Stay-Leave Behavior
Why do some relationships continue whereas others end? One of the most distressing events an individual can go through is the ending of their romantic relationship. As such, we have conducted research aimed at understanding what constitutes ample relationship maintenance, what types of relationship maintenance are especially useful, and why individuals choose to leave their relationships.
Relevant Publications
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- Machia, L. V. & Ogolsky, B. G. (in press). The Reasons People Think about Staying and Leaving their Romantic Relationships: A Mixed-Method Analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
- Joel, S., Eastwick, P. W., Allison, C. J., Arriaga, X. B., Baker, Z. G., Bar-Kalifa, E., Bergeron, S., Birnbaum, G., Brock, R. L., Brumbaugh, C. C., Carmichael, C. L., Chen, S., Clarke, J., Cobb, R. J., Coolsen, M. K., Davis, J., de Jong, D. C., Debrot, A., DeHaas, E. C., Derrick, J. L., Eller, J., Estrada, M. J., Faure, R., Finkel, E. J., Fraley, R. C., Gable, S. L., Gadassi, R., Girme, Y. U., Gordon, A. M., Gosnell, C. L., Hammond, M. D., Hannon, P. A., Harasymchuk, C., Hofmann, W., Horn, A. B., Impett, E. A., Jamieson, J. P., Keltner, D., Kim, J. J., Kirchner, J. L., Klewer, E. S., Kumashiro, M., Larson, G., Lazarus, G., Logan, J. M., Luchies, L. B., MacDonald, G., Machia, L. V., Maniaci, M. R., Maxwell, J. A., Mizrahi, M., Muise, A., Niehuis, S., Ogolsky, B. G., Oldham, C. R., Overall, N. C., Perrez, M., Peters, B. J., Pietromonaco, P. R., Powers, S. I., Pronk, T., Pshedetzky-Shochat, R., Rafaeli, E., Ramsdell, E., Reblin, M., Reicherts, M., Reifman, A., Reis, H. T., Rhoades, G. K., Rholes, W. S., Righetti, F., Rodriguez, L. M., Rogge, R., Rosen, N. O., Saxbe, D., Sened, H., Simpson, J. A., Slotter, E. B., Stanley, S. M., Stocker, S., Surra, C., Vaughn, A. A., Vicary, A. M., Visserman, M. L., & Wolf, S. (2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 19061-19071.
- VanderDrift, L. E. & Agnew, C. R. (2019). Interdependence perspectives on relationship maintenance. In B. G. Ogolsky & J. K. Monk (Eds.) Relationship Maintenance: Theory, Process, and Context. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
- Agnew, C. R. & VanderDrift, L. E. (2018). Commitment processes in personal relationships. In A. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships (2nd Edition). (pp. 437-448). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
- Baker, L. R., McNulty, J. K., & VanderDrift, L. E. (2017). Expectations for future relationship satisfaction: Unique sources and critical implications for commitment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146, 700-721. doi: 10.1037/xge0000299.
- Tan, K., Agnew, C. R., VanderDrift, L. E., & Harvey, S. M. (2015). Committed to us: Predicting relationship closeness following non-marital romantic relationship breakup. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 32, 456-471. doi: 10.1177/0265407514536293.
- VanderDrift, L. E., Tyler, J. M., & Ma, L. (2015). Self-presentation of romantic relationships: Audience, attachment, and the self-presentation of relationship intimacy. Self and Identity, 14, 453-463. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2015.1009939
- Agnew, C. R., & VanderDrift, L. E. (2014). Relationship maintenance and dissolution. In J. A. Simpson & J. F. Dovidio (Eds.), The handbook of personality and social psychology: Interpersonal relations and group processes (pp. 581-604). Washington, DC: APA Press.
- VanderDrift, L. E. & Agnew, C. R. (2012). Need fulfillment and stay-leave behavior: On the diagnosticity of personal and relational needs. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29, 228-245. doi: 10.1177/0265407511431057.
- VanderDrift, L. E., Agnew, C. R., & Wilson, J. E. (2009). Nonmarital romantic relationship commitment and leave behavior: The mediating role of dissolution consideration. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1220-1232. doi: 10.1177/0146167209337543
