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Zoppolat, G., Righetti, F., Duric, M., Balzarini, R., Slatcher, R. (in press). It’s Complicated: The Good and Bad of Ambivalence in Romantic Relationships. Emotion.  

Pauw, L. S., Rui, S., Zoppolat, G., Righetti, F., & Milek, A. (in press). May I Help You? The Relationship Between Interpersonal Emotion Regulation and Emotional and Relational Wellbeing in Daily Life. Collabra.

Zoppolat, G., Righetti, F., Faure, R., Schneider, I. (in press). A Systematic Study of Ambivalence and Well-Being in Romantic Relationships. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Sasaki, E., Overall, N. C., Reis, H., Righetti, F……& Reis, C. J. (2023). Partners’ Felt-Loved as a Strong Link: Partners Feeling Loved Buffers Destructive Behavior by Actors Who Feel Unloved in Relationship Interactions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(2), 367–396.

Righetti, F., Đurić, M., Hofmann, W., & Finkenauer, C. (2022). Self‐regulation in close relationships. Personal Relationships, 29(4), 674-698.

Zoppolat, G., Righetti, F., …. & Slatcher, R. (2022). Relationship difficulties and “technoference” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39, 3204-3227.

Righetti. F., Faure, R., Zoppolat, G., Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2022). Factors that contribute to the maintenance or decline of relationship satisfaction. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1, 161–173. [PDF]

*Larson, G., *Faure, R., Righetti, F., & Hofmann, W. (2022). How do implicit and explicit partner evaluations update in daily life? Evidence from the lab and the field. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(10), 2511–2533. *shared first author

Visserman, M., Muise, A., Righetti, F., Horne, R. M., Le, B. M., Cote’, S., Impett, E. A. (2022). Lightening the load: Perceived partner responsiveness fosters more positive appraisals of relational sacrifices. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(4), 788–810.

Zoppolat, G., Faure, R., Alonso-Ferres, M., & Righetti, F. (2022). Mixed and conflicted: The role of ambivalence in romantic relationships in light of attractive alternatives. Emotion, 22, 81-99.

Righetti, F., Visserman, M. L., & Impett, E. A. (2022). Sacrifices: costly prosocial behaviors in romantic relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 74-79.

Faure, R., McNulty, J. k., Meltzer, A. L., & Righetti, F. (2022). Implicit ambivalence: A driving force to improve relationship problems. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, 500-511.

Randall, A., …… Righetti, F…… (2022). Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of COVID-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(1), 3-33.

Dores Cruz, T. D., Thielmann, I., Columbus, S., Molho, C., Wu, J., Righetti, F., ... & Balliet, D. (2021). Gossip and reputation in everyday life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 376(1838), 20200301.

Alonso-Ferres, M., Righetti, F., Valor-Segura, I., & Expósito, F. (2021) How power affects emotional communication during relationships conflicts: The role of perceived partner responsiveness. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 1203-1215.

*Columbus, S., *Molho, C., Righetti, F., & Balliet, D. (2021). Interdependence and cooperation in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120, 626-650. *shared first author.

Hicks, L. L., McNulty, J. K., Faure, R., Meltzer, A. L., Righetti, F., & Hofmann, W. (2021). Do people realize how their partners make them feel? Motivation and opportunity factors determine the link between implicitly assessed partner attitudes and relationship satisfaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120, 335-369.

Visserman, M. L., Righetti, F., Impett, E. A., Muise, A., Joel, S., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2021). Taking stock of reality: Biased perceptions of the costs of romantic partners’ sacrifices. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 54-62.

Faure, R., Righetti, F., Larson, G., Cuellar, M. F., Koutsoumpis, A., Zwicker, M., & Hofmann, W. (2021). When and for Whom Implicit Partner Evaluations Predict Forgiveness. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(5), 708–718.

Righetti, F., Balliet, D., Molho, C., Columbus, S., Faure, R., Bahar, Y., Iqmal, M., Semenchenko, A., Arriaga, X. (2020). Fostering attachment security: The role of interdependent situations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Righetti, F., Sakaluk, J., Faure, R. & Impett, E. (2020). Sacrifice and personal and relationship well-being: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 146, 900-921.

Righetti, F., Schneider, I., Ferrier, Spiridonova, Xiang & Impett, E. (2020). The bittersweet taste of sacrifice: Consequences for ambivalence and mixed reactions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149, 1950-1968.

Faure., R., McNulty, J. K., Hicks, L. L., & Righetti, F. (2020). The case for studying implicit social cognition in close relationships. Social Cognition, 38, s98, s114.

Joel, S., Eastwick, P. W.,.... Righetti, F.,.... & Wolf, S. (2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 19061-19071.

Righetti, F., Tybur, J., Van Lange, P. A. M., Echelmeyer, L., van Esveld, S., Kroese, J., van Brecht, J. & Gangestad, S. (2020). How reproductive hormonal changes affect women AND men in their relationship: A 15-day diary study. Biological Psychology, 149, 107784.

Zoppolat, G., Visserman, M., & Righetti, F. (2020). What is normal? Sacrifice expectations and partner appreciation in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 450-466.

