hearts and shared minds: Physiological sharing during empathy. Affective Science. Advance online publication. [PDF][Infographic]

Rosen, N. O., Vannier, S., Johnson, M., & Impett, E. A. (2023). Unmet and exceeded expectations for sexual concerns across the transition to parenthood. The Journal of Sex Research, 60, 1235-1246. [PDF]

Schwenck, G. C., Bergeron, S., Huberman, J. S., Oliveira, H., Impett, E. A., & Rosen, N. O. (2023). Comparing Responses to Sexual Rejection and Sexual and Relationship Well-Being in Couples Coping with Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder and Community Couples. The Journal of Sex Research, 1–14. [PDF][Infographic]

Sell, N., Sisson, N. M., Gordon, A., Stanton, A., & Impett, E. A. (2023). Daily sleep quality and support in romantic relationships: The role of negative affect and perspective-taking. Affective Science, 4, 370-384. [PDF]

Shoikhedbrod, A., Rosen, N. O., Corsini-Munt, Harasymchuk, C., Impett, E. A., & Muise, A. (2023). Being responsive and self-determined when it comes to sex: How and why sexual motivation is associated with satisfaction and desire in romantic relationships. Journal of Sex Research, 60, 1113-1125. [PDF][Infographic]

Tissera, H., Visserman, M. L., Impett, E. A., Muise, A., & Lydon, J. E. (2023). Understanding the links between perceiving partner’s gratitude and romantic relationship satisfaction using an accuracy and bias framework. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14, 900-910. [PDF][Infographic]

2022

Allsop, D. B., Impett, E. A., Vannier, S., & Rosen, N. O. (2022). Change in 21 sexual concerns of new parents from three to twelve months postpartum: Similarities and differences between mothers and fathers. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 19, 1366-1377. [PDF][infographic]

Baxter, A. F., Maxwell, J. A., Bales, K. L., Impett, E. A., Finkel., E., & Eastwick, P. W. (2022). Initial impressions of mate value and compatibility predict later dating and romantic interest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119: e2206925119. [PDF][Infographic]

Dobson, K., Kim, J. J., & Impett, E. A. (2022). Is tonight not the night? Perceptual accuracy for sexual rejection in romantic relationships. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 51, 491-503. [PDF ][Infographic]

Elsaadawy, N., Impett, E. A., Raposo, S., & Muise, A. (2022). Accuracy in perceptions of a romantic partner’s sexual goals. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39, 1277-1293. [PDF][Infographic]

Harasymchuk, C., Lonn, A., Impett, E. A., & Muise, A. (2022). Relational boredom as an obstacle for engaging in exciting shared activities. Personal Relationships, 29, 350-365. [PDF][Infographic]

Horne, R., Raposo, S., Muise, A., Harasymchuk, C., & Impett. E. A. (2022). Dialing up desire and dampening disinterest: Regulating sexual desire in the bedroom and sexual and relationship well-being. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39, 1551-1573. [PDF][Infographic]

Johnson, M. D., Lavner, J., Mund, M., Neyer, F., Park, Y., Harasymchuk, C., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2022). Are women the barometers of relationships? Testing the predictive power of women’s and men’s relationship satisfaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119: e2209460119. [PDF][Infographic]

Johnson, M. D., Lavner, J. A., Mund, M., Zemp, M., Stanley, S. M., Neyer, J., Impett, E. A., Rhoades, G. K., Bodenmann, G., Weidmann, R., Bühler, J. L., Burriss, R. P., Wünsche, J., & Grob, A. (2022). The interrelation of couple communication and relationship satisfaction: Within- and between-couple associations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48, 534-549. [PDF][Infographic]

Leonhardt, N., Rosen, N., Dawson, S., Kim, J. J., Johnson, M., & Impett, E. A. (2022). Relationship satisfaction and commitment in the transition to parenthood: A couple-centered approach. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 84, 80-100. [PDF][Infographic]

MacKenzie, N., Gordon, A., Impett, E. A., & Rosen, N. O. (2022). Indirect associations between infant sleep, parental sleep, and sexual well-being in new parent couples. Journal of Family Psychology. [PDF][Infographic]

Maes, C., Trekels, J., Impett, E. A., & Vandenbosch, L. (2022). Disentangling the meaning of a positive sexuality within adolescence and development of the Positive Sexuality in Adolescence Scale. Journal of Sex Research, 17, 1-17. [PDF][Infographic]

Murphy, G. C., Horne, R., Visserman, M. L., & Impett, E. A. (2022). Insecurely attached accompanying partners following relocation: Perceived partner prosociality buffers relationship functioning. Journal of Family Psychology, 36, 986-997. [PDF][Infographic]

Park, Y., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2022). Partnership status and satisfaction with work-life balance. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. [PDF][Infographic]

