Globally, one out of three people suffer from a mental health issue during their lifetime. In
romantic relationships, impaired mental health does not only affect the individual but also …

Parental phubbing refers to the extent to which parents use or are distracted by their cell
phone when they interact with their children. There has been growing scholarly interest in …

During the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, empirical efforts in the psychological
sciences have been unequivocally focused on understanding the psychosocial impact on …

For several decades, cross-lagged panel models (CLPM) have been the dominant statistical
model in relationship research for investigating reciprocal associations between two (or …

Background Higher social support protects people from develo** mental disorders.
Limited evidence is available on the mechanism through which social support plays this …

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 …

Engaging in a romantic relationship is a key developmental task of adolescence and
adolescents differ greatly in both the age at which they start dating and in how romantically …

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adolescent depression are both prevalent
social problems that can increase the risk of several negative health consequences …

Research has long shown that men suffer more from romantic breakups than women. We
predicted that men would on average be less inclined to initiate separation, decline with the …

Causal sequencing between relationship satisfaction and depressive symptoms has
important ramifications for couples therapy. Using dyadic data from the Pairfam study (N …