Idealization, reunions, and stability in long-distance dating relationships

By Laura Stafford, Andy J. Merolla. 2007

150 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Demography, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/852046a40b9d2daab9d7061c257e3d0123bdee2c

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In Demography

1. Andrea Joseph
2. Tamara D. Afifi
3. Paul Schrodt
4. Walid A. Afifi
5. Andrew M. Ledbetter

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Tamara D. Afifi

In Social Psychology

1. Andrea Joseph
2. K. Fonner
3. Tamara D. Afifi
4. Michael E. Roloff
5. Paul Schrodt
6. Walid A. Afifi
7. Andrew M. Ledbetter
8. Sandra Petronio

Citations in the corpus

• Why Teleworkers are More Satisfied with Their Jobs than are Office-Based Workers: When Less Contact is Beneficial (2010, background): “For example, partners in long-distance dating relationships often are more satisfied with their relationships than are geographically close partners (Stafford & Merolla, 2007).”
• Military Wives' Stressful Disclosures to Their Deployed Husbands: The Role of Protective Buffering (2010, background): “For example, Stafford and Merolla (2007) found that the less individuals talk to their long-distance dating partner, the more satisfied with they are with their relationship, at least until the partners become geographically close (see also Stafford, 2005, 2010).”
• Transnational Families and Social Technologies: Reassessing Immigration Psychology (2012, unknown): “Research finds that LDRs can be satisfactorily and effectively maintained (Stafford and Merolla 2007) despite idiosyncratic stressors such as extra travel expenses and relational disruptions due to distance (Mietzner and Lin 2005).”