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Paul Eastwick

@pauleastwick.bsky.social

Psychology Professor @ UC Davis studying attraction, relationships, and human evolution. New podcast: lovefactuallypod.com

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Paul Eastwick@pauleastwick.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I was STUNNED that this model ended up being the winner. No Big 5, or Big 3, or Big Anything. Relationships measures capture positivity, layered on top of item-specific content. That's it. It feels like we need to start developing new measures from square one.

Samantha Joel@datingdecisions.bsky.social · 4mo ago

And then finally, it was possible we would find that all of the different relationship measures primarily tap into a single, global construct, with no distinct, substantive factors remaining. (6/12)

A structural equation model in which many different measures load onto a single, general factor
Samantha Joel@datingdecisions.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New paper, out this week in PLOS One, suggests that most close relationship self-report measures are primarily capturing relationship quality 🧵 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Predicting relationship quality with itself? A single general factor captures most of the variance across 34 common relationship measures

In relationship science, researchers have generated a wide array of constructs and corresponding self-report measures to characterize, explain, and predict relationship quality – the foremost studied ...

journals.plos.org

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Kristina Olson@olsonista.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Are you a US-based PhD student WITHOUT summer funding who is interested in adolescent development, trans youth, and/or gender? Reach out to me about applying to join my lab in Summer 2026 for the VIPS program! psych.princeton.edu/diversity/vi...

Visiting Internship for Ph.D. Students (VIPS) Program

The VIPS program is an initiative of the DEI committee of the Department of Psychology at Princeton University. VIPS will support up to 4 Ph.D. students who are full-time students at other universitie...

psych.princeton.edu

Eli Finkel@elijfinkel.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢 MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 @nourkteily.bsky.social and I are delighted to introduce the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement, supercharged by a $20M gift from Jennifer and Alec Litowitz. The #LitowitzCenter helps people harness the power of difference. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/n...

Northwestern trustee and husband gift $20 million to Center for Enlightened Disagreement

A Northwestern University trustee and her husband have donated $20 million to support the school’s Center for Enlightened Disagreement.

chicagotribune.com

Eli Finkel@elijfinkel.bsky.social · last yr.

A big THANK YOU to @davidmcraney.bsky.social for featuring the #LoveFactually podcast on #YouAreNotSoSmart! The episode delves into #TheNotebook, figuring out what the movie gets right -- and what it gets wrong -- about how relationships work. Enjoy! youarenotsosmart.com/2025/08/04/y...

YANSS 319 – What movies often get wrong about romantic love, relationships, and human mating in general

Two psychologists who study love, relationships, and human mating behavior pick apart the movie “The Notebook” and tell us what it gets right and what it gets wrong when it comes to por…

youarenotsosmart.com

Paul Eastwick@pauleastwick.bsky.social · last yr.

When I was in grad school, this was THE resource...and it cost a ton. Now it's free. Amazing. #PsychSciSky

Daniel Gilbert@danielgilbert.bsky.social · last yr.

Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition with 50 new chapters by 100 leading scholars. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com

Cover of the Handbook of Social Psychology 6th edition 2025
Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social · last yr.

“reactionary backlash is a feature of two main milestones in the academy’s history: the democratization of admissions and the diversification of curriculum. Trump and Vance’s attacks are part of a longer history of rightwing backlash that follows each time college becomes more democratic”

‘The universities are the enemy’: why the right detests the American campus | Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

For centuries, the academy was exclusive to the Christian elite. When that began to change, an onslaught began

theguardian.com

Stacey D. Smith@iochromaland.bsky.social · last yr.

On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n