2025 AND IN PRESS
McIntyre, K. P., Mattingly, B. A., Issula, I., & Stanton, S. C. E. (in press). Self-expansion within sexual minority relationships. The Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2024.2328122
Campbell, L., Camanto, O. J., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2025). The nature of trust in romantic relationships. In K. J. Rotenberg, S. Petrocchi, A. Levante, & F. Lecciso (Eds.), Handbook of trust and social psychology (pp. 93-108). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803929415.00017
Eastwick, P. W., Sparks, J., Finkel, E. J., Meza, E. M., Adamkovič, M., Adu, P., Ai, T., Akintola, A. A., Al-Shawaf, L., Apriliawati, D., Arriaga, P., Aubert-Teillaud, B., Baník, G., Barzykowski, K., Batres, C., Baucom, K. J., Beaulieu, E. Z., Behnke, M., Butcher, N., … *Dizon, M., … Stanton, S. C. E., … & Coles, N. A. (2025). A worldwide test of the predictive validity of ideal partner preference matching. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 128(1), 123-146. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000524
*Gazder, T., *Drummond, E. R., *Gelegen, M., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2025). Mindfulness, loving-kindness, and compassion-based meditation interventions and adult attachment orientations: A systematic map. Behavioral Sciences, 15(2), 119. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15020119
2024
*Ellis, A., Stanton, S. C. E., Hawkins, R. D., & Loughnan, S. (2024). Development and validation of the Companion Animals Self-Expansion Scale. Human-Animal Interactions, 12(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1079/hai.2024.0020
*Ellis, A., Hawkins, R. D., Stanton, S. C. E., & Loughnan, S. (2024). The association between companion animal attachment and depression: A systematic review. Anthrozoös, 37(6), 1067-1105. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2024.2384210
*Ellis, A., Loughnan, S., Hawkins, R. D., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2024). The associations between human-companion animal relationship duration, companion animal life stage, and relationship quality. Animals, 14(11), 1606. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14111606
Lin, J., MacCormack, J. K., Boker, S. M., Coan, J. A., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2024). The role of perceived negative partner behavior in daily snacking behavior: A dynamical systems approach. Appetite, 199, 107393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107393
Dobson, K., *Veeravalli, A., *Gazder, T., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2024). Self-expansion perceptions and behaviors uniquely contribute to relationship quality over time. Journal of Family Psychology, 38(3), 484-494. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001188
*Ellis, A., Stanton, S. C. E., Hawkins, R. D., & Loughnan, S. (2024). The link between the nature of the human-companion animal relationship and well-being outcomes in companion animal owners. Animals, 14(3), 441. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14030441
2023
Dobson, K., Stanton, S. C. E., Balzarini, R. N., & Campbell, L. (2023). Are you tired of “us?” Accuracy and bias in couples’ perceptions of relational boredom. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(10), 3091-3120. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231168141
Dobson, K., Ogolsky, B. G., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2023). So where do you see this going? The effects of commitment asymmetry and asynchrony on relationship satisfaction and breakup. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(5), 890-905. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2942
Carnelley, K. B., Vowels, L. M., Stanton, S. C. E., Millings, A., & Hart, C. M. (2023). Perceived partner phubbing predicts lower relationship quality but partners’ enacted phubbing does not. Computers in Human Behavior, 57, 107860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107860
Farrell, A. K., Stimpel, A. L., Stanton, S. C. E., & Slatcher, R. B. (2023). Relationship quality and physical health: Responsiveness as an active ingredient predicting health across the lifespan. Current Opinion in Psychology, 52, 101628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101628
Sell, N. T., Sisson, N. M., Gordon, A. M., Stanton, S. C. E., & Impett, E. A. (2023). Daily sleep quality and support in romantic relationships: The role of negative affect and perspective-taking. Affective Science, 4, 370-384. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-023-00180-7
*Gazder, T., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2023). Longitudinal associations between mindfulness and change in attachment orientations in couples: The role of relationship preoccupation and empathy. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(5), 1398-1421. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221139654
