Sandra L. Murray

University at Buffalo, State University of New York — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Attachment and Relationship Dynamics(42), Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion(18), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior(12), Behavioral Health and Interventions(10), Family Dynamics and Relationships(8)

Publications84 total

When Do Real-World Rejections Motivate People to Seek out Symbolic Social Bonds? Insights From the Risk-Regulation Model
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin·2025
Certainty through Social Connection? Protecting the Self in an Uncertain Social World
2025
Inaugural editorial.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·2025· 1 cited
Self-esteem and romantic relationship quality
Nature Reviews Psychology·2023· 6 cited
Pursuing Safety in Social Connection: A Flexibly Fluid Perspective on Risk Regulation in Relationships
Annual Review of Psychology·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Pursuing safety in social connection regulates the risk-regulation, social-safety, and behavioral-immune systems.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·2023· 13 citedOpen Access
Regulating relationship risk: Partner responsiveness as a safety signal
Current Opinion in Psychology·2023· 6 cited
A moth to a flame? Fulfilling connectedness needs through romantic relationships protects conspiracy theorists against COVID-19 misinformation
Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Sensitizing the Behavioral-Immune System: The Power of Social Pain
Social Psychological and Personality Science·2022· 7 cited
Lovers in a dangerous time: Ecologically motivated relationship safety regulation
Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Trust as a daily defense against collective disease threats
Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Lovers in a Dangerous Time: Ecologically Motivated Relationship Safety Regulation
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022Open Access
Looking for Safety in All the Right Places: When Threatening Political Reality Strengthens Family Relationship Bonds
Social Psychological and Personality Science·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
The social-safety system: Fortifying relationships in the face of the unforeseeable.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·2020· 31 citedOpen Access
Implicitly imprinting the past on the present: Automatic partner attitudes and the transition to parenthood.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·2018· 10 citedOpen Access
Romantic relationships as shared reality defense
Current Opinion in Psychology·2017· 16 cited
In defense of commitment: The curative power of violated expectations.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·2017· 14 citedOpen Access
Motivated Cognition in Relationships
2017· 6 cited
Motivated Cognition in Relationships: The Pursuit of Belonging
2017· 26 cited
Maintaining mutual commitment in the face of risk
Current Opinion in Psychology·2015· 10 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

John G. Holmes(22), Veronica M. Lamarche(14), Dale W. Griffin(13), Mark D. Seery(10), James K. McNulty(7), Gina M. Bellavia(6), Paul Rose(6), Sarah Gomillion(6), Deborah E. Ward(6), Ji Xia(5), Han Young Jung(4), Lindsey L. Hicks(4), Geoff MacDonald(3), Phoebe C. Ellsworth(3), Jaye L. Derrick(3), Rebecca T. Pinkus(3), Brianna Harris(3), Cheryl L. Kondrak(3), Sadie Leder(2), Justin V. Cavallo(2)