Peragine, D., Skorska, M. N., Maxwell, J. A., Impett, E. A., & Vanderlaan, D. (2022). A learning experience? Enjoyment at sexual debut and the gender gap in sexual desire among heterosexual emerging adults. Journal of Sex Research, 59, 1092-1109. [PDF]

Peragine, D., Skorska, M. N., Maxwell, J., Impett, E. A., & Vanderlaan, D. P. (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. [PDF][Infographic]

Righetti, F., Visserman, M. L., & Impett. E. A. (2022). Sacrifices: Costly prosocial behaviors in romantic relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 74-79. [PDF][Infographic]

Rosen, N. O., Vannier, S., Johnson, M., & Impett, E. A. (2022). Unmet and exceeded expectations for sexual concerns across the transition to parenthood. The Journal of Sex Research. Advance online publication. [PDF] [Infographic]

Rossi, M. A., Impett, E. A., Dawson, S. J., Vannier, S., Kim, J., & Rosen, N. O. (2022). When the stars don’t align: A longitudinal investigation of couples’ sexual and growth destiny beliefs in the transition to parenthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior. [PDF][Infographic]

Schrage, K. M., Le, B. M., Stellar, J., & Impett, E. A. (2022). Perceived partner gratitude promotes prosocial behavior in avoidantly attached individuals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance online publication. [PDF]

Sisson, N. M., Impett, E. A., & Shu, L. H. (2022). Can induced gratitude improve creative performance on repurposing tasks? Journal of Mechanical Design, 144, 051401. [PDF][Infographic]

Sisson, N. M., Wang, G., Le, B., Stellar, J., & Impett, E. A. (2022). When we’re asked to change: The role of suppression and reappraisal in partner regulation outcomes. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 144, 051401. [PDF][Infographic]

Tu, E., Maxwell, J. A., Kim, J. J., Peragine, D., Impett, E. A., & Muise, A. (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 on Personality. Advance online publication. [PDF][Infographic]

Visserman, M. L., Muise, A., Righetti, F., Horne, R., Le, B., Cotê, S., & Impett, E. A. (2022). Lightening the load: Perceived partner responsiveness reduces the costly experience of sacrifice. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123, 788-1810.
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2021

Brady, A., Baker, L. R., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Gratitude increases the motivation to fulfill partners’ sexual needs. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 273-281. [PDF][Infographic]

Carswell, K. & Impett, E. A. (2021). What fuels passion? An integrative review of competing theories of romantic passion. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 15, e12629,. [PDF][Infographic]

Carswell, K., Muise, A., Harasymchuk, C., Horne, R., Visserman, M. L., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Growing desire or growing apart? Consequences of personal self-expansion for romantic passion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121, 354-377. [PDF][Infographic]

Dawson, S., Leonhardt, N., Impett, E. A., & Rosen, N. (2021). Associations between postpartum depression and couples’ sexual function and sexual distress trajectories across the transition to parenthood. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55, 354-477. [PDF][Infographic]

Debrot, A., Stellar, J., MacDonald, G., Keltner, D., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Touch and attachment in romantic relationships: Do avoidantly attached individuals benefit less from touch? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 1495-1509. [PDF][Infographic]

Harasymchuk, C., Walker, D., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Planning date nights that promote closeness: The roles of relationship goals and self-expansion. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 1692-1709. [PDF][Infographic]

Jakubiak, B., Debrot, A., Kim, J. J., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Approach and avoidance motives for touch are predicted by attachment and predict daily relationship well-being. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 256-278. [PDF][Infographic]

Johnson, M. D., Lavner, J. A., Mund, M., Zemp, M., Stanley, S. M., Neyer, J., Impett, E. A., Rhoades, G. K., Bodenmann, G., Weidmann, R., Bühler, J. L., Burriss, R. P., Wünsche, J., & Grob, A. (2021). The interrelation of couple communication and relationship satisfaction: Within- and between-couple associations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(4), 534–549. [PDF][Infographic]

Kim, J. J., Muise, A., Barranti, M., Mark, K., Rosen, N., Harasymchuk, C., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Are couples more satisfied when they match in sexual desire? New insights from response surface analyses. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 487-496. [PDF][Infographic]

Park, Y., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2021). Generalizability of results from dyadic data: Participation of one versus two members of a romantic couple is associated with breakup likelihood. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 232-240. [PDF][Infographic]

Park, Y., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2021). Singles’ sexual satisfaction is associated with more satisfaction with singlehood and less interest in marriage. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 741-752. [PDF][Infographic]

Park, Y., Impett, E. A., Spielmann, S., & Joel, S., & MacDonald, G. (2021). Lack of intimacy prospectively predicts breakup. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 442-451. [PDF][Infographic]

