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2024 – present<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Honesty<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le (in press).<\/p>\n Elgar Encyclopaedia of Positive Psychology<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Parenting self-expansion: Parenthood as a transformative and rewarding journey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Princeton X. Chee, Emily A. Impett, Natalie N. O. Rosen, Amy Muise, & Bonnie M. Le (2026).<\/p>\n Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feeling pride and awe in parenthood: The unique emotional rewards of parenting on well-being<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Princeton X. Chee, Claire. J. Shimshock, & Bonnie M. Le (2026).<\/p>\n Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Harnessing the benefits of honesty for individuals, relationships, and society<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n * Bonnie M. Le & * William J. Chopik (2026).<\/p>\n Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How honesty shapes the personal and interpersonal benefits of gratitude<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le, * Claire. J. Shimshock, * Princeton X. Chee, & Jenny D. V. Le (2026).<\/p>\n Emotion<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hope for our future: Relational hope promotes relationship goal pursuit and well-being<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Claire. J. Shimshock, Princeton X. Chee, Harry T. Reis, & Bonnie M. Le (2026).<\/p>\n Journal of Family Psychology<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prosociality as a means to buffer loneliness and strengthen well-being<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Princeton X. Chee, Claire. J. Shimshock, & Bonnie M. Le (2025).<\/p>\n Journal of Social and Personal Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Expressed and perceived honesty benefits relationships even when couples are not accurate<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le, * Princeton X. Chee, * Claire. J. Shimshock, & Jenny D. V. Le (2025).<\/p>\n Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The hidden costs of gratitude: Gratitude amplification is costly for personal and relationship well-being<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Claire. J. Shimshock, Natalie M. Sisson, Princeton X. Chee, Jennifer E. Stellar, Emily A. Impett, & Bonnie M. Le (2025).<\/p>\n Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thank you for changing: Gratitude promotes autonomous motivation and successful partner regulation<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Natalie M. Sisson, Yoobin Park, Nickola C. Overall, Gideon H. Park, Matthew D. Johnson, Jennifer E. Stellar, Bonnie M. Le, and Emily A. Impett (2025).<\/p>\n Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feeling appreciated promotes prosocial motivation in avoidantly attached individuals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Kristina M. Schrage, Bonnie M. Le, Jennifer E. Stellar, & Emily A. Impett (2024).<\/p>\n Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Does religious priming induce greater prejudice? A meta-analytic review<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Anetta L. Snell, Miron Zuckerman, & Bonnie M. Le (2024).<\/p>\n Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2021 – 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Listening and the pursuit of communal relationships<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Edward P. Lemay, Jr., Bonnie M. Le, & Margaret S. Clark\u00a0 (2023).<\/p>\n Current Opinion in Psychology<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shared hearts and minds: Physiological synchrony during empathy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jaweria Qaiser, Nathan D. Leonhardt, Bonnie M. Le, Amie M. Gordon, Emily A. Impett, & Jennifer E. Stellar\u00a0 (2023).<\/p>\n Affective Science<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Economic status and avoidance motivation: A meta-analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n Karen M. Gilbert, Andrew J. Elliot, & Bonnie M. Le (2022).<\/p>\n Motivation and Emotion<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When the truth helps and when it hurts: How honesty shapes well-being<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le, William J. Chopik, Claire J. Shimshock, & Princeton X. Chee (2022).<\/p>\n Current Opinion in Psychology<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Having the will, finding the ways, and wishes for the future: A model of relational hope and well-being<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Claire J. Shimshock & Bonnie M. Le (2022).<\/p>\n Social and Personality Psychology Compass\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When we’re asked to change: The role of suppression and reappraisal in partner change outcomes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Natalie M. Sisson, Grace Wang, Bonnie M. Le, Jennifer Stellar, & Emily A. Impett (2022).<\/p>\n Journal of Social and Personal Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The benefits of living with close others: A longitudinal investigation of mental health before and during a global stressor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Natalie M. Sisson, Emily C. Willroth, Bonnie M. Le, & Brett Q. Ford (2022).