Hoan, E. & MacDonald, G. (in press). "Sisters are doin’ it for themselves": Gender differences in singles’ well-being. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Hoan, E. & MacDonald, G. (in press). Personality and well-being across and within relationship status. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. PDF
Stern, J., Krämer, M. D., Schumacher, A., MacDonald, G., & Richter, D. (in press). Differences between lifelong singles and ever-partnered individuals in Big Five personality traits and life satisfaction. Psychological Science.
Gauvin, S., Maxwell, J. A., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (in press). Love lost in translation: Avoidant individuals inaccurately perceive their partners’ positive emotions during love conversations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Pepping, C. A., Girme, Y. U., Cronin, T. J., & MacDonald, G. (2024). Diversity in singlehood experiences: Testing an attachment theory model of sub-groups of singles. Journal of Personality. PDF
Park, Y., Girme, Y. U., & MacDonald, G. (2024). Three methodological approaches to studying singlehood. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18, e12884. PDF
Girme, Y. U. Park, Y. & MacDonald, G. (2023). Coping or thriving? Reviewing intrapersonal, interpersonal, and societal factors associated with well-being in singlehood from a within-group perspective. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18, 1097-1120. PDF
Park, Y., MacDonald, G., Impett, E. A., & Neel, R. (2023). What social lives do single people want? A person-centered approach to identifying profiles of social motives among singles. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125, 219–236. PDF
Hill Roy, L., Park, Y., & MacDonald, G. (2023). Age moderates the link between relationship desire and life satisfaction among singles. Personal Relationships, 30, 893-912. PDF
Park, Y. & MacDonald, G. (2023). Necessities and luxuries in satisfying single lives. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40, 937-954. PDF
Park, Y., Sanscartier, S., Impett, E. A., Algoe, S. B., Leonhardt, N. D., Schrage, K. M., Carmichael, C. L., Collins, N. L., Conte, F., De Rosa, O., Ficca, G., Fredrickson, B. L., Harris, P. E., Keltner, D., West, T. N., & MacDonald, G. (2023). Meta-analytic evidence that attachment insecurity is associated with less frequent experiences of discrete positive emotions. Journal of Personality, 91, 1223-1238. PDF
Joel, S., Maxwell, J. A., Khera, D., Peetz, J., Baucom, B. R. W., & MacDonald, G. (2023). Expect and you shall perceive: People who are happier with their relationships expect and in turn perceive more relationship effort from their partners. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124, 1230–1255. PDF
Park, Y., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2023). Partnership status and satisfaction with work-life balance. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 32, 118-127. PDF
Cantarella, I. A., Spielmann, S. S., Partridge, T., MacDonald, G., Joel, S., & Impett, E. A. (2023). Validating the Fear of Being Single Scale for Individuals in Relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40, 2969-2979. PDF
Alaei, R., Rule, N. O., & MacDonald, G. (2022). Individuals’ favorite songs’ lyrics reflect their attachment style. Personal Relationships, 29, 778-791. PDF
Park, Y., Page-Gould, E., & MacDonald, G. (2022). Satisfying singlehood as a function of age and cohort: Satisfaction with being single increases with age after midlife. Psychology and Aging, 37, 626-636. PDF
MacDonald, G. & Park, Y. (2022). Associations of attachment avoidance and anxiety with life satisfaction, satisfaction with singlehood, and desire for a romantic partner. Personal Relationships, 29, 163-176. PDF
Park, Y. & MacDonald, G. (2022). Single and partnered individuals' sexual satisfaction as a function of sexual desire and activities: Results using a sexual satisfaction scale demonstrating measurement invariance across partnership status. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, 547–564. PDF
Joel, S. & MacDonald, G. (2021). We’re not that choosy: Emerging evidence of a progression bias in romantic relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 25, 317-343 . PDF
Hobson, N. M., Kim, J. J., & MacDonald, G. (2021). A camel through the eye of a needle: Prosperity gospel leads to financially risky behaviors by inflating optimism and arousing positive emotions. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 13, 416–424. PDF
MacDonald, G., Park, Y., Hayes, A., Vanasse-Grosdidier, I., & Park, S. W. (2021). Quality of alternatives positively associated with interest in opening up a relationship. Personal Relationships, 28, 538-566. PDF
Park, Y., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2021). Singles’ sexual satisfaction is associated with more satisfaction with singlehood and less interest in marriage. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 741-752. PDF
Park, Y., Impett, E. A., Spielmann, S., & Joel, S., & MacDonald, G. (2021). Lack of intimacy prospectively predicts breakup. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 442-451. PDF
