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Jakubiak, B. K., Fuentes, J. D., & Feeney, B. C. (2023). Perceptions of oneself and one’s partner following a stressor discussion predicting attachment insecurity over one year. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231170145
Jakubiak, B. K., Fuentes, J. D., Sun, E. R. & Feeney, B. C. (2022). Social support is a balancing act: Mitigating attachment anxiety by supporting independence and dependence. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221142000
Jakubiak, B. K., Fuentes, J. D., & Feeney, B. C. (2022). Affectionate touch promotes shared positive activities. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221083764
Shaw, T. J., Jakubiak, B. K., & Scheer, J. R. (2022). Support-seeking and active coping mitigate the association between post-trauma symptom severity and attachment insecurity in a community sample of trauma survivors. Traumatology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000407
Jakubiak, B. K. (2022). Affectionate touch in satisfying and dissatisfying romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39, 2287-2315. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221077280
Jakubiak, B. K. (2021). Providing support is easier done than said: Support providers’ perceptions of touch and verbal support provision requests. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 96, 104-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104168
Jakubiak, B. K., Fuentes, J. D., & Feeney, B. C. (2021). Individual and relational differences in desire for touch in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 2029-2052. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211003331
Jakubiak, B. K., Debrot, A., Kim, J., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Approach and avoidance motives for touch are predicted by attachment and predict daily well-being. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 256-278. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520961178
Jakubiak, B. K., Feeney, B. C., & Ferrer, R. A. (2020). Benefits of daily support visibility vs. invisibility across the adult lifespan. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 118, 1018-1043. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000203
Jakubiak, B. K. (2020) Safe and secure: How close relationships mitigate risks and ease insecurities. In L. V. Machia, C. R. Agnew, & X. B. Arriaga (Eds.) Interdependence, Interaction, and Close Relationships (pp. 120-143). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108645836.007
Jakubiak, B. K., & Tomlinson, J. M. (2020). The role of social support in promoting self-development. In B. A. Mattingly, K. P. McIntyre, & G. W. Lewandowski (Eds.), Interpersonal Relationships and the Self-Concept (pp. 125-143). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43747-3_8
Jakubiak, B. K., & Feeney, B. C. (2019a). Interpersonal touch as a resource to facilitate positive personal and relational outcomes during stress discussions. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 2918-2936. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518804666
Jakubiak, B. K., & Feeney, B. C. (2019b). Hand-in-hand combat: Affectionate touch promotes relational well-being and buffers stress during conflict. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 431-446. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218788556
Helgeson, V. S., Jakubiak, B. K., Zajdel, M., & Van Vleet, M. (2018). Communal coping and adjustment to chronic illness: Theory update and evidence. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 22, 170-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868317735767
Kim, K., Feeney, B. C., & Jakubiak, B. K. (2018). Touch reduces romantic jealousy in the anxiously attached. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35, 1019-1041. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407517702012
Feeney, B. C., Van Vleet, M., Jakubiak, B., & Tomlinson, J. (2017). Predicting the pursuit and support of challenging life opportunities. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 1171-1187. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217708575
Helgeson, V. S., Jakubiak, B. K., Seltman, H., Hausmann, L., & Korytkowski, M. (2017). Implicit and explicit communal coping in couples with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 34, 1099-1121. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407516669604
Jakubiak, B. K., & Feeney, B. C. (2017). Affectionate touch to promote relational, psychological, and physical well-being in adulthood: A theoretical model and review of the research. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 21, 228-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868316650307
Jakubiak, B. K., & Feeney, B. C. (2016a). Daily goal progress is facilitated by spousal support and promotes relational, psychological, and physical well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111, 317-340. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000062
Jakubiak, B. K., & Feeney, B.C. (2016b). A sense of security: Touch promotes state attachment security. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 745-753. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616646427
Jakubiak, B. K., & Feeney, B. C. (2016c). Keep in touch: The effects of imagined touch support on exploration and pain. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 65, 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2016.04.001
DiDonato, T. E., & Jakubiak, B. K. (2016a) Strategically funny: Romantic motives affect humor style in relationship initiation. European Journal of Psychology, 12, 390-405. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1105
DiDonato, T. E., & Jakubiak, B. K. (2016b). Sustainable decisions signal sustainable relationships: How purchasing decisions affect perceptions and romantic attraction. The Journal of Social Psychology, 156, 8-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2015.1018858
Feeney, B. C., Van Vleet, M., & Jakubiak, B. K. (2015). An attachment theoretical perspective on optimal dependence in close relationships. In J. Simpson and W. S. Rholes (Eds.) Attachment Theory and Research: New Directions and Emerging Themes (pp. 195-233). Guilford Press.
Slotter, E. B., Lucas, G. M., Jakubiak, B., & Lasslett, H. (2013). Changing me to keep you: State jealousy promotes perceiving similarity between the self and a romantic rival. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1280-1292. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167213492427