By Dr. Dylan Selterman – University of Maryland
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Think back to a time when you felt betrayed. What did the person do? Did they confess? How did you feel? Why do you think you felt that way?
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Couple Who Diets Together: How Your Partner Influences Your Weight Loss
By Dr. Marni Amsellem
Photo Credit: TVline.com“What should we do for dinner tonight, honey?”
Chances are you regularly factor your partner into many of your typical daily activities. The two of you have likely fallen into some life…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Cyberbullying: Sticks and Stones May Break my Bones, but Tweets are What Really Hurt Me
In September of 2017, Melania Trump gave a speech to the United Nations in which she spoke out against the harms caused by individuals who engage in cyberbullying, or “intentional aggressive behavior that is carried out repeatedly, occurs betwe…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Downside of Having a Dominant Relationship Partner
The issue: People have a need to feel autonomous (i.e., they need to feel like they are doing something because they want to and not because someone forced them to).1 When people are dominant, they try to take control of the sit…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Do Romantic Partners Help or Hurt Goal Pursuit?
It’s the end of a long day, you’ve had a goal to exercise a few times a week, and you’re trying to decide if you’re going to go for a run tonight. You’re in a romantic relationship and you think about how your romantic p…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Some Things You Know You Have Before They’re Gone
A wise man (with amazing hair) once crooned “don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”. The statement’s intended interpretation is that we often take for granted the positive characteristics of our romantic part…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Dating Your Boss May Be Bad For Your Career
Getting romantically involved with a coworker is not uncommon; it’s estimated that nearly 10 million workplace romances start each year, and about half of all white-collar workers have been involved in a workplace romance at some point during…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Better Than You Think: The Impact of TV on Your Relationship
Television often gets a bad rap. If your mom was anything like mine, she often warned that if you sat too long in front of the TV it would “rot your brain.” TV’s potential for brain degradation aside, because watching TV is enjoya…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Hopelessly Romantic and Easily Disappointed?
America is a country of romantics: we love our reality dating shows, rom-coms, and Disney princess movies. Romantic beliefs, like the ideas of love at first sight, “love will overcome all obstacles,” and “happily ever after“…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: We Grow Older Together, But Lonely
Loneliness is a particularly negative psychological experience that is linked to poor physical health. Single people and those who live alone are susceptible to loneliness, as are those who have poor quality social relationships. In fact, even thos…
