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Introduction
Craig Brinkman’s primary research focuses on romantic relationships and the processes that facilitate (or hinder) successful relationship maintenance.
His secondary lines of research focus on parasocial relationships, social media, and racism in schools.
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The opportunity for parents to select their children's school is both increasingly common and linked to school segregation in the U.S. Here, we investigate how race and racial attitudes shape parents' classroom preferences, which have direct implications for school choices. We measured the implicit and explicit racial attitudes of both White and Bl...
A model of the social-safety system is proposed to explain how people sustain a sense of safety in the relational world when they are not able to foresee the behavior of others. In this model, people can escape the acute anxiety posed by agents in their personal relational world behaving unexpectedly (e.g., spouse, child) by defensively imposing we...
Social media use is an increasingly prevalent part of modern life and allows for a wide variety of ways to engage with others. The current research examines how chronic social goal orientations relate to social media use and to individuals' sense of connection with others while using social media. Utilizing social achievement goal theory, we hypoth...
When trying to prevent deaths from alcohol overdose, potentially intoxicated companions of the inebriated person must know when to intervene. The current project examined the relation between intoxication level and the signs of alcohol poisoning. In a local bar district, interviewers asked college students (N = 178; 52% female students) to generate...
Using a sample of college athletes, we investigated the relationship between personality and self-determined motivation. Participants (N = 183) completed assessments of the Big Five model, using the Neuroticism Extraversion Openness Five Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI), and self-determined motivation to participate in sports, using the Behavioral Regu...
Using a sample of college athletes, we investigated the relationship between personality and self-determined motivation. Participants (N = 183) completed assessments of the Big Five model, using the Neuroticism Extraversion Openness- Five Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI)} and self-determined motivation to participate in sports, using the Behavioral Reg...
Objective: To develop the Intoxicated Personality Scale (IPS). Methods: Data were collected from 436 college students via an online survey. Through an iterative measurement development process, the resulting IPS was created. Results: The 5 subscales (Good Time,
Risky Choices, Risky Sex, Emotional, and Introvert) of the IPS positively related to alc...
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Research indicates that alcohol consumption by college students fluctuates across the semester, with consumption changing because of social events and calendar holidays. In addition, some research indicates that Thursday alcohol consumption is a function of Friday course schedule. Students with courses after 10 a.m. or not at all on Fri...