Righetti, F., Visserman, M. L., & Impett. E. A. (2022). Sacrifices: Costly prosocial behaviors in romantic relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 74-79. [PDF][Infographic]

Park, Y., Visserman, M. L., Sisson, N. M., Le, B. M., Stellar, J., & Impett, E. A. (2021). How can I thank you? Highlighting the benefactor’s responsiveness or costs when expressing gratitude. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 504-523. [PDF][Infographic]

Robinson, M., Huo, Y., Impett, E. A., & Wilkowski, B. (2021). PSPB editorial philosophy, January 2021. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 146167221989322–146167221989322. [PDF][Infographic]

Rosen, N., Dawson, S., Leonhardt, N., Vannier, S., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Trajectories of sexual well-being of couples in the transition to parenthood. Journal of Family Psychology, 35, 523-533. [PDF]

 Visserman, M. L., Righetti, F., Impett, E. A., Muise, A., Joel, S., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2021). Taking stock of reality: Biased perceptions of the costs of romantic partners’ sacrifice. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 54-62. [PDF][Infographic]

2020

Cho, M., Impett, E. A., Campos, B., Chen, S., & Keltner, D. (2020). Socioeconomic inequality and the quality of intimate relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 1722-1742. [PDF]

Harasymchuk, C., Muise, A., Bacev-Giles, C., Gere, J., & Impett, E. A. (2020). Broadening your horizon one day at a time: Relationship goals and exciting activities as daily antecedents of relational self-expansion. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 1910-1926. [PDF]

Horne, R., Impett, E. A., & Johnson, M. (2020). Exclude me, enjoy us? Bidirectional links between unmitigated communion and relationship satisfaction. Journal of Family Psychology, 34, 653-663. [PDF]

Impett, E. A. (2020). Autobiographical entry. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences.

Impett, E. A., Kim, J., & Muise, A. (2020). A communal approach to sexual need responsiveness in romantic relationships. European Review of Social Psychology, 31 287-318. [PDF]

Joel, S., Eastwick, P. W., Allison, C., Arriaga, X. B., Baker, Z. G., Bar-Kalifa, E., Bergeron, S., Brock, B., Brumbaugh, C. C., Carmichael, C. L., Chen, S., Clarke, J., Cobb, R. J., Coolsen, M. K., Davis, J., de Jong, D. C., Debrot, A., Derrick, J. L., Eller, J., Estrada, M. J., Faure, R., Finkel, E. J., Fraley, R. C., Gable, S. L., Gadassi, R., Girme, Y. U., Gordon, A. M., Gosnell, C., Hammond, M. D., Hannon, P. A., Harasymchuk, C., Horn, A. B., Impett, E. A., Jamieson, J. P., Keltner, D., Kim, J., Kirchner, J. L., Klewer, E., Kuile T., Kumashiro, M., Larson, G., Lazarus, G., Logan, J. M., Luchies, L., MacDonald, G., Maniaci, M. R., Maxwell, J. A., Mizrahi, M., Molloy, P. R., Muise, A., Niehuis, S., Ogolsky, B. G., Oldham, C. R., Overall, N. C., Perrez, M., Peters, B., Pietromonaco, P. R., Powers, S. I., Prok, T., Pschedetzky-Schochat, R., Rafaeli, E., Reblin, M., Reifman, A., Reiherts, M., Reis, H., Rhoades, G., Rholes, S., Righetti, F., Rodriguez, L., Rogge, R., Rosen, N., Saxbe, D., Sened, H., Simpson, J., Slotter, E. B., Stanley, S., Stocker, S., Surra, C., VanderDrift, L., Vaughn, A., Vicary, A., Visserman, M., & Wolf, S. (2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [PDF]

Kim, J. J., Muise, A., Sakaluk, J., Rosen, N. O., & Impett. E. A. (2020). When tonight is not the night: Sexual rejection and satisfaction in romantic relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 1476-1490. [PDF]

Labuda, J. E., Gere, J., & Impett, E. A. (2020). Perceptions of a romantic partner’s approach and avoidance motives: Accuracy, bias, and emotional cues. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119, 695-712. [PDF]

Le, B. M., Côté, S., Stellar, J., & Impett, E. A. (2020). The distinct effects of empathic accuracy for a romantic partner’s appeasement and dominance negative emotions. Psychological Science, 31, 607-622. [PDF]

Muise, A., Kim, J. J., Debrot, A., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2020). Sexual nostalgia as a response to unmet sexual and relational needs: The role of attachment avoidance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 1538-1552. [PDF]

Park, Y., Visserman, M. L., Sisson, N. M., Le, B. M., Stellar, J., & Impett, E. A. (2020). How can I thank you? Highlighting the benefactor’s responsiveness or costs when expressing gratitude. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 504-523. [PDF]

