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Allie Farrell

@allisonkfarrell.bsky.social

Assistant prof at Miami Univ (OH) studying close relationships, stress, and health across the lifespan. https://www.allisonkfarrell.com/ (she/her)

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Samantha Joel@datingdecisions.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We made an open repository of close relationships measures. Our goal is to catalogue all of the published self-report measures in relationship science. You can help us expand the database by suggesting measures you tend to use in your research, or by uploading your own measures! relascale.com

RelaScale - Psychological Measures and Constructs

RelaScale is a searchable database of psychological measures and constructs for relationship researchers.

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Ansgar Hudde@hudde.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📝Why do Americans avoid cross-partisan dating? New paper w/ Shannon Taflinger in ESR We test 3 mechanisms: •perceived similarity in values & lifestyle •character judgments •fear of social disapproval ➡️All matter, similarity leads And: Dem women penalize out-partisans most doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

ABSTRACT: US Americans are divided along party lines, both in politics and personal relationships. While prior research shows a preference for dating co-partisans, it remains unclear why people prefer to date co-partisans and for whom the effects are strongest. Therefore, we examine whether perceived character quality of a potential partner, perceived similarity, and expected social approval mediate the effects of matching and non-matching political party on romantic interest and whether effects vary by gender and party combinations. We conducted an online dating experiment with US American partisans and partisan leaners aged 20–33 (N = 1,097). Respondents viewed six fictional dating profiles that randomly included ‘Democrat’, ‘Republican’, or no political information. Results show that romantic interest was largely driven by preference against out-partisans, rather than for co-partisans. Out-partisan rejection was driven by perceived similarity, followed by expected social approval and perceived character quality, while co-partisan preference was driven by perceived similarity and, to a lesser extent, perceived quality. The in-group preference was strongest for Republican men and women, while out-group rejection was strongest for Democratic women. Overall, our findings show that people use politics as a proxy for non-political characteristics. They also highlight the importance of distinguishing between in-party preference and out-party animosity.Bild
Dan Quintana@dsquintana.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Many people write grant applications assuming their reader is engaged, but the opposite is more likely. Your evaluators are time- and attention-poor, so you should design your application with this in mind. This slide is part of a talk I'm giving today on writing grant applications

Presentation slide. Header: "Core principle 1 — Your evaluators are time- and attention-poor." Subtitle: "Design every page for the tired reader (not the engaged one)." Left panel ("Picture This"): It's 10pm. Your application could be the fifth one your evaluator has opened tonight. The kids are finally asleep; there's maybe a half-finished glass of red on the desk. They are not going to read it the way you wrote it. Takeaway: "Make your application easy to evaluate!" Right column, four tips: (1) Land the project on page 1 — don't build it like a story; state what, why, and how by the first page. (2) Help them fill out the evaluation form — mirror the funder's criteria in your headings so evaluators can copy-paste into their report. (3) Bold the key sentences — mark claims a skimmer must catch, but sparingly; if everything is bold, nothing is. (4) Put a summary figure on page 1 — one visual that captures the whole project and makes sense before any prose does. Logo top right: Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Laboratory.
jenna newman phd@jennanewman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“‘For Better and Worse’ brings us up to the present, not just updating of the story [!Stephanie Coontz!] has told for decades, but reflecting the process of continuously studying & learning that should be a model for any scholar working today.”🧪 @philipncohen.com

“Marriage and nostalgia Ultimately, Stephanie wants us to identify and then escape from two opposing "earworms": that marriage used to be great but now it's bad one way or another), and that it is inherently oppressive. She writes: "I believe knowing the actual history of marriage can help people attune themselves to more complex melodies and become comfortable with a wider range of harmonies."The amazing power of history (and education) is its capacity to show how the things we're stressing and fighting about today are — or are not - bequeathed to us by historical habits and forces. That's essential for identifying and solving the problems we actually can, and understanding those we can't.”
Philip N Cohen@philipncohen.com · 2mo ago

Me on the wonderful new book by the incomparable Stephanie Coontz, "For Better and Worse: The complicated past and challenging future of marriage." Every one of her books has changed the way I think about families; this is no exception. 10/10 recommend. familyinequality.wordpress.com/2026/05/27/s...

book cover - the title with wedding rings for the O's.
Alison Preston@aliprestonphd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

One thing I wish we talked about more explicitly with #earlycareer faculty is how gradually the pool of people who'll write their tenure letters develops. Impressions form slowly over the pre-tenure years, which makes visibility much easier to build over time than to manufacture later.

