Lavonia Smith LeBeau

TL;DR: The vertical dimension of interpersonal relations (relating to dominance, power, and status) was examined in association with nonverbal behaviors that included facial behavior, gaze, interpersonal distance, body movement, touch, vocal behaviors, posed encoding skill, and others.

TL;DR: In two vignette studies as mentioned in this paper, beliefs about the nonverbal behavior and communication skills associated with high and low social power were examined and significant differences emerged for 35 of the 70 behaviors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study was conducted to assess the accuracy of deliberate nonverbal communication of affective messages between individuals assigned to different power roles within dyads, where participants were assigned to unequal-or to equal-power roles and asked to send positive, negative, and neutral messages to their partner using nonverbal cues while the partner guessed which kind of message it was.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined associations between relationship social comparison (RSC) tendencies, insecurity, and perceived relationship quality, and found that RSC was associated with self-esteem, anxious and avoidant attachment styles, and relationship insecurity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how the two propensities that underlie defensive pessimism (pessimism and reflection) operate independently to influence the defensive pessimistic process and investigate the hypothesis that the propensity to reflect, or plan, counteracts the detrimental effects of pessimism by encouraging not only planning, but also the pursuit of those plans.