I was STUNNED that this model ended up being the winner. No Big 5, or Big 3, or Big Anything. Relationships measures capture positivity, layered on top of item-specific content. That's it. It feels like we need to start developing new measures from square one.

New paper, out this week in PLOS One, suggests that most close relationship self-report measures are primarily capturing relationship quality 🧵 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

As a kid growing up in Massachusetts, THE paper was The Boston Globe. Needless to say, it's pretty cool that they published my op-ed about gender differences!

Chatting with @justinlehmiller.bsky.social is always a blast!

We're all very excited around here to read @pauleastwick.bsky.social's new book!

The @NextBigIdeaClub team has selected BONDED BY EVOLUTION as a monthly must-read!

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Had a blast chatting with Larry and Robin! @wgnmorningnews

You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social

Are you a US-based PhD student WITHOUT summer funding who is interested in adolescent development, trans youth, and/or gender? Reach out to me about applying to join my lab in Summer 2026 for the VIPS program! psych.princeton.edu/diversity/vi...

doomers: there’s not going to be elections in America ever again me: if they can’t even cancel an entertainer due to popular pushback what the fuck makes you think they can cancel elections

“Alpha status is more like a temporary job role than an innate characteristic of the leading individual” www.livescience.com/animals/are-...

Fantastic relationship science in the nytimes - nice work, Maya and Erica!

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📢 MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 @nourkteily.bsky.social and I are delighted to introduce the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement, supercharged by a $20M gift from Jennifer and Alec Litowitz. The #LitowitzCenter helps people harness the power of difference. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/n...

Had a blast chatting with Alex Curmi on the Thinking Mind Podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/1Vy0...

A big THANK YOU to @davidmcraney.bsky.social for featuring the #LoveFactually podcast on #YouAreNotSoSmart! The episode delves into #TheNotebook, figuring out what the movie gets right -- and what it gets wrong -- about how relationships work. Enjoy! youarenotsosmart.com/2025/08/04/y...

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

Another fantastic piece about modern dating by @faith-hill.bsky.social! #PsychSciSky

Great chatting with @dkthomp.bsky.social about relationship science and what it can tell us about online dating, soul mates, and Julia Roberts movies! More on the science behind your favorite rom coms on the Love Factually Podcast with me and Eli at: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

When I was in grad school, this was THE resource...and it cost a ton. Now it's free. Amazing. #PsychSciSky

A terrific HuffPost writeup of our recent PNAS paper! #PsychSciSky

“reactionary backlash is a feature of two main milestones in the academy’s history: the democratization of admissions and the diversification of curriculum. Trump and Vance’s attacks are part of a longer history of rightwing backlash that follows each time college becomes more democratic”

On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n

ICYMI: Georgetown Law students made a 853-row spreadsheet of Trump-caving firms. It drew national headlines. Recruiters noticed some talent looked elsewhere. Firms lobbied to change their designation. An organizer tells @www.AllRiseNews.com the background www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...

In the most recent Bridget Jones film, we find our heroine drawn to younger men. According to our recent PNAS article, this aspect of the movie is spot on: On average, women say they want an older partner, but they are initially attracted to younger ones. #PsychSciSky

these fuckers being able to destroy everything is not a foregone conclusion

“You’re going to need an alliance that pulls together American families, employers, unions, companies, the whole network of people and institutions beyond your campus who understand that the universities of America are critical to everything that is good about the country…”

Dissertation by Dr Rachel Los not only includes acknowledgements, but also .. anti-acknowledgements. delta.tudelft.nl/en/article/a...

just did this, you should too: bsky.app/profile/aoc....

All the pundits spending time on Dems’ message on trans sports could maybe use a little of their power and platform to talk about how vile this is.

Nature published a misguided op-ed on using LLM's in peer review. The author suggested LLM's could be an aid. But I was interested in a larger question. Can ChatGPT do a peer reivew? So I uploaded a first-submission manuscript for it to review. I also have human reviews for comparison.

The coding in this paper was a shocker. We see plenty of adoption of new practices....except in the relationships-specific journals, which tend not to have explicit policies 🤨

I’ve never been so happy to see the NSF “annual report NOW DUE” email in my inbox this morning.

I called both of mine, too. Remind them that the job of the opposition party is to oppose.

Per an NIH source: “Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”

I loved (re)teaming up with the one-and-only Dr. Joel on this review. We crammed in as many 🔥 questions as possible, including: - Can rel. research capture anything OTHER than positivity? - Individual-difference moderation...are we sure? - Do our methods need a major reboot? #PsychSciSky

Great chatting with Katy about this movie...which holds up (shockingly?) well!

I spoke with my friends over at the Love Factually Podcast about the classic 2010 film Easy A starring Emma Stone. We talked about sexual double standards, virginity, sexual reputation, and more. Check it out! @elijfinkel.bsky.social @pauleastwick.bsky.social www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast...

🎉New Episode of the #LoveFactuallyPod: "EASY A" 🎉 Sex Guru Justin Lehmiller (@justinlehmiller.bsky.social) joins Paul and me for a deep dive into this Emma Stone classic. This film is not as sex-positive as you remember.

huh, the film Her accurately predicted the return of high-rise trousers

If you really want to get into the holiday spirit, nothing beats Stanley Kubrick's swan song, Eyes Wide Shut (1999). This week on the Love Factually Podcast: The one-and-only @petersagal.bsky.social of NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" takes us on a deep dive of this incredible film. #PsychSciSky

Holiday films suggest that Christmas is the most romantic time of year. Why are we so attracted to stories of love and romance around the holidays? Let's talk about it! @elijfinkel.bsky.social @pauleastwick.bsky.social www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast...

Screenwriter of what, you may ask? Don’t. But listen to the pod.

🎉New on the #LoveFactuallyPod: EYES WIDE SHUT🎥 Our guest is the great PETER SAGAL (@petersagal.bsky.social), host of @npr.org's WAIT WAIT DON'T TELL ME. His expertise as a screenwriter is crucial in helping us unpack & assess the relationship messages in the film. open.spotify.com/episode/07Ch...

CHRISTMAS DAY is the 3-month anniversary of the #LoveFactuallyPod. As Paul Eastwick (@pauleastwick.bsky.social) and I debated which film represents the ideal holiday movie for the podcast, we realized that the clear winner is ... 🍿Stanley Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT🍿 🎵Baby did a bad bad thing🎵

What happens when you mix Pride and Prejudice with some 90s-era assumptions about gender? You get...something very complicated. Check out our analysis of Bridget Jones's Diary, on this week's episode of the Love Factually podcast! #PsychSciSky

I had so much fun chatting with @WGNRobin @LarryPotash about the LOVE FACTUALLY podcast. :) Check out the video to find out which rom-com lessons about relationships align with the evidence. @pauleastwick.bsky.social wgntv.com/morning-news...

The chemistry between Gosling and McAdams has not aged a day!