New and Frequently Requested Publications
Acevedo, B.P., Poulin, M.J., Collins, N.L., & Brown, L.L. (2020) After the Honeymoon: Neural and Genetic Correlates of Romantic Love in Newlywed Marriages. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:634, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00634 [Open Access]
Ross, K. M, Rook, K, Winczewski L., Collins, N. L., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2019). Close relationships and health: The interactive effects of positive and negative aspects. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 13, 1-19. Please contact us via email for a reprint: [email protected]
Feeney, B. C. & Collins, N. L. (2019). The importance of relational support for attachment and exploration needs. Current Opinion in Psychology, 25, 182-186. Please contact us via email for a reprint: [email protected]
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L. (2018). Social support in close relationships. In D. Perlman & A. L. Vangelisti (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships (2nd Edition). Cambridge University Press.
Pietromonico, P., & Collins, N. L. (2017). Interpersonal mechanisms linking close relationships to health. American Psychologist, 72, 531-542. Please contact us via email for a reprint: [email protected]
Jaremka, L. M. & Collins, N. L. (2017). Cortisol increases in response to brief social exchanges with opposite sex partners. Biological Psychology, 124, 39-46. Please contact us via email for a reprint: [email protected]
Bowen, J. D., Winczewski, L. A., & Collins, N. L. (2017). Language style matching in romantic partners' conflict and support interactions. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 36, 263-286. Please contact us via email for a pre-print: [email protected]
Winczewski, L., Bowen, J., & Collins, N. L. (2016). Is empathic accuracy enough to facilitate responsive behavior in dyadic interaction: Distinguishing ability from motivation. Psychological Science, 27, 394-404. Please contact us via email for a reprint: [email protected]
Ford, M. B., & Collins, N. L. (2015). Self-models and relationship threat: A test of risk regulation mechanisms. Sage Open, 5(3), 1-9. DOI: 10.1177/2158244015593991 PDF
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L. (2015). Thriving through relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 22-28. PDF
Feeney B. C., & Collins N. L. (2014). A New Look at Social Support A Theoretical Perspective on Thriving Through Relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Review. PDF
Collins N. L., Kane H. S., Metz M. A., Cleveland C., Khan C., Winczewski L., Bowen J., & Prok, T. (2014). Psychological, physiological, and behavioral responses to a partner in need: The role of compassionate love. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31, 601-629. PDF
Acevedo, B., Aron, E., Aron, A., Sangster, M., Collins, N. L., & Brown, L. (2014). The highly sensitive brain: An fMRI study of sensory processing sensitivity and responses to others’ emotions. Brain and Behavior, 4, 580-594. PDF
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L., Van Vleet, & Tomlinson, J. M. (2013). Motivations for providing a secure base: Links with attachment orientation and secure base support behavior. Attachment and Human Development, 15, 261-280. PDF
Ford, M. B. & Collins, N. L. (2013). Self-esteem moderates the effects of daily rejection on health and well-being. Self and Identity, 12, 16-38. PDF
Kane, H., McCall, C., Collins, N. L., & Blascovich (2012). Mere presence is not enough: Responsive support in a virtual world. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 37-44. PDF
Jaremka, L. M., Bunyan, D. P., Collins, N. L., & Sherman, D. K. (2011). Reducing defensive distancing: Self-affirmation and risk regulation in response to relationship threats. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 264-268. PDF
Collins, N. L., & Ford, M., & Feeney, B. C. (2011). Social support and caregiving processes in close relationships: An attachment theoretical perspective. In L. M. Horowitz & S. Strack (Eds.), Handbook of Interpersonal Psychology: Theory, research, assessment, and therapeutic interventions (pp. 209-231) . Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Ford, M. B., & Collins, N. L. (2010). Self-esteem moderates neuroendocrine and psychological responses to interpersonal rejection. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 405-419. PDF
Collins, N. L., & Ford, M. (2010). Responding to the needs of others: The interplay of the attachment and caregiving systems in adult intimate relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27, 235-244. PDF
Collins, N. L. & Feeney, B. C. (2010). An attachment theoretical perspective on social support dynamics in couples: Normative processes and individual differences. In K. Sullivan & J. Davila (Eds.), Support Processes in Intimate Relationships (pp. 89-120). Oxford University Press.