Raposo, S., Impett, E. A., & Muise, A. (2020). Avoidantly attached individuals are more exchange-oriented and less communal in the bedroom. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 2863-2881. [PDF]

Raposo, S., Impett, E. A., & Muise, A. (2021). Keeping things even in the bedroom: Attachment avoidance is associated with being more sexually exchange-oriented and less sexually communal. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 2863-2881. [PDF]

Righetti, F., Sakaluk, J., Faure, R., & Impett, E. A. (2020). A meta-analysis of the link between sacrifice and well-being. Psychological Bulletin, 146, 900-921. [PDF]

Righetti, F., Schneider, I., Ferrier, D., Spiridonova, T., Xiang, R., & Impett, E. A. (2020). The bittersweet taste of sacrifice: Consequences for ambivalence and mixed reactions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 23, 1950-1968. [PDF]

Sakaluk, J., Biernat, M., Le, B. M., Lundy, S., & Impett. E. A. (2020). On the strength of ties that bind: The importance of relationship norm strength for the quality of romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 906-931. [PDF]

Sakaluk, J., Kim, J. J., Campbell, E., & Baxter, A., & Impett, E. A. (2020). Global self-esteem and sexual health: A multilevel meta-analytic review. Health Psychology Review, 14, 269-293. [PDF]

Schrage, K. M., Maxwell, J. A., Impett, E. A., Keltner, D., & MacDonald, G. (2020). Effects of verbal and nonverbal communication on avoidantly attached partners’ emotions and message receptiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 1567-1580. [PDF]

Spielmann, S., Maxwell, J., MacDonald, G., Roberson, J., Peragine, D., & Impett, E. A. (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. [PDF]

Tan, J. J. X., Kraus, M. W., Impett, E. A., & Keltner, D. (2020). Partner commitment in interpersonal relationships mitigates social-class differences in subjective well-being. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11, 16-25. [PDF]

2019

Hogue, J. V., Rosen, N. O., Bockaj. A., Impett, E. A., & Muise, A. (2019). Sexual communal motivation in couples coping with low sexual interest/arousal: Associations with sexual well-being and sexual goals. PLoS ONE, 14(7): e0219768. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., & Muise, A. (2019). Relationships and sexuality: You reap what you sow in the bedroom. In D. Schoebi & B. Campos (Eds.), New directions in the psychology of close relationships. (pp. 136-152) Routledge, New York, NY. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Muise, A., &, Harasymchuk, C. (2019). Giving in the bedroom: The costs and benefits of responding to a partner’s sexual needs in daily life. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 2455-2473. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Muise, A., & Rosen, N. O. (2019). Sex as relationship maintenance. In B. G. Ogolsky & J. K. Monk (Eds.), Advances in Personal Relationships, Relationship maintenance: Theory, process, and context. (pp.215-239). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [PDF]

Kim, J., Horne, R., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Development and validation of the Responses to Sexual Rejection Scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 144, 88-93. [PDF]

Kim, J. J., Muise, A., Sakaluk, J. K., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Sexual rejection scale. In R. Milhausen, J. K. Sakaluk, T. Fisher, C. Davis, & W. Yarber (Eds.), Handbook of sexuality-related measures (pp. 441-443). Taylor & Francis. [PDF]

Kim, J. J., Visserman, M., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Power in close intimate relationships. In C. R. Agnew & J. J. Harman (Eds). Advances in Personal Relationships: Power in close relationships. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. [PDF]

Le, B. M., Day, L. C., Sakaluk, J. K. & Impett, E. A. (2019). How gender, age, and socioeconomic status shape parental caregiving goal pursuit. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 3313-3338. [PDF]

Le, B. M., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Communal motivation. Ponzetti, J. J., Blankemeyer, M., Horan, S. M., Lyons, H., & Shigeto, A. (Eds.), Macmillan encyclopedia of families, marriages, and intimate relationships (1st ed., pp. 140-144). Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan. [PDF]

Le, B. M., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Parenting goal pursuit is linked to emotional well-being, relationship quality, and responsiveness. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 879-904. [PDF]

Maxwell, J., Muise, A., MacDonald, G., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Implicit Theories of Sexuality Scale. In R. Milhausen, J. K. Sakalulk, T. Fisher, C. Davis, & W. Yarber (Eds.), Handbook of sexuality-related measures(pp. 103-106). Taylor & Francis. [PDF]

Muise, A., Harasymchuk, C., Day, L. C., Bacev-Giles, C., Gere, J., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Broadening your horizons: Daily self-expanding activities promote intimacy and passion in long-term romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116, 237-258. [PDF]

Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Sexual Communal Strength Scale. In R. Milhausen, J. K., Sakaluk, T. Fisher, C. Davis, & W. Yarber (Eds.), Handbook of sexuality-related measures (pp. 443-445). Taylor & Francis. [PDF]

Muise, A., Laughton, A., Moors, A., & Impett. E. A. (2019). Sexual communal motivation and relationship satisfaction in consensually non-monogamous relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 1917-1938. [PDF]

Park, Y., Debrot, A., Spielmann, S., Joel, S., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2019). Distinguishing dismissing from fearful attachment in the association between closeness and commitment. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 563-572. [PDF]

Park, Y., Impett, E. A., MacDonald, G., & Lemay, E. P. (2019). Saying “thank you”: Partners’ expressions of gratitude protect relationship satisfaction and commitment from the harmful effects of attachment insecurity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117, 773-806. [PDF]

Park, Y., Johnson, M., MacDonald, G., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Perceiving gratitude in a romantic partner predicts decreases in attachment anxiety. Developmental Psychology, 48, 691-702. [PDF]

Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., & Impett. E. A. (2019). Pursuing sex with an ex: Does it hinder break-up recovery? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 691-702. [PDF]

Spielmann, S. S., Maxwell, J. A., MacDonald, G., Peragine, D., & Impett, E. A. (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(1), 100–123. [PDF]

Visserman, M. L., Impett, E. A., Righetti, F., Muise, A., Keltner, D., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2019). To “see” is to feel grateful? A quasi-signal detection analysis of romantic partners’ sacrifices. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 317-325. [PDF]

2018

Day, L. C., & Impett, E. A. (2018). Giving when it costs: How interdependent self-construal shapes willingness to sacrifice and satisfaction with sacrifice in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35, 722-742. [PDF]

Gere, J., & Impett, E. A. (2018). Shifting priorities: Effects of partners’ goal conflict on goal adjustment processes and relationship quality in developing romantic relationships.  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35, 793-810. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., & Muise, A. (2018). The sexing of relationship science: Impetus for the special issue on sex and relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35, 433-439. [PDF]

Joel, S., Impett, E. A., Spielmann, S., & MacDonald, G. (2018). How interdependent are stay/leave decisions? On staying in the relationship for the sake of the romantic partner. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 805-824. [PDF]

Kim, J. J., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2018). The relationship implications of rejecting a partner for sex kindly versus having sex reluctantly. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35, 485-508. [PDF]

Le, B. M., Impett, E. A., Lemay, E. P., Muise, A., & Tskhay, K. O. (2018). Communal motivation and well-being in interpersonal relationships: An integrative review and meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 144, 1-25. [PDF]

Muise, A., Bergeron, S,. Impett, E. A., Delisle, I., & Rosen, N. O. (2018). Communal motivation in couples coping with vulvodynia: Sexual distress mediates associations with pain, depression, and anxiety. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 106, 34-40. [PDF]

Muise, A., Maxwell, J., &  Impett, E. A. (2018). What theories and methods from relationship research can contribute to sex research. Annual Review of Sex Research, 55, 540-562.  [PDF]

Righetti, F., & Impett, E. A. (2018). Sacrifice in close relationships: Motives, emotions, and relationship outcomes. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 11: e12342. [PDF]

Rosen, N. O., Muise, A., Impett, E. A., Delisle, I., Baxter, M. L., & Bergeron, S. (2018). Sexual cues mediate the daily associations between interpersonal goals, pain, and well-being in couples coping with vulvodynia. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 52, 216-227. [PDF]

Visserman, M. L, Righetti, F., Impett, E. A., Keltner, D., & Van Lange, P. (2018). It’s the perceived motive that counts! Perceptions of a romantic partner’s sacrifice motives and the emergence of gratitude. Emotion, 18, 625-637. [PDF]

2017

Day, L. C., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2017). Is comparison the thief of joy? Sexual narcissism and social comparisons in the domain of sexuality. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 233-244. [PDF]

Debrot, A., Meuwly, N., Muise, A., Impett, E. A., & Schoebi, D. (2017). More than just sex: Affection mediates the association between sexual activity and well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 287-299. [PDF]

Dubé, J. P., Bergeron, S., Muise, A., Impett, E. A., & Rosen, N. O. (2017). A comparison of approach and avoidance sexual goals in couples with vulvodynia and community controls. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 14, 1412-1420. [PDF]

Maxwell, J., Muise, A., MacDonald, G., Day, L., Rosen, N. O., & Impett, E. A. (2017). How implicit theories of sexuality shape sexual and relationship well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 112, 238-279. [PDF]

Muise, A., Bergeron, S., Impett, E. A., & Rosen, N. O. (2017). The costs and benefits of sexual communal motivation for couples coping with vulvodynia. Health Psychology, 36, 819-827.  [PDF]

Muise, A., Rosen, N. O., Kim, J. J., & Impett, E. A.(2017). Understanding when a partner is not in the mood: Sexual communal strength in couples transitioning to parenthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 1993-2006. [PDF]

Righetti, F., & Impett, E. A. (2017). Sacrifice in close relationships: Motives, emotions, and relationship outcomes. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 11: e12342. [PDF].

