social psychologist studying relationships, health & well-being • prof @universityofga • husband and dad • spider & longhorn • indie rock enthusiast • YNWA 🔴
When it comes to social interactions, is more really merrier? According to my recent work, the answer is "no!" Findings from two studies suggest that people feel less close after group (vs. dyadic) interactions for both FtF and video chats. Come learn more at my @SPSPnews poster!
ALT SPSP 2024 Annual Convention. Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024 / 12:30PM-1:30PM PST. Title: "[39] Is more really merrier? Examining the influence of group size on closeness in face-to-face and video chat interactions". Presenter: Christina Leckfor.
It's been a privilege to work closely with the amazing @jholtlunstad to develop the project. Special shout outs to my student @daisibrand for absolutely crushing it with her first (!) first-author paper here, and to my student Michael Harvey for his machine-learning stats wizardy
I am excited to be presenting this weekend at the #SPSP2023 Annual Convention on the project I have been working on with @jholtlunstad, @RelationScience, and @daisidaisidaisi for the Social Connection Project with @eventbrite.
Have you wondered who is more likely to ghost? In a new paper in @JoSoPerRel w/ co-first author @NatashaRWood, @RelationScience & Andrew Hale, we found that young adults with a high need for closure may be more likely to use ghosting, but they also hurt worse after being ghosted!
Odds are that you are someone you know has been ghosted before - quite a haunting experience!
@ugapsychology doctoral student Christina Leckfor is studying the emotional impact of ghosting and what causes someone to ghost. 👻
t.uga.edu/8Pq#ValentinesDay
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📢 The Princeton Social Neuro Lab is hiring! 📢
We're looking for a full-time Research Assistant to study social interaction, social cognition, and spontaneous thought. More info here: psnlab.princeton.edu/join-us
Please apply and share!
For those interested, my department has a FULLY FUNDED Masters Program in Experimental Psychology. The deadline is February 1, and we don't accept GRE scores. Faculty support student interests in behavioral neuroscience, social, cognitive, clinical, and developmental psychology.
If Twitter really does stop working in the next few days or weeks, at least we’ll go out with the @GeorgiaFootball National Championship emoji permanently in place with the #GoDawgs hashtag.
As the final survey of our Love in the Time of COVID study nears, we (@zoppolat, @RelationScience, and I) wanted to highlight some of the recent studies that have come from this project, share our next directions, and to thank those who have participated! loveinthetimeofcovid.me/blog…