Healthy Couples Lab

05/13/2026

The health risks of prolonged loneliness are comparable to smoking 15 ci******es a day, according to a 2023 report by former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy.

05/01/2026

📊 What comes first - feeling good about yourself, or having a supportive partner? According to new research in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the answer may be both.

A study tracking over 13,000 young adults in Germany across 14 time points found that self-esteem and supportive "dyadic coping" — the way partners help each other manage stress — influence each other reciprocally over time. People with higher self-esteem tended to provide and receive better support in their relationships, and in turn, those positive support experiences helped build self-esteem down the road.

The findings suggest that investing in how you and your partner support each other during stressful moments is not just good for your relationship — it may also be good for how you feel about yourself.

Read more in : https://ow.ly/4W0a50YRPqE

02/14/2026

How do children learn to cooperate with others? A new cross-cultural study suggests that the answer depends less on universal rules and more on the social norms surrounding the child.

02/14/2026

Couples who spend more time savoring the pleasurable moments they share are happier together, argue less, and are more confident their relationship will last, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers say in a new study. "Savoring involves slowing down to become aware of and focus on posit...

01/15/2026

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01/15/2026

11/12/2025

📊New research: People tend to moralize health behaviors - treating them as right or wrong - when they perceive those behaviors as causing harm to others.

Researchers surveyed over 2,000 participants about various health behaviors like smoking and diet. They identified three types of perceived harm (personal, interpersonal, collective) and experimentally manipulated how harmful behaviors seemed.

Learn more in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin: https://ow.ly/yYHl50XoyRp

11/08/2025

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11/08/2025

APA and APA Services, Inc. are monitoring the immediate and cascading effects of the federal government shutdown, which has halted most "nonessential" operations across federal agencies critical to psychology's research, education, and practice infrastructure.

Learn more and access our latest resources: https://at.apa.org/d8026e

11/08/2025

Jerry Richardson, a Cornell university doctoral candidate in psychology, was dashing into a grocery store on his way to a dinner party when a man outside the store asked him for some food. Richardson obliged, and gave him $7 of groceries. The recipient was so grateful, and Richardson felt so good ab...

11/08/2025

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