Below are a collection of works related to relational mobility. If you have published any work using relational mobility, and would like it added to this list, please contact Robert Thomson at rob.thomson@hokusei.ac.jp.
Relational mobility-related Publications
Book Chapters
- Oishi, S., Schug, J., Yuki, M. & Axt, J. (2015). The psychology of residential and relational mobilities. In M.J. Gelfand, C.Y. Chiu, & Y.Y. Hong (Eds.), Handbook of Advances in Culture and Psychology (pp. 221-272), Vol. 5. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- Yuki, M. & Schug, J. (2012). Relational mobility: A socio-ecological approach to personal relationships. In O. Gillath, G.E. Adams, & A.D. Kunkel (Eds.), Relationship science: Integrating evolutionary, neuroscience, and sociocultural approaches (pp. 137-152). Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association. [APA] [amazon.com] [Download manuscript]
Journal Articles
- Thomson, R., Yuki, M., Talhelm, T., Schug, J., Kito, M., Ayanian, A., Becker, J., Becker, M., Chiu, C. Y., Choi, H., Ferreira, C. M., Fülöp, M., Gul, P., Houghton-Illera, A. M., Jaosoo, M., Jong, J., Kavanagh, C., Khutkyy, D., Manzi, C., Marcinkowska, U. M., Milfont, T. L., Neto, F., von Oertzen, T., Pliskin, R., San Martin, A., Singh, P., Visserman, M. L. (2018). Relational mobility predicts social behaviors in 39 countries and is tied to historical farming and threat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). doi: 10.1073/pnas.1713191115
- Yamada, J., Kito, M., & Yuki, M. (2017). Passion, relational mobility, and proof of commitment: A comparative Socio–Ecological Analysis of an Adaptive Emotion in a Sexual Market. Evolutionary Psychology, 15(4), 1474704917746056. doi:10.1177/1474704917746056
- Takemura, K., & Suzuki, S. (2017). Self-expression and relationship formation in high relational mobility environments: A study of dual users of American and Japanese social networking sites. International Journal of Psychology, 52(3), 251–255. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12208
- Lou, N. M., & Li, L. M. W. (2017). Interpersonal relationship mindsets and rejection sensitivity across cultures: The role of relational mobility. Personality and Individual Differences, 108, 200–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.12.004
- Kito, M., Yuki, M., & Thomson, R. (2017). Relational mobility and close relationships: A socioecological approach to explain cross-cultural differences. Personal Relationships, 24(1), 114–130. doi: 10.1111/pere.12174.
- Li, L. M. W., Adams, G., Kurtiş, T., & Hamamura, T. (2015). Beware of friends: The cultural psychology of relational mobility and cautious intimacy. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 18(2), 124–133. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12091
- Li, L. M. W., Hamamura, T., & Adams, G. (2015). Relational Mobility Increases Social (but Not Other) Risk Propensity. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 29, 5, 481-488. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.1894
- Thomson, R., Yuki, M., & Ito, N. (2015). A socio-ecological approach to national differences in online privacy concern: The role of relational mobility and trust. Computers in Human Behavior, 51, 285-292.
- Thomson, R., Yuki, M. (2015). How to win (and lose) friendships across cultures: Why relational mobility matters. The Inquisitive Mind Magazine, Issue 26.
- Sato, K. & Yuki, M. (2014). The association between self-esteem and happiness differs in relationally mobile vs. stable contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1113. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01113
- Takemura, K. (2014). Being Different Leads to Being Connected On the Adaptive Function of Uniqueness in “Open” Societies. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 0022022114548684. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022114548684
- Zhang, R., & Li, L. M. W. (2014). The Acculturation of Relational Mobility An Investigation of Asian Canadians. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45(9), 1390–1410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022114542850
- Sato, K., Yuki, M., & Norasakkunkit, V. (2014). A socio-ecological approach to cross-cultural differences in the sensitivity to social rejection: The partially mediating role of relational mobility. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45(10), 1549 – 1560. [Journal site]
- Yuki, M., Sato, K., Takemura, K., & Oishi, S. (2013). Social ecology moderates the association between self-esteem and happiness. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 741-746. [Journal site] [Download manuscript]
- Thomson, R., & Ito, N. (2012). The effect of relational mobility on SNS user behavior: A study of Japanese dual-users of Mixi and Facebook. The Journal of International Media, Communication and Tourism Studies, 14, 3–22.
- Sznycer, D., Takemura, K., Delton, A. W., Sato, K., Robertson, T., Cosmides, L., & Tooby, J. (2012). Cross-cultural differences and similarities in proneness to shame: An adaptationist and ecological approach. Evolutionary Psychology, 10, 2.
- Schug, J., Yuki, M., & Maddux, W.W. (2010). Relational mobility explains between- and within-culture differences in self-disclosure toward close friends. Psychological Science, 21, 1471-1478. [Journal site] [APS Daily Observations]
- Schug, J., Yuki, M., Horikawa, H., & Takemura, K. (2009). Similarity attraction and actually selecting similar others: How cross-societal differences in relational mobility affect interpersonal similarity in Japan and the United States. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 12, 95-103. [Journal site]
- Yuki, M., Schug, J., Horikawa, H., Takemura, K., Sato, K., Yokota, K., & Kamaya, K. (2007). Development of a scale to measure perceptions of relational mobility in society. CERSS Working Paper 75, Center for Experimental Research in Social Sciences, Hokkaido University. [Download manuscript]