Peer-reviewed articles
Debrot, A., Klumb, P. L., Dan Glauser, E., & Stellar, J. E. (in press). Touch as a stress buffer? Gender differences in subjective and physiological responses to partner and stranger touch. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
Tavares, I. M., Brandelli, Y., Dawson, S. J., Impett, E., Debrot, A. & Rosen, N. O. (2024). Connecting through touch: Attitudes toward touch in pregnancy are associated with couples’ sexual and affectionate behaviors across the transition to parenthood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075241232704
Debrot, A.*, Rochat, S.*, del Río Carral, M., Gerber, P., Sarrasin, O., & Brodard, F. (2024). Accounts of interpersonal touch in female victims of intimate partner violence: A qualitative study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075241231302
*The first two authors contributed equally to this work and are listed alphabetically by last name.
Correia, J., Debrot, A., & Garthus-Niegel, S. (2023). Integrating positive psychology perspectives to support parents in their transition to parenthood: A vision for future research. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 41(3), 257–259. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2023.2212576
Berthoud, L., Kheyar, M., Efinger, L., Pomini, V., Correia, J., & Debrot, A. (2023). The evolution of research procedures for Internet-based interventions in Switzerland: Challenges and recommendations. Swiss Psychology Open, 3(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.5334/spo.52
Balzarini, R. N., Muise, A., Zoppolat, G., Di Bartolomeo, A., Rodrigues, D. L., Alonso-Ferres, M., Urganci, B., Debrot, A., Bock Pichayayothin, N., Dharma, C., Chi, P., Karremans, J. C., Schoebi, D., & Slatcher, R. B. (2023). Love in the time of COVID: Perceived partner responsiveness buffers people from lower relationship quality associated with COVID-related stressors. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(3), 342–355. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221094437
Efinger, L., Debrot, A., & Pomini, V. (2022). LIVIA-FR : Implémentation et évaluation d’une intervention par Internet pour des personnes francophones peinant à surmonter la perte de leur partenaire. Annales Médico-Psychologiques, 180(10), 1000–1007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amp.2021.05.004
Teixeira e Silva, C., Cassepp-Borges, V., & Debrot, A. (2022). Toque e sua relação com bem-estar e satisfação com a vida/Touch and its relationship with well-being and satisfaction with life. Pensando Famílias, 26(1), 179–188.
Floyd, K., Debrot, A., Horan, S. M., Hesse, C., & Woo, N. T. (2023). Affectionate communication, health, and relationships. Personal Relationships, 30(1), 44–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.1244
Debrot, A., Kheyar, M., Efinger, L., Berthoud, L., & Pomini, V. (2022). Supporting people having lost a close person by bereavement or separation: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing two French-language Internet interventions. JMIR Research Protocols, 11, e39026. https://doi.org/10.2196/39026
Zoppolat, G., Righetti, F., Balzarini, R. N., Alonso-Ferres, M., Urganci, B., Rodrigues, D. L., Debrot, A., Wiwattanapantuwong, J., Dharma, C., Chi, P., Karremans, J. C., Schoebi, D., & Slatcher, R. B. (2022). Relationship difficulties and « technoference » during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(11), 3204–3227. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221093611
Debrot, A., Berthoud, L., Caspar, F., Berger, T., & Pomini, V. (2022). Tailoring guidance in Internet-based interventions with Motive-Oriented Therapeutic Relationship. Frontiers in Digital Health, 4, 842487. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2022.842487
Efinger, L., Debrot, A., & Pomini, V. (2022). LIVIA-FR : Implémentation et évaluation d’une intervention par Internet pour des personnes francophones peinant à surmonter la perte de leur partenaire. Annales Médico-Psychologiques, 180(10), 1000–1007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amp.2021.05.004
Debrot, A., Stellar, J. E., MacDonald, G., Keltner, D., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Is touch in romantic relationships universally beneficial for psychological well-being? The role of attachment avoidance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 1495-1509. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220977709
Berthoud, L., Efinger, L., Kheyar, M., Pomini, V., & Debrot, A. (2021). Hope May Come From Internet in Times of COVID-19: Building an Online Programme for Grief (LIVIA). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.626831
Durbin, K. B., Debrot, A., Karremans, J., & van der Wal, R. (2021). Can we use smart-phones to increase physical affection, intimacy and security in couples? Preliminary support from an attachment perspective. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 1035–1045. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520970278
