| 1 | A Brief Measure of Social Support: Practical and Theoretical Implications | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1987 | 1,464 |
| 2 | Avoidance of Intimacy: An Attachment Perspective | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1990 | 1,376 |
| 3 | The Parental Stress Scale: Initial Psychometric Evidence | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1995 | 977 |
| 4 | Models of Non-Independence in Dyadic Research | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1996 | 762 |
| 5 | Social Support and Strain from Partner, Family, and Friends: Costs and Benefits for Men and Women in Adulthood | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2000 | 697 |
| 6 | Measuring Friendship Quality During Pre- and Early Adolescence: The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Friendship Qualities Scale | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1994 | 650 |
| 7 | Commitment Processes in Close Relationships: An Interdependence Analysis | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1993 | 585 |
| 8 | Is actual similarity necessary for attraction? A meta-analysis of actual and perceived similarity | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2008 | 551 |
| 9 | Conservation of Social Resources: Social Support Resource Theory | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1990 | 541 |
| 10 | Maintenance Strategies and Romantic Relationship Type, Gender and Relational Characteristics | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1991 | 529 |
| 11 | The Relationship Assessment Scale | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1998 | 496 |
| 12 | Compassionate love for close others and humanity | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2005 | 496 |
| 13 | Coping as a Communal Process | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1998 | 464 |
| 14 | An Overview (and Underview) of Research and Theory within the Attraction Paradigm | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1997 | 393 |
| 15 | Consequences of relationship status and quality for subjective well-being | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2005 | 387 |
| 16 | Social support, social strain, loneliness, and well-being among older adults | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2014 | 384 |
| 17 | Can you connect with me now? How the presence of mobile communication technology influences face-to-face conversation quality | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2013 | 370 |
| 18 | Social Support and Health: A Theoretical and Empirical Overview | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1991 | 354 |
| 19 | Less in-person social interaction with peers among U.S. adolescents in the 21st century and links to loneliness | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2019 | 331 |
| 20 | Derogation of Competitors | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1990 | 315 |
| 21 | The Casualties of `Casual' Sex: A Qualitative Exploration of the Phenomenology of College Students' Hookups | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2002 | 272 |
| 22 | Multidimensional Jealousy | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1989 | 270 |
| 23 | Hierarchies of Attachment Relationships in Young Adulthood | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1997 | 270 |
| 24 | Lovestyles and Attachment Styles Compared: Their Relations to Each Other and to Various Relationship Characteristics | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1988 | 267 |
| 25 | Using residualized change versus difference scores for longitudinal research | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2018 | 265 |
| 26 | A meta-analytic investigation of the processes underlying the similarity-attraction effect | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2013 | 240 |
| 27 | Adult Attachment Styles, Perceived Social Support and Coping Strategies | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1998 | 235 |
| 28 | Interpersonal Perception: A Social Relations Analysis | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1988 | 234 |
| 29 | A model of relational turbulence: The role of intimacy, relational uncertainty, and interference from partners in appraisals of irritations | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2004 | 232 |
| 30 | Taboo Topics in Close Relationships | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1985 | 225 |
| 31 | `Making Moosic': The Development of Personal Relationships on Line and a Comparison to their Off-Line Counterparts | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1998 | 223 |
| 32 | Dialectical Contradictions in Relationship Development | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1990 | 217 |
| 33 | Attachment Styles, Gender and Parental Problem Drinking | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1991 | 217 |
| 34 | The Rules of Friendship | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1984 | 212 |
| 35 | The Development of Investment and Commitment Scales for Predicting Continuity of Personal Relationships | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1985 | 212 |
| 36 | A Biased Overview of the Study of Love | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1988 | 207 |
| 37 | Attachment in Adult Romantic Relationships: Style of Conflict Resolution and Relationship Satisfaction | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1989 | 207 |
| 38 | Liking Some Things (in Some People) more than Others: Partner Preferences in Romantic Relationships and Friendships | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2002 | 195 |
| 39 | Perceived Family Relationships of Bullies, Victims and Bully/Victims in Middle Childhood | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1994 | 194 |
| 40 | Characteristics and Consequences of Expectation Violations in Close Relationships | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1998 | 193 |
| 41 | Two Different Worlds: Acculturation Stress and Adaptation among Cuban and Nicaraguan Families | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1996 | 184 |
| 42 | Good to have but not to use: Differential impact of perceived and received support on well-being | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2006 | 182 |
| 43 | Revealing Family Secrets: The Influence of Topic, Function, and Relationships | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1997 | 179 |
| 44 | Stress and relationship quality in same-sex couples | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2006 | 171 |
| 45 | Reciprocity Reconsidered: Gouldner's `Moral Norm of Reciprocity' and Social Support | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1995 | 166 |
| 46 | Dyadic assessment of sexual self-disclosure and sexual satisfaction in heterosexual dating couples | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2005 | 166 |
| 47 | Meanings for Closeness and Intimacy in Friendship | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1996 | 165 |
| 48 | Attachment Styles and Marital Adjustment among Newlywed Couples | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1992 | 164 |
| 49 | Routine Maintenance Behaviors: A Comparison of Relationship Type, Partner Similarity and Sex Differences | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 1993 | 163 |
| 50 | When Words Hurt: The Effects of Perceived Intentionality on Interpersonal Relationships | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | 2000 | 163 |