2023 and in press
Joiner, R. J., Bradbury, T. N., Lavner, J. A., Meltzer, A. L., McNulty, J. K., Neff, L. A., & Karney, B. R. (in press). Are changes in marriage satisfaction sustained and steady, or sporadic and dramatic? American Psychologist.
Lim, J. A., Li, N. P., Manesi, Z., Neuberg, S. L., van Vugt, M., Meltzer, A. L., & Tan., K. (2023). Desire for social status affects marital and reproductive attitudes: A life history mismatch perspective. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 4, 100125.
McNulty, J. K., Hicks, L. L., Turner, J. A., & Meltzer, A. L. (2023). Leveraging smartphones to observe couples remotely and illuminate how COVID-19 stress shaped marital communication. Journal of Family Psychology, 37, 10-19.
2022
Zhao, C., McNulty, J. K., Turner, J. A., Hicks, L. L., & Meltzer, A. L. (2022). Evidence of a bidirectional association between daily sexual and relationship satisfaction that is moderated by daily stress. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, 3791-3806. [PDF]
French, J. E., McNulty, J. K., Makhanova, A., Maner, J. K., Eckel, L. A., Nikonova, L., & Meltzer, A. L. (2022). An empirical investigation of the roles of biological, relational, cognitive, and emotional factors in explaining sex differences in dyadic sexual desire. Biological Psychology, 174, 108421. [PDF]
Schafer, K. M., Daurio, A., French, J. E., Rogers, M. L., Meltzer, A. L., Cougle, J. R., & Joiner, T. E. (2022). The relationship between anger and suicidal ideation: Investigations in two samples. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78, 1866-1877. [PDF]
Yong, J., Tan, Y. W., Li, N. P., & Meltzer, A. L. (2022). Looks and status are still essential: Testing the mate preference priority model with the profile-based experimental paradigm. Journal of Personality, 90, 821-845. [PDF]
Tan, K., Li, N. P., Meltzer, A. L., Chin, J., Tan, L., Lim, A., Neuberg, S. L., & van Vugt, M. (2022). Effects of economic uncertainty and socioeconomic status on reproductive timing: A life history approach. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3, 100040. [PDF]
Righetti, F., Faure, R., Zoppolat, G., Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2022). Factors that contribute to the maintenance or decline of relationship satisfaction. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1, 161-173.
Faure, R. McNulty, J. K., Meltzer, A. L., & Righetti, F. (2022). Implicit ambivalence: A driving force to improve relationship problems. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, 500-511. [PDF]
Hicks, L. L., Meltzer, A. L., French, J. E., Altgelt, E. E., Turner, J. A., McNulty, J. K. (2022). Perceptions of infectability to disease moderate the association between daily concerns about contracting COVID-19 and satisfaction with sex. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, 197-202. [PDF]
2021
Chester, D. S., Martelli, A. M., West, S. J., Lasko, E. N., Brosnan, P. G., Makhanova, A., Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2021). Neural mechanisms of intimate partner aggression. Biological Psychology, 165, 108195. [PDF]
Peters, S. D., & Meltzer, A. L. (2021). Newlywed couples’ own and partner sexual disgust sensitivities interact to predict their marital satisfaction through their sexual satisfaction. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 2563-3577. [PDF]
McNulty, J. K., Meltzer, A. L., Neff, L. A., & Karney, B. R. (2021). How both partners’ individual differences, stress, and behavior predict change in relationship satisfaction: Extending the VSA model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118, e2101402118. [PDF]
Hicks, L. L., McNulty, J. K., Faure, R., Meltzer, A. L., Righetti, F., & Hofmann, W. (2021). Do people realize how their partners make them feel? Motivation and opportunity factors determine the link between implicitly assessed partner attitudes and relationship satisfaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120, 335-369. [PDF]
Altgelt, E. E., & Meltzer, A. L. (2021). Associations between premarital factors and first-married, heterosexual newlywed couples’ frequency of sex and sexual satisfaction trajectories. The Journal of Sex Research, 58, 146-159. [PDF]
2020
Maxwell, J. A., & Meltzer, A. L. (2020). Kiss and make up? Examining the co-occurrence of conflict and sex. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 2883-2892. [PDF]
French, J. E., & Meltzer, A. L. (2020). The implications of changing hormonal contraceptive use after relationship formation. Evolution and Human Behavior, 41, 274-283. [PDF]
