Nicole Hilaire

TL;DR: Turn-taking self-disclosure reciprocity in the acquaintance process increases the likelihood of positive outcomes (e.g., liking) in initial encounters as mentioned in this paper, even when participants in non-reciprocally disclosing dyads switched roles (i.e., disclosers became listeners) and therefore experienced extended reciprocity.

TL;DR: The spotlight is shone on what happens between a grateful person and the benefactor to illuminate what can build a bridge between them to clarify the specific behavioral and subjective psychological mechanisms through which expressed gratitude promotes relationships.

TL;DR: The results suggest that close relationships may play an important role in fostering PTG and are the first to outline an interpersonal process by which people experience mutual growth and personal growth can be passed from 1 person to another.

TL;DR: This article explored the associations among perceived selfexpansion opportunities, actual and perceived similarity, and attraction in the context of initial interactions and found that the discussion topic had no effect on attraction or perceived self-expansion.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that partners' increased PTG predicted actors' increased perceptions of partners' PTG, which predicted actor's increased relationship quality and decreased psychological distress.