<\/p>\n Clinical Psychological Science<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lightening the load: Perceived partner responsiveness fosters more positive appraisals of relational sacrifices<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Mariko L. Visserman, Amy Muise, Francesca Righetti, Rebecca M. Horne, Bonnie M. Le, St\u00e9phane C\u00f4t\u00e9, & Emily A. Impett (2022).<\/p>\n Journal of Personality and Social Psychology<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n How can I thank you? Highlighting the benefactor’s responsiveness or costs when expressing gratitude<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Yoobin Park, Mariko L. Visserman, Natalie M. Sisson, Bonnie M. Le, Jennifer E. Stellar, & Emily A. Impett (2021).<\/p>\n Journal of Social and Personal Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2018 – 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The distinct effects of empathic accuracy for a romantic partner’s appeasement and dominance emotions<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le, St\u00e9phane C\u00f4t\u00e9, Jennifer E. Stellar, & Emily A. Impett (2020).<\/p>\n Psychological Science<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n On the strength of ties that bind: Measuring the strength of norms in romantic relationships<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n John K. Sakaluk,\u00a0 Monica Biernat, Bonnie M. Le, Sarah Lundy, & Emily A. Impett (2020).<\/p>\n Journal of Social and Personal Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Communal motivation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le & Emily A. Impett (2019).<\/p>\n Macmillan Encyclopedia of Intimate and Family Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Parenting goal pursuit is linked to emotional well-being, relationship quality, and responsiveness<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le & Emily A. Impett (2019).<\/p>\n Journal of Social and Personal Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n How gender, age, and socioeconomic status predict parenting goal pursuit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le, John K. Sakaluk, Lisa C. Day, & Emily A. Impett (2019).<\/p>\n Journal of Social and Personal Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Communal motivation and well-being in interpersonal relationships: An integrative review and meta-analysis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le, Emily A. Impett, Edward P. Lemay Jr., Amy Muise, & Konstantin O. Tskhay (2018).<\/p>\n Psychological Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2015 – 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The costs of suppressing negative emotions and amplifying positive emotions for parents<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le & Emily A. Impett (2016).<\/p>\n Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The rewards of caregiving for communally motivated parents<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le & Emily A. Impett (2015).<\/p>\n Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Structure, validity, reliability, and generalizability<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Gregory D. Webster, Nathan C. DeWall, Richard S. Pond Jr., Timothy Deckman, T., Peter K. Jonason, Bonnie M. Le, Austin L. Nichols, Tatiana Orozco Schember, Laura C. Crysel, Benjamin S. Crosier, Veronica Smith, E. Layne Paddock, John B. Nezlek, Lee A. Kirkpatrick, Angela D. Bryan, & Ren\u00e9e J. Bator (2015).<\/p>\n Journal\u00a0of\u00a0Personality\u00a0Assessment<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2012 – 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When you think your partner is holding back: The costs of perceived partner suppression during relationship sacrifice<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Emily A. Impett, Bonnie M. Le, Aleksandr Kogan, Christopher Oveis, & Dacher Keltner (2014).<\/p>\n Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Psychometric and behavioral evidence for an efficient measure of trait aggression<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Gregory D. Webster, Nathan C. DeWall, Richard S. Pond Jr., Timothy Deckman, Peter K. Jonason, Bonnie M. Le, Austin L. Nichols, Tatiana Orozco Schember, Laura C. Crysel, Benjamin S. Crosier, C. Veronica Smith, E. Layne Paddock, John B. Nezlek, Lee A. Kirkpatrick, Angela D. Bryan, Ren\u00e9e J. Bator (2014).<\/p>\n Aggressive Behavior<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The joys of genuine giving: Approach and avoidance sacrifice motivation and authenticity<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Emily A. Impett, Leyla Javam, Bonnie M. Le, Behzad Asyaby-Eshghi, & Aleksandr Kogan (2013).<\/p>\n Personal Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To give or not to give? Sacrificing for avoidance goals is not costly for the highly interdependent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Emily A. Impett, Bonnie M. Le, Behzad Asyabi-Eshghi, Lisa C. Day, & Aleksandr Kogan (2013).<\/p>\n Social Psychological and Personality Science<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When holding back helps: Suppressing negative emotions during sacrifice feels authentic and is beneficial for the highly interdependent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le & Emily A. Impett (2013).<\/p>\n Psychological Science<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The personal and interpersonal rewards of communal orientation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bonnie M. Le, Emily A. Impett, Aleksandr Kogan, Gregory D. Webster, & Cecilia Cheng (2013).<\/p>\n Journal of Social and Personal Relationships<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n