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Interacting with the World

Relationships, sex, and attraction

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Should you talk to strangers?

Relationships are a core part of our lives. From the familial relationships that exist from birth, to the sexual orientation that we develop as we grow, and the impact that friends and strangers have through their interactions with us.

  • Can interactions between parents and children shape experiences within our bodies?
  • Do others change how we see ourselves?
  • How does sexual orientation develop?
  • How do our emotions and personalities influence our interactions with others?
  • Why do some marriages last, while others crumble?

Our internationally recognised researchers explore these questions and others in their attempts to understand the role that all relationships play in shaping how we think about, feel and understand ourselves and the world around us.

Using diverse experimental methods that include self reporting, questionnaires, behavioural coding and observations, psychophysiology, and more, we try to understand our place in the world through our interactions with others. We also carry out research in related areas, including meaning in life, trust, and interdependence, emotion, and well-being.

Selected papers

2023

  • Chen, Shilei and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Leman, Patrick J (2023) . Psychology of Women Quarterly, 47 (2). pp. 266-282.
  • Kungl, Melanie and Vrticka, Pascal and Heinisch, Christine and Beckmann, Matthias W and Fasching, Peter A and Ziegler, Clara and Spangler, Gottfried (2023) . Attachment and Human Development, 25 (1). pp. 199-217.
  • Laughlin, Ellen and Pettitt, Molly and Lamarche, Veronica M and James-Hawkins, Laurie (2023) . Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38 (21-22). pp. 11445-11474.
  • Murray, Sandra L and McNulty, James K and Xia, Ji and Lamarche, Veronica M and Seery, Mark D and Ward, Deborah E and Griffin, Dale W and Hicks, Lindsey L and Jung, Han Young (2023) . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125 (3). pp. 519-547.
  • Murray, Sandra L and Xia, Ji and Lamarche, Veronica M and Seery, Mark D and McNulty, James K and Griffin, Dale W and Ward, Deborah E and Han, Jung and Hicks, Lindsey L and Dubois, David (2023) . Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 4.

2022

  • Lamarche, Veronica M and Seery, Mark D and Murray, Sandra L and Kondrak, Cheryl L and Saltsman, Thomas L and Streamer, Lindsey (2022) . Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3. p. 100061.
  • Landsiedel, Julia and Daughters, Katie and Downing, Paul E and Koldewyn, Kami (2022) . NeuroImage, 262. p. 119533.
  • Lotun, Shaaba and Lamarche, Veronica and Samothrakis, Spyridon and Sandstrom, Gillian and Matran-Fernandez, Ana (2022) . Scientific Reports, 12 (1). 16565-.
  • Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Igou, Eric and Panjwani, Mehr (2022) . Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49 (9). pp. 1329-1343.

