1University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

2Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA

3University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

4University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Corresponding Author:Andrea L. Meltzer, University of Tennessee, 1404 Circle Drive, Austin Peay Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA Email: [email protected]

Andrea L. Meltzer is a social psychology PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Tennessee. She studies women's issues in the context of intimate relationships.

James K. McNulty is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Tennessee. He received his PhD in social psychology at the University of Florida and studies processes involved in the maintenance and deterioration of relationship satisfaction.

Sarah A. Novak is an assistant professor in psychology at Hofstra University. She received her PhD in health and social psychology at Carnegie Mellon University and studies the influence of body weight on perceptual processes and behavior within social networks.

Emily A. Butler is an assistant professor in family studies and human development at the University of Arizona. She received her PhD in personality and abnormal psychology at Stanford University and studies emotion regulation and health in interpersonal contexts.

Benjamin R. Karney is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He studies stability and change in intimate relationships, with a particular focus on marriages in diverse populations.