Faculty Profiles

Mogilski, J., Miller, G., Jonason, P., Grunter-Mejer, K., Varella Valentova, J., & Balzarini, R. N. (n.d.). How do people maintain consensual non-monogamy? An international development and validation of the Multiple Relationships Maintenance Scale (MRMS). Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/Impact factor = 2.9.

Valshtein, T., Harris, A., DiGiovanni, A., Balzarini, R. N., Zoppolat, G., & Slatcher, R. (2025). Investigating the social benefits of long-distance romantic relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075251371365. Impact factor = 2.3.

Chopik, W. J., Oh, J., Weidmann, R., Weaver, J., Balzarini, R. N., Zoppolat, G., & Slatcher, R. (2025). The perks of pet ownership on for well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1177/01461672231203417. Impact factor = 2.9.

Balzarini, R. N., Sharma, A., & Muise, A. (2025). Virtually connected: Do shared novel activities in virtual reality enhance self-expansion and relationship quality? Behavioral Sciences, 15, 67–92. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15010067. Impact factor = 2.5.

Pietromonaco, P., Hammond, M., Overall, N., Zoppolat, G., Balzarini, R. N., & Slatcher, R. (2024). Did relationship quality during the COVID-19 pandemic vary across cultural contexts? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 41, 2522–2547. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407524124839. Impact factor = 2.3.

Zoppolat, G., Righetti, F., Balzarini, R. N., & Slatcher, R. (2024). It’s complicated: The good and bad of ambivalence in romantic relationships. Emotion, 24, 1190–1205. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001340. Impact factor = 3.6.

Moussa-Rogers, M., Cuccolo, K., McKinney, C., Edlund, J., & Balzarini, R. N. (2024). Understanding family dynamics in a cross-cultural sample: A multi-national study. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 29, 140–149. https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-262061. Impact factor = 0.3.

Rodrigues, D., Carvalho, A., Balzarini, R. N., De Visser, R., Garrido, M., & Lopes, D. (2024). Safety and pleasure motives determine perceived risks and rewards in casual sex. Sexuality & Culture, 28, 2559–2580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-024-10243-x. Impact factor = 1.5.

Rodrigues, D., Carvalno, A., Prada, M., Garrido, M., Balzarini, R. N., De Visser, R., & Lopes, D. (2024). Condom use beliefs differ according to regulatory focus: A mixed-methods study in Portugal and Spain. The Journal of Sex Research, 61, 709–726. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2181305. Impact factor = 2.7.

Uppot, A., Raposo, S., Rosen, N. O., Corsini-Munt, S., Balzarini, R. N., & Muise, A. (2024). Responsiveness in the face of sexual challenges: The role of sexual growth and destiny beliefs. Journal of Sex Research, 61, 228–245. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2175194. Impact factor = 2.7.

Balzarini, R. N., Blair, K., & Walter, M. (2024). What is a marriage? The rise of more diverse unions. In Modern relationships: The evolution of romance, friendship, and family (pp. 106–123). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197655504.003.0007

Rodrigues, D., Brooks, T., Balzarini, R. N., Moors, A., & Lopes, D. (2024). Examining the role of mono-normative beliefs and internalized consensual non-monogamy negativity for stigma and dehumanization. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 53, 889–899. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02785-2. Impact factor = 2.9.

Rodrigues, D., Balzarini, R. N., Zoppolat, G., & Slatcher, R. (2023). Motives for security and sexual activity among single individuals at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychology & Sexuality, 14, 219–232. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2100716. Impact factor = 1.9.

Vedelago, L., Balzarini, R. N., Fitzpatrick, S., & Muise, A. (2023). Tailoring dyadic coping strategies to a partner’s attachment insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40, 1830–1853. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221133575. Impact factor = 2.3.

Kroencke, L., Humberg, S., Breil, S., Guekes, K., Zoppolat, G., Balzarini, R. N., … Slatcher, R. (2023). Extraversion, social interactions, and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Did extroverts really suffer more than introverts? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125, 649–679. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000468. Impact factor = 6.7.

Dobson, K., Stanton, S., Balzarini, R. N., Kohut, T., & Campbell, L. (2023). Are you tired of “us”? Accuracy and bias in couples’ perceptions of relational boredom. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships, 40, 3091–3120. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231168141. Impact factor = 2.3.

Balzarini, R. N., Muise, A., Zoppolat, G., Di Bartolomeo, A., Rodrigues, D., Alonso-Ferres, M., & Slatcher, R. (2023). Love in the time of COVID: Perceived partner responsiveness buffers people from lower relationship quality associated with COVID-related stressors. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14, 342–355. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221094437. Impact factor = 3.3.

