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More than anything, the key to feeling OK is belonging

Los Angeles Times
-July 11, 2023

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Richard SlatcherJuly 11, 2023
Christina Leckfor featured in the NYT! "What to Do if a Friend Ghosts You"

The New York Times
-April 12, 2023

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Richard SlatcherApril 12, 2023
Love and the Brain: Do Partnerships Really Make Us Happy? Here's What the Science Says

Scientific American: Science Quickly podcast
-February 20, 2023

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Richard SlatcherMarch 1, 2023
There's A Weird Link Between People Who Seek Closure And Those Who Ghost

HuffPost
-February 24, 2023

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Richard SlatcherMarch 1, 2023
People with a high need for closure are more likely ghost, yet also feel more distressed when they are ghosted

PsyPost
-February 19, 2023

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Richard SlatcherMarch 1, 2023
Love in 2023: Ghosting ‘new normal’ for ending relationships, research shows

StudyFinds
-February 14, 2023

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Richard SlatcherMarch 1, 2023
The relationship between ghosting and closure

UGA Today
-February 13, 2023

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Richard SlatcherFebruary 13, 2023
These Simple Questions Are Relationship Super Glue

Oprah Daily
-February 10, 2023

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Richard SlatcherFebruary 10, 2023
A Hug May Save Your Marriage

Oprah Daily
-February 2, 2023

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Richard SlatcherFebruary 2, 2023
Mysteries of the Mind

UGA Today
-January 23,2023

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Richard SlatcherJanuary 23, 2023
Questions to Ask Yourself Before Calling It

Oprah Daily
-January 23, 2023

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Richard SlatcherJanuary 23, 2023
We're Increasingly Disconnected and That Has Consequences

WebMD
-September 16, 2022

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Richard SlatcherSeptember 21, 2022
Congratulations to Ore Badejoh for best poster and Danielle Holyoke for winning best oral presentation at the UGA Psi Chi convention!

Incredible job, you two! We are all very proud of your excellent (and hard) work.

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Richard SlatcherApril 26, 2022
Congratulations to Christina Leckfor for winning multiple awards from the UGA Psychology Department this year!

Christina won the UGA Psychology Research Mentoring Award, the Michael H Kernis Research Award (best first year talk), AND the Martha Jo Walker Johnson Memorial Award (for a woman in the social psychology area)! Well done, Christina!

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Richard SlatcherApril 26, 2022
Bierstetel et al. (JSPR, 2020) wins 2022 Top Article Award from the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR)
Richard SlatcherApril 25, 2022
Congratulations to Daisi Brand for receiving a 2021-22 Spring Graduate Research Grant!

The award was for her proposal, “Exploring the Effects of Mask Wearing on Social Connection During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Kudos Daisi!!

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Richard SlatcherMarch 22, 2022
The friendship checkup: How to reevaluate relationships and take steps to repair them

Washington Post
-November 22, 2021

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2021Richard SlatcherNovember 22, 2021
Speaking of Psychology: How close relationships keep us healthy and happy, with Richard Slatcher, PhD

APA Speaking of Psychology
-November 3, 2021

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2021Richard SlatcherNovember 3, 2021
Congratulations to Ore Badejoh for receiving a CURO conference participation grant AND the SPSP Undergraduate Diversity Travel Award!

Well done, Ore!

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Richard SlatcherNovember 3, 2021
Has the pandemic changed the way we love?

La Presse
-October 25, 2021

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2021Richard SlatcherOctober 25, 2021
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Director: Richard B. Slatcher
Department of Psychology
University of Georgia
125 Baldwin Street
Athens, GA 30602
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