Posted on Mar 11, 2005

Paul
Rose, visiting assistant professor of psychology, is coauthor (with Sandra
L. Murray and John G. Holmes) of  an
article, “Putting the Partner Within Reach: A Dyadic Perspective on Felt Security
in Close Relationships,” that appears in the February issue of the Journal of Personality & Social
Psychology (Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 327-347). 
The authors argue that felt insecurity in a partner's positive regard
and caring stems from a specifically dyadic perception — the perception that a
partner is out of one's league. The researchers found that putting the partner
more within the psychological grasp of low self-esteem people may effectively
increase felt security in the partner's regard.