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Diane Holmberg
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Latest papers
The Perils of the Unknown: Intolerance of Uncertainty and Intimate Partner Violence Across the First Four Pandemic Waves.
Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025
Women’s Experiences of Adult Sexual Assault, by Perpetrator Gender and Participant Sexual Orientation
Journal of Interpersonal Violence · 2024
Femmephobia Is a Uniquely Powerful Predictor of Anti-Gay Behavior
Archives of Sexual Behavior · 2023 · senior author
Latest funding
- $218,130
To Have But Not to Hold: Same-Sex Public Displays of Affection as a Catalyst for Minority Stress
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $51,266
To Have But Not to Hold: Same-Sex Public Displays of Affection as a Catalyst for Minority Stress
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $49,415
The healthy and productive workplace partnership: fostering worker and workplace health
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
9 publications.
The Perils of the Unknown: Intolerance of Uncertainty and Intimate Partner Violence Across the First Four Pandemic Waves.
Bell KM, Holmberg D, Chapman ZA
Women’s Experiences of Adult Sexual Assault, by Perpetrator Gender and Participant Sexual Orientation
Anita MacDonald, Diane Holmberg, E. Lisa Price, Rhea Ashley Hoskin
Femmephobia Is a Uniquely Powerful Predictor of Anti-Gay Behavior
Rhea Ashley Hoskin, Karen L. Blair, Diane Holmberg
Walking hand in hand: The role of affection-sharing in understanding the social network effect in same-sex, mixed-sex, and gender-diverse relationships
Karen L. Blair, Chelsea Hudson, Diane Holmberg
On guard: Public versus private affection-sharing experiences in same-sex, gender-diverse, and mixed-sex relationships
Karen L. Blair, Odessa J. McKenna, Diane Holmberg
Gender differences in romantic relationship memories: who remembers? Who cares?
Holmberg D, Thibault TM, Pringle JD
Women's Sexual Satisfaction as a Predictor of Well-Being in Same-Sex Versus Mixed-Sex Relationships
Diane Holmberg, Karen L. Blair, Maggie Phillips
Adult attachment and pain catastrophizing for self and significant other
Lachlan A. McWilliams, Diane Holmberg
Sexual Desire, Communication, Satisfaction, and Preferences of Men and Women in Same-Sex Versus Mixed-Sex Relationships
Diane Holmberg, Karen L. Blair
To Have But Not to Hold: Same-Sex Public Displays of Affection as a Catalyst for Minority Stress
Principal investigators: Blair, Karen L.
Keywords: affection; relationship well-being; same-sex relationships; minority stress; daily diary; experience sampling; sexual prejudice; LGBT; wellbeing; stress; social support
To Have But Not to Hold: Same-Sex Public Displays of Affection as a Catalyst for Minority Stress
Principal investigators: Blair, Karen L.
Keywords: affection; relationship well-being; same-sex relationships; minority stress; daily diary; experience sampling; sexual prejudice; LGBT; wellbeing; stress; social support
The healthy and productive workplace partnership: fostering worker and workplace health
Principal investigators: Day, Arla L.
Keywords: occupational health intervention; healthy workplace initiatives; chronic physical and psychological health conditions; psychologically healthy workplaces; gender; meaningful and productive work; work-life balance
You must remember this: gender differences in relationship vs. achievement memories
Principal investigators: Holmberg, Diane
Keywords: relationship memory; gender; relationship cognition; self-concept; agency/communion
The development of relationship scripts in dating and married couples
Principal investigators: Holmberg, Diane
Keywords: Close relationships; scripts; schemas; dating couples; marriage; longitudinal
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke, Brain Canada and the New Frontiers in Research Fund.
Frequent collaborators
- Karen Blair and Rhea Hoskin: 26 shared papers
- Karen Blair and Diane Holmberg: 5 shared papers
- Rhea Hoskin and Diane Holmberg: 2 shared papers
- Lachlan McWilliams and Diane Holmberg: 1 shared paper
- Department of Psychology
- Chair of the Sociology Department
- Department of Sexualities, Relationships, and Families
- Department of Psychology and Health Studies
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