Healthy Couples Lab

02/14/2026

How do children learn to cooperate with others? A new cross-cultural study suggests that the answer depends less on universal rules and more on the social norms surrounding the child.

02/14/2026

Couples who spend more time savoring the pleasurable moments they share are happier together, argue less, and are more confident their relationship will last, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers say in a new study. "Savoring involves slowing down to become aware of and focus on posit...

01/15/2026

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01/15/2026

11/12/2025

📊New research: People tend to moralize health behaviors - treating them as right or wrong - when they perceive those behaviors as causing harm to others.

Researchers surveyed over 2,000 participants about various health behaviors like smoking and diet. They identified three types of perceived harm (personal, interpersonal, collective) and experimentally manipulated how harmful behaviors seemed.

Learn more in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin: https://ow.ly/yYHl50XoyRp

11/08/2025

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11/08/2025

APA and APA Services, Inc. are monitoring the immediate and cascading effects of the federal government shutdown, which has halted most "nonessential" operations across federal agencies critical to psychology's research, education, and practice infrastructure.

Learn more and access our latest resources: https://at.apa.org/d8026e

11/08/2025

Jerry Richardson, a Cornell university doctoral candidate in psychology, was dashing into a grocery store on his way to a dinner party when a man outside the store asked him for some food. Richardson obliged, and gave him $7 of groceries. The recipient was so grateful, and Richardson felt so good ab...

11/08/2025

Are you or your partner making a New Year’s Resolution to quit smoking? Sign up now to share your experience with our research team!

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09/18/2025

People in in*******al relationships reported higher levels of general, cognitive, and emotional jealousy than same-race couples, but these feelings didn’t lead to more controlling behaviors. A strong sense of togetherness buffered jealousy’s impact on satisfaction.