Email: lvanderd@syr.edu----------------------
Psychology
409 Huntington Hall
Phone: (315) 443-1842
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Laura E. VanderDrift
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Education
M.S., Purdue University
B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder
Research and Teaching Interests
My research interests center on inter- and intra-personal dynamics of close relationships. Specifically, I examine predictors of relationship outcomes, most notably dissolution behaviors and health outcomes, as well as the processes associated with these outcomes.
Representative Publications
VanderDrift, L. E., Agnew, C. R., Harvey, S. M., & Warren, J. (in press). Whose intentions predict? Power over condom use in heterosexual dyads. Health Psychology.
VanderDrift, L. E., Agnew, C. R., & Wilson, J. E. (2009). Romantic relationship commitment and stay/leave behavior: The mediating role of dissolution consideration. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1220-1232.
VanderDrift, L. E., Lehmiller, J. J., & Kelly, J. R. (2012). Commitment in friends with benefits relationships: Implications for relational change and safer sex practices. Personal Relationships, 19, 1-13.
VanderDrift, L. E., Lewandowski, G. W., & Agnew, C. R. (2011). Reduced self-expansion in current romance and interest in relationship alternatives. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 28, 356-373.