Lamarche, V. M., Tan, K., Stanton, S. C. E., & Carswell, K. L. (2023). Not so WEIRD after all? Relationship science in diverse samples and contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1162324. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1162324
McIntyre, K. P., Mattingly, B. A., Stanton, S. C. E., Xu, X., Loving, T. J., & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2023). Romantic relationships and mental health: Investigating the role of self-expansion on depression symptoms. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(1), 3-28. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221101127
*Koike, M., Loughnan, S., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2023). Virtually in love: The role of anthropomorphism in virtual romantic relationships. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(1), 600-616. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12564
2022
Farrell, A. K., Stanton, S. C. E., & Sbarra, D. A. (2022). Good theories in need of better data: Combining clinical and social psychological approaches to study the mechanisms linking relationships and health. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(3), 863-883. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916211027563
Farrell, A. K., Stanton, S. C. E., & Marshall, E. M. (2022). Social network structure and combating social disconnection: Implications for physical health. Current Opinion in Psychology, 45, 101313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101313
Vowels, L. M., Carnelley, K. B., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2022). Attachment anxiety predicts worse mental health outcomes during COVID-19: Evidence from two studies. Personality and Individual Differences, 185, 111256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111256
2021
Stanton, S. C. E., *Chan, A. P. S., & *Gazder, T. (2021). Mindfulness, perceived partner responsiveness, and relationship quality: A dyadic longitudinal mediation model. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(11), 3310-3332. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211030327
Joel, S., Stanton, S. C. E., Page-Gould, E., & MacDonald, G. (2021). One foot out the door: Stay/leave ambivalence predicts day-to-day fluctuations in commitment and intentions to end the relationship. European Journal of Social Psychology, 51(2), 294-312. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2739
2020
Farrell, A. K., Stanton, S. C. E., & Simpson, J. A. (2020). Advancing understanding of the mechanistic pathways underlying close relationships and physical health: Conclusion to the special issue. Personal Relationships, 27(4), 956-960. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12350
*Twiselton, K., Stanton, S. C. E., Gillanders, D., & Bottomley, E. (2020). Exploring the links between psychological flexibility, individual well-being, and relationship quality. Personal Relationships, 27(4), 880-906. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12344
*Gazder, T., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2020). Partners’ relationship mindfulness promotes better daily relationship behaviours for insecurely attached individuals. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 7267. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197267
*Chin, K., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2020). Self-regulation. In B. J. Carducci & C. S. Nave (Eds.-in-chief), A. Di Fabio, D. H. Saklofske, & C. Stough (Vol. Eds.), Wiley encyclopedia of personality and individual differences: Vol. 3. Personality processes and individual differences (pp. 405-410). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119547174.ch246
Stanton, S. C. E., *Spence, K., *Kähkönen, J. E., & Dobson, K. (2020). Individual and dyadic associations among relational self-expansion potential, affect, and perceived health. Personal Relationships, 27(3), 550-570. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12331
*Koike, M., Loughnan, S., Stanton, S. C. E., & Ban, M. (2020). What factors attract people to play romantic video games? PLoS ONE, 15(4), e0231535. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231535
2019
Farrell, A. K., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2019). Toward a mechanistic understanding of links between close relationships and physical health. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 28(5), 483-489. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721419855657
Imami, L., Stanton, S. C. E., Zilioli, S., Tobin, E. T., Farrell, A. K., Luca, F., & Slatcher, R. B. (2019). Self-disclosure and perceived responsiveness among youth with asthma: Links to affect and anti-inflammatory gene expression. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(8), 1155-1169. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218808497
Stanton, S. C. E., Slatcher, R. B., & Reis, H. T. (2019). Relationships, health, and well-being: The role of responsiveness. In D. Schoebi & B. Campos (Eds.), New directions in the psychology of close relationships (pp. 118-135). Routledge.
