The Couple Communication Study

eHarmony Labs is looking for dating or married couples willing to participate in a study on partner communication. We hope to capture how couples interact with each other day to day and what effect that has on a relationship. This study is going on right now! If you are interested, please see the project parameters below:

In this study you and your romantic partner:
- Will complete a short (5 minute) online survey every night for one week.
- Attend a 45-50 minute laboratory session in our Pasadena, CA Lab directly after in where both you will fill out a series of questionnaires and get instructions for the second week.
- Complete in-person discussions at home with your romantic partner that following week.
- Complete a short (5 minute) online follow-up one month after.

Each couple that successfully completes this research study will receive $150 USD.

Partner Perceptions of Ourselves

This research attempts to explore how our perceptions of what our partners think of us, affect us when we are confronted with our partners’ actual perceptions of us. We are also interested in what effects, if any, these experiences have on our romantic relationships themselves.

Participation in this research involves completing questionnaires online (approx. 1 hr), completing an experimental session (approx. 2hr), and a brief memory task. Questionnaires will ask about your relationship and personality. The experimental session will examine your emotional and physiological responses to feedback from your partner. Some questions are of a personal nature (e.g. relationship history).

You must be currently involved in a long-term romantic relationship and both you and your partner must be 18 years of age or older. Both you and your partner must be able to participate in this research together and attend one lab session at the UCLA Psychology Department together.

As compensation for volunteering in this research, each partner will receive $30 for their time ($60 per couple). You will also be compensated for parking at the UCLA campus. For more information please contact Joshua Poore, M.A., Doctoral Candidate, UCLA Department of Psychology. Phone: 310 971 3173; Email: romrelationships@yahoo.com.

Longitudinal Study of Marriage

You’ve chosen to make the leap into marriage- now help others learn what keeps marriage strong and successful for partners. Improve marriage interventions by letting us know what’s important to relationship health. Learn about yourself and your partner as you grow together. eHarmony Labs will launch an ambitious longitudinal study that follows the well-being of newlywed couples as they progress into their marriage and beyond. We are currently recruiting for this study (as of April of 2008).

Participants should be recently engaged, over 18 and women under 35. This should be a first-marriage for both partners, and neither should have children. Both partners should be able to converse easily in English, have at least a 10th grade education, and have no immediate plans to move outside of the greater Los Angeles area. Couples will be assessed several times over the course of their marriage, with initial compensation no less than $300 and increasing over time.