Social psychologists have a longstanding interest in the mechanisms responsible for the
beneficial effects of positive social connections. This article reviews and integrates two …

Throughout the life span, individuals engage in affectionate touch with close others. Touch
receipt promotes well-being in infancy, but the impacts of touch in adult close relationships …

Close relationships play a vital role in human health, but much remains to be learned about
specific mechanisms of action and potential avenues for intervention. This article provides …

Close and caring relationships are undeniably linked to health and well-being at all stages
in the life span. Yet the specific pathways through which close relationships promote optimal …

Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is rooted in an evolutionary, functional analysis of basic
social motivational systems (eg, to live in groups, form hierarchies and ranks, seek out …

Many everyday conversations, whether between close partners or strangers interacting for
the first time, are about the world external to their relationship, such as music, food, or …

Attachment to place may contribute to individuals' well-being. We evaluated whether
visualizing a place of attachment (compared with visualizing a nonattached familiar place) …

Researchers have proposed that leader support helps employees behave proactively at
work. Leader support can facilitate the opportunities for employees to bring about change …

Highlights•Diverse processes have been shown to contribute to relationship well-being.•
Responsiveness provides an integrated conceptual model that links these processes.• …

The influence of attachment theory on organizational scholarship is growing, with more
articles published on the subject in the past 5 years than the preceding 25 years combined …