Broadly, the goal of my research is to enhance understanding of how individuals form and maintain relationships. My interests are underlain by the notion that humans have a fundamental need to belong and that individuals can enact a variety of interpersonal and intrapersonal responses to help meet this need and maintain social connections. Research in these theoretical areas apply to established romantic relationships, but also to relationships that are in the early stages of formation as well as established non-romantic relationships. My primary line of research focuses on nostalgia as a means through which individuals maintain social connection, as nostalgia (a bitter-sweet longing for one's valued past) is grounded in a sociality function. A secondary research interest is balance theory and attitude alignment, the tendency of individuals to shift their attitudes to more closely match the attitudes of a relational partner when disagreements become salient. I also apply my interests by collaborating on research examining interpersonal and intrapersonal responses that intersect the disciplines of social psychology and positive psychology (e.g., forgiveness, humility) to enhance belonging and cultivate relationships. My work consistently involves the assistance of undergraduate students, and it frequently employs dyadic data and advanced statistical analyses (e.g., multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling).
Selected Publications
Green, J. D., Reid, C. A., Kneuer, M. A., & Hedgebeth, M. V. (2023). The Proust effect: Scents, foods, and nostalgia. Current
Opinion in Psychology, 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101562
Reid, C. A., Green, J. D., *Buchmaier, S., *McSween, D., K., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2023). Food-evoked nostalgia.
Cognition and Emotion, 37(1), 34-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2022.2142525
Reid, C. A., *Shoemaker, H. L., & *Wallace, D. M. (2021). Do relationship- and self-oriented deceptions impact the effect of
attitude alignment on attraction? The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 155(5), 505-521. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2021.1918046
Reid, C. A., Green, J. D., Short, S. D., Willis, K. D., Moloney, J. M., Collison, E. A., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., & Gramling, S.
(2020). The past as a resource for the bereaved: Nostalgia predicts declines in distress. Cognition and Emotion, 35(2), 256-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2020.1825339
Reid, C. A., Davis, J. L., & Green, J. D. (2019). Whatever it takes: Attitude alignment among couples in the wake of third-party
rejection. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57(4), 853-868. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12322
Cheung, W. Y., Hepper, E. G., Reid, C. A., Green, J. D., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2020). Anticipated nostalgia: Looking
forward to looking back. Cognition and Emotion, 34(3), 511-525.
Reid, C. A., Worthington, E. L., Jr., Garthe, R. C., Davis, D. E., Hook, J. N., Van Tongeren, D. R., & Griffin, B. J. (2018). Actor-
partner interdependence of humility and relationship quality among couples transitioning to parenthood. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 13(2), 122-132. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2016.1233349
Reid, C. A., Green, J. D., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2015). Scent-evoked nostalgia. Memory, 23(2), 157-166.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2013.876048
(*Represents current or former undergraduate student coauthor)