PUBLICATIONS
In PRESS
Spielmann, S. S., Nehmeh, S., Cantarella, I. A. (in press). Worth the risk? Fear of being single and willingness to make risky health decisions in sex and dating contexts. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
Cantarella, I. A., Spielmann, S. S., Partridge, T., MacDonald, G., Joel, S., & Impett, E. A. (in press). Validating the Fear of Being Single Scale for individuals in relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
2021
Spielmann, S. S., & Gahman, K. P. (2021). Detectability and desirability of fear of being single in online dating profiles. Journal of Personality, 89, 531-548.
Park, Y., Impett, E. A., Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., & MacDonald, G. (2021). Lack of reward in a relationship prospectively predicts breakup. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 442-.
2020
Spielmann, S. S., & Cantarella, I. A. (2020). Fear of being single priming predicts maladaptive relationship pursuits. Personal Relationships, 27, 801-819.
Spielmann, S. S., Gere, J., Cantarella, I. A., Roberson, J., & Brindley, S. L. (2020). Relationship quality and accuracy of detecting a romantic partner’s fear of being single. Journal of Research in Personality, 87, 103967.
Spielmann, S. S., Maxwell, J. A., MacDonald, G., Peragine, D., & Impett, E. A. (2020). The predictive effects of fear of being single on physical attractiveness and less selective partner selection strategies. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 100-123.
Roberson, J., Spielmann, S. S., & Kopetz, C. (2020). When more means less: The impact of instrumentality dilution on evaluations of romantic relationships. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 4, 345-359.
2019
Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., & Impett, E. A. (2019). Pursuing sex with an ex: Does it hinder breakup recovery? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 691-702.
Park, Y., Debrot, A., Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2019). Distinguishing dismissing from fearful attachment in the association between closeness and commitment. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 563-572.
2018
Mooney-Leber, S., Spielmann, S. S., & Brummelte, S. (2018). Repetitive neonatal pain and reduced maternal care alter brain neurochemistry. Developmental Psychobiology, 60, 963-974.
Joel, S., Impett, E. A., Spielmann, S. S., & MacDonald, G. (2018). How interdependent are stay/leave decisions? On staying in the relationship for the sake of the romantic partner. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 805-824.
2017
Joel, S., Spielmann, S. S., & MacDonald, G. (2017). Motivated use of numerical anchors for judgments relevant to the self. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 972-985.
2016
Spielmann, S. S., MacDonald, G., Joel, S., & Impett, E. A. (2016). Longing for ex-partners out of fear of being single. Journal of Personality, 84, 799-808.
Spielmann, S. S., & MacDonald, G. (2016). Nice guys finish first when presented second: Responsive daters are evaluated more positively following exposure to unresponsive daters. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 64, 99-105.
Nichol, K., Copes, R., Spielmann, S., Kersey, K., Eriksson, J., & Holness, D. L. (2016). Workplace screening for hand dermatitis: A pilot study. Occupational Medicine, 66, 46-49.
2015
Rozenbojm, M., Nichol, K, Spielmann, S., & Holness, D. L. (2015). Hospital unit safety climate: Relationship with nurses’ adherence to recommended use of facial protective equipment. American Journal of Infection Control, 43, 115-120.
2013
Spielmann, S. S., MacDonald, G., Maxwell, J. A., Joel, S., Peragine, D., Muise, A., & Impett, E. A. (2013). Settling for less out of fear of being single. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 1049-1073.
Gere, J., MacDonald, G., Joel, S., Spielmann, S. S., & Impett, E. A. (2013). The independent contributions of social reward and threat perceptions to romantic commitment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 961-977.
MacDonald, G., Locke, K. D., Spielmann, S. S., & Joel, S. (2013). Insecure attachment predicts ambivalent social threat and reward perceptions in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30, 647-661.
Maxwell, J. A., Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., & MacDonald, G. (2013). Attachment theory as a framework for understanding responses to social exclusion. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7, 444-456.
Spielmann, S. S., Maxwell, J. A., MacDonald, G., & Baratta, P. L. (2013). Don’t get your hopes up: Avoidantly attached individuals perceive lower social reward when there is potential for intimacy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 219-236.
Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., MacDonald, G., & Kogan, A. (2013). Ex appeal: Current relationship quality and emotional attachment to ex-partners. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 175-180.
2009-2012
Spielmann, S. S., MacDonald, G., & Tackett, J. L. (2012). Social threat, social reward, and the regulation of investment in romantic relationships. Personal Relationships, 19, 601-622. pdf
MacDonald, G., Borsook, T, & Spielmann, S. S. (2011). Defensive avoidance of social pain via perceptions of social threat and reward. In G. MacDonald & L. A. Jensen-Campbell (Eds.), Social pain: A neuroscientific, social, and health psychology analysis. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Spielmann, S. S., MacDonald, G., & Wilson, A. E. (2009). On the rebound: Focusing on someone new helps anxiously attached individuals let go of ex-partners. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1382-1394.