Traditional expectations around family are becoming blurred by factors such as economic instability, climate change, and persistent gender inequality. Childlessness is no longer an...
An overwhelming 97% of participants emphasized the importance of sex in a romantic relationship, with 72% indicating they would not pursue a relationship lacking...
Improvements in relationship confidence had the biggest impact on individual outcomes, including improved mental health, better sleep, and reduced substance use.
A romantic relationship’s total amount of affectionate communication is a much stronger predictor of relationship satisfaction, trust and intimacy than whether each partner communicates...
Travel temporarily removes people from everyday routines, family oversight and social judgement. Dating apps make it easy to meet others in unfamiliar places, often...
Men in particular integrate their partners’ perspectives into how they evaluate their own professional success. For wives and girlfriends, this trend was significantly less...
Domestic abusers use a mix of intense affection and emotional cruelty, combined with tales of their own childhood trauma, to generate a deep psychological...