nfographic titled "Building Visibility in the Pre-Tenure Years." Four rows, each pairing an observation on the left with a corresponding action on the right. Row one. Observation: the tenure-letter pool forms gradually. The pool of people who may eventually write tenure letters is not formed in year five, it develops gradually across the pre-tenure years. Action: build visibility early. By the time a tenure case is assembled, many scholars have already formed impressions through talks, preprints, grants, and conversations. Pull quote: "Start in year one, not when tenure is approaching." Row two. Observation: visibility is not just networking. The goal is not to collect contacts. The goal is for the right people to understand your questions, your trajectory, and your contributions. Action: make the work legible. Help others understand what problems you are trying to solve and how your work is changing the conversation. Pull quote: "Who should understand your work, and why?" Row three. Observation: impressions build through substantive engagement. Conference talks, seminars, preprints, workshops, panels, and study sections all help others see how you think. Action: share ideas consistently. Visibility grows through repeated, substantive forms of engagement. Strong work matters, but it also has to be visible and legible to the field. Pull quote: "Share ideas early and often." Row four. Observation: sponsorship carries real weight. Senior faculty can help make visibility possible by opening doors to the conversations where reputations are formed. Action: turn mentorship into sponsorship. Nominate early-career colleagues for talks and panels. Introduce them to people who should know their work. Pull quote: "Small acts of sponsorship can carry real weight.
will pooley@willpooley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

absolutely wild to see people out here saying that it is responsibility of peer reviewers to check for hallucinated references. it is hard enough to persuade people to read articles and provide reviews. expecting them to spend hours cross reffing literature is unreal.

Karen Smith@kesmith.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Check it out! Really enjoyed writing this and thinking through how our ideas about how to address this challenge have evolved in the last five years.

Seth Pollak@sethpollak.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Behold! Decades of evidence show adversity affects development, the challenge to advance knowledge is figuring out why and how experience matters. Our latest thinking: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... 🧪 @kesmith.bsky.social #devsci #ClinicalPsychology #ClinicalPsychology #PsychScience

Relationship Researchers Interest Group@rrigspsp.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We're recruiting new RRIG grad student AND junior committee members! Join Kori Krueger, Tatum Jolink, Yoobin Park, Judith Gere, Laura Machia, Levi Baker, and Lisa Neff to plan the SPSP close relationships preconference! Applications due May 15th. Please share widely! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

CALL FOR JUNIOR & GRAD MEMBER 2027.docx

CALL FOR JUNIOR MEMBER The Relationship Researchers Interest Group (RRIG) seeks an application for one new junior committee member. You may self-nominate or nominate others for this role. The committe...

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Tim Kaiser@tkaiser.science · 3mo ago

Most psychological research tells you if a treatment (or any other cause) works on average. But averages hide a lot. Some people benefit, some see no effect and some may actually be harmed. Our new primer in Psychological Methods tackles this head-on. 🧵

David A. Sbarra@dsbarra.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A graduate student working with me will be teaching positive psychology this summer, which is a new class for our dept. Can anyone point me/us to some resources for teaching on this topic and/or share course materials? Would love any help you can provide! 🙏

David P. Schmitt, Ph.D.@psychoschmitt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"People generally accurate in perceiving partners’ attachment, but overestimated partners’ attachment anxiety and avoidance and often projected own attachment orientation. These perceptions persisted over time and depended on how the relationship was going." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Truth and Bias in Partner Perceptions of Attachment Orientation Over Time: The Moderating Role of Relationship Quality - Jeewon Oh, Mariah F. Purol, William J. Chopik, Fiona Ge, Sally I. Powers, Paula...

People’s attachment orientations change over time and are linked with their relationship experiences. However, it is unclear whether perceptions of a partner’s ...

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Leonie Vogelsmeier@leonievogelsmeier.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our paper on 13 methods for detecting careless responding in EMA has been accepted by Psychological Methods. Grateful to have collaborated with this wonderful team of researchers🍀(final post-print: osf.io/preprints/ps...).

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Leonie Vogelsmeier@leonievogelsmeier.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚨 New preprint: We compared 13 methods for detecting momentary careless responding in the WARN-D data (206k+ obs.). Tutorials guide you through each method. The takeaway? Diverging results, inherent subjectivity (to varying degrees), and a clear need for further validation. osf.io/preprints/ps...

Linda Skitka@lindaskitka.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m offering a lightly used set of regalia in UC Berkeley colors to a junior faculty member, preference for a mom and 1st gen scholar. DM me your details— I’ll ship for free.

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