Current Research
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Identifying intrapersonal and interpersonal predictors of compersion and jealousy in consensually non-monogamous relationships.
- ​​Understanding self-perceived strengths of individuals engaged in consensual non-monogamy and typical challenges faced by this population.
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Testing the factor structure and predictive validity of Chapman's Five Love Languages Scale.
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Examining whether Chapman's Five Love Languages Scales sufficiently encompasses the diversity of ways love is expressed across cultures.
Recent Research
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Compared relationship satisfaction and romantic attachment across various types of consensually non-monogamous relationships and various ways that consensual nonmonogamy is practiced.​
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Identified personality predictors of attitudes towards and willingness to engage in various forms of consensual non-monogamy.
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Created a quantitative measure of comparison, an informal term well-known in polyamorous communities that connotes the positive emotion one experiences at witnessing their partner’s happiness with another partner.
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·Explored demographic predictors of the experience of compersion.​​
Recent Posters
Presentations on Consensual Non-Monogamy Research
Feeling Good About Your Partners' Relationships:
Compersion In Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships
An Exploratory Analysis of Demographic Differences in Experiences of Compersion
Relationship Satisfaction and Attachment Among People Who Practice Various Forms of Consensual Non-Monogamy
Intrapersonal & Interpersonal Predictors Towards One's Partner(s)'s Intimate Relations With Others
Similarities and Differences in Personality Profiles Among Those Engaged in Monogamy and Consensual Non-Monogamy
Factors That Facilitate and Hinder the Experience of Compersion Among Individuals in Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships
Initial Motivations for Engaging in Polyamorous Relationships
"I Feel Immense Joy at a Partner's Happiness, Even If It Is Not Caused By Me": A Qualitative Study of the Self-Perceived Strengths of People in Polyamorous Relationships
Presentations on Love Languages Research
Testing the Predictions of Chapman's Love Languages Theory: Does Speaking a Partner's Primary Love Language Lead to Greater Relationship Satisfaction?
