Paula R. Pietromonaco
{{short description|American psychologist}}
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Paula R. Pietromonaco is an American psychologist known for her research on adult attachment, close relationships, and health.
Career
Pietromonaco received the 2019 Award for Distinguished Service on Behalf of Social and Personality Psychology from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.{{cite web |title=SPSP Distinguished Service to the Field Award |url=https://spsp.org/membership/awards/service-awards}}
Pietromonaco has served in various editorial capacities for psychological journals, including as Editor-in-Chief of Emotion, Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Associate Editor of Psychological Science. As the editor-in-chief of Emotion, Pietromonaco stated her intent to prioritize research on affective processes and emotion, and encouraged submissions connecting different subdisciplines and fields. She also continued the journal's emphasis on diverse methodologies.{{cite journal |last1=Pietromonaco |first1=P |title=Editorial |journal=Emotion |date=2018 |volume=18 |issue=1 |page=1-2|pmid=29461075 }}
Research
Pietromonaco's research areas are:
- Attachment and health-related physiological stress processes{{cite journal |last1=Pietromonaco |first1=Paula |last2=Beck |first2=Lindsey |title=Adult attachment and physical health. |journal=Current Opinion in Psychology |date=2019 |volume=25 |pages=115–120 |doi=10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.04.004 |pmid=29734091 |pmc=6191372 }}
- Interpersonal mechanisms linking close relationships to health{{cite journal |last1=Pietromonaco |first1=Paula |last2=Collins |first2=Nancy |title=Interpersonal mechanisms linking close relationships to health. |journal=American Psychologist |date=2017 |volume=72 |issue=6 |pages=531–542 |doi=10.1037/amp0000129 |pmid=28880100 |pmc=5598782 }}
- Impact of stressors (including the COVID-19 pandemic) on couples' relationship functioning{{cite journal |last1=Pietromonaco |first1=Paula |last2=Overall |first2=Nickola |title=Implications of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic for couples' relationships. |journal=Current Opinion in Psychology |date=2022 |volume=43 |pages=189–194 |doi=10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.07.014 |pmid=34416682 |pmc=8881098 }}
- Impact of cultural orientations (independence vs. interdependence) on couple processes{{cite journal |last1=Ge |first1=Fiona |last2=Park |first2=Jiyoung |last3=Pietromonaco |first3=Paula |title=How you talk about it matters: Cultural variation in communication directness in romantic relationships. |journal=Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology |date=2022 |volume=53 |issue=6 |page=583-602|doi=10.1177/00220221221088934 }}{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Yue |last2=Ge |first2=Fiona |last3=Pietromonaco |first3=Paula |last4=Park |first4=Jiyoung |title=Will you boost my joy or dampen it? Cultural differences in hedonic interpersonal emotion regulation in romantic relationships. |journal=Emotion |date=2024 |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=507–525 |doi=10.1037/emo0001427 |pmid=39325399 }}
Pietromonaco obtained a grant from the National Cancer Institute for her project "Biopsychosocial Factors in Depression and Marriage: Implications for Cancer" (2008-2016).{{cite web |last1=Pietromonaco |first1=Paula |title=Biopsychosocial Factors in Depression and Marriage: Implications for Cancer |url=https://maps.cancer.gov/overview/DCCPSGrants/abstract.jsp?applId=7464719&term=CA133908 |website=National Cancer Institute}}
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