This chapter posits that individuals’ sustained participation in personally and culturally
valued tasks that change across the life course enhances wellbeing, and in fact that such …

… Professor Sanderson’s research examines how personality and social variables influence
… Professor Sanderson has published over 25 journal articles and book chapters in addition to …

… In her introductory psychology and social psychology courses at Amherst College,
Sanderson’s teaching emphasizes providing students with general information and skills in …

This research examined 2 age-typical goals that adolescents may pursue in social dating (intimacy
goals related to open communication and mutual dependence and identity goals …

… In order to examine participants' orientation towards intimacy goals in their dating relationships,
we used Sanderson and Cantor's (1995) Social Dating Goals Scale. This 13-item scale …

Some effects of sexual abuse, for example, heightened sexual activity, are also risk factors
for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Moreover, Social Cognitive theory …

This research examines the association of intimacy goals and marital satisfaction and tests
four potential mediators of the goals-satisfaction link. Forty-four married couples completed …

This research extends previous work demonstrating that individuals with intimacy goals
experience greater relationship satisfaction by examining three distinct processes that may …

BACKGROUND Social cognitive theory describes human functioning as a reciprocal
interaction between personal factors, such as self-efficacy and outcome expectancies, …

… Sanderson. Portions of this research were reported at the 1995 annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association, New York, NY. We thank Pamela Bowen, Karen Gordon, and …