Dr. Benjamin Le

Getting romantically involved with a coworker is not uncommon; it’s estimated that nearly 10 million … [Read more...] about Dating Your Boss May Be Bad For Your Career

America is a country of romantics: we love our reality dating shows, rom-coms, and Disney princess … [Read more...] about Hopelessly Romantic and Easily Disappointed?

Loneliness is a particularly negative psychological experience that is linked to poor physical … [Read more...] about We Grow Older Together, But Lonely

There are a lot of safe-sex behaviors that reduce sexually transmitted infections (e.g., consistent … [Read more...] about Safe Sex, Lies, and Past Partners

When it comes to building communities of interconnected friends and family, how does marital status … [Read more...] about Single and (Not?) Lonely: How Socially Connected are Married versus Single People?

For those of you who took Introductory Psychology (way) back in the day, you might remember learning … [Read more...] about Helping Me Grow Is Good For Us

Most young adults use some form of social network, and among those platforms, Facebook is one of the … [Read more...] about What Do People Do on Facebook When They Are Breaking Up?

We’ve written a lot about avoidant attachment (see here and here for more on attachment), but here’s … [Read more...] about I (Don’t) Want 2 B w/ U: Texting, Sexting, and Avoidant Attachment

Along with all the great things that result from close relationships, the bond between two people … [Read more...] about “Please Forgive Me”: The Upside of Guilt

Although passionate love typically decreases over time,1 are there things couples can do to keep the … [Read more...] about Self-Expansion: A Key for Lasting Love?

We’ve written extensively about attachment styles1 in romantic relationships (for example, read here … [Read more...] about Are Americans Becoming Less Secure?

American parents often worry that their adolescent children are susceptible to their friends’ … [Read more...] about Social Influence and Teen Sex: What Matters and What Doesn’t

There’s a lot of evidence from research over the past 20 years that supports the conclusion that … [Read more...] about Date Night Done Right: How To Maximize the Effects of Spending Time Together

With the pervasiveness of social media and mobile devices comes the potential to communicate with … [Read more...] about Keeping the Back Burner Warm with Technology

No matter how you slice it, breakups are not much fun -- someone usually ends up getting hurt. … [Read more...] about Break Up Kindly With Compassionate Love

Being in a committed romantic  relationship involves feelings of intimacy and attachment between … [Read more...] about Staying Friends After a Breakup: Commitment Matters

You’re probably wondering what a “relfie” is, so let’s start there. A relfie (you heard it here … [Read more...] about What Does Your “Relfie” Say About Your Relationship?

Although the discussion of fake orgasms dates back at least 100 years,1 the diner scene in the 1989 … [Read more...] about Fake, Fake, Fake, Fake: The Four Factors of Female’s Fake Orgasms