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  1. Enacted love: Capitalization responses signal love, including toward strangers.

    Article • Journal of Experimental Psychology General, November 2026, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Sara Algoe

  2. Better together: Integrative analysis of behavioral gratitude in close relationships using the three-factorial interpersonal emotions (TIE) framework.

    Article • Emotion, November 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Sara Algoe

  3. New parental positivity: The role of positive emotions in promoting relational adjustment during the transition to parenthood.

    Article • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, October 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Sara Algoe, Jeffry Simpson

  4. Enjoying the sweet moments: Does approach motivation upwardly enhance reactivity to positive interpersonal processes?

    Article • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, December 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Sara Algoe

  5. A new perspective on the social functions of emotions: Gratitude and the witnessing effect.

    Article • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, August 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Sara Algoe

  6. Positive Interpersonal Processes

    Article • Current Directions in Psychological Science, February 2019, SAGE Publications

    Sara Algoe

  7. Oxytocin and Social Bonds: The Role of Oxytocin in Perceptions of Romantic Partners’ Bonding Behavior

    Article • Psychological Science, October 2017, SAGE Publications

    Sara Algoe

  8. Putting the “You” in “Thank You”

    Article • Social Psychological and Personality Science, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Sara Algoe