Debrot, A., Stellar, J., MacDonald, G., Keltner, D., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Is touch in romantic relationships universally beneficial for psychological well-being? The role of attachment avoidance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 1495-1509. PDF
Joel, S., Stanton, C. E., Page-Gould, E., & MacDonald, G. (2021). One foot out the door: Stay/leave ambivalence predicts day-to-day fluctuations in commitment and intentions to end the relationship. European Journal of Social Psychology, 51, 294-312. PDF
Park, Y., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2021). Generalizability of results from dyadic data: Participation of one versus two members of a romantic couple is associated with breakup likelihood. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 232-240. PDF
Locke, K. D., MacDonald, G., Barni, D., Reyes, J. A., Morio, H., Vargas-Flores, J. D., Ibáñez-Reyes, J., Mastor, K. A., & Kamble, Shanmukh (2021). Communal motives towards parents and perceived self-parent agreement. Collabra: Psychology, 7, 22165. PDF
Crawford, B., Muhlert, N., MacDonald, G., & Lawrence, A. D. (2020). Brain structure correlates of expected social threat and reward. Scientific Reports, 10, 1-13. PDF
Schrage, K., Maxwell, J. A., Impett, E. A., Keltner, D., & MacDonald, G. (2020). Effects of verbal and nonverbal communication of affection on avoidantly attached partners’ emotions and message receptiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 1567-1580. PDF
Locke, K. D., Barni, D., Morio, H., MacDonald, G., Mastor, K. A., Vargas-Flores, J. D., Ibáñez-Reyes, J., Reyes, J. A., Kamble, S., & Ortiz, F. (2020). Culture moderates the normative and distinctive impact of parents and similarity on young adults’ partner preferences. Cross-Cultural Research, 54, 435-461. PDF
Muise, A., Kim, J. J., Debrot, A., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2020). Sexual nostalgia as a response to unmet sexual and relational needs: The role of attachment avoidance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 1538-1552. PDF
Alaei, R., Lévêque, G. MacDonald, G., & Rule, N. (2020). Accuracy and bias in first impressions of attachment style from faces. Journal of Personality, 88, 940-949. PDF
Locke, K. D., Mastor, K. A., MacDonald, G., Barni, D., Morio, H., Reyes, J. A., Vargas-Flores, J. D., Ibáñez-Reyes, J., Kamble, S., & Ortiz, F. (2020). Young adults’ partner preferences and parents’ in-law preferences across generations, genders, and nations. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50, 903-920. PDF
Joel, S., Eastwick, P. W., Allison, C., Arriaga, X. B., Baker, Z. G., Bar-Kalifa, E., Bergeron, S., Brock, B., Brumbaugh, C. C., Carmichael, C. L., Chen, S., Clarke, J., Cobb, R. J., Coolsen, M. K., Davis, J., de Jong, D. C., Debrot, A., 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., Hammond, M. D., Hannon, P. A., Harasymchuk, C., Horn, A. B., Impett, E. A., Jamieson, J. P., Keltner, D., Kim, J., Kirchner, J. L., Klewer, E., Kuile T., Kumashiro, M., Larson, G., Lazarus, G., Logan, J. M., Luchies, L., MacDonald, G., Maniaci, M. R., Maxwell, J. A., Mizrahi, M., Molloy, P. R., Muise, A., Niehuis, S., Ogolsky, B. G., Oldham, C. R., Overall, N. C., Perrez, M., Peters, B., Pietromonaco, P. R., Powers, S. I., Prok, T., Pschedetzky-Schochat, R., Rafaeli, E., Reblin, M., Reifman, A., Reiherts, M., Reis, H., Rhoades, G., Rholes, S., Righetti, F., Rodriguez, L., Rogge, R., Rosen, N., Saxbe, D., Sened, H., Simpson, J., Slotter, E. B., Stanley, S., Stocker, S., Surra, C., VanderDrift, L., Vaughn, A., Vicary, A., Visserman, M., & Wolf, S. (2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 19061-19071. PDF
Tchalova, K. & MacDonald, G. (2020). Opioid receptor blockade inhibits self-disclosure during a closeness-building social interaction. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 104559. PDF
Spielmann, S.S., Maxwell, J. A., MacDonald, G., Peragine, D., & Impett, E. A. (2020). The predictive effects of fear of being single on physical attractiveness and less selective partner selection strategies. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(1), 100-123. PDF
Nunez Segovia, A., Maxwell, J. A., DiLorenzo, M. G., & MacDonald, G. (2019). No strings attached? How attachment orientation relates to the varieties of casual sexual relationships. Personality and Individual Differences, 151, 109455. PDF
Park, Y., Johnson, M., MacDonald, G., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Perceiving gratitude from a romantic partner predicts decreases in attachment anxiety. Developmental Psychology, 55, 2692-2700. PDF
Sanscartier, S. & MacDonald, G. (2019). Healing through community connection? Modeling links between attachment avoidance, connection to the LGBTQ+ community, and internalized heterosexism. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 66, 564-576. PDF
Park, Y., Impett, E. A., MacDonald G., & Lemay, E. P. (2019). Saying "thank you": Partners' expressions of gratitude protect relationship satisfaction and commitment from the harmful effects of attachment insecurity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117, 773-806. PDF
