| The benefits of positive illusions: Idealization and the construction of satisfaction in close relationships. SL Murray, JG Holmes, DW Griffin Journal of personality and social psychology 70 (1), 79, 1996 | 1796 | 1996 |
| The self-fulfilling nature of positive illusions in romantic relationships: love is not blind, but prescient. SL Murray, JG Holmes, DW Griffin Journal of personality and social psychology 71 (6), 1155, 1996 | 1150 | 1996 |
| Optimizing assurance: the risk regulation system in relationships. SL Murray, JG Holmes, NL Collins Psychological bulletin 132 (5), 641, 2006 | 1102 | 2006 |
| Self-esteem and the quest for felt security: how perceived regard regulates attachment processes. SL Murray, JG Holmes, DW Griffin Journal of personality and social psychology 78 (3), 478, 2000 | 890 | 2000 |
| A leap of faith? Positive illusions in romantic relationships SL Murray, JG Holmes Personality and social psychology Bulletin 23 (6), 586-604, 1997 | 697 | 1997 |
| When rejection stings: how self-esteem constrains relationship-enhancement processes. SL Murray, P Rose, GM Bellavia, JG Holmes, AG Kusche Journal of personality and social psychology 83 (3), 556, 2002 | 646 | 2002 |
| Seeing virtues in faults: Negativity and the transformation of interpersonal narratives in close relationships. SL Murray, JG Holmes Journal of personality and social psychology 65 (4), 707, 1993 | 531 | 1993 |
| Kindred spirits? The benefits of egocentrism in close relationships. SL Murray, JG Holmes, G Bellavia, DW Griffin, D Dolderman Journal of personality and social psychology 82 (4), 563, 2002 | 529 | 2002 |
| Through the looking glass darkly? When self-doubts turn into relationship insecurities. SL Murray, JG Holmes, G MacDonald, PC Ellsworth Journal of personality and social psychology 75 (6), 1459, 1998 | 512 | 1998 |
| Once hurt, twice hurtful: how perceived regard regulates daily marital interactions. SL Murray, GM Bellavia, P Rose, DW Griffin Journal of personality and social psychology 84 (1), 126, 2003 | 459 | 2003 |
| Balancing connectedness and self-protection goals in close relationships: a levels-of-processing perspective on risk regulation. SL Murray, JL Derrick, S Leder, JG Holmes Journal of personality and social psychology 94 (3), 429, 2008 | 376 | 2008 |
| The mismeasure of love: How self-doubt contaminates relationship beliefs SL Murray, JG Holmes, DW Griffin, G Bellavia, P Rose Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 27 (4), 423-436, 2001 | 366 | 2001 |
| Calibrating the sociometer: the relational contingencies of self-esteem. SL Murray, DW Griffin, P Rose, GM Bellavia Journal of personality and social psychology 85 (1), 63, 2003 | 293 | 2003 |
| Difference score correlations in relationship research: A conceptual primer D Griffin, S Murray, R Gonzalez Personal Relationships 6 (4), 505-518, 1999 | 274 | 1999 |
| The quest for conviction: Motivated cognition in romantic relationships SL Murray Psychological Inquiry 10 (1), 23-34, 1999 | 274 | 1999 |
| The architecture of interdependent minds: A Motivation-management theory of mutual responsiveness. SL Murray, JG Holmes Psychological Review 116 (4), 908, 2009 | 244 | 2009 |
| The (mental) ties that bind: Cognitive structures that predict relationship resilience. SL Murray, JG Holmes Journal of personality and social psychology 77 (6), 1228, 1999 | 230 | 1999 |
| What the motivated mind sees: Comparing friends' perspectives to married partners' views of each other SL Murray, JG Holmes, D Dolderman, DW Griffin Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 36 (6), 600-620, 2000 | 213 | 2000 |
| Storytelling in close relationships: The construction of confidence SL Murray, JG Holmes Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 20 (6), 650-663, 1994 | 206 | 1994 |
| Regulating the risks of closeness: A relationship-specific sense of felt security SL Murray Current Directions in Psychological Science 14 (2), 74-78, 2005 | 185 | 2005 |
