Kann man Liebe und Konflikte in Partnerschaften–oder die Sicherheit, die eine Mutter ihrem
Kind spendet–wissenschaftlich untersuchen, ja sogar messen? Wie verändern sich …

Individuals feel lonely when they perceive a discrepancy between the amount of closeness
and intimacy in social relationships they desire and what they actually experience. Across …

To understand personality dynamics, processes, and functioning better, knowledge on the
relations between persons and environments needs to advance. First, this chapter outlines …

Previous studies investigated the connection between personality and relationship
outcomes. Expanding previous work, the current study examined the concurrent relationship …

Close relationships research has examined committed couples (eg, dating relationships,
marriages) using intensive methods that plot relationship development over time. But a …

Growing research on personality–relationship dynamics demonstrates that people's
personality and their (enjoyment of) social relationships are closely intertwined. Using …

We studied the similarity among partners' character strengths (ie, positively valued traits)
across two studies. In Study 1, N= 68 couples completed the 240-item VIA Inventory of …

Relationship satisfaction—the degree to which a close relationship is perceived as
rewarding and satisfying by both partners—is reliably predicted by both partners' …

Loneliness describes a perceived deficiency in quantitative or qualitative aspects of
individuals' social relationships. Whereas the health-related consequences of loneliness are …

Across their entire life span, individuals are surrounded by others and embedded in complex
and highly dynamic networks of social relationships. Many aspects of these relationships are …