Collins, N. L., Ford, M., Guichard, A., Kane, H. S, & Feeney, B. C. (2010). Responding to need in intimate relationships: Social support and caregiving processes in couples. In M. Mikulincer & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Prosocial Motives, Emotions, and Behavior (pp. 367-388). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Collins, N. L., & Jaremka, L. (2009). Helping behaviors in relationships. In H. T. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. PDF
Kane, H. S., Jaremka, L. M., Guichard, A. C., Ford, M. B., Collins, N. L., & Feeney, B. C. (2007). Feeling supported and feeling satisfied: How one partner’s attachment style predicts the other partner’s relationship experiences. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 24, 535-555. PDF
Murray, S. L., Holmes, J. G., & Collins, N. L. (2006). Optimizing assurance: The risk regulation system in relationships. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 641-666. PDF (This paper was awarded the 2007 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Theoretical Innovation Prize)
Collins, N. L., Ford, M. B., Guichard, A. C., & Allard, L. M. (2006). Working models of attachment and attribution processes in intimate relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 201-219. PDF
Collins, N. L., Ford, M. B., Guichard, A. C., & Feeney, B. C. (2006). Responding to need in intimate relationships: Normative processes and individual differences. In M. Mikulincer & G. Goodman (Eds.), Dynamics of romantic love: Attachment, caregiving, and sex (pp. 149-189). New York: The Guilford Press.
Gurung, R., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Collins, N. L., & Hobel, C. (2005). Psychosocial correlates of prepartum anxiety. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24, 497-519. PDF
Collins, N. L., & Feeney, B. C. (2004). Working models of attachment shape perceptions of social support: Evidence from experimental and observational studies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 363-383. PDF
Collins, N. L., Guichard, A. C., Ford, M. B., & Feeney, B. C. (2004). Working models of attachment: New developments and emerging themes. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.), Adult Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications (pp. 196-239). New York: Guilford. PDF
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L. (2004). Interpersonal safe haven and secure base caregiving processes in adulthood. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.), Adult Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications (pp. 300-338). New York: Guilford.
Collins, N. L. & Feeney, B. C. (2004). An attachment theory perspective on closeness and intimacy: Normative processes and individual differences. In D. Mashek & A. Aron (Eds.), Handbook of Closeness and Intimacy (pp. 163-187). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. PDF
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L. (2003). Motivations for caregiving in adult intimate relationships: Influences on caregiving behavior and relationship functioning. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 950-968. PDF
Cozzarelli, C., Karafa, J. A., Collins, N. L., Tagler, M. J. (2003) Stability and change in attachment styles: Associations with personal vulnerabilities, life events, and global construals of self and others. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 22, 315-346. PDF
Collins, N. L., Cooper, M. L., Albino, A., & Allard, L. (2002). Psychosocial vulnerability from adolescence to adulthood: A prospective study of attachment style differences in relationship quality and partner choice. Journal of Personality, Special Issue on Personality in Close Relationships, 70, 965-1008 . PDF
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L. (2001) Predictors of caregiving in adult Intimate relationships: An attachment theoretical perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 972-994. PDF
Collins, N. L., & Allard, L. M. (2001). Cognitive representations of attachment: the content and function of working models. In G. J. O. Fletcher & M. S. Clark (Eds.),Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Vol. 2. Interpersonal Processes (pp. 60-85). United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishers.
Reis, H. T., & Collins, N. L. (2000). Measuring supportive processes and interactions. In S. Cohen, L. Underwood, & B. Gottlieb (Eds.), Social support measurement and intervention: a guide for health and social scientists (pp. 136-192). New York: Oxford University Press.
Collins, N. L., & Feeney, B. C. (2000). A safe haven: Support-seeking and caregiving processes in intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 1053-1073. PDF
Zambrana, R., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Collins, N. L., & Scrimshaw, S. C. M. (1999). Mediators of ethnic-associated differences in infant birth weight. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 76, 102-116.
