Living With and Without a Romantic Relationship
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Research suggests people in romantic relationships are, on average, happier than single people, but this isn't the case for everyone or across all aspects of life. Broadly, my research addresses questions related to within-status variability (i.e., when are people happy with being single or being coupled?), mechanisms underlying this variability (e.g., why do people fail to maintain a satisfying relationship?), and changes that occur as one enters or exits one status (e.g., how do people's emotions, behaviors, and health change across relationship transitions?).
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Singlehood
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Couplehood
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Relational Decisions
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Throughout life, people navigate countless decisions about relationships. Some of the questions I am interested in include: what are the forces driving people's decisions to enter a relationship? what makes people end a relationship or draws them into another relationship (consensually or not)? how do people make decisions to (not) have a child?
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Partnering
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Breaking up
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(Not) having a child
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The Influence of Close Relationships on Physical Health
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We know that close relationships can have profound impact on our physical health. But how? My research examines what physiological (e.g., daily blood pressure) and behavioral mechanisms (i.e., eating and sleep) underlie this connection.
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Daily physiology
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Eating behavior
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Sleep quality
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