Publications
A complete list of publications arranged by year is available here.
Couplehood: who we meet, how we love, and why relationships end
Park, Y., Guevarra, D. A., O'Bryan, J., & Mendes, W. B. (in press). The effects of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation on romantic couples’ physiology and behavior during conflict. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping. [PDF]
Park, Y., Gordon, A. M., Humberg, S., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2023). Differing levels of gratitude between romantic partners: Concurrent and longitudinal links with satisfaction and commitment in six dyadic datasets. Personality Science, 4, 1–22. [PDF]
Park, Y., Visserman, M. L., Sisson, N. M., Le, B. M., Stellar, J., & Impett, E. A. (2021). How can I thank you? Highlighting the benefactor’s responsiveness or costs when expressing gratitude. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(2), 504–523. [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(4), 442–451. [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(26), 12793–12797. [PDF]
Singlehood: when we thrive, who partners, and why
MacDonald, G., Thapar, S., Ryan, W. S., Chung, J. M., Hoan, E., & Park, Y. (2026). Why do you want a romantic relationship? Individual differences in motives for romantic relationship pursuit. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 52(8) 2230–2246. [PDF]
Park, Y., MacDonald, G., Impett, E. A., & Neel, R. (2023). What do single people want? A person-centered approach to identifying profiles of social motives among singles. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(1), 219–236. [PDF]
Park, Y., & MacDonald, G. (2023). Necessities and luxuries in satisfying single lives. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(3), 937–954. [PDF]
Girme, Y., Park, Y., MacDonald, G. (2023). Coping or thriving? Highlighting intrapersonal, interpersonal, and societal factors associated with well-being in singlehood from a within-group perspective. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 18(5), 1097–1120. [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(5), 626–636. [PDF]
Relationships & Health: how close others shape our health
Park, Y., Stenlund, S., & Steptoe, A. (2026). Whose health matters? Longitudinal analyses of older romantic couples' health, physical capabilities, and sexual experiences. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 81(5), gbag060. [PDF]
Park, Y., Don, B. P., Mason, A. E., Prather, A. A., & Epel, E. S. (2025). Daily social resources as a buffer against stress eating and its consequences. Health Psychology, 44(2), 108–118. [PDF]
Park, Y., Gordon, A. M., Prather, A. A., & Mendes, W. B. (2024). Better sleep, lower blood pressure, and less stress following sex: Findings from a large-scale ecological momentary assessment study. Health Psychology, 43(12), 904–912. [PDF]
Park, Y., Coccia, M., Prather, A. A., & Epel, E. S. (2024). Maternal caregiving stress and metabolic health: Sexual activity as a potential buffer. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 167, 107068. [PDF]
Methods: how the ways we study shape what we know
Hoan, E., Park, Y., MacDonald, M. (in press). Who signs up for singlehood and relationship studies? Examining volunteer bias in online recruitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. [PDF]
Park, Y., Girme, Y. U., & MacDonald, G. (2024). Three methodological approaches to studying singlehood. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(1), e12884. [PDF]
Mund, M., Park, Y., & Nestler, S. (2024). Disentangling between- and within-person variation in relationship science. Journal of Marriage and Family, 86(5), 1495–1518. [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(2), 232-240. [PDF]