Park, Y., Stenlund, S., & Steptoe, A. (in press). Whose health matters? Longitudinal analyses of older romantic couples' health, physical capabilities, and sexual experiences. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.
Park, Y., Guevarra, D. A., O'Bryan, J., & Mendes, W. B. (in press). The effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on romantic couples’ physiology and behavior during conflict. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.
Park, Y., Kubzansky, L. D., & Mendes, W. B. (in press). Life satisfaction and blood pressure: A coordinated analysis of 16 cohorts. Health Psychology.
Hoan, E., Park, Y., MacDonald, M. (in press). Who signs up for singlehood and relationship studies? Examining volunteer bias in online recruitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
MacDonald, G., Thapar, S., Ryan, W. S., Chung, J. M., Hoan, E., & Park, Y. (in press). Why do you want a romantic relationship? Individual differences in motives for romantic relationship pursuit. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Brady, A., Baker, L. R., Maxwell, J. A., Algoe, S. B., Birnie-Porter, C., Brownstein, M., Carswell, K. L., Cross, E. J., Debrot, A., Finkel, E. J., Harasymchuk, C., Impett, E. A., Kim, J. J., Leavitt, C. E., MacDonald, G., Maniaci, M. R., Mark, K. P., McNulty, J. K., Meltzer, A. L., Muise, A., Overall, N. O., Park, Y., Reis, H., & Righetti, F. (2026). Women are slightly more sexually satisfied in their romantic relationships than men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 55, 289–311.
2025
Park, Y., Guevarra, D. A., Simon-Thomas, E., & Epel, E. S. (2025). Who engages in well-being interventions? An analysis of a global digital intervention study. Journal of Positive Psychology, 20(4), 699–712.
Hu, J., Shi, X., Hoan, E., Park, Y., & MacDonald, G. (2025). The conflicting associations of filial piety beliefs with Chinese singles’ well-being. Personal Relationships, 32(4), e70048.
Sisson, N. M., Park, Y., Overall, N. C., Johnson, M. D., Park, H. G., Stellar, J. E., Le, B. M., & Impett, E. A. (2025). Thank you for changing: Gratitude promotes autonomous motivation and successful partner regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51(11), 2285–2306.
Guevarra, D. A., Park, Y., Xu, X., Liou, J., Smith, J., Callahan, P., Simon-Thomas, E., & Epel, E. S. (2025). Scaling a brief digital well-being intervention and sociodemographic moderators: Single-group pre-post study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e72053.
2024
Park, Y., Don, B. P., Mason, A. E., Prather, A. A., & Epel, E. S. (2024). Daily social resources as a buffer against stress eating and its consequences. Health Psychology, 44(2), 108–118.
Park, Y.,Gordon, A. M., Prather, A. A., & Mendes, W. B. (2024). Better sleep, lower blood pressure, and less stress following sex: Findings from a large-scale ecological momentary assessment study. Health Psychology, 43(12), 904–912.
Park, Y., Coccia, M., Prather, A. A., & Epel, E. S. (2024). Maternal caregiving stress and metabolic health: Sexual activity as a potential buffer. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 167, 107068. [PDF]
Park, Y., Guimond, A. J., Crosswell, A. D., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2024). Associations of global and specific components of positive psychological well‐being with mortality risk: Findings from two cohort studies. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 16(4), 2048–2064. [PDF]
Park, Y., Girme, Y. U., & MacDonald, G. (2024). Three methodological approaches to studying singlehood. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(1), e12884.[PDF]
Mund, M., Park, Y., & Nestler, S. (2024). Disentangling between- and within-person variation in relationship science. Journal of Marriage and Family, 86(5), 1495–1518. [PDF]
2023
Park, Y., Gordon, A. M., & Mendes, W. B. (2023). Age differences in physiological reactivity to daily emotional experiences. Affective Science, 4(3), 487–499. [PDF]
Park, Y., MacDonald, G., Impett, E. A., & Neel, R. (2023). What do single people want? A person-centered approach to identifying profiles of social motives among singles. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(1). 219–236.[PDF]
Park, Y., Sanscartier, S., Impett, E. A., Algoe, S. B., Leonhardt, N. D., Schrage, K. M., Carmichael, C. L., Collins, N. L., Conte, F., De Rosa, O., Ficca, G., Fredrickson, B. L., Harris, P. E., Keltner, D., West, T. N., & MacDonald, G. (2023). Meta-analytic evidence that attachment insecurity is associated with less frequent experiences of discrete positive emotions. Journal of Personality, 91(5), 1223–1238. [PDF]
Girme, Y., Park, Y., MacDonald, G. (2023). Coping or thriving? Highlighting intrapersonal, interpersonal, and societal factors associated with well-being in singlehood from a within-group perspective. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(5), 1097–1120. [PDF]
Hill Roy, L., Park, Y., & MacDonald, G. (2023). Age moderates the link between relationship desire and life satisfaction among singles. Personal Relationships, 30(3), 893–912. [PDF]
Park, Y., MacDonald, G., & Impett, E. A. (2023). Partnership status and satisfaction with work-life balance. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32(1), 118–127. [PDF]
Park, Y., & MacDonald, G. (2023). Necessities and luxuries in satisfying single lives. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(3), 937–954. [PDF]
