Staff profile

• Romantic Relationships
• Passion
• Goal Pursuit
• Attraction

Journal Article

• Eastwick, P. W., Joel, S., Carswell, K. L., Molden, D. C., Finkel, E. J., & Blozis, S. A. (2023). Predicting romantic interest during early relationship development: A preregistered investigation using machine learning. European Journal of Personality, 37(3), 276-312. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070221085877
• Carswell, K. L., & Impett, E. A. (2021). What fuels passion? An integrative review of competing theories of romantic passion. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 15(8), Article e12629. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12629
• Carswell, K. L., Muise, A., Harasymchuk, C., Horne, R. M., Visserman, M. L., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Growing desire or growing apart? Consequences of personal self-expansion for romantic passion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121(2), 354-377. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000357
• Emery, L. F., Gardner, W. L., Carswell, K. L., & Finkel, E. J. (2021). Who are “We”? Couple Identity Clarity and Romantic Relationship Commitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220921717
• Carswell, K. L., Finkel, E. J., & Kumashiro, M. (2019). Creativity and romantic passion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(6), https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000162
• Carswell, K. L., & Finkel, E. J. (2018). Can you get the magic back? The moderating effect of passion decay beliefs on relationship commitment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(6), https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000147
• Emery, L. F., Gardner, W. L., Carswell, K. L., & Finkel, E. J. (2018). You Can’t See the Real Me: Attachment Avoidance, Self-Verification, and Self-Concept Clarity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(8), https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218760799
• Emery, L. F., Gardner, W. L., Finkel, E. J., & Carswell, K. L. (2018). “You’ve Changed”: Low Self-Concept Clarity Predicts Lack of Support for Partner Change. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217739263
• Browman, A. S., Destin, M., Carswell, K. L., & Svoboda, R. C. (2017). Perceptions of socioeconomic mobility influence academic persistence among low socioeconomic status students. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 72, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2017.03.006
• Laurin, K., Fitzsimons, G. M., Finkel, E. J., Carswell, K. L., vanDellen, M. R., Hofmann, W., Lambert, N. M., Eastwick, P. W., Fincham, F. D., & Brown, P. C. (2016). Power and the pursuit of a partner’s goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(6), https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000048
• Finkel, E. J., Cheung, E. O., Emery, L. F., Carswell, K. L., & Larson, G. M. (2015). The Suffocation Model. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721415569274
• Finkel, E. J., Hui, C. M., Carswell, K. L., & Larson, G. M. (2014). The Suffocation of Marriage: Climbing Mount Maslow Without Enough Oxygen. Psychological Inquiry, 25(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840x.2014.863723
• Finkel, E. J., Larson, G. M., Carswell, K. L., & Hui, C. M. (2014). Marriage at the Summit: Response to the Commentaries. Psychological Inquiry, 25(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840x.2014.890512