Park, Y. & MacDonald, G. (2019). Consistency between individuals’ past and current romantic partners' own reports of their personalities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 12793-12797. PDF
Pepping, C. A. & MacDonald, G. (2019). Adult attachment and long-term singlehood. Current Opinion in Psychology, 25, 105-109. PDF
Park, Y., Debrot, A., Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2019). Distinguishing dismissing from fearful attachment in the association between closeness and commitment. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 563-572. PDF
Joel, S., Impett, E. A., Spielmann, S. S., & MacDonald, G. (2018). How interdependent are stay/leave decisions? On staying in the relationship for the sake of the romantic partner. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 805-824. PDF
Pepping, C. A., MacDonald, G., & Davis, P. J. (2018). Toward a psychology of singlehood: An attachment theoretical perspective on long-term singlehood. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 27, 324-331. PDF
Joel, S., MacDonald, G., & Page-Gould, E. (2018). Wanting to stay and wanting to go: Unpacking the content and structure of relationship stay/leave decision processes. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9, 631-644. PDF
DiLorenzo, M. G., Chum, G. T., Weidmark, L. V., & MacDonald, G. (2018). Presence of an attachment figure is associated with greater sensitivity to physical pain following mild social exclusion. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9, 595-603. PDF
Joel, S., Plaks, J. E., & MacDonald, G. (2017). Nothing ventured, nothing gained: People anticipate and experience more regret from missed romantic opportunities than from rejection. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 305–336. PDF
Joel, S., MacDonald, G., & Spielmann, S. S. (2017). Motivated use of numerical anchors for judgments relevant to the self. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 972-985. PDF
Philipp-Muller, A. & MacDonald, G. (2017). Avoidant individuals may have muted responses to social warmth after all: An attempted replication of MacDonald and Borsook (2010). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 272-280. PDF
Maxwell, J. A., Muise, A., MacDonald, G., Day, L. C., Rosen, N. O. & Impett, E. A. (2017). How implicit theories of sexuality shape sexual and relationship well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 112, 238-279. PDF
Rain, M., Cilento, E., MacDonald, G., & Mar, R. A. (2017). Adult attachment and transportation into narrative worlds. Personal Relationships, 24, 49-74. PDF
Spielmann, S. S., MacDonald, G., Joel, S., & Impett, E. A. (2016). Longing for ex-partners out of fear of being single. Journal of Personality, 84, 799-808. PDF
Spielmann, S. S. & MacDonald, G. (2016). Nice guys finish first when presented second: Responsive daters are evaluated more positively following exposure to unresponsive daters. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 64, 99-105. PDF
Dane, S., Masser, B., & MacDonald, G. (2015). When "in your face" is not out of place: The effect of timing of sexual orientation disclosure under conditions of contact. PLOS ONE, 10(8): e0135023. PDF
MacDonald, G., Baratta, P., & Tzalizidis, R. (2015). Resisting connection following social exclusion: Rejection by an attractive suitor provokes derogation of an unattractive suitor. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 766-772. PDF
Joel, S., Teper, R., & MacDonald, G. (2014). People overestimate their willingness to reject potential romantic partners by overlooking their concern for others. Psychological Science, 25, 2233-2240. PDF
Gere, J., MacDonald, G., Joel, S., Spielmann, S. S., & Impett, E. A. (2013). The independent contributions of social reward and threat perceptions to romantic commitment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 961-977. PDF
Spielmann, S. S., MacDonald, G., Maxwell, J. A., Joel, S., Peragine, D., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2013). Settling for less out of fear of being single. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 1049-1073. PDF
Joel, S., MacDonald, G., & Plaks, J. (2013). Romantic relationships conceptualized as a judgment and decision-making domain. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 461-465. PDF
Gere, J. & MacDonald, G. (2013). Assessing relationship quality across cultures: An examination of measurement equivalence. Personal Relationships, 20, 422-442. PDF
Joel, S., Gordon, A. M., Impett, E.A., MacDonald, G., & Keltner, D. (2013). The things you do for me: Perceptions of a romantic partner's investments promote gratitude and commitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1333-1345. PDF
MacDonald, G., Locke, K. D., Spielmann, S. S., & Joel, S. (2013). Insecure attachment predicts ambivalent social threat and reward perceptions in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30, 647-661. PDF
Maxwell, J. A., Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., & MacDonald, G. (2013). Attachment theory as a framework for understanding responses to social exclusion. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7, 444-456. PDF
