A little humor goes a long way, especially when you’re bargaining. Find out how.

A number of studies have suggested that we perceive others level of distress quite differently based on how many social resources we feel we have at the moment. In other words when we feel supported by others we tend not to feel as overwhelmed by stressful situations.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but what makes the smell memorable? Would a rose still be sweet if it was paired with a negative experience? Read more to find out.

Having what you want and wanting what you have are two different and important factors in predicting happiness.

Do you ever wonder why the world seems so hostile? Well it may not be the world, you yourself may be making the world a more hostile place. This is according to the findings of a recent study done by researchers at Iowa State University on how aggressive people can shape their social world.

Two of the most widely published and well respected researchers in relationship science got together to review what psychological science knows about love. As it turns out, according to Drs. Henry Reis and Arthur Aron, “a uniquely psychological perspective on love can be identified.” Here are a few of the highlights they point out.

A new study out of Australia finds that depressed women are more likely to be engaging in sex and sexual activity than their mentally well counterparts. So why aren’t they happy?

Staying in a bad relationship isn’t good for anyone. From the standpoint of promoting family cohesion as a panacea for child welfare, there is pretty compelling evidence that it’s the emotional content of a relationship that matters, not the label that can be applied to it.

The quantity and quality of studies that report a link between stress and poor health is such that it seems to be a definitive finding at this point. However, there is a relatively new study that suggests that stress not only has a negative impact on the person experiencing the stress, it could also have negative effects on the person’s children.

A recent study investigates how much influence our genes have on our subjective well being (e.g., how happy we are with our lives). Learn more about what they found.

It’s long been known that aspects of your personality can affect the quality of your relationships. Highly neurotic people, for example, are more likely to have negative relationship quality. In a recent study, researchers find that sexual satisfaction mediates this relationship between neuroticism and marital satisfaction. Find out how.

An international pair of researchers, Ulrich Schimmack of the University of Toronto and Richard Lucas of the University of Michigan, have conducted a study on the long-term happiness of married couples that may have profound implications for our understanding of what makes people happy in long-term relationships.

Dan Ariely’s new book “Predictably Irrational” shows us how much we dislike having our options taken away.

Over the past few months I have written several blogs on how experiencing and expressing positive emotions can make you healthier, happier, and have more fulfilling and satisfying relationships. Is the opposite true?