Annika From

What are college students looking for on dating apps? And are they accurate at knowing what others are looking for? New data from our lab's dating app, Revel, reveals that users underestimate others' interest in long-term relationships. sites.lsa.umich.edu/revel/2025/10/…

"Overall, couples who disagree about politics have slightly lower relationship quality than couples who are more aligned politically, even when we account for their overall levels of similarity." - Maria Luciani, @AnnikaFrom, & Amie M. Gordon ow.ly/q8LU50U1p9R

Johnson et al. #OnlineFirst examined gender differences in the degree to which men’s and women’s views of their relationship predicted eventual dissolution among mixed-gender couples. doi.org/10.1177/026540…

@LieselSharabi #OnlineFirst explored the matchmaking process and the role of formal intermediaries in mate selection. doi.org/10.1177/026540…

Common conceptions of romantic love suggest that it is associated with increased sexual activity in newer relationships. However, a study of people in relationships of <2 years finds that intensity of romantic love doesn't predict sexual frequency at all. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

"Some themes, like mutual understanding, were more common for participants in same-race relationships, while others, like willingness to learn, were more common in interracial relationships." - @AnnikaFrom ow.ly/aWeU50T8LOv

@datepsych Overwhelmingly, friends first is the norm and is the preferred method of romantic relationship formation: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

New #SPSPblog: Support in Interracial Versus Same-Race Relationships by @AnnikaFrom ow.ly/nguO50T8JEH

You probably already knew this (As a silent X user, I'm nervous posting anything serious): We analyzed data from 1.3 million ppl over 20 years. We found they're more concerned with what people think about them and less willing to defend beliefs publicly. online.ucpress.edu/collabra/artic…

10 research gap types and how to bridge them

Jiang et al. #OnlineFirst investigated the relationship between self-esteem, its interactive patterns within couples, and relationship satisfaction using dyadic response surface analysis. doi.org/10.1177/026540…

🚨‼️Applying to graduate school in #psychology? Check out our Google Drive with prerecorded workshops, example statements, email templates, and additional resources including @PsychinOut free mentorship program and information for international students! drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

The science isn’t there’: do dating apps really help us find our soulmate? | U-M LSA Department of Psychology lsa.umich.edu/psych/news-eve…

With another semester ending, here's your annual reminder that teaching evaluations systemically disadvantage women. Even when controlling for grades and other factors, students (esp. males) consistently give female professors lower scores. This can have serious ramifications.🧵

🚨 New paper! 🚨 Rice theory = labor and irrigation networks of rice farming causes collectivism, but causality is hard to nail down in the pesky real world. Then THIS happened... nature.com/articles/s4146…

It is not everyday that you get to chat about your research for Time Magazine! Had fun talking about the tricky feelings that may help us understand "the ick" in relationships. #relationshipscience time.com/6958762/why-yo…

Our work has now been published in Family Relations! We examined whether relationship education treatment outcomes differ by couples' pre-treatment relationship functioning. In our sample, distressed couples don't benefit from the intervention. @FARE_NCFR onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…