2024 – present

 

Feeling appreciated promotes prosocial motivation in avoidantly attached individuals

Kristina M. Schrage, Bonnie M. Le, Jennifer E. Stellar, & Emily A. Impett (2024).

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

 

Thank you for changing: Gratitude promotes autonomous motivation and successful partner regulation

Natalie M. Sisson, Yoobin Park, Nickola C. Overall, Gideon H. Park, Matthew D. Johnson, Jennifer E. Stellar, Bonnie M. Le, and Emily A. Impett (2024).

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

 

Does religious priming induce greater prejudice? A meta-analytic review

Anetta L. Snell, Miron Zuckerman, & Bonnie M. Le (2024).

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

 

2021 – 2023

 

Listening and the pursuit of communal relationships

Edward P. Lemay, Jr., Bonnie M. Le, & Margaret S. Clark  (2023).

Current Opinion in Psychology

 

Shared hearts and minds: Physiological synchrony during empathy

Jaweria Qaiser, Nathan D. Leonhardt, Bonnie M. Le, Amie M. Gordon, Emily A. Impett, & Jennifer E. Stellar  (2023).

Affective Science

 

Economic status and avoidance motivation: A meta-analysis

Karen M. Gilbert, Andrew J. Elliot, & Bonnie M. Le (2022).

Motivation and Emotion

 

When the truth helps and when it hurts: How honesty shapes well-being

Bonnie M. Le, William J. Chopik, Claire J. Shimshock, & Princeton X. Chee (2022).

Current Opinion in Psychology

 

Having the will, finding the ways, and wishes for the future: A model of relational hope and well-being

Claire J. Shimshock & Bonnie M. Le (2022).

Social and Personality Psychology Compass 

 

When we’re asked to change: The role of suppression and reappraisal in partner change outcomes

Natalie M. Sisson, Grace Wang, Bonnie M. Le, Jennifer Stellar, & Emily A. Impett (2022).

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

 

    The benefits of living with close others: A longitudinal investigation of mental health before and during a global stressor

    Natalie M. Sisson, Emily C. Willroth, Bonnie M. Le, & Brett Q. Ford (2022).

    Clinical Psychological Science

     

    Lightening the load: Perceived partner responsiveness fosters more positive appraisals of relational sacrifices

    Mariko L. Visserman, Amy Muise, Francesca Righetti, Rebecca M. Horne, Bonnie M. Le, Stéphane Côté, & Emily A. Impett (2022).

    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

     

    How can I thank you? Highlighting the benefactor’s responsiveness or costs when expressing gratitude

    Yoobin Park, Mariko L. Visserman, Natalie M. Sisson, Bonnie M. Le, Jennifer E. Stellar, & Emily A. Impett (2021).

    Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

     

    2018 – 2020

     

    The distinct effects of empathic accuracy for a romantic partner’s appeasement and dominance emotions

    Bonnie M. Le, Stéphane Côté, Jennifer E. Stellar, & Emily A. Impett (2020).

    Psychological Science

     

    On the strength of ties that bind: Measuring the strength of norms in romantic relationships

    John K. Sakaluk,  Monica Biernat, Bonnie M. Le, Sarah Lundy, & Emily A. Impett (2020).

    Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

     

    On the strength of ties that bind: Measuring the strength of norms in romantic relationships

    John K. Sakaluk,  Monica Biernat, Bonnie M. Le, Sarah Lundy, & Emily A. Impett (2020).

    Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

     

    Communal motivation

    Bonnie M. Le & Emily A. Impett (2019).

    Macmillan Encyclopedia of Intimate and Family Relationships

     

    Parenting goal pursuit is linked to emotional well-being, relationship quality, and responsiveness

    Bonnie M. Le & Emily A. Impett (2019).

    Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

     

    How gender, age, and socioeconomic status predict parenting goal pursuit

    Bonnie M. Le, John K. Sakaluk, Lisa C. Day, & Emily A. Impett (2019).

    Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

     

    Communal motivation and well-being in interpersonal relationships: An integrative review and meta-analysis

    Bonnie M. Le, Emily A. Impett, Edward P. Lemay Jr., Amy Muise, & Konstantin O. Tskhay (2018).

    Psychological Bulletin

     

    2015 – 2017

     

    The costs of suppressing negative emotions and amplifying positive emotions for parents

    Bonnie M. Le & Emily A. Impett (2016).

    Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

     

    The rewards of caregiving for communally motivated parents

    Bonnie M. Le & Emily A. Impett (2015).

    Social Psychological and Personality Science

     

    The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Structure, validity, reliability, and generalizability

    Gregory D. Webster, Nathan C. DeWall, Richard S. Pond Jr., Timothy Deckman, T., Peter K. Jonason, Bonnie M. Le, Austin L. Nichols, Tatiana Orozco Schember, Laura C. Crysel, Benjamin S. Crosier, Veronica Smith, E. Layne Paddock, John B. Nezlek, Lee A. Kirkpatrick, Angela D. Bryan, & Renée J. Bator (2015).

    Journal of Personality Assessment

     

    2012 – 2014

     

    When you think your partner is holding back: The costs of perceived partner suppression during relationship sacrifice

    Emily A. Impett, Bonnie M. Le, Aleksandr Kogan, Christopher Oveis, & Dacher Keltner (2014).

    Social Psychological and Personality Science

     

    The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Psychometric and behavioral evidence for an efficient measure of trait aggression

    Gregory D. Webster, Nathan C. DeWall, Richard S. Pond Jr., Timothy Deckman, Peter K. Jonason, Bonnie M. Le, Austin L. Nichols, Tatiana Orozco Schember, Laura C. Crysel, Benjamin S. Crosier, C. Veronica Smith, E. Layne Paddock, John B. Nezlek, Lee A. Kirkpatrick, Angela D. Bryan, Renée J. Bator (2014).

    Aggressive Behavior

     

    The joys of genuine giving: Approach and avoidance sacrifice motivation and authenticity

    Emily A. Impett, Leyla Javam, Bonnie M. Le, Behzad Asyaby-Eshghi, & Aleksandr Kogan (2013).

    Personal Relationships

     

    To give or not to give? Sacrificing for avoidance goals is not costly for the highly interdependent

    Emily A. Impett, Bonnie M. Le, Behzad Asyabi-Eshghi, Lisa C. Day, & Aleksandr Kogan (2013).

    Social Psychological and Personality Science

     

    When holding back helps: Suppressing negative emotions during sacrifice feels authentic and is beneficial for the highly interdependent

    Bonnie M. Le & Emily A. Impett (2013).

    Psychological Science

     

    The personal and interpersonal rewards of communal orientation

    Bonnie M. Le, Emily A. Impett, Aleksandr Kogan, Gregory D. Webster, & Cecilia Cheng (2013).

    Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

     

    Conservatives are happier than liberals, but why? Political ideology, personality, and life satisfaction

    Barry R. Schlenker, John R. Chambers, & Bonnie M. Le (2012).

    Journal of Research in Personality

     

    Two sides of the same coin? Viewing altruism and aggression through the adaptive lens of kinship

    Gregory D. Webster, Catherine A. Cottrell, Tatiana Orozco Schember, Laura C. Crysel, Benjamin S. Crosier, Amanda N. Gesselman, & Bonnie M. Le (2012).

    Social and Personality Psychology Compass