Ognibene, T., & Collins, N. L. (1998). Adult attachment styles, perceived social support, and coping strategies. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 15, 323-345. PDF
Cooper, M. L., Shaver, P. R., & Collins, N.L. (1998). Attachment styles, emotion regulation, and adjustment in adolescence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1380-1397. PDF
Zambrana, R., Scrimshaw, S. C. M., Collins, N. L., & Dunkel-Schetter, C. (1997). Prenatal health behaviors and psychosocial risk factors in pregnant women of Mexican origin: The role of acculturation. American Journal of Public Health, 87, 1022-1026. PDF
Collins, N. L. (1996). Working models of attachment: Implications for explanation, emotion, and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 810-832. PDF
Shaver, P., Collins, N. L., & Clark, C. (1996). Attachment theory and internal working models of self and relationship partners. In G. Fletcher & J. Fitness (Eds.), Knowledge structures in close relationships: A social psychological approach (pp. 25-61). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Neter, E., Collins, N. L., Lobel, M., & Dunkel-Schetter, C. (1995). Psychosocial predictors of postpartum depressed mood in socioeconomically disadvantaged women. Women’s Health, 1, 51-75.
Collins, N. L., & Miller, L. C. (1994). Self-disclosure and liking: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 116, 457-475. PDF
Collins, N. L., & Read, S. J. (1994). Cognitive representations of adult attachment: The structure and function of working models. In K. Bartholomew & D. Perlman (Eds.) Advances in personal relationships, Vol. 5: Attachment processes in adulthood (pp. 53-90). London: Jessica Kingsley.
Collins, N. L., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Lobel, M., & Scrimshaw, S. (1993). Social support in pregnancy: Psychosocial correlates of birth outcomes and postpartum depression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1243-1258. PDF (This paper was reprinted in Reis, H. T. & Rusbult, C. (2004) Close Relationships: Key readings. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis)
Collins, N. L., & Read, S. J. (1990). Adult attachment, working models, and relationship quality in dating couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 644-663. PDF
Acevedo, B.P., Poulin, M.J., Collins, N.L., & Brown, L.L. (2020) After the Honeymoon: Neural and Genetic Correlates of Romantic Love in Newlywed Marriages. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:634, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00634 [Open Access]
Ross, K. M, Rook, K, Winczewski L., Collins, N. L., & Dunkel Schetter, C. (2019). Close relationships and health: The interactive effects of positive and negative aspects. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 13, 1-19. Please contact us via email for a reprint: [email protected]
Feeney, B. C. & Collins, N. L. (2019). The importance of relational support for attachment and exploration needs. Current Opinion in Psychology, 25, 182-186. Please contact us via email for a reprint: [email protected]
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L. (2018). Social support in close relationships. In D. Perlman & A. L. Vangelisti (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships (2nd Edition). Cambridge University Press.
Pietromonico, P., & Collins, N. L. (2017). Interpersonal mechanisms linking close relationships to health. American Psychologist, 72, 531-542. Please contact us via email for a reprint: [email protected]
Jaremka, L. M. & Collins, N. L. (2017). Cortisol increases in response to brief social exchanges with opposite sex partners. Biological Psychology, 124, 39-46. Please contact us via email for a reprint: [email protected]
Bowen, J. D., Winczewski, L. A., & Collins, N. L. (2017). Language style matching in romantic partners' conflict and support interactions. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 36, 263-286. Please contact us via email for a pre-print: [email protected]
Winczewski, L., Bowen, J., & Collins, N. L. (2016). Is empathic accuracy enough to facilitate responsive behavior in dyadic interaction: Distinguishing ability from motivation. Psychological Science, 27, 394-404. Please contact us via email for a reprint: [email protected]
Ford, M. B., & Collins, N. L. (2015). Self-models and relationship threat: A test of risk regulation mechanisms. Sage Open, 5(3), 1-9. DOI: 10.1177/2158244015593991 PDF
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L. (2015). Thriving through relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 22-28. PDF
Feeney B. C., & Collins N. L. (2014). A New Look at Social Support A Theoretical Perspective on Thriving Through Relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Review. PDF
