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Sandra L Murray

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Murray S
J Pers Soc Psychol . 2025 Jan; 128(1):82-84. PMID: 39883403
In this editorial, the author says that she is honored and excited to be entrusted with the responsibility of serving as editor of the Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes section...
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Murray S, Pascuzzi G
Annu Rev Psychol . 2023 Aug; 75:379-404. PMID: 37585668
People are fundamentally motivated to be included in social connections that feel safe, connections where they are consistently cared for and protected, not hurt or exploited. Romantic relationships have long...
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Murray S, McNulty J, Xia J, Lamarche V, Seery M, Ward D, et al.
J Pers Soc Psychol . 2023 Jun; 125(3):519-547. PMID: 37261749
A new goal-systems model is proposed to help explain when individuals will protect themselves against the risks inherent to social connection. This model assumes that people satisfy the goal to...
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Murray S
Curr Opin Psychol . 2023 May; 50:101582. PMID: 37209625
People are fundamentally motivated to be included in safe relationships - relationships where they are consistently cared for and protected. Building on the risk-regulation model, this article describes five cues...
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Murray S, Lamarche V, Seery M, Jung H, Griffin D, Brinkman C
J Pers Soc Psychol . 2020 May; 120(1):99-130. PMID: 32406706
A model of the social-safety system is proposed to explain how people sustain a sense of safety in the relational world when they are able to foresee the behavior of...
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Murray S, Seery M, Lamarche V, Kondrak C, Gomillion S
J Pers Soc Psychol . 2018 Aug; 116(1):69-100. PMID: 30113193
A new model is proposed to explain how automatic partner attitudes affect how couples cope with major life transitions. The automatic partner attitudes in transition (APAT) model assumes that people...
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Murray S, Lamarche V, Seery M
Curr Opin Psychol . 2017 Dec; 23:34-37. PMID: 29197700
A model of meaning maintenance in relationships is proposed to explain how relationships function to regulate threats to shared systems of meaning posed by life's capricious and unexpected events. This...
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Murray S, Lamarche V, Gomillion S, Seery M, Kondrak C
J Pers Soc Psychol . 2017 Apr; 113(5):697-729. PMID: 28447838
A new model of commitment defense in romantic relationships is proposed. It assumes that relationships afford a central resource for affirming meaning and purpose in the world. Consequently, violating expectations...
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Murray S, Holmes J, Griffin D, Derrick J
J Pers Soc Psychol . 2015 Jan; 108(1):93-113. PMID: 25603369
A new equilibrium model of relationship maintenance is proposed. People can protect relationship bonds by practicing 3 threat-mitigation rules: Trying to accommodate when a partner is hurtful, ensuring mutual dependence,...
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Murray S, Holmes J, Derrick J, Harris B, Griffin D, Pinkus R
J Exp Soc Psychol . 2014 Jul; 49(3):522-533. PMID: 25013236
A contextual model of self-protection is proposed to explain when adhering to cautious "if-then" rules in daily interaction erodes marital satisfaction. People can self-protect against partner non-responsiveness by distancing when...