Books

Ogolsky, B. (2023). The sociocultural context of romantic relationships.
Cambridge University Press.
Winner of the 2024 Book Award from the International Association for
Relationship Research

Ogolsky, B., & Monk, J. (2020). Relationship maintenance: Theory, process, and context. Cambridge.
Winner of the 2022 Book Award from the International Association for
Relationship Research
Winner of the 2020 CHOICE Award for Most Outstanding Academic Titles of 2020

Ogolsky, B., Lloyd, S. & Cate, R. (2013). The developmental course of romantic relationships. Routledge Academic Press.
Winner of the 2014 Book Award from the International Association for Relationship Research

Selected Recent Publications

Ogolsky, B., Dobson, K., Rivas-Koehl, M., Kawas, G., & Hardesty, J. (2025). The progression of college student romantic relationship development: Stability and change over 10 years. Personal Relationships, 32, e12590. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12590 

Rice, T., & Ogolsky, B. (2024). Discrimination, gender, and class: An intersectional
investigation of Black Americans’ personal and relational wellbeing. Journal of Family Psychology, 38(3), 466-475. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001173

Hu, Y., Ogolsky, B., & Stafford, L. (2023). The role of individual‐ and interactive‐level relationship maintenance on married couples’ commitment. Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12517

Rivas-Koehl, M., Dobson, K., Ogolsky, B. (2023). Sex or socialization? Replicating heterosexual couples’ gender differences in the association between orgasm and satisfaction in same-gender/sex couples. Journal of Sex Research, 60(5), 624–633. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2144989.

Ogolsky, B. G., Hardesty, J. L., Theisen, J. C., Park, S. Y., Maniotes, C. R., Whittaker, A. M., … & Akinbode, T. D. (2023). Parsing through public records: When and how is self-reported violence documented and when does it influence custody outcomes?. Journal of Family Violence, 38(3), 543-555. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-022-00401-w

Dobson, K., & Ogolsky, B. (2022). The role of social context in the association between leisure activities and romantic relationship quality. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39, 221-244. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211036504

Ogolsky, B., Mejia, S., Chronopoulou, A., Dobson, K., Maniotes, C., Rice, T., Hu, Y., Theisen, J., & Leite, C. (2022). Spatial proximity as a behavioral marker of relationship dynamics in older adult couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39, 3116-3132. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211050073

Selected Recent Presentations

Kawas, G., Ogolsky, B., Hardesty, J., Junkins, E., Li, E., Carter, M. (2026, February). Sociopolitical uncertainty, well-being, and gender diversity during the 2025 presidential transition. Paper accepted for presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention. Chicago, IL, United States.

Rivas-Koehl, M., & Ogolsky, B. (2025, November). Analyzing the perspectives represented in healthy marriage and relationship education research, policy, and practice: A scoping review. Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States.

Rivas-Koehl, M., & Ogolsky, B. (2025, November). Do participants’ beliefs matter? Testing traditional marriage and parenting beliefs as a moderator of program “success” in a healthy marriage and relationship education program. Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States.

Kawas, G., Li, E., Alexander, C., & Ogolsky, B. (2025, November). Social media official? Changes in displays of romantic relationships on social media across 10 years. Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, United States.

Carter, M., Kawas, G., Li, E., Ogolsky, B., Junkins, E., & Hardesty, J. (2025, November). Sociopolitical uncertainty and intimate partner violence: A longitudinal analysis assessing group differences between men and women. Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual Conference. Baltimore, MD, United States.

Li, E. Y., Ogolsky, B. G., Kawas, G., Rivas-Koehl, M., Charvat, E., Hu, Y., Maniotes, C., Hardesty, J. (2025, April). Near, far, wherever you are: Location sharing reasons and relationships. Paper presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, United States.

Li, E. Y., Kawas, G., Rivas-Koehl, M., Charvat, E., Hu, Y., Maniotes, C., Darbro, E., Douglas, M., Mosca, V., Ogolsky, B. G., & Hardesty, J. (2024, July). Near, far, wherever you are: The “how” and “why” of using location sharing platforms. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research. Boston, MA, United States. 

Hu, Y., Li, Y., Han, E., Shi, S., Carter, M., Kawas, G., Li, E. Y., Rivas-Koehl, M., Deng, Z., Zhu, R., & Ogolsky, B. G. (2024, July). In search of the holy grail of relationship success: Using machine learning methods to understand adaptive relationship strategies.Paper presented at the biannual meeting of the International Association of Relationship Research, Boston, MA, United States.