Collins N. L., Kane H. S., Metz M. A., Cleveland C., Khan C., Winczewski L., Bowen J., & Prok, T. (2014). Psychological, physiological, and behavioral responses to a partner in need: The role of compassionate love. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31, 601-629. PDF
Acevedo, B., Aron, E., Aron, A., Sangster, M., Collins, N. L., & Brown, L. (2014). The highly sensitive brain: An fMRI study of sensory processing sensitivity and responses to others’ emotions. Brain and Behavior, 4, 580-594. PDF
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L., Van Vleet, & Tomlinson, J. M. (2013). Motivations for providing a secure base: Links with attachment orientation and secure base support behavior. Attachment and Human Development, 15, 261-280. PDF
Ford, M. B. & Collins, N. L. (2013). Self-esteem moderates the effects of daily rejection on health and well-being. Self and Identity, 12, 16-38. PDF
Kane, H., McCall, C., Collins, N. L., & Blascovich (2012). Mere presence is not enough: Responsive support in a virtual world. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 37-44. PDF
Jaremka, L. M., Bunyan, D. P., Collins, N. L., & Sherman, D. K. (2011). Reducing defensive distancing: Self-affirmation and risk regulation in response to relationship threats. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 264-268. PDF
Collins, N. L., & Ford, M., & Feeney, B. C. (2011). Social support and caregiving processes in close relationships: An attachment theoretical perspective. In L. M. Horowitz & S. Strack (Eds.), Handbook of Interpersonal Psychology: Theory, research, assessment, and therapeutic interventions (pp. 209-231) . Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Ford, M. B., & Collins, N. L. (2010). Self-esteem moderates neuroendocrine and psychological responses to interpersonal rejection. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 405-419. PDF
Collins, N. L., & Ford, M. (2010). Responding to the needs of others: The interplay of the attachment and caregiving systems in adult intimate relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27, 235-244. PDF
Collins, N. L. & Feeney, B. C. (2010). An attachment theoretical perspective on social support dynamics in couples: Normative processes and individual differences. In K. Sullivan & J. Davila (Eds.), Support Processes in Intimate Relationships (pp. 89-120). Oxford University Press.
Collins, N. L., Ford, M., Guichard, A., Kane, H. S, & Feeney, B. C. (2010). Responding to need in intimate relationships: Social support and caregiving processes in couples. In M. Mikulincer & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Prosocial Motives, Emotions, and Behavior (pp. 367-388). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Collins, N. L., & Jaremka, L. (2009). Helping behaviors in relationships. In H. T. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. PDF
Kane, H. S., Jaremka, L. M., Guichard, A. C., Ford, M. B., Collins, N. L., & Feeney, B. C. (2007). Feeling supported and feeling satisfied: How one partner’s attachment style predicts the other partner’s relationship experiences. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 24, 535-555. PDF
Murray, S. L., Holmes, J. G., & Collins, N. L. (2006). Optimizing assurance: The risk regulation system in relationships. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 641-666. PDF (This paper was awarded the 2007 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Theoretical Innovation Prize)
Collins, N. L., Ford, M. B., Guichard, A. C., & Allard, L. M. (2006). Working models of attachment and attribution processes in intimate relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 201-219. PDF
Collins, N. L., Ford, M. B., Guichard, A. C., & Feeney, B. C. (2006). Responding to need in intimate relationships: Normative processes and individual differences. In M. Mikulincer & G. Goodman (Eds.), Dynamics of romantic love: Attachment, caregiving, and sex (pp. 149-189). New York: The Guilford Press.
Gurung, R., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Collins, N. L., & Hobel, C. (2005). Psychosocial correlates of prepartum anxiety. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24, 497-519. PDF
Collins, N. L., & Feeney, B. C. (2004). Working models of attachment shape perceptions of social support: Evidence from experimental and observational studies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 363-383. PDF
Collins, N. L., Guichard, A. C., Ford, M. B., & Feeney, B. C. (2004). Working models of attachment: New developments and emerging themes. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.), Adult Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications (pp. 196-239). New York: Guilford. PDF
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L. (2004). Interpersonal safe haven and secure base caregiving processes in adulthood. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.), Adult Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications (pp. 300-338). New York: Guilford.