Park, Y., Gordon, A. M., Humberg, S., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2023). Differing levels of gratitude between romantic partners: Concurrent and longitudinal links with satisfaction and commitment in six dyadic datasets. Personality Science, 4, 1–22. [PDF]
2022
Park, Y., Page-Gould, E., & MacDonald, G. (2022). Satisfying singlehood as a function of age and cohort: Satisfaction with being single increases with age after midlife. Psychology and Aging, 37(5), 626–636. [PDF]
Johnson, M. D., Lavner, J. A., Muise, A., Mund, M., Neyer, F. J., Park, Y., Harasymchuk, C., & Impett, E. A. (2022). Women and men are the barometers of relationships: Testing the predictive power of women’s and men's relationship satisfaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(33), e2209460119. [PDF]
Park, Y., & MacDonald, G. (2022). Single and partnered individuals' sexual satisfaction as a function of sexual desire and activities: Results using a sexual satisfaction scale demonstrating measurement invariance across partnership status. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, 547–564. [PDF]
MacDonald, G., & Park, Y. (2022). Associations of attachment avoidance and anxiety with satisfaction with singlehood. Personal Relationships, 29(1), 163–176. [PDF]
2021
Park, Y., Visserman, M. L., Sisson, N. M., Le, B. M., Stellar, J., & Impett, E. A. (2021). How can I thank you? Highlighting the benefactor’s responsiveness or costs when expressing gratitude. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(2), 504–523. [PDF]
Park, S. Y., Park, Y., & Park, S. W. (2021). Attachment anxiety and infidelity: The indirect effect of relatedness need fulfillment. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 35(4), 1–25. [PDF]
Park, Y., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2021). Singles’ sexual satisfaction is associated with more satisfaction with singlehood and less interest in marriage. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(5), 741–752. [PDF]
Park, Y., Impett, E. A., Spielmann, S., & Joel, S., & MacDonald, G. (2021). Lack of intimacy prospectively predicts breakup. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(4), 442–451. [PDF]
MacDonald, G., Park, Y., Hayes, A., Grosdidier, I. V., & Park, S. W. (2021). Quality of alternatives is positively associated with interest in opening up a relationship. Personal Relationships, 28(3), 538–566. [PDF]
Park, Y., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2021). Generalizability of results from dyadic data: Participation of one versus two members of a romantic couple is associated with breakup likelihood. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(2), 741–752. [PDF]
2020 and prior
Sung, G., Park, Y., & Park, S. W. (2020). Implicit theories and depression in clinical and non-clinical samples: The mediating role of experiential avoidance. Current Psychology, 39, 68–73. [PDF]
Park, Y., Johnson, M., MacDonald, G., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Perceiving gratitude from a romantic partner predicts decreases in attachment anxiety. Developmental Psychology,55(12), 2692–2700. [PDF]
Park, Y., & MacDonald, G. (2019). Consistency between individuals' past and current romantic partners' own reports of their personalities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(26), 12793–12797. [PDF]
Park, Y., Impett, E. A., MacDonald, G., & Lemay, E. P. (2019). Saying “thank you”: Partners’ expressions of gratitude protect relationship satisfaction and commitment from the harmful effects of attachment insecurity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(4), 773–806. [PDF]
Park, Y., Debrot, A., Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2019). Distinguishing dismissing from fearful attachment in the association between closeness and commitment. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(4), 563–572. [PDF]
Park, Y., & Park, S. W. (2018). Partner commitment moderates the association between commitment and interest in romantic alternatives. Current Psychology. [PDF]
Park, Y., Han, G., Jeong, Y., & Park, S. W. (2018). Partner-idealization and marital satisfaction: The mediating role of communication patterns. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 32(1), 65–81. [PDF]
Shin, H., Kim, T., Park, Y., & Park, S. W. (2017). Materialism and mental health: A negative relation not moderated by economic status. Health and Social Welfare Review, 37(3), 368–397. [PDF]
Park, Y., & Park, S. W. (2017). Goal orientations and social comparison: The role of different motivations in affiliation preferences. Motivation and Emotion, 41, 617–627. [PDF]
Park, Y., Kim, T. S., & Park, S. W. (2016). Change in goal orientation of Korean high school athletes: A cross-temporal meta-analysis, 1999-2014. Personality and Individual Differences, 94, 342–347. [PDF]
Hyun, N. K., Park, Y., & Park, S. W. (2016). Narcissism and gift giving: Not every gift is for others. Personality and Individual Differences, 96, 47–51. [PDF]
Kim, Y., Lee, Y., Joo, M. J., Park, Y., & Park, S. W. (2016). Agency and communion: Two fundamental dimensions of human existence. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 35(2), 283–308. [PDF]
Park, Y., & Park, S. W. (2015). Self-enhancement bias and academic achievement: A negative quadratic relation. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 29(3), 151–164. [PDF]
