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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI September 7, 2018

This week's round-up includes an op-ed on the power of colloboration and integrated thinking. See what else you may have missed online.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI August 31, 2018

The replication debate received some coverage this week and stirred up discussions. See what else you may have missed online.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI August 17, 2018

This week's round-up includes a look at the recent problem with bots completing online surveys. See what else you may have missed online.

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The Relationship Implications of Rejecting a Partner for Sex Kindly Versus Having Sex Reluctantly

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Romantic couples often find themselves in situations in which partners have discrepant levels of sexual desire, and research shows that conflicts of interest about sex predict negative relationship outcomes and are among the most difficult types of relationship issues to resolve.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI August 3, 2018

This week's round-up features opposite-sex friendships, first impressions, freeloaders and infidelity. See what else you may have missed online.

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Knowing Who You Are Matters in Relationships

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We’re often told that it’s important to “know thyself.” Although this advice might sound a bit clichéd, it turns out that knowing who we are makes a difference in our romantic relationships.

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Relationship Visibility

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By Lydia Emery

Think about the last time you were on Facebook. You probably noticed “that couple” – the person who always posts pictures of himself with his girlfriend, or the one who claims that she has “the best boyfriend ever” in her status updates. And then there are the people who you know are in relationships, but there’s no trace of it on Facebook. No “in a relationship” status, no pictures together, maybe no mention of the relationship at all.

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A relationship with God?

By Kristin Laurin

I have relationships with lots of people. I have relationships with my parents and sisters. I have relationships with my friends and colleagues. I have a relationship with my girlfriend. I even have a relationship with the cashier at the Trader Joe’s who doesn’t make me feel bad when all I buy is chips, beer and chocolate peanut butter cups. But do I have a relationship with God? Could I have a relationship with God that bears a psychologically meaningful resemblance to my relationships with the important people in my life?

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Social Influence and Teen Sex: What Matters and What Doesn’t

By Benjamin Le

American parents often worry that their adolescent children are susceptible to their friends’ influence and will be pressured into having sex before they are ready to do so. Are these worries justified?

Past research has found that social influence is associated with behaviors such as smoking and alcohol use among teenagers.^1,2 A recent study³ extended this work and investigated whether three types of social influence predict adolescent sexual behavior:

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Jealousy Can Drive Us to View Ourselves More Like Our Rivals

If you see your partner flirt with someone else, you may feel hurt, angry, and jealous. The last thing you might expect is to start thinking of yourself more like your rival. New research suggests just that: that jealousy can prompt people to change how they view themselves relative to competitors for their partners' attention.

Previous research has shown that individuals often will change their self-views to be more similar to someone to whom they want to get closer, such as a romantic partner.

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