Relationship Inclusivity in Sexual and Gender Minority Psychology.

Despite critical overlap between sexual and gender minority (SGM) and consensually non-monogamous (CNM) communities, relationship diversity remains a largely unaddressed domain of SGM people's wellbeing. We write to the readership of as members of the LGBTQIA+ workgroup within the APA Division 44 Committee on Consensual Non-Monogamy and call for relationship diversity (i.e.

Substance Use and Relationship Functioning Among Young Male Couples.

Research shows that, for different sex couples, individual levels of substance use are deleterious for relationship quality (e.g., satisfaction, intimate partner aggression), whereas dyadic concordance is usually protective.

Risky Sexual Behaviors as a Transaction of Individual Differences and Situational Context.

Risky sexual behaviors (RSBs) incur large societal and personal costs. Despite widespread prevention efforts, RSBs and associated consequences (e.g.

Insecure attachment and personality pathology: Concurrent assessment and longitudinal modeling.

Insecure attachment and personality pathology are parallel frameworks for representing interpersonal dysfunction. Although research to date has revealed strong bivariate associations between these constructs, the current state of the science is nonspecific and leaves piecemeal guidance for clinical and empirical efforts. The goal of the present study was to determine the magnitude of the associations between attachment and personality pathology across two conceptualizations of maladaptivity and across three waves of time, thereby satisfying repeated calls for empirical innovation in this area.

Partner Gender and Binegativity Uniquely Impact Relationship Quality among Bisexual Men.

Romantic relationships both buffer and exacerbate adverse health outcomes among bisexual individuals, so understanding determinants of their functioning may be key to correcting health inequities affecting this population. Binegativity (i.e.