Gwendolyn Seidman Ph.D.

About

Gwendolyn Seidman, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology and chair of the psychology department at Albright College. She received her doctorate in social-personality psychology from New York University in 2006. She studies self-expression and self-presentation on the Internet, cognition in close relationships, and narcissism.

Recent Posts

How Changes in Narcissism Affect Relationship Satisfaction

A new study shows how changes in narcissistic traits relate to the trajectory of relationship satisfaction.

How Stress Changes the Way You Look at Your Partner

A new study shows that chronically stressed couples more accurately perceive their partners' day-to-day negative behaviors.

Do We Really Know What We Want in a Partner?

Research on dating explores factors that determine who we pair up with and how much of a role our preferences play.

What Are Today's Singles Seeking?

A new survey of singles shows some things have changed, and other things haven't, since the start of the pandemic.

How Well Do We Really Know Our Partners?

We tend to view our partners through rose-colored glasses. But that doesn't mean love is totally blind. Research shows how we can simultaneously be both biased and accurate.

We tend to view our partners through rose-colored glasses. But that doesn't mean love is totally blind. Research shows how we can simultaneously be both biased and accurate.

How Do Digital and In-Person Interactions Affect Wellbeing?

Surveys examining wellbeing and social interactions shed light on the role of digital socializing.

Surveys examining wellbeing and social interactions shed light on the role of digital socializing.

Does Silencing Notifications Curb Compulsive Phone Use?

New research investigates how turning off smartphone notifications may affect phone-checking frequency.

New research investigates how turning off smartphone notifications may affect phone-checking frequency.

When, and Why, Looking at Your Phone Harms Your Relationship

The way phubbing is perceived is more important than whether or not it occurred.

The way phubbing is perceived is more important than whether or not it occurred.

Why Do We Let Our Phones Interfere When We Socialize?

Even though most people dislike it when others "phub" (phone-snub) them, we keep doing it anyway. New research examines why.

Even though most people dislike it when others "phub" (phone-snub) them, we keep doing it anyway. New research examines why.

The Pandemic's Long-Term Effects on Attitudes

The pandemic has led many people to shift their attitudes. But it's young people whose views will be indelibly marked.

The pandemic has led many people to shift their attitudes. But it's young people whose views will be indelibly marked.