2016

Day, L. C., & Impett, E. A. (2016). For it is in giving that we receive: The benefits of sacrifice in romantic relationships (pp. 211-231). In C. Knee & H. Reis (Eds.), Advances in Personal Relationships, Vol. 1: Positive approaches to optimal relationship development, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [PDF]

Le, B. M., & Impett, E. A. (2016). The costs of suppressing negative emotions and amplifying positive emotions during parental caregiving. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 323-336. [PDF]

Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2016). Applying theories of communal motivation to sexuality. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 10, 455-467. [PDF]

Muise, A., Kim, J. J., McNulty, J., & Impett, E. A. (2016). The positive implications of sex for relationships (pp. 124-147). In C. Knee & H. Reis (Eds.), Advances in Personal Relationships, Vol. 1: Positive approaches to optimal relationship development, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [PDF]

Muise, A., Schimmack, U., & Impett, E. A. (2016). Sexual frequency predicts greater well-being, but more is not always better. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 295-302. [PDF]

Muise, A., Stanton, S. C. E., Kim, J. J., & Impett, E. A. (2016). Not in the mood? Men under- (not over-) perceive their partners’ sexual desire in established intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110, 725-742. [PDF]

Shakil, A., Day, L. C., Impett, E. A. (2016). When conflict is less costly: Interdependence buffers against some of the costs of daily conflict in romantic relationships. Journal of Interpersonal Relations, Intergroup Relations, and Identity, 9, 34-31. [PDF]

Spielmann, S. S., MacDonald, G., Joel, S., & Impett, E. A. (2016). Longing for ex-partners out of fear of being single. Journal of Personality, 80, 799-807.  [PDF]

2015

Day, L., Muise, A., Joel, S., & Impett, E. A. (2015). To do it or not to do it? How communally motivated people navigate sexual interdependence dilemmas. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 791-804.  [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Muise, A., & Rosen, N. O. (2015). Is it good to be giving in the bedroom? A prosocial perspective on sexual health and well-being in romantic relationships. Current Sexual Health Reports, 7, 180-190. [PDF]

Le, B. M., & Impett, E. A. (2015). The rewards of caregiving for communally motivated parents. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 758-765. [PDF]

Muise, A., & Impett. E. A. (2015). Good, giving, and game: The relationship benefits of communal sexual motivation. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 164-172. [PDF]

Rosen, N. O., Muise, A., Bergeron, S., Impett, E. A., & Boudreau, G. (2015). Approach and avoidance sexual goals in couples with provoked vestibulodynia: Associations with sexual, relational, and psychological well-being. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 12, 1781-1790. [PDF]

Vandenbosch, L., Muise, A., Eggermont, S., & Impett, E. A. (2015). Sexualizing reality television: Associations with trait and state self-objectification. Body Image, 13, 62-66. [PDF]

2014

Dutra, S. J., West, T. V., Impett, E. A., Oveis, C., Kogan, A., Keltner, D, & Gruber, J. (2014). Rose-colored glasses gone too far? Mania symptoms predict biased emotion experience and perception in couples. Motivation and Emotion, 38, 157-165. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Gere, J., Kogan, A., Gordon, A. M., & Keltner, D. (2014). How sacrifice impacts the giver and the recipient: Insights from approach-avoidance motivational theory. Journal of Personality, 82, 390-401. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Le, B. M., Kogan, A., Oveis, C., & Keltner, D. (2014). When you think your partner is holding back: The costs of perceived partner suppression during relationship sacrifice. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 542-549. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Muise, A., & Peragine, D. (2014). Sexuality in the context of relationships. In D. L. Tolman, L. M. Diamond, J. A. Bauermeister, W. H. George, J. G. Pfaus, & L. M. Ward (Eds.), APA Handbook of Sexuality and Psychology (Vol 1, pp. 269-315). Washington DC: American Psychological Association. [PDF]

Kogan, A., Oveis, C., Gruber, J., Mauss, I. B., Shallcross, A., Impett, E. A., van der Lowe, I., Hui, B., Cheng, C., & Keltner, D. (2014). Vagal activity is quadratically related to prosocial traits, prosocial emotions, and observer perceptions of prosociality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107, 1051-1063. [PDF]

Muise, A., Giang, E., & Impett, E. A. (2014). Post sex affectionate exchanges promote sexual and relationship satisfaction. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43, 1391-1403. [PDF]

