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First published 2025

Why Do You Want a Romantic Relationship? Individual Differences in Motives for Romantic Relationship Pursuit

Geoff MacDonald, Serena Thapar, William S. Ryan [...]

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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First published 2021-11

International Student Mobility Aspirations: The Role of Romantic Relationships and Academic Motivation

Tom De Winter, Christof Van Mol, Helga A. G. de Valk

Journal of Studies in International Education

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Case report

First published 2017-10

Similarity in Romantic Couples’ Drinking Motivations and Drinking Behaviors

Ivy-Lee L. Kehayes, Sean P. Mackinnon, Simon B. Sherry [...]

Substance Use & Addiction Journal

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First published 2005-04

Motivational underpinnings of romantic partner perceptions: Psychological and physiological evidence

Glenn Geher, Ryan Bloodworth, Joseph Mason [...]

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Research article

First published 2022-10

Fitness Costs of Insecure Romantic Attachment: The Role of Reproductive Motivation and Long-Term Mating

Janko Međedović, Ana Anđelković, Jovana Lukić

Evolutionary Psychology

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Research article

First published 2019-9

Associations between social control,motivation,and exercise: How romantic partners influence exercise during young adulthood

Tiffany L Berzins, Judith Gere, Scout M Kelly [...]

Journal of Health Psychology

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First published 2009-06

Taking Chances in the Face of Threat: Romantic Risk Regulation and Approach Motivation

Justin V. Cavallo, Gráinne M. Fitzsimons, John G. Holmes

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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First published 2000-02

How are We Doing? The Impact of Motives and Information Use on the Evaluation of Romantic Relationships

Heidi A. Wayment, Susan Campbell

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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First published 2012-8

The effects of nostalgia and avoidant attachment on relationship satisfaction and romantic motives

Jacob Juhl, Elizabeth C. Sand, Clay Routledge

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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First published 2002-5

Self-Determination as Growth Motivation in Romantic Relationships

C. Raymond Knee, Heather Patrick, Nathaniel A. Vietor [...]

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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