Relationship Articles

1. Building Healthy Relationships

   There are several foundational concepts and principles that are important when building healthy relationships.  The articles below will assist you in identifying healthy relationship patterns, and strategies, as well as how to incorporate them into your day-to-day life.

   • Dating Couples' Attachment Styles and Patterns of Cortisol Reactivity and Recovery in Response to a Relationship Conflict

   • When Long-Distance Dating Partners Become Geographically Close

   • Dating Couples' Disagreements over the Desired Level of Sexual Intimacy

   • "Are we Facebook Official?" Implications of Dating Partners' Facebook Use and Profiles for Intimate Relationship Satisfaction

2. Unhealthy Relationships: Predictors, Impact and Outcomes

   Unhealthy relationships are damaging to your self confidence, self esteem and self worth. When forming close relationships, it is important to be able to identify patterns that may detract or negatively impact your well being. The articles below will assist you in determining these factors.

   • The Impact of Partner Psychological Abuse on Health Behaviors and Health Status in College Women

   • Predictors of Dating Violence: A Multivariate Analysis

   • Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Unwanted Pursuit Behaviors Following the Dissolution of a Romantic Relationship

   • College Students' Perceptions of Intimate Partner Cyber Harassment

   • Dating Jealousy Among College Students

   • Romantic Relationship Status and Alcohol Use and Problems Across the First Year of College

3. Online and Long Distance Relationships

   Relationships form in many different ways. Online relationships and long distance relationships add new opportunities to connect over common interests and/or romantically. The articles below highlight ways to navigate these forms of relationships, and how to facilitate growth.

   • College Students' Perceptions of Intimate Partner Cyber Harassment
     College Dating and Social Anxiety: Using the Internet as a Means of Connecting to Others

   • When Long-Distance Dating Partners Become Geographically Close
     "Are we Facebook Official?" Implications of Dating Partners' Facebook Use and Profiles for Intimate Relationship Satisfaction

4. Friendships and Peer Relationships

   Maintaining a positive and supportive friendship/peer circle is important in college. The articles below discuss the importance of incorporating social connections into your college experience, and the long term benefits of this support.

   • The Role of Peer Relationships in Adjustment to College

   • Associations among Peer Relationships, Academic Achievement, and Persistence in College
     Social Support and Mental Health among College Students

5. Professional Relationships

   As a developing professional, it is essential to understand how to appropriately connect with professors, employers and future co-workers. The articles below review how to make successful connections while in college, as well as how to maximize these relationships for professional success.

   • Faculty and Student Relationships: Context Matters
     Role of Student-Faculty Interactions in Developing College Students' Academic Self-Concept, Motivation, and Achievement