2013

Gere, J., MacDonald, G., Joel, S., Spielmann, S. S., & Impett, E. A. (2013). The independent contributions of social reward and threat perceptions to romantic commitment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 961-977. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Javam, L., Le, B. M., Asyabi-Eshghi, B., & Kogan, A. (2013). The joys of genuine giving: Approach and avoidance sacrifice motivation and authenticity. Personal Relationships, 20, 740-754. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Le, B. M., Asyabi-Eshghi, B., Day, L. C., & Kogan, A. (2013). To give or not to give? Sacrificing for avoidance goals is not costly for the highly interdependent. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 649-657. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Muise, A., & Breines, J. (2013). From risk to pleasure: Toward a positive psychology of sexuality. In M. Hojjat & D. Cramer (Eds). Positive psychology of love (pp. 57-76).New York: Oxford University Press. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Muise, A., & Peragine, D. (2013). Sexuality in the context of relationships. In L. Diamond and D. Tolman (Eds.), APA Handbook of Sexuality and Psychology (Vol 1, pp. 269-316). Washington DC: American Psychological Association. [PDF]

Joel, S., Gordon, A., Impett, E. A., MacDonald, G., & Keltner, D. (2013). The things you do for me: Perceptions of a romantic partner’s investments promote gratitude and commitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1333-1349. [PDF]

Le, B. M., & Impett, E. A. (2013). When holding back helps: Suppressing negative emotions during sacrifice feels authentic and is beneficial for highly interdependent people. Psychological Science, 24, 1809-1815. [PDF]

Le, B. M., Impett, E. A., Kogan, A., Webster, G. D., & Cheng, C. (2013). The personal and interpersonal rewards of communal orientation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30, 694-710.[PDF]

Muise, A., Impett, E. A., & Desmarais, S. (2013). Getting it on versus getting it over with: Sexual motivation, desire, and satisfaction in intimate bonds. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1320-1332. [PDF]

Muise, A., Impett, E. A., Kogan, A., & Desmarais, S. (2013). Keeping the spark alive: Being motivated to meet a partner’s sexual needs sustains sexual desire in long-term romantic relationships. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 267-273. [PDF]

Saslow, L. R., John, O. J., Piff, P. K., Willer R., Wong, E., Impett, E. A., Kogan, A., Antonenko, O., Clark, K., Feinberg, M., Oveis, C., Keltner, D., & Saturn, S. R. (2013). The social significance of spirituality: New perspectives on the compassion-altruism relationship. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 5, 201-218. [PDF]

Saslow, L. R., Muise, A., Impett, E. A., & Dubin, M. (2013). Can you see how happy we are? Facebook images and relationship satisfaction. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4,411-418. [PDF]

Spielmann, S., MacDonald, G., Maxwell, J., Joel, S., Peragine, D., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2013). Settling for less out of fear of being single. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 1049-1073. [PDF]

2012

Gable, S. L., & Impett, E. A. (2012). Approach and avoidance motives and close relationships. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6, 95-108. [PDF]

Gordon, A., Impett, E. A., Kogan, A., Oveis, C., & Keltner, D. (2012). To have and to hold: Gratitude promotes relationship maintenance in intimate bonds. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 257-274. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Kogan, A., English, T., John O., Oveis, C., Gordon, A., & Keltner, D. (2012). Suppression sours sacrifice: Emotional and relational costs of suppressing emotions in romantic relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 707-720.[PDF]

Pearson, M. R., Kholodkov, T., Henson, J. M., & Impett, E. A. (2012). Pathways to early coital debut for adolescent girls: A recursive partitioning analysis. The Journal of Sex Research. Vol 49 (1), pp. 13-26. [PDF]

 2011 and prior

Impett, E. A., English, T., & John, O. (2011). Women’s emotions during interactions with their grown children in later adulthood: The moderating role of attachment avoidance. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 42-50. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Henson, J. M., Breines, J., Schooler, D., & Tolman, D. L. (2011). Embodiment feels better: Girls’ body objectification and well-being across adolescence. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 35, 46-58. [PDF]

Kogan, A., Saslow, L., Impett, E.A., Oveis, C., Keltner, D., & Saturn, S. (2011). A thin-slicing study of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene and the evaluation and expression of the prosocial disposition. Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 19189-19192. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Breines, J. M., & Strachman, A. (2010). Keeping it real: Young adult women’s authenticity in relationships and daily condom use. Personal Relationships, 17, 573-584. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., & Gordon, A. M. (2010). Why do people sacrifice to approach rewards versus to avoid costs? Insights from attachment theory. Personal Relationships, 17, 299-315. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Gordon, A. M., Kogan, A., Oveis, C., Gable, S. L., & Keltner, D. (2010). Moving toward more perfect unions: Daily and long-term consequences of approach and avoidance goals in romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 948-963. [PDF]

