Romance Content

Valentine’s Day Tip Sheet, Media Sources

Karen Michele Nikos — February 06, 2020 - 4:04pm

Members of the media seeking a Valentine’s Day-themed story may find one here.

Valentine’s Day Tip Sheet for Media

Karen Michele Nikos — February 11, 2019 - 11:43am

Members of the media seeking a Valentine's Day-themed story may find one here.

Long-Term and Short-Term Relationships Initially Indistinguishable

Karen Michele Nikos — May 14, 2018 - 4:27pm

Long-term and short-term relationships are obviously different from each other. Some people are the type you’d want to marry; others are good primarily for the sex.

At least, that’s how conventional wisdom goes. But new research out of the University of California, Davis, suggests that — at first — long-term and short-term relationships may look more or less identical.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Story Tip Sheet for Valentine’s Day

Karen Michele Nikos — February 09, 2017 - 3:43pm

Romance, commitment

Paul W. Eastwick, associate professor of psychology, investigates how people initiate romantic relationships and the psychological mechanisms that help romantic partners to remain committed and attached. One of his research programs examines how the qualities that people say are critically important to them in a romantic partner — their ideal partner preferences — direct romantic partner selection and retention.

Nice Guys (and Girls) Do Not Finish Last in Love Relationships, 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Study Finds

Karen Michele Nikos — February 12, 2016 - 10:13am

If you want a member of the opposite sex to have a romantic interest in you, it’s best to be charming, empathetic and popular, not aggressive, according to a University of California, Davis, study of early adolescent relationships.

Most of the time, youth have crushes on or pursue members of the opposite sex whom their peers approve of and don’t pursue those their friends don’t like, the study found.