2021

  • Alexopoulos, Cassandra and Timmermans, Elisabeth and Sharabi, Liesel L and Roaché, David J and Croft, Alyssa and Dorrance Hall, Elizabeth and James-Hawkins, Laurie and Lamarche, Veronica and Uhlich, Maximiliane (2021) '' Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38 (6). pp. 1901-1919. ISSN 0265-4075 (In Press)
  • Chen, Shilei and Van Tilburg, Wijnand and Leman, Patrick (2021) '' British Journal of Social Psychology. ISSN 0144-6665
  • Lamarche, Veronica M (2021) '' European Journal of Personality. 089020702110221-089020702110221. ISSN 0890-2070
  • Lamarche, Veronica M and Atkinson, Ciara and Croft, Alyssa (2021) '' Social Psychological and Personality Science, Online (6). p. 194855062096126. ISSN 1948-5506
  • Moynihan, Andrew B and Igou, Eric R and van Tilburg, Wijnand AP (2021) '' Personality and Individual Differences, 168. p. 110295. ISSN 0191-8869
  • Murray, Sandra and Lamarche, Veronica M and Seery, Mark and Jung, Han Young and Griffin, Dale and Brinkman, Craig (2021) '' Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120 (1). pp. 99-130. ISSN 0022-3514
  • Murray, Sandra L and Seery, Mark D and Lamarche, Veronica M and Jung, Han Young and Saltsman, Thomas L and Griffin, Dale W and Dubois, David and Xia, Ji and Ward, Deborah E and McNulty, James (2021) '' Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12 (7). pp. 1193-1202. ISSN 1948-5506 (In Press)
  • Nguyen, Trinh and Schleihauf, Hanna and Kungl, Melanie and Kayhan, Ezgi and Hoehl, Stephanie and Vrticka, Pascal (2021) '.' Child Development, 92 (4). e565-e580. ISSN 0009-3920
  • Puhlmann, Lara and Derome, Melodie and Morosan, Larisa and Kilicel, Deniz and Vrticka, Pascal and Debbane, Martin (2021) '' Attachment and Human Development. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1461-6734
  • Raines, Jamie and Holmes, Luke and Watts-Overall, Tuesday and Slettevold, Erlend and Gruia, Dragos and Orbell, Sheina and Rieger, Gerulf (2021) '' Psychological Science, 32 (4). pp. 485-495. ISSN 0956-7976
  • Tsegaye, Afework and Guo, Cuiling and Cserjési, Renáta and Kenemans, Leon and Stoet, Gijsbert and Kökönyei, Gyöngyi and Logemann, Alexander (2021) '' Behavioral Sciences, 11 (10). p. 128. ISSN 2076-328X

2020

  • Croft, Alyssa and Atkinson, Ciara and Sandstrom, Gillian and Aknin, Lara and Orbell, Sheina (2020) '' Personality and Social Psychology Review. ISSN 1088-8683 (In Press)
  • Mahadevan, Nikhila and Gregg, Aiden P and Sedikides, Constantine (2020) '' Journal of Personality. ISSN 0022-3506
  • Murray, Sandra and Lamarche, Veronica M and Seery, Mark and Jung, Han Young and Griffin, Dale and Brinkman, Craig (2020) '' Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ISSN 0022-3514 (In Press)
  • Nguyen, Trinh and Schleihauf, Hanna and Kayhan, Ezgi and Mathes, Daniel and Vrticka, Pascal and Hoehl, Stefanie (2020) '' Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. ISSN 1749-5016

2019

  • Burra, Nicolas and Massait, Solene and Vrticka, Pascal (2019) '' Scientific Reports, 9 (1). ISSN 2045-2322
  • Lamarche, Veronica M and Seery, Mark D (2019) '' Personality and Individual Differences, 149. 315 - 325. ISSN 0191-8869
  • Le, PQ and Saltsman, TL and Seery, MD and Ward, DE and Kondrak, CL and Lamarche, VM (2019) '' Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 80. 59 - 66. ISSN 0022-1031
  • Mahadevan, Nikhila and Gregg, Aiden P and Sedikides, Constantine (2019) '' Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116 (3). 444 - 466. ISSN 0022-3514
  • Murray, Sandra L and Seery, Mark D and Lamarche, Veronica M and Kondrak, Cheryl L and Gomillion, Sarah (2019) '' Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116 (1). 69 - 100. ISSN 0022-3514

Our academics

Dr Katie Daughters
Dr Katie Daughters

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Health behaviour; emotion; well-being.
Dr Megan Klabunde
Dr Megan Klabunde

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Emotion; development; interoception.
Dr Veronica Lamarche
Dr Veronica Lamarche

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making; meaning in life, trust, and interdependence.
Dr Nikhila Mahadevan
Dr Nikhila Mahadevan

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Emotion; well-being; justice, fairness and equality.
Professor Sheina Orbell
Professor Sheina Orbell

Professor

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Health behaviour.
Dr Wijnand Van Tilburg
Dr Wijnand Van Tilburg

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making; emotion; meaning in life, trust and interdependence.
Dr Pascal Vrticka
Dr Pascal Vrticka

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Meaning in life, trust, and interdependence.
Dr Motonori Yamaguchi
Dr Motonori Yamaguchi

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making; memory; motivation; emotion; justice, fairness and equality; vision.
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