Previous research has shown that being partnered is associated with lower testosterone (T) in men and women. To address how multiple partners may be associated with T, we examined 47 men and 48 women who were single, monoamorously partnered (partnered), polyamorous (having multiple committed relationships), or in a polyamorous lifestyle but not currently multipartnered. Men who were partnered h...

Research points to an association between testosterone (T) and partnering in some women and men, and this association has been interpreted as an effect of either relationship status (i.e. differences in relationship status lead to differences in T) or relationship orientation (i.e. T is associated with the likelihood of entering relationships). To address whether physical partner presence was a...

Previous research suggests that female jealousy is sensitive to hormonal variation and, more specifically, potentially moderated by estrogen levels. Here, we tracked self-reported jealousy using a within-subjects design, comparing jealousy when the same women were regularly cycling and using hormonal contraceptives. Results show that fertile cycle phases are associated with higher levels of jea...

Previous research has found that single heterosexual (Het) men have higher salivary testosterone (T) concentrations than partnered Het men. Here, we used both longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses to examine a more diverse population (n = 258) that included Het and non-heterosexual (Non-Het) women and men. Results showed that, for Het men (but not Het women) and Non-Het women (but not Non-H...

OBJECTIVE Community-based participatory research has the potential to improve implementation of best practices to reduce disparities but has seldom been applied in mental health services research. This article presents the content and lessons learned from a national conference designed to stimulate such an application. DESIGN Mental health program developers collaborated in hosting a two-day ...

POTENTIAL AND PROMISE OF PARTNERED RESEARCH Translation of research evidence into routine practice continues to take decades, undermining the potential promise of new evidence-based treatments and care models for improving population health. Yet research traditions often reward “ivory towers” of academic research excellence in the absence of demonstrated impacts on health and health care beyond...

The partnered research method, used routinely in other fields, offers great potential to improve the quality and practical use of applied psychology research. Partnered integrates perspectives researchers, knowledge users, people who have lived experience with attributes being studied, stakeholders all elements process, from creation generation questions methods used, data analyzed, disseminati...