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Linda K. Acitelli

Associate Professor and Director of the Social Psychology Program

Linda K. Acitelli
Linda K. Acitelli
Doctorate: University of Michigan
Undergraduate: Hillsdale College


Research Interests
  • Cognition and communication in and about close relationships
  • Interpersonal perception in relationships
  • Self and relationships
  • The link between social support and marital satisfaction
  • Gender differences in cognition, behavior, and affect in close relationships
  • Couples and Chronic Illness

Teaching

  • Director, Couples and Well-Being Project
  • Seminar in Theory and Research in Personal Relationships
  • Seminar in Social Cognition
  • Personality Theory
 
E-mail:  Acitelli@UH.EDU
 
Selected Publications
 
Acitelli, L. K. & Badr, H. (2005). My illness or our illness? Attending to the relationship when one partner is ill. In Revenson, T. A., Kayser, K., & Bodenmann, G. Emerging perspectives on couples' coping with stress. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Acitelli, L.K. (2002). Relationship awareness: Crossing the bridge between cognition and communication. Communication Theory, 12 (1).

Acitelli, L.K., Kenny, D.A., and Weiner, D. (2001). The importance of similarity and understanding of relationship partners' beliefs about the ideal marriage. Personal Relationships, 8, 167-185.

Kenny, D.A, & Acitelli, L.K. (2001). Accuracy and bias in perceptions of the partner in close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 439-448.

Acitelli, L.K. (1997). Sampling couples to understand them: Mixing the theoretical with the practical. Invited paper for Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 14: 243-261.

Acitelli, L.K & Young, A.M. (1996). Gender and thought in relationships. In G. Fletcher and J. Fitness, Knowledge Structures and Interactions in Close Relationships: A Social Psychological Approach. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Acitelli, L.K. & Antonucci, T.C. (1994). Gender differences in the link between marital support and satisfaction in older couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67(4), 688-698.