Recently in the FF-TIP lab, Ph.D. student Marina Morris presented her poster at the annual conference of The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) in Denver, Colorado. This conference works to bring together the minds of personality and social psychology to share research, network, and engage in professional development.
After working with her supervisors, Dr. Rebecca Neel from the University of Toronto, and Dr. Jamie Arona Kerms from UCLA, Marina presented her poster regarding what people want from their family, partners, and friends. Specifically examining the commonality between goals and those close to us.
In her study, Marina examined how our close relationships with friends, partners and families help us to accomplish our fitness related goals. Marina found that when thinking of relationships separately, participants wanted a moderate amount of help for each goal, regardless of relationship type. However, when required to choose a relationship type to facilitate each goal, a different pattern emerged where relationship type mattered. For example, participants largely chose friends over romantic partners and family for help with goals related to making allies, feeling accepted and gaining status.
We are very proud of Marina and her work and look forward to her future studies!
FF-TIP LAB 