Jennifer Tomlinson

BA, University of Rochester, 2005; MA (2007), PhD (2010), Stony Brook University

Social psychology, health psychology, close relationships, psychophysiology, and statistics.

*Indicates a Colgate student co-author.

Tomlinson, J.M., Feeney, B.C., Peters, B., & *Zhang, Y. (in press). Physiological correlates of partner support for self-expansion and links to goal pursuit in retirement. Psychophysiology.

*Yarrington, J.S., Tomlinson, J.M., *Zhang, Y., & *Sherry, A. (in press). Goal conflict in retirement: Implications for satisfaction, goal pursuit, and health. Personal Relationships.

Monin, J.K., Feeney, B.C., Tomlinson, J.M., Levy, B., Clark, M., & Gruber, J. (2021). Older spouses’ laughter and blood pressure reactivity in response to partner stress. Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001136

Piechota, A., Ali, T., Monin, J.K., & Tomlinson, J.M. (2021). Social participation and marital satisfaction in mid to late life marriage. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211056289

Tomlinson, J.M., Feeney, B.C., & Peters, B. (2020). Growing into retirement: Longitudinal evidence for the importance of partner support for self-expansion. Journal of Psychology and Aging, 35, 1041–1049.

Tomlinson, J.M., Hughes, E.K., Lewandowski, G.W., Jr., Aron, A., & *Geyer, R. (2019). Do shared self-expanding activities have to be physically arousing? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 19, 2781-2801.

Feeney, B.C., Van Vleet, M., Jakubiak, B., & Tomlinson, J.M. (2017). Predicting the pursuit and support of challenging life opportunities. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 1171-1187.

*Sherry, A., Tomlinson, J.M., Loe, M., & Feeney, B.C. (2017) Apprehensive about retirement: Women, life transitions, and relationships. Journal of Women and Aging, 29(6), 173-184.

Tomlinson, J.M., Feeney, B.C., & Van Vleet, M. (2016). A longitudinal investigation of relational catalyst support of goal strivings. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 11(3), 246-257.

Fivecoat, H.C., Tomlinson, J.M., Aron, A., & Caprariello, P.A. (2015). Partner support for individual self-expansion opportunities: Effects on relationship satisfaction in long-term couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 32(3), 368-385. 

Tomlinson, J.M., Aron, A., Carmichael, C.L., Reis, H.T., & Holmes, J.G. (2014).  The costs of being put on a pedestal: The effects of feeling over-idealized in married and dating relationships.  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31(3), 384-409.

Feeney, B.C., Collins, N.L., Van Vleet, M., & Tomlinson, J.M. (2013). Motivations for providing a secure base: Links with attachment orientations and secure base behavior. Attachment and Human Development, 15, 261-280.

Tomlinson, J.M. & Aron, A (2013). The path to closeness: A mediational model for overcoming the risks of increasing closeness. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30, 805-812.

Schulz, R., Beach, S.R., Cook, T.B., Martire, L.M., Tomlinson, J.M., & Monin, J.K., (2012). Predictors and consequences of lack of choice in informal caregiving. Journal of Aging and Mental Health, 16, 712-721.

Tomlinson, J.M., Carmichael, C.M., Reis, H.T., & Aron, A. (2010). Affective forecasting and individual differences: Accuracy for relational events and anxious attachment. Emotion, 10, 447-453.

Jakubiak, B.K., & Tomlinson, J.M. (2020). The role of social support in promoting self-development. In Mattingly, B.A., McIntyre, K.P., & Lewandowski, G.W., Jr. (Eds.) Interpersonal Relationships and the Self Concept. (pp. 125-144). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Mattingly, B., Tomlinson, J.M., & McIntyre, K. (2020). Advances in Self-Expansion. In L. Vanderdrift , C. Agnew, & X. Arriaga (Eds.) Advances in Personal Relationships. (pp. 225-245).  New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Aron, A. & Tomlinson, J.M. (2019). Love as expansion of the self. In R.J. Sternberg & K. Sternberg (Eds.) New Psychology of Love, 2^nd Edition (pp. 1-24). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Tomlinson, J.M., Aron, A., & Hatfield, E. (2018). Romantic love. In D. Perlman & A. Vangelisti (Eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships (pp. 405-421). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 

Mashek, D., Milillo, D., & Tomlinson, J.M. (2015). Early career considerations: Postdoctoral positions, adjunct teaching, and getting the first academic job. In D.S. Dunn (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Undergraduate Psychology Education (pp. 711-728). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Tomlinson, J.M. & Aron, A. (2013). The positive psychology of romantic love. In M. Hojjat & D. Cramer (Eds.), Positive Psychology of Love (pp. 3-15). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Tomlinson, J.M. & Aron, A. (2012). Relationship neuroscience: Where we are and where we might be going. In O. Gillath, G.E. Adams, and A.D. Kunkel (Eds.), Relationship Science: Integrating Evolutionary, Neuroscience, and Sociocultural Approaches (pp. 13-26). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University (2010-2013)