Our research largely focuses on romantic relationships. In particular, we study how couples navigate changes in their relationships and when these changes result in beneficial versus harmful outcomes.

More recently, we have studied how justice-impacted couples capitalize on their strengths and deal with their struggles during a partner’s incarceration. We consider both interpersonal and system-level interventions to support justice-impacted couples.

The self-concept, a person’s mental representation of who they are, has profound implications for well-being outcomes. We are interested in how features of a person’s self-concept influences outcomes both individually and interpersonally.