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New research finds having a self-employed partner can significantly reduce your life satisfaction. The more you value family, leisure and your own job, the greater the effect.
Media messages normalise gender violence by teaching teenagers – girls and boys alike – that anger is linked to passion and attractiveness.
Age-gap relationships may be paving the way to a more equitable and mutually satisfying future for relationships of all kinds.
What makes a relationship last when feelings fade or circumstances change? Can you force yourself to love someone you hate or don’t care about?
Social relationships are a key source of happiness but most people won’t reach out to an old friend.
Bringing discussion about aftercare into the negotiation of sexual consent encourages deeper conversations about what people want and need for safe, respectful and pleasurable sex.
Artificial intelligence technologies are changing how users experience intimate romantic and sexual connections. These technologies bring many positive benefits, but there is a dark side.
A researcher explains how couples can create a sense of ‘our money’ while keeping a sense of financial autonomy.
Online dating can be enhanced by using AI to create profiles, provide advice and identify matches.
Medical volunteering can damage important relationships between health professionals and patients.
What happens when people form romantic relationships across class? Eve Vincent and Rose Butler interviewed 38 people to find out. Their candid answers are revealing.
Polyamory is on the rise, yet at the same time, younger people are turning away from romance and dating. Does Gen Z want multiple partners or none at all?
Munro’s stories often illuminate the inherent drama of the domestic and seemingly mundane.
Bridgerton explores relatable experiences that resonate with its audience despite its historical setting.
An anthropologist explains how smartphones have gradually replaced our every conversation with communication – a radically different concept.
Dating apps have changed how men interact with women when pursuing heterosexual relationships. A sexuality scholar writes about her experiences online, and her observations on changing masculinity.
While multiple factors play a role in falling divorce rates, the costs of separation make going it alone a daunting prospect for many Canadians.
Half of romantically partnered Australians are coupled with people who don’t share their political views – particularly Generation Z and millennials. Why? Our expert has some ideas … and the figures.
Secure, anxious, avoidant, fearful: research shows people’s feelings about being single may depend on their attachment style
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Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
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Professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University
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Research Supervisor, University of Technology Sydney, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland and Senior Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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Academic, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Relationships, University of South Wales
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Sex and Relationship Therapist, Lecturer, University of Westminster
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British Academy postdoctoral fellow, University of Warwick
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Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Sociology, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Emeritus Professor in Social Policy, University of Bradford
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Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