Collins, N. L. & Feeney, B. C. (2004). An attachment theory perspective on closeness and intimacy: Normative processes and individual differences. In D. Mashek & A. Aron (Eds.), Handbook of Closeness and Intimacy (pp. 163-187). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. PDF
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L. (2003). Motivations for caregiving in adult intimate relationships: Influences on caregiving behavior and relationship functioning. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 950-968. PDF
Cozzarelli, C., Karafa, J. A., Collins, N. L., Tagler, M. J. (2003) Stability and change in attachment styles: Associations with personal vulnerabilities, life events, and global construals of self and others. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 22, 315-346. PDF
Collins, N. L., Cooper, M. L., Albino, A., & Allard, L. (2002). Psychosocial vulnerability from adolescence to adulthood: A prospective study of attachment style differences in relationship quality and partner choice. Journal of Personality, Special Issue on Personality in Close Relationships, 70, 965-1008 . PDF
Feeney, B. C., & Collins, N. L. (2001) Predictors of caregiving in adult Intimate relationships: An attachment theoretical perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 972-994. PDF
Collins, N. L., & Allard, L. M. (2001). Cognitive representations of attachment: the content and function of working models. In G. J. O. Fletcher & M. S. Clark (Eds.),Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Vol. 2. Interpersonal Processes (pp. 60-85). United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishers.
Reis, H. T., & Collins, N. L. (2000). Measuring supportive processes and interactions. In S. Cohen, L. Underwood, & B. Gottlieb (Eds.), Social support measurement and intervention: a guide for health and social scientists (pp. 136-192). New York: Oxford University Press.
Collins, N. L., & Feeney, B. C. (2000). A safe haven: Support-seeking and caregiving processes in intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 1053-1073. PDF
Zambrana, R., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Collins, N. L., & Scrimshaw, S. C. M. (1999). Mediators of ethnic-associated differences in infant birth weight. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 76, 102-116.
Ognibene, T., & Collins, N. L. (1998). Adult attachment styles, perceived social support, and coping strategies. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 15, 323-345. PDF
Cooper, M. L., Shaver, P. R., & Collins, N.L. (1998). Attachment styles, emotion regulation, and adjustment in adolescence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1380-1397. PDF
Zambrana, R., Scrimshaw, S. C. M., Collins, N. L., & Dunkel-Schetter, C. (1997). Prenatal health behaviors and psychosocial risk factors in pregnant women of Mexican origin: The role of acculturation. American Journal of Public Health, 87, 1022-1026. PDF
Collins, N. L. (1996). Working models of attachment: Implications for explanation, emotion, and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 810-832. PDF
Shaver, P., Collins, N. L., & Clark, C. (1996). Attachment theory and internal working models of self and relationship partners. In G. Fletcher & J. Fitness (Eds.), Knowledge structures in close relationships: A social psychological approach (pp. 25-61). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Neter, E., Collins, N. L., Lobel, M., & Dunkel-Schetter, C. (1995). Psychosocial predictors of postpartum depressed mood in socioeconomically disadvantaged women. Women’s Health, 1, 51-75.
Collins, N. L., & Miller, L. C. (1994). Self-disclosure and liking: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 116, 457-475. PDF
Collins, N. L., & Read, S. J. (1994). Cognitive representations of adult attachment: The structure and function of working models. In K. Bartholomew & D. Perlman (Eds.) Advances in personal relationships, Vol. 5: Attachment processes in adulthood (pp. 53-90). London: Jessica Kingsley.
Collins, N. L., Dunkel-Schetter, C., Lobel, M., & Scrimshaw, S. (1993). Social support in pregnancy: Psychosocial correlates of birth outcomes and postpartum depression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1243-1258. PDF (This paper was reprinted in Reis, H. T. & Rusbult, C. (2004) Close Relationships: Key readings. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis)
Collins, N. L., & Read, S. J. (1990). Adult attachment, working models, and relationship quality in dating couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 644-663. PDF