Nail, P. R., Di Domenico, S. I., & MacDonald, G. (2013). Proposal of a double diamond model of social response. Review of General Psychology, 17, 1-19. PDF
Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., MacDonald, G., & Kogan, A. (2013). Ex appeal: Current relationship quality and emotional attachment to ex-partners. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 175-180. PDF
Spielmann, S. S., Maxwell, J. A., MacDonald, G., & Baratta, P. L. (2013). Don't get your hopes up: Avoidantly attached individuals perceive lower social reward when there is potential for intimacy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 91-107. PDF
Spielmann, S. S., MacDonald, G., & Tackett, J. L. (2012). Social threat, social reward, and regulation of investment in romantic relationships. Personal Relationships, 19, 601-622. PDF
MacDonald, G., Marshall, T. C., Gere, J., Shimotomai, A., & July, L. (2012). Valuing romantic relationships: The role of family approval across cultures. Cross Cultural Research, 46, 366-393. PDF
Joel, S., MacDonald, G., & Plaks, J. E. (2012). Attachment anxiety uniquely predicts regret proneness in close relationship contexts. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, 348-355. PDF
Nordgren, L.F., Banas, K., & MacDonald, G. (2011). Empathy gaps for social pain: Why people underestimate the pain of social suffering. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 120-128. PDF
Joel, S., MacDonald, G., & Shimotomai, A. (2011). Conflicting pressures on relationship commitment for anxiously attached individuals. Journal of Personality, 79, 51-71. PDF
MacDonald, G., Nail, P. R., & Harper, J. (2011). Do people use "reverse psychology?" An exploration of strategic self-anticonformity. Social Influence, 6, 1-14. PDF
MacDonald, G. & Borsook, T.K. (2010). Attachment avoidance and feelings of connection in social interaction. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 1122-1125. PDF
Borsook, T.K. & MacDonald, G. (2010). Mildly negative social encounters reduce physical pain sensitivity. Pain, 151, 372-377. PDF
DeWall, C.N., MacDonald, G., Webster, G.D., Masten, C., Baumeister, R.F., Powell, C., Combs, D., Schurtz, D.R., Stillman, T.F., Tice, D.M., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2010). Acetaminophen reduces social pain: Behavioral and neural evidence. Psychological Science, 21, 931-937. PDF
Gere, J., & MacDonald, G. (2010). An update of the empirical case for the Need to Belong. Journal of Individual Psychology, 66, 93-115. PDF
Dane, S. K. & MacDonald, G. (2009). Heterosexuals' acceptance predicts same-sex attracted young adults' well-being beyond ingroup support. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 26, 659-677. PDF
Spielmann, S. S., MacDonald, G., & Wilson, A. E. (2009). On the rebound: Focusing on someone new helps anxiously attached individuals let go of ex-partners. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1382-1394. PDF
MacDonald, G. & Lipp, O. V. (2008). Mortality salience eliminates attentional bias for fear-relevant animals. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 243-250. PDF
MacDonald, G. (2008). Use of pain threshold reports to satisfy social needs. Pain Research and Management, 13(4), 309 - 319. PDF
MacDonald, G. & Jessica, M. (2006). Family approval as a constraint in dependency regulation: Evidence from Australia and Indonesia. Personal Relationships, 13, 183-194. PDF
MacDonald, G. & Kingsbury, R. (2006). Does physical pain augment anxious attachment? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 23, 291-304. PDF
MacDonald, G. & Leary, M.R. (2005). Why does social exclusion hurt? The relationship between social and physical pain. Psychological Bulletin, 130, 202-223. PDF
MacDonald, G. & Leary, M.R. (2005). Roles of social pain and defense mechanisms in response to social exclusion: Reply to Panksepp (2005) and Corr (2005). Psychological Bulletin, 131, 237-240. PDF
MacDonald, G. & Nail, P.R. (2005). Attitude change and the public-private attitude distinction. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 15-28. PDF
MacDonald, G., Nail, P.R., & Levy, D.A. (2004). Expanding the scope of the social response context model. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 26, 77-92. PDF
MacDonald, G., Saltzman, J.L., & Leary, M.R. (2003). Social approval and trait self-esteem. Journal of Research in Personality, 37(2), 23-40. PDF
MacDonald, T. K., MacDonald, G., Zanna, M. P. & Fong, G. T. (2000). Alcohol, sexual arousal, and intentions to use condoms in young men: Applying alcohol myopia theory to risky sexual behavior. Health Psychology, 19, 290-298. PDF
Nail, P. R., MacDonald, G. & Levy, D. A. (2000). Proposal of a four-dimensional model of social response. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 454-470. PDF
MacDonald, G., Zanna, M. & Holmes, J. (2000). An experimental test of the role of alcohol in relationship conflict. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 36, 182-194. PDF
Murray, S. L., Holmes, J. G., MacDonald, G. & Ellsworth, P. C. (1998). Through the looking glass darkly? When self-doubts turn into relationship insecurities. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 75, 1459-1480. PDF