Background

Her main area of research is social psychology. It is the goal of her research to uncover why people behave the ways they do in relationships and social situations in order to both further the field and better our understanding of human behavior.

Publications

Neal, A. M., Dixon, K. J., Edwards, K. M., & Gidycz, C. A. (2015). Why did she do it? College women’s motives for intimate partner violence perpetration. Partner Abuse, 6(4), 
425-441. DOI: 10.1891/1946-6560.6.4.425

Edwards, K. M., Sylaska, K. M., & Neal, A. M. (2015). Intimate partner violence among 
sexual minority populations: A critical review of the literature and agenda for future research. Psychology of Violence, Vol 5(2), 112-121. DOI: 10.1037/a0038656

Neal, A. M., & Lemay, E. P., Jr. (2014). How partners' temptation leads to their heightened commitment: The daily management of partners' extradyadic temptation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31(7), 938-957. DOI: 10.1177/0265407513512745

Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Neal, A. M. (2014). Accurate and biased perceptions of responsive 
support predict well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 38(2), 270-286. DOI: 10.1007/s11031-013-9381-2

Lemay, E. P., Jr., & Neal, A. M. (2013). The wishful memory of interpersonal responsiveness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104(4), 653-672. DOI: 10.1037/a0030422

Lemay, E. P., Jr., Bechis, M. A., Martin, J., Neal, A. M., & Coyne, C. (2013). Concealing negative evaluations of a romantic partner’s physical attractiveness. Personal Relationships, 20, 669-689. DOI: 10.1111/pere.12007

Media Citations:

Eckel, S. (2016, November). Listening to jealousy. Psychology Today. Retrieved from 
https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201611/listening-jealousy?collection=1095151.

Neal, A. M. (2015, Spring). An investigation of both partners’ perspectives of intimate partner violence perpetration. The Rookie, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Newsletter. Retrieved from https://www.spssi.org/_data/n_0001/resources/live/SPSSI-Forward-Issue-253-Spring-2015.pdf

Domonell, K. (2014, January). Does she think you’re cheating? Look for these signs, then learn how to ease her mind. Men’s Health. Retrieved from http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/does-she-think-you-re-cheating.