Columbus, S., Righetti, F., & Balliet, D. (2020). Situations in close relationships. In L. Vanderdrift, C. Agnews, & X. Arriaga (Eds.) Interdependence, Interaction, and Relationships.  Cambridge University Press, New York.

Kotabe, H., Righetti, F., & Hofmann, W. (2019). How anticipated emotions guide self-control judgments. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1614.

Sintemaartensdijk, I., & Righetti, F. (2019). Who does most of the work? High self-control individuals compensate for low self-control partners. Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology.

Visserman, M. L., Impett, E. A., Righetti, F., Muise, A., Keltner, D., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2019). To “see” is to feel grateful? A quasi-signal detection analysis of romantic partners’ sacrifices. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 317-325.

Faure, R., Righetti, F., Seibel, M., & Hofmann, W. (2018). Speech is silver, nonverbal behavior is gold: How implicit partner evaluations affect dyadic interactions in close relationships. Psychological Science, 29, 1731-1741. [PDF]

Righetti, F. & Visserman, M. (2018). I gave too much: Low self-esteem and the regret of sacrifices. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9, 453-460. [PDF]

Visserman, M. L., Righetti, F., Impett, E. A., Keltner, D., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2018). It's the motive that counts: Perceived sacrifice motives and gratitude in romantic relationships. Emotion, 18, 625-637.

Righetti, F. & Impett, E. A. (2017). Sacrifices in close relationships: Motives, emotions and relationship outcomes. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 11, e12342. [PDF]

Kobis, N., van Prooijen, J., Righetti, F., & Van Lange, P. (2017). The road to bribery and corruption: Slippery slope or steep cliff? Psychological Science, 28, 297-306.

Visserman, M. L., Righetti, F., Kumashiro, M., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2017). Me or us? Self-control promotes a healthy balance between personal and relationship concerns. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 55-65.

Righetti, F., Gere, J., Visserman, M. L., Hofmann, W., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2016). The burden of empathy: Partners’ response to divergence of interests in daily life. Emotion, 16, 684-690.

Kobis, N. C., van Prooijen, J., Righetti, F., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2016). Prospection in individual and interpersonal corruption dilemmas. Review of General Psychology, 20, 71-85.

Finkenauer, C. & Righetti, F. (2016). Trust and the perception of self-control: Knowing when to trust others. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications. New York: Guilford.

Righetti, F.*, Balliet, D.*, Visserman, M. L., & Hofmann, W.  (2015). Trust and the suppression of emotions during sacrifice in close relationships. Social Cognition, 33, 505-519. * These authors contributed equally to this work

Kobis, N., Van Prooijen, J., Righetti, F., & Van Lange, P. (2015). “Who doesn't?" - The impact of descriptive norms on corruption. PlosOne, 10 (6): e0131830.

Balliet, D. & Righetti F. (2015). On developing the study of social situations [Commentary]. European Journal of Personality.

Righetti, F., Luchies, L. B., Van Gils, S., Slotter, E. B., Witcher, B., & Kumashiro (2015). The prosocial vs. proself power holder: How power influences sacrifice in romantic relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 779–790.

Pronk, T. & Righetti, F. (2015). How executive control promotes happy relationships and a well-balanced life. Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 14-17.

Righetti F., Kumashiro M., & Campbell, S. B. (2014). Goal difficulty and openness to interpersonal goal support. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 1107-1118.

Righetti, F., Finkenauer, C., & Finkel, E. J. (2013). Low self-control promotes the willingness to sacrifice in close relationships. Psychological Science, 24, 1533-1540.

Muusses, L. D., Finkenauer C., Kerkhof, P. & Righetti, F. (2013). Compulsive internet use, perceived self-control and trust. Communication Research.

Righetti, F., & Kumashiro, M. (2012). Interpersonal goal support in achieving ideals and oughts: The role of dispositional regulatory focus. Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 650-654.

Finkenauer, C., & Righetti, F. (2011). Understanding in close relationships: An interpersonal approach. European Review of Social Psychology, 22, 316-363.

Righetti, F., Finkenauer, C., & Rusbult, C. E. (2011). The benefits of interpersonal regulatory fit for individual goal pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 720-736. doi: 10.1037/a0023592

Righetti, F., & Finkenauer, C. (2011). If you are able to control yourself I will trust you: The role of self-control in interpersonal trust. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 874-886. doi:10.1037/a0021827

Schneider, I. K., Konijn, E. A., Righetti, F., & Rusbult, C. E (2011). A healthy dose of trust: The relationship between interpersonal trust and health. Personal Relationships, 18, 668-676. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01338.x

Righetti, F., Rusbult, C. E., & Finkenauer, C. (2010). Regulatory focus and the michelangelo phenomenon: How close partners promote one another’s ideal selves. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 972-985. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2010.06.001

Finkenauer, C., Kerkhof, P., Righetti, F., & Branje, S. J. T. (2009). Living together apart: Perceived concealment as signal of exclusion in marital relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1410–1422. doi:10.1177/014616720933962

Finkenauer, C., & Righetti, F. (2009). Understanding. In Harry T. Reis & Susan Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Van Lange, P., & Righetti, F. (2009). Willingness to sacrifice. In Harry T. Reis & Susan Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Rusbult, C.E. & Righetti, F. (2009). The investment model. In Harry T. Reis & Susan Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.