French, J. E., Whitley, K. A., Altgelt, E. E., & Meltzer, A. L. (2020). Attachment anxiety in young adulthood is associated with childhood unpredictability and predicts intention to engage in unprotected sex. Personality and Individual Differences, 159, 109858. [PDF]
Du, H., Bradbury, T. N., Lavner, J. A., Meltzer, A. L., McNulty, J. K., Neff, L. A., & Karney, B. R. (in press). A comparison of Bayesian synthesis approaches for studies comparing two means: A tutorial. Research Synthesis Methods, 11, 36-65. [PDF]
Meltzer, A. L. (2020). Women can benefit from sexual and physical valuation in the context of a romantic relationship. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 243-257. [PDF]
Valentine, K. A., Li, N. P., Meltzer, A. L., & Tsai, M.-H. (2020). Mate preferences for warmth-trustworthiness predict romantic attraction in the early stages of mate selection and satisfaction in ongoing relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 298-311. [PDF]
2019
Altgelt, E. E., & Meltzer, A. L. (2019). Mate-retention behaviors mediate the association between spouses’ attachment insecurity and subsequent partner satisfaction. Personality and Individual Differences, 151, 109534. [PDF]
French, J. E., Altgelt, E. E., & Meltzer, A. L. (2019). The implications of sociosexuality for marital satisfaction and dissolution. Psychological Science, 30, 1460-1472. [PDF]
French, J. E., & Meltzer, A. L. (2019). Maximizing tendencies in marriage: Accentuating the implications of readily observable partner characteristics for intimates’ satisfaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 10, 1468-1481. [PDF]
McNulty, J. K., Maxwell, J. A., Meltzer A. L., & Baumeister, R. F. (2019). Sex-differentiated changes in sexual desire predict marital dissatisfaction. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 2473-2489. [PDF]
Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2019). Relationship formation and early romantic relationships. In D. Schoebi & B. Campos (Eds.), New Directions in the Psychology of Close Relationships: A Brief Introduction (pp. 9-27). Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
2018
Altgelt, E. E., Reyes, M. A., French, J. E., Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2018). Who is sexually faithful? Own and partner personality traits as predictors of sexual infidelity. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 35, 600-614. [PDF]
Hicks, L. L., McNulty, J. K., Meltzer, A. L., & Olson, M. A. (2018). A dual-process perspective on how sexual experiences shape automatic versus explicit relationship satisfaction: Reply to Brody, Costa, Klapilova, and Weiss. Psychological Science, 29, 670-672. [PDF]
McNulty, J. K., Meltzer, A. L., *Makhanova, A., & Maner, J. K. (2018). Attentional and evaluative biases help people maintain relationships by avoiding infidelity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 76-95. [PDF]
Meltzer, A. L. (2018). Relationship satisfaction and commitment. In T. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York: Springer.
French, J. E., & Meltzer, A. L. (2018). Mate choice effects. In T. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York: Springer.
Altgelt, E. E., & Meltzer, A. L. (2018). Attraction during ovulation. In T. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York: Springer.
2017
Maner, J. K., Dittman, A., Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2017). Implications of life-history strategies for obesity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114, 8517-8522. [PDF]
Reynolds, T., & Meltzer, A. L. (2017). Adopting a dyadic perspective to better understand the association between physical attractiveness and dieting motivations and behaviors. Body Image, 22, 48-52. [PDF]
Meltzer, A. L., Makhanova, A., Hicks, L. L., French, J. E., McNulty, J. K., & Bradbury, T. N. (2017). Quantifying the sexual afterglow: The lingering benefits of sex and their implications for pair-bonded relationships. Psychological Science, 29, 587-598. [PDF]
French, J. E., Meltzer, A. L., & Maner, J. K. (2017). Men’s perceived partner commitment and mate guarding: The moderating role of partner’s hormonal contraceptive use. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 11, 173-186. [PDF]
Meltzer, A. L. (2017). Wives with masculine husbands report increased marital satisfaction near peak fertility. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 11, 161-172. [PDF]
Meltzer, A. L., McNulty, J. K., & Maner, J. K. (2017). Women like being valued for sex, as long as it is by a committed partner. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 475-488. [PDF]
Salvatore, J. F., Meltzer, A. L., March, D. S., & Gaertner, L. (2017). Strangers with benefits: Attraction to outgroup men increases as fertility increases across the menstrual cycle. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 204-217. [PDF]
