- Women are better at selecting gifts than menMonique M H Pollmann
Department of Communication and Information Sciences, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 8:e81643. 2013..The current studies thus present the first objective evidence for the claim that women are better in selecting gifts for others and also give an indication of why this is the case. ..
- Investigating the role of two types of understanding in relationship well-being: understanding is more important than knowledgeMonique M H Pollmann
Department of Social Psychology, Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, Tilburg University, P O Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 35:1512-27. 2009..Thus, subjectively feeling that one understands and is understood by one's partner appears to be more important to relationship well-being than actually knowing and being known by one's partner...
- Mediators of the link between autistic traits and relationship satisfaction in a non-clinical sampleMonique M H Pollmann
Department of Social Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Autism Dev Disord 40:470-8. 2010..There was no partner-effect of autistic traits, indicating that more autistic traits do not necessarily influence the partner's perceptions of relationship satisfaction...
- Brief report: examining the link between autistic traits and compulsive Internet use in a non-clinical sampleCatrin Finkenauer
Social Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Autism Dev Disord 42:2252-6. 2012..For women, more autistic traits predicted an increase in compulsive Internet use over time. These results suggest that, despite its appeal for people with autistic traits, the Internet carries the risk of compulsive use...