Beverley Fehr, University of Winnipeg

Research

love interaction patterns companionate love passionate love relationship satisfaction prototypes

Latest funding

A Prototype Interaction-Pattern Model of Respect: Relationship Implications
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$99,437
A Prototype-Interaction Pattern Model of Love
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$90,820
Self-disclosure and shared activities: a moderated mediation model of friendship satisfaction
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$93,027

All 6 grants and awards

A Prototype Interaction-Pattern Model of Respect: Relationship Implications

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fehr, Beverley A.

$99,437

A Prototype-Interaction Pattern Model of Love

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fehr, Beverley A.

Keywords: love; interaction patterns; companionate love; passionate love; relationship satisfaction; prototypes

$90,820

Self-disclosure and shared activities: a moderated mediation model of friendship satisfaction

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Fehr, Beverley A.

Keywords: close relationships; friendships; satisfaction; self-disclosure; shared activities

$93,027

Compassionate love in relational context: knowledge stuctures, relationship experience, and a proposed integration

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Fehr, Beverley A.

Keywords: close relationships; marriage; compassionate love; patterns of relating; prototypes; relationship satisfaction

$68,893

Anger scripts in close relationships: an interpersonal script analysis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Fehr, Beverley A.

Keywords: romantic relationships; friendships; emotion; scripts

$74,539

Intimacy expectations in women's and men's friendships: an interaction-prototype model

Principal investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Fehr, Beverley

Keywords: Expectations; interaction patterns; prototypes; relational knowledge; friendship

$72,352

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: love Dear Professor Fehr, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on love connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "A Prototype Interaction-Pattern Model of Respect: Relationship Implications" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]