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Gauvin, S.*, Merwin, K., Kilimnik, C. D., Maxwell, J. A., & Sakaluk, J. K. (2021). It’s all Greek to me: Summarizing, explaining, and computing traditional and (re)emerging metrics of reliability for seven measures in sexual science. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2021-0023

Raposo, S.*, Rosen, N. O., Corsini-Munt, S., Maxwell, J. A., & Muise, A. (2021). Navigating Low Desire: Sexual Growth and Destiny Beliefs and Couples’ Well-Being. Journal of Sex Research. 1080/00224499.2021.1884179

Rossi, M. A., Maxwell, J. A., & Rosen, N. O. (2021). Biased partner perceptions of women’s pain self-efficacy in postpartum pain during intercourse: A dyadic longitudinal examination. The Journal of Pain.

Joel, S., Maxwell, J.A.,…Wolf, S. (2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences117, 19061-19071.

Maxwell, J.A., & Meltzer, A. L. (2020). Kiss and Makeup? Examining the Co-occurrence of Sex and Conflict. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Advance online publication. doi 10.1007/s10508-020-01779-8

Sanscartier, S.*, Maxwell, J. A., & Lockwood, P. (2020). No effect of attachment avoidance on visual disengagement from a romantic partner’s face. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 2166-2183.

Schrage, K. M., Maxwell, J. A., Impett, E. A., Keltner, D., & MacDonald, G. (2020). Effects of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication of Affection on Avoidantly Attached Partners’ Emotions and Message Receptiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance online publication.

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.Download PDF

Nunez Segovia, A., Maxwell, J. A, DiLorenzo, M. G., & MacDonald, G.  (2019). No strings attached? How attachment orientation is related to the varieties of casual sexual relationships. Personality and Individual Differences, 151, 109455.

McNulty, J.K., Maxwell, J. A., Meltzer, A. L., & Baumeister, R.F. (2019). Sex-differentiated Changes in Sexual Desire Predict Marital Dissatisfaction. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 2473-2489.Download PDF

Baumeister, R.F., Maxwell, J. A., Thomas, G.P., & Vohs, K.D. (2019). The mask of love and sexual gullibility. In J. Forgas & R. Baumeister (Eds.), The social psychology of gullibility (pp. 21- 41). New York: Routledge Psychology Press.

Maxwell, J. A. & McNulty, J.K. (2019). No Longer in a ‘Dry Spell’: The Developing Understanding of How Sex Influences Romantic Relationships. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 28, 102-107.Download PDF

Muise, A., Maxwell, J. A., & Impett, E. A. (2018). What theories and methods from relationship research can contribute to sex research. Annual Review of Sex Research, 55, 540-562. Download PDF

Maxwell, J. A., Muise, A., MacDonald, G., Day, L. C., Rosen, N. O. & Impett, E. A. (2017) How Implicit Theories of Sexuality Shape Sexual and Relationship Well-Being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 112, 238-279.Download PDF

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.Download PDF

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.Download PDF

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, 91-107.Download PDF

Other Publications:

Maxwell, J. A. (in press). Expectations and beliefs regarding sex in relationships. Entry in the Encyclopedia of Sexuality and Gender.

Maxwell, J. A., Muise, A., MacDonald, G., & Impett, E.A. (2019). Implicit Theories of Sexuality Scale. In Milhausen, R., Sakaluk, J. K., Fisher, T., Davis, C.M. & Yarber, W. (Eds). The Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures (4th ed.).