Graduate Student Advisees:
- Emily O'Brien
- Kirby Sigler
- Ph.D., University of Waterloo
Education & Training
- Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring, University of Pittsburgh (2023)
- Fellow, Society of Experimental Social Psychology
- Warren Ober Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student in the Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo (2013)
- Society for Personality and Social Psychology Travel Award (2012)
- International Association for Relationships Research Student Submission Award (2012)
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Doctoral), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2008-2011)
Sigler, K. N., & Forest, A. L. (in press). Expressing negativity enhances support from romantic partners, even for trivial stressors. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Walsh, R. M., & Forest, A. L. (2024). Expressing the good in bad times: Examining whether and why positive expressivity in negative contexts affects romantic partners’ support provision. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 10.1037/pspi0000449. Advance online publication.
Wood, J. V., Forest, A. L., Friesen, J. P., Murray, S. L., Holmes, J. G., & McNulty, J. K. (2024). Self-esteem and romantic relationship quality. Nature Reviews Psychology, 3, 27–41.
Forest, A. L., Sigler, K. N., Bain, K. S., O’Brien, E. R., & Wood, J. V. (2023). Self-esteem’s impacts on intimacy-building: Pathways through self-disclosure and responsiveness. Current Opinion in Psychology, 52, 101596.
Chandler, K. R., Krueger, K. L., Forest, A. L., & Orehek, E. (2023). Interested and instrumental: An examination of instrumentality regulation with potential romantic partners. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49, 197–214.
Forest, A. L., Walsh, R. M., & Krueger, K. L. (2021). Facilitating and motivating support: How support seekers can affect the support they receive. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12600.
Walsh, R. M., & Forest, A. L. (2021). Can expressing positivity elicit support for negative events? A process model and review. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 25, 3-40.
Krueger, K. L., & Forest, A. L. (2020). Communicating commitment: A relationship-protection account of dyadic displays on social media. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 1059-1073.
Orehek, E, Forest, A. L., & Barbaro, N. (2018). A people-as-means approach to interpersonal relationships. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13, 373-389.
Forest, A. L., Kille, D. R., Wood, J. V., & Holmes, J. G. (2014). Discount and disengage: How chronic negative expressivity affects partner responsiveness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107, 1013-1032.
Forest, A. L., & Wood, J. V. (2012). When social networking is not working: Individuals with low self-esteem recognize but do not reap the benefits of self-disclosure on Facebook. Psychological Science, 23, 295-302.
