Preprints

*Rombaoa, J.P., Heshmati, S., Rodriguez, M., & Owen, T. (2023). Prioritizing lifestyle factors for effective emotion regulation: A daily study on first-year college students’ well-being during COVID-19. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7gxta

Heshmati, S., Muth, C., Li, Y., Roeser, R. W., Smyth, J. M., Vandekerckhove, J., Chow, S., & Oravecz, Z. (2023). Capturing the heterogenous effects of a mobile-health psychological well-being intervention for early adults: Results from a process-oriented approach. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mb79u

Publications

Villamil, A.*, & King, S. (2024). A Humane Social Learning-Informed Metaverse: Cultivating Positive Technology Experiences in Digital Learning Environments. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 27(1), 47–56. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2023.0001 [PDF]

Heshmati, S., Muth, C., Roeser, R. W., Smyth, J., Jamalabadi, H., & Oravecz, Z. (2024). Conceptualizing psychological well-being as a dynamic process: Implications for research on mobile health interventions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(1), e12933. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12933

Westhoff, M., Heshmati, S., Siepe, B., Vogelbacher, C., Ciarrochi, J., Hayes, S. C., & Hoffman, S. G. (2024). Psychological flexibility and cognitive-affective processes in young adults’ daily lives. Scientific Reports, 14, 8182. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58598-3 [PDF]

Heshmati, S., Uysal, N. K., Kim, S. H., Oravecz, Z., & Donaldson, S. I. (2023). Momentary PERMA: An adapted measurement tool for studying well-being in daily life. Journal of Happiness Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00684-w

*Villamil, A., & Heshmati, S. (2023). Engaging in the good with technology: A framework for examining positive technology use. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1175740

Merritt, S. H., Heshmati, S., Oravecz, Z., & Donaldson, S. I. (2023). Web of well-being: Re-examining PERMA and subjective well-being through networks. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2209538 [PDF]

Heshmati, S., DayRomano, E., Chow, C., Doan, S. N., & Reynolds, K. D. (2023). Negative emodiversity is associated with emotional eating in adolescents: An examination of emotion dynamics in daily life. Journal of Adolescence, 95(1), 115–130. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12103 [PDF]

*Ellis, O., Heshmati, S., & Oravecz, Z. (2022). What makes early adults feel loved? cultural consensus of felt love experiences in early adulthood. Applied Developmental Science, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2022.2158086 [PDF]

Heshmati, S., & Oravecz, Z. (2022). I feel loved when other people feel loved: Cultural congruence in beliefs on love is related to well-being. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(2), 347—371. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211036510 [PDF]

Heshmati, S., Ramdass, J. V., Rombaoa, J.P., *Ellis, O., Abazari, A., Heshamti, H., & Mansfield, M. E. (2022). Survey examination of resilience, psychological, and relational well-being during COVID-19: A developmental and cross-cultural dataset [Data article]. Data in Brief, 108735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108735

Heshmati, S., Oravecz, Z., Brick, T. R., & Roeser, R. W. (2022). Assessing psychological well-being in early adulthood: Empirical evidence for the structure of daily well-being via network analysis. Applied Developmental Science, 26(2), 207–225. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2020.1766356 [PDF]

Heshmati, S., *Blackard, B. M., *Beckmann, B., Chipidza, W. (2021). Family relationships and adolescent loneliness: An application of social network analysis in family studies. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(2), 182–191. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000660

Heshmati, S., *Cabreros, E., *Ellis, O., & Blackard, M. (2021). Love and friendship across the lifespan. In Oxford research encyclopedia of psychology. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.746

Donaldson, S. I., Heshmati, S., Lee, J. Y., & Donaldson, S. I. (2021). Examining building blocks of well-being beyond PERMA and self-report bias. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 16(6), 811–818. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1818813 [PDF]

Donaldson, S. I., Heshmati, S., & Donaldson, S. I. (2021). Global perspectives on positive psychological science. In A. Kostic & D. Chadee (Eds.), Positive psychology: An international perspective (pp. 201–213). John Wiley. Google Books

Dickens, C. N., Gray, A. L., Heshmati, S., Oravecz, Z., & Brick, T. R. (2021). Daily implications of felt love for sleep quality. The American Journal of Psychology, 134(4), 463–477. https://doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.134.4.0463 [PDF]

Oravecz, Z., Dirsmith, J., Heshmati, S., Brick, T. R., Vandekerckove, J. (2020). Psychological well-being and personality traits are associated with experiencing love in everyday life. Personality and Individual Differences, 153, 109620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109620 [PDF]

Heshmati, S., & Donaldson, S. I. (2020). The science of positive relationships and love. In S. I. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi, & J. Nakamura (Eds.), Positive psychological science: Improving everyday life, well-being, work, education, and societies across the globe (2nd ed., pp. 52–63). [PDF]

Heshmati, S., Oravecz, Z., Pressman, S., Batchelder, W., Muth, C., Vandekerckove, J. (2019). What does it mean to feel loved: Cultural consensus and individual differences. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(1), 214–243. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407517724600 [PDF]

Heshmati, S., Sbarra, D., A., & Mason, A., E (2017). The contemptuous breakup: Facial expressions of emotion and breakups in young adulthood. Personal Relationships, 36(1), 214–243. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12192 [PDF]

*Student co-authors