2016
Hicks, L. L., McNulty, J. K., Meltzer, A. L., & Olson, M. A. (2016). Capturing the interpersonal implications of evolved preferences?: Frequency of sex shapes automatic, but not explicit, partner evaluations. Psychological Science, 27, 836-847. [PDF]
Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2016). Who is having more and better sex? The Big Five as predictors of sex in marriage. Journal of Research in Personality, 63, 62-66. [PDF]
2015
Meltzer, A. L., McNulty, J. K., Miller, S., & Baker, L. R. (2015). A psychophysiological mechanism underlying women’s weight goals: Women desire and strive for greater weight loss near peak fertility. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 930-942. [PDF]
Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2015). Telling women that men desire women with bodies larger than the thin-ideal improves women’s body satisfaction. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 391-398. [PDF]
Li, N. P., & Meltzer, A. L. (2015). The validity of sex-differentiated mate preferences: Reconciling the seemingly conflicting evidence. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 9, 89-106. [PDF]
2014
Meltzer, A. L., McNulty, J. K., Jackson, G. L., & Karney, B. R. (2014). Sex differences in the implications of partner physical attractiveness for the trajectory of marital satisfaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 418-428. [PDF]
Meltzer, A. L., McNulty, J. K., Jackson, G. L., & Karney, B. R. (2014). Men still value physical attractiveness in a long-term mate more than women: Rejoinder to Eastwick, Neff, Finkel, Luchies, and Hunt (2014). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 435-440. [PDF]
Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2014). “Tell me I’m sexy…and otherwise valuable:” Body valuation and intimate relationships. Personal Relationships, 21, 68-87. [PDF]
Russell, V. M., McNulty, J. K., Baker, L. R., & Meltzer, A. L. (2014). The association between discontinuing hormonal contraceptives and wives’ marital satisfaction depends on husbands’ facial attractiveness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 17081-17086. [PDF]
Travis, C. B., & Meltzer, A. L. (2014). Women’s health: Biological and social systems. Reprinted in M. A. Paludi (Ed.), The Praeger Handbook of Women’s Cancers: Personal and Psychosocial Insights (pp. 65-82). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
2013
Meltzer, A. L., Novak, S. A., McNulty, J. K., Butler, E. A., & Karney, B. R. (2013). Marital satisfaction predicts weight gain in early marriage. Health Psychology, 32, 824-827. [PDF]
McNulty, J. K., Olson, M. A., Meltzer, A. L., & Shaffer, M. J. (2013). Though they may be unaware, newlyweds implicitly know whether their marriage will be satisfying. Science, 342, 1119-1120. [PDF]
2012
Meltzer, A. L., McNulty, J. K., & Karney, B. R. (2012). Social support and weight maintenance in marriage: The interactive effects of support seeking, support provision, and gender. Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 678-687. [PDF]
Howerton, D. M., Meltzer, A. L., & Olson, M. A. (2012). Honeymoon vacation: Sexual-orientation prejudice and inconsistent behavioral responses. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 34, 146-151. [PDF]
2011
Meltzer, A. L., McNulty, J. K., Novak, S. A., Butler, E. A., & Karney, B. R. (2011). Marriages are more satisfying when wives are thinner than their husbands. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 416-424. [PDF]
Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2011). Contrast effects of stereotypes: “Nurturing” male professors are evaluated more positively than “nurturing” female professors. The Journal of Men’s Studies, 19, 57-64. [PDF]
2010 and earlier
Meltzer, A. L., & McNulty, J. K. (2010). Body image and marital satisfaction: Evidence for the mediating role of sexual frequency and sexual satisfaction. Journal of Family Psychology, 24, 156-164. [PDF]
Travis, C. B., Meltzer, A. L., & Howerton, D. M. (2009). Gender differences in health care utilization. In J. Chrisler & D. McCreary (Eds.), Handbook of Gender Research (pp. 517-540). New York: Springer.
Travis, C. B., & Meltzer, A. L. (2008). Women’s health: Biological and social systems. In F. L. Denmark & M. A. Paludi (Eds.), Psychology of Women: A Handbook of Issues and Theories (2 ed., pp. 353-399). Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers.
Abel, M. H., & Meltzer, A. L. (2007). Sexism ratings of a male and female professors’ lecture on sex discrimination in the workforce. Sex Roles, 57, 173-180. [PDF]