Stanton, S. C. E., +Selcuk, E., Farrell, A. K., Slatcher, R. B., & Ong, A. D. (2019). Perceived partner responsiveness, daily negative affect reactivity, and all-cause mortality: A 20-year longitudinal study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 81(1), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000618
Campbell, L., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2019). Adult attachment and trust in romantic relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology, 25, 148-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.08.004
2018
Farrell, A. K., Imami, L., Stanton, S. C. E., & Slatcher, R. B. (2018). Affective processes as mediators of links between close relationships and physical health. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 12(7), e12408. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12408
Dobson, K., Campbell, L., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2018). Are you coming on to me? Accuracy and bias in couples’ perceptions of sexual advances. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35(4), 460-484. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407517743081
Campbell, L., Balzarini, R. N., Kohut, T., Dobson, K., Hahn, C. M., Moroz, S. E., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2018). Self-esteem, relationship threat, and dependency regulation: Independent replication of Murray, Rose, Bellavia, Holmes, and Kusche (2002) Study 3. Journal of Research in Personality, 72, 5-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2017.04.001
2017
Stanton, S. C. E., Campbell, L., & Pink, J. C. (2017). Benefits of positive relationship experiences for avoidantly attached individuals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113(4), 568-588. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000098
Stanton, S. C. E., Zilioli, S., Briskin, J. L., Imami, L., Tobin, E. T., Wildman, D. E., Mair-Meijers, H., Luca, F., Kane, H. S., & +Slatcher, R. B. (2017). Mothers’ attachment is linked to their children’s anti-inflammatory gene expression via maternal warmth. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(7), 796-805. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616687125
Hamel, L. M., Penner, L. A., Eggly, S., Chapman, R. A., Klamerus, J. F., Simon, M. S., Stanton, S. C. E., & Albrecht, T. L. (2017). Do patients and oncologists discuss the cost of cancer treatment? An observational study of clinical interactions between African American patients and their oncologists. Journal of Oncology Practice, 13(3), e249-e258. https://doi.org/10.1200/JOP.2016.015859
Selcuk, E., Stanton, S. C. E., Slatcher, R. B., & Ong, A. D. (2017). Perceived partner responsiveness predicts better sleep quality through lower anxiety. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(1), 83-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616662128
2016
Stanton, S. C. E., & Campbell, L. (2016). Attachment avoidance and amends-making: A case advocating the need for attempting to replicate one’s own work. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 67, 43-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2015.08.006
Muise, A., Stanton, S. C. E., Kim, J. J., & Impett, E. A. (2016). Not in the mood? Men under- (not over-) perceive their partner’s sexual desire in established intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(5), 725-742. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000046
Campbell, L., *Chin, K., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2016). Initial evidence that individuals form new relationships with partners that more closely match their ideal preferences. Collabra, 2(1): 2, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.24
2015
Stanton, S. C. E., & Campbell, L. (2015). Can’t get you off my mind: Relationship reflection creates cognitive load for more anxiously attached individuals. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 32(4), 441-455. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407514536292
Campbell, L., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2015). Actor-partner interdependence model. In R. L. Cautin & S. O. Lilienfeld (Eds.), Encyclopedia of clinical psychology (pp. 1-7). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118625392.wbecp467
Campbell, L., Pink, J. C., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2015). Ideal mate standards and romantic relationships. In M. Mikulincer, P. R. Shaver (Eds.-in-chief), J. A. Simpson, & J. F. Dovidio (Vol. Eds.), APA handbook of personality and social psychology: Vol. 3. Interpersonal relations (pp. 247-269). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14344-009
2014
Stanton, S. C. E., & Campbell, L. (2014). Psychological and physiological predictors of health in romantic relationships: An attachment perspective. Journal of Personality, 82(6), 528-538. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12056
Stanton, S. C. E., Campbell, L., & Loving, T. J. (2014). Energized by love: Thinking about romantic relationships increases positive affect and blood glucose levels. Psychophysiology, 51(10), 990-995. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12249
Campbell, L., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2014). The predictive validity of ideal partner preferences in relationship formation: What we know, what we don’t know, and why it matters. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 8(9), 485-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12126
Stanton, S. C. E., & Campbell, L. (2014). Perceived social support moderates the link between attachment anxiety and health outcomes. PLoS ONE, 9(4), e95358. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095358
2013
Campbell, L., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2013). Handling conflicts positively. In M. Hojjat & D. Cramer (Eds.), Positive psychology of love (pp. 134-145). Oxford University Press.
2012
Stanton, S. C. E., & Finkel, E. J. (2012). Too tired to take offense: When depletion promotes forgiveness. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(2), 587-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.11.011