Mogilski, J., Rodrigues, D., Lehmiller, J., & Balzarini, R. N. (2023). Maintaining multi-partner relationships: Evolution, sexual ethics, and consensual non-monogamy. In The Oxford handbook of evolutionary psychology and romantic relationships (pp. 461–486). Oxford Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197524718.013.17

Rodrigues, D., & Balzarini, R. N. (2023). Relationship and sexual quality in the wake of COVID-19: Effects of individual regulatory focus and shared concerns over the pandemic. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology, and Education, 13, 460–471. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13020035. Impact factor = 2.6.

Rodrigues, D., de Visser, R., Lopes, D., Prada, M., Garrido, undefined M., & Balzarini, R. N. (2023). Prevent2Protect project: Regulatory focus differences in sexual health knowledge and practices. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52, 1701–1713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02536-3. Impact factor = 2.9.

Bevan, J., Murphy, M., Lannutti, P., Slatcher, R., & Balzarini, R. N. (2023). A descriptive literature review of early research on COVID-19 and close relationships. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships, 40, 201–253. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221115387. Impact factor = 2.3.

Rodrigues, D., Balzarini, R. N., Zoppolat, G., & Slatcher, R. (2022). Security motives and negative affective experiences during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychology and Health, 37, 1605–1625. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2067332. Impact factor = 2.7.

Balzarini, R. N., Mark, K., Muise, A., Gesselman, A., Zoppolat, G., Lehmiller, J., … Slatcher, R. (2022). Sexual desire in the time of COVID-19: How COVID-related stressors are associated with sexual desire in romantic relationships. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, 3823–3838. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02365-w. Impact factor = 2.9.

Gordon, A., Cross, E., Ascigil, E., Balzarini, R. N., Luerssen, A., & Muise, A. (2022). Feeling appreciated buffers against the negative effects of unequal division of household labor on relationship satisfaction. Psychological Science, 33, 1313–1327. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221081872. Impact factor = 5.1.

Zoppolat, G., Righetti, F., Balzarini, R. N., Alonso-Ferres, M., Urganci, B., Rodrigues, D., & Slatcher, R. (2022). Relationship difficulties and “technoference” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships, 39, 3204–3227. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221093611. Impact factor = 2.3.

Goss, S., Raposo, S., Balzarini, R. N., Rosen, N., & Muise, A. (2022). Feeling close and seeing a partner in a new light: How self-expansion is associated with sexual desire. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships, 39, 2478–2506. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407522108113. Impact factor = 2.3.

Rodrigues, D., Lopes, D., & Balzarini, R. N. (2022). Having a prevention regulatory focus longitudinally predicts distress and health-protective behaviors during the COVID-9 pandemic. Stress and Health, 38, 767–775. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3132. Impact factor = 2.7.

Scott-Sheldon, L., Mark, K., Balzarini, R. N., & Welling, L. (2022). Guest Editors’ introduction to the special section on the impact of COVID-19 on sexual health and behaviors. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, 101–103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02289-5. Impact factor = 2.9.

Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., Mark, K. P., Balzarini, R. N., & Welling, L. L. M. (2022). Call for Proposals: Special Issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior on the Impact of COVID-19 on Sexual Health and Behavior. Archives of sexual behavior (5th ed., Vol. 49, pp. 1393–1394). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01725-8. Impact factor = 2.9.

Balzarini, R. N., Muise, A., Dobson, K. D., Kohut, T., Raposo, S., & Campbell, L. (2021). The detriments of unmet sexual ideals and buffering effect of sexual responsiveness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120, 1521–1550. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000323. Impact factor = 6.7.

Jiang, Y., Zilioli, S., Balzarini, R. N., Zoppolat, G., & Slatcher, R. (2021). Education, financial stress, and trajectory of mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical Psychological Science, 10, 662–674. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702621104937. Impact factor = 4.1.

Kohut, T., Balzarini, R. N., Shaw, A., Dobson, K., Mcnulty, J., Fisher, W., … Campbell, L. (2021). But what’s your partner up to? Couples who report similar solitary pornography use and shared pornography use report higher sexual and relationship satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 661347-661360. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.661347. Impact factor = 2.9.

Moors, A., Schechinger, H., Balzarini, R. N., & Flicker, S. (2021). Internalized consensual non-monogamy negativity and relationship quality among people engaged in polyamory, swinging, and open relationships. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 1389–1400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01885-7. Impact factor = 2.9.

Balzarini, R. N., McDonald, Kohut, T., Lehmiller, J., & Holmes, undefined M. (2021). Compersion: When jealousy inducing situations don’t (just) induce jealousy. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 1311–1324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01853-1. Impact factor = 2.9.