Kogan, A., Impett, E. A., Oveis, C., Hui, B., Gordon, A. M., & Keltner, D. (2010). When giving feels good: The intrinsic benefits of sacrifice in romantic relationships for the communally motivated. Psychological Science, 21, 1918-1924. [PDF]

 Impett, E. A. (2009). Motivation and relationships. In H. T. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (pp 1127-1131). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., & Gordon, A. M. (2009). Sexual attraction. In H. T. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (pp 134-137). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [PDF]

Strachman, A., & Impett, E. A. (2009). Attachment orientations and daily condom use in dating relationships. The Journal of Sex Research, 46, 319-329. [PDF]

Strachman, A., Impett, E. A, Henson, J. M., & Pentz, M. A. (2009). Early adolescent alcohol use and sexual experience by emerging adulthood: A 10-year longitudinal investigation. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45, 478-482. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., & Gordon, A. M. (2008). For the good of others: Toward a positive psychology of sacrifice. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Positive psychology: Exploring the best in people (pp 79-100). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Gordon, A. M., & Strachman, A. (2008). Attachment and daily sexual goals: A study of dating couples. Personal Relationships, 15, 375-390. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Sorsoli, L., Schooler, D., Henson, J. M., & Tolman, D. L. (2008). Girls’ relationship authenticity and self-esteem across adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 44, 722-733. [PDF]

Impett, E., A., Strachman, A., Finkel, E. J., & Gable, S. L. (2008). Maintaining sexual desire in intimate relationships: The importance of approach goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 808-823. [PDF]

Schooler, D., Impett, E. A., Hirschman, C., & Bonem, L. A. (2008). A mixed-method exploration of body image and sexual health among adolescent boys. American Journal of Men’s Health, 2, 322-339. [PDF]

Hirschman, C., Impett, E. A., & Schooler, D. (2006). Dis/embodied voices: What late-adolescent girls can teach us about objectification and sexuality. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 3, 8-20. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Daubenmier, J., & Hirschman, A. L. (2006). Minding the body: Yoga, embodiment, and well-being. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 3, 39-48. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., & Peplau, L. A. (2006). ‘His’ and ‘her’ relationships?: A review of the empirical evidence. In A. Vangelisti and D. Perlman (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships. (pp. 273-291). New York: Cambridge University Press. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Schooler, D, & Tolman, D. L. (2006). To be seen and not heard: Femininity ideology and adolescent girls’ sexual health. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35, 129-142. [PDF]

Impett, E. A. & Tolman, D. L. (2006). Late adolescent girls’ sexual experiences and sexual satisfaction. Journal of Adolescent Research, 6, 628-646. [PDF]

Tolman, D. L. Impett, E. A., Tracy, A. J., & Michael, A. (2006). Looking good, sounding good: Femininity ideology and adolescent girls’ mental health. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 85-95. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Gable, S. L., & Peplau, L. A. (2005). Giving up and giving in: The costs and benefits of daily sacrifice in intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 327-344. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., & Huppin, M. (2005). When does a woman give valid consent to sexual relations? Review of Alan Wertheimer’s Consent to Sexual Relations. Journal of Sex Research, 42, 273-275.

Impett, E. A., Peplau, L. A., & Gable, S. L. (2005). Approach and avoidance sexual motivation: Implications for personal and interpersonal well-being. Personal Relationships, 12, 465-482. [PDF]

Tolman, D. L., Hirschman, C., & Impett, E. A. (2005). There’s more to the story: The place of qualitative research on female adolescent sexuality in policy making. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 2, 4-17. [PDF]

Gable, S. L., Reis, H. T., Impett, E. A., & Asher, E. R. (2004). What do you do when things go right? The intrapersonal and interpersonal benefits of sharing positive events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 228-245. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., & Peplau, L. A. (2003). Sexual compliance: Gender, motivational, and relationship perspectives. Journal of Sex Research, 40, 87-100. [PDF]

Beals, K. P., Impett, E. A., & Peplau, L. A. (2002). Lesbians in love: Why some relationships endure and others end. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 6, 53-63. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., & Peplau, L. A. (2002). Why some women consent to unwanted sex with a dating partner: Insights from attachment theory. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26, 359-369. [PDF]

Impett, E. A., Beals, K. P., & Peplau, L. A. (Winter 2001/2002). Testing the investment model of relationship commitment and stability in a longitudinal study of married couples. Current Psychology, 20, 312-326. [PDF]

Malamuth, N. M., & Impett, E. A. (2001). Research on sex in the media: What do we know about effects on children and adolescents? In D. G. Singer & J. L. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of Children and the Media (pp. 269-287). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.