Balzarini, R. N., & Muise, A. (2020). Beyond the dyad: A review of the novel insights gained from studying consensual non-monogamy. Current Sexual Health Reports, 12(4), 398–404. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11930-020-00297-x. Impact factor = 2.3.

Dobson, K., Zhu, J., Balzarini, R. N., & Campbell, L. (2020). Responses to sexual advances and satisfaction in romantic relationships: Is yes good and no bad? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(6), 801–811. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619888884. Impact factor = 3.3.

Kohut, T., Balzarini, R. N., Fisher, W. A., Grubbs, J. B., Campbell, L., & Prause, N. (2020). Surveying pornography use: A shaky science resting on poor measurement foundations. Journal of Sex Research, 57(6), 722–742. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2019.1695244. Impact factor = 2.7.

Balzarini, R. N., Shumlich, E. J., Kohut, T., & Campbell, L. (2020). Sexual attitudes, erotophobia, and sociosexual orientation differ based on relationship orientation. Journal of Sex Research, 57(4), 458–469. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1523360. Impact factor = 2.7.

Charlot, N. H., Balzarini, R. N., & Campbell, L. J. (2020). The association between romantic rejection and change in ideal standards, ideal flexibility, and self-perceived mate value. Social Psychology, 51(2), 116–126. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000392. Impact factor = 2.7.

Balzarini, R. N., Dharma, C., Kohut, T., Campbell, L., Lehmiller, J. J., Harman, J. J., & Holmes, B. M. (2019). Comparing relationship quality across different types of romantic partners in polyamorous and monogamous relationships. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48(6), 1749–1767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-1416-7. Impact factor = 2.9.

Balzarini, R. N., Dharma, C., Kohut, T., Holmes, B. M., Campbell, L., Lehmiller, J. J., & Harman, J. J. (2019). Demographic comparison of American individuals in polyamorous and monogamous relationships. Journal of Sex Research, 56(6), 681–694. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1474333. Impact factor = 2.7.

Balzarini, R. N., Dharma, C., Muise, A., & Kohut, T. (2019). Eroticism versus nurturance: How eroticism and nurturance differs in polyamorous and monogamous relationships. Social Psychology, 50(3), 185–200. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000378. Impact factor = 2.1.

Balzarini, R. N., Shumlich, E. J., Kohut, T., & Campbell, L. (2018). Dimming the “halo” around monogamy: Re-assessing stigma surrounding consensually non-monogamous romantic relationships as a function of personal relationship orientation. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00894. Impact factor = 2.9.

Kohut, T., Balzarini, R. N., Fisher, W. A., & Campbell, L. (2018). Pornography’s associations with open sexual communication and relationship closeness vary as a function of dyadic patterns of pornography use within heterosexual relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35(4), 655–676. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407517743096. Impact factor = 2.9.

Campbell, L., Balzarini, R. N., Kohut, T., Dobson, K., Hahn, C. M., Moroz, S. E., & Stanton, S. C. E. (2018). Self-esteem, relationship threat, and dependency regulation: Independent replication of Murray, Rose, Bellavia, Holmes, and Kusche (2002) Study 3. Journal of Research in Personality, 72, 5–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2017.04.001. Impact factor = 3.1.

Balzarini, R. N., Dobson, K., Chin, K., & Campbell, L. (2017). Does exposure to erotica reduce attraction and love for romantic partners in men? Independent replications of Kenrick, Gutierres, and Goldberg (1989) study 2. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 191–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2016.11.003. Impact factor = 3.1.

Balzarini, R. N., Campbell, L., Kohut, T., Holmes, B. M., Lehmiller, J. J., Harman, J. J., & Atkins, N. (2017). Perceptions of primary and secondary relationships in polyamory. PLoS ONE, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177841. Impact factor = 2.6.

Jonason, P. K., & Balzarini, R. N. (2016). Unweaving the rainbow of human sexuality: A review of one-night stands, serious romantic relationships, and the relationship space in between. In The Psychology of Love and Hate in Intimate Relationships (pp. 13–28). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39277-6_2

Smith, H. J., Goode, C., Balzarini, R. N., Ryan, D., & Georges, M. (2014). The cost of forgiveness: Observers prefer victims who leave unfaithful romantic partners. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44(7), 758–773. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2054. Impact factor = 2.7.

Goode, C., Balzarini, R. N., & Smith, H. J. (2014). Positive peer pressure: Priming member prototypicality can decrease undergraduate drinking. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 44(8), 567–578. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12248. Impact factor = 2.3.

McKee, S., Smith, H. J., Koch, A., Balzarini, R. N., Georges, M., & Callahan, M. P. (2013). Looking up and seeing green: Women’s everyday experiences with physical appearance comparisons. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 37(3), 351–365. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684312469792. Impact factor = 4.1.