Jakubiak, B. K., Debrot, A., Kim, J., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Approach and avoidance motives for touch are predicted by attachment and predict daily relationship well-being. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 256-278. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520961178
Joel, S., Eastwick, P. W., Allison, C. J., Arriaga, X. B., Baker, Z. G., Bar-Kalifa, E. … Debrot, A., … Wolf, S. (2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(32), 19061–19071. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917036117
Muise, A., Kim, J. J., Debrot, A., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2020). Sexual nostalgia as a response to unmet sexual and relational needs: The role of attachment avoidance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 1538-1552. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220907468
Horn, A. B., Samson, A., Debrot, A., & Perrez, M. (2019). Positive humor in couples as interpersonal emotion regulation: A dyadic study in everyday life on the mediating role of psychological intimacy. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 2376–2396. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220907468
Park, Y., Debrot, A., Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., Impett, E., & MacDonald, G. (2019). Distinguishing dismissing from fearful attachment in the association between closeness and commitment. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 563–572. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618768823
Debrot, A., Siegler, S., Klumb, P. L., & Schoebi, D. (2017). Daily work stress and relationship satisfaction: Detachment affects romantic couples’ interactions quality. Journal of Happiness Studies, , 19, 2283–2301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9922-6
Debrot, A., Meuwly, N., Muise, A., Impett, E. A., & Schoebi, D. (2017). More than just sex: Affection mediates the association between sexual activity and well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 287–299. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216684124
Debrot, A., Salamin, V., Gothuey, I., & Kratzel, A. (2016). A naturalistic study of outcomes in a general psychiatry day hospital. Swiss Archives of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 167, 245–251. https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2016.00447
Debrot, A., Schoebi, D., Perrez, M., & Horn, A. B. (2014). Stroking your beloved one’s white bear: Responsive touch by the romantic partner buffers the negative effect of thought suppression on daily mood. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 33, 75–97. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2014.33.1.75
Debrot, A., Schoebi, D., Perrez, M., & Horn, A. B. (2013). Touch as an interpersonal emotion regulation process in couples’ daily lives: The mediating role of psychological intimacy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1373–1385. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167213497592
Debrot, A., Cook, W. L., Perrez, M., & Horn, A. B. (2012). Touch as an interpersonal emotion regulation process in couples’ daily lives: The mediating role of psychological intimacy. Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 617–627. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028666
Other
Debrot, A. (2012). Positive relationship processes: Interpersonal emotion regulation and well-being in the daily life of romantic couples (Doctoral dissertation). University, Fribourg. Retrieved from http://doc.rero.ch/record/30453
Debrot, A. (2007). Les effets du yoga et de la mindfulness sur différents aspects de l’affectivité des young olds. (Master thesis). University, Fribourg.
Correia, J., Debrot, A., & Garthus-Niegel, S. (2023). Integrating positive psychology perspectives to support parents in their transition to parenthood: A vision for future research. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 41(3), 257–259. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2023.2212576
Berthoud, L., Kheyar, M., Efinger, L., Pomini, V., Correia, J., & Debrot, A. (2023). The evolution of research procedures for Internet-based interventions in Switzerland: Challenges and recommendations. Swiss Psychology Open, 3(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.5334/spo.52
Balzarini, R. N., Muise, A., Zoppolat, G., Di Bartolomeo, A., Rodrigues, D. L., Alonso-Ferres, M., Urganci, B., Debrot, A., Bock Pichayayothin, N., Dharma, C., Chi, P., Karremans, J. C., Schoebi, D., & Slatcher, R. B. (2023). Love in the time of COVID: Perceived partner responsiveness buffers people from lower relationship quality associated with COVID-related stressors. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(3), 342–355. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221094437
Efinger, L., Debrot, A., & Pomini, V. (2022). LIVIA-FR : Implémentation et évaluation d’une intervention par Internet pour des personnes francophones peinant à surmonter la perte de leur partenaire. Annales Médico-Psychologiques, 180(10), 1000–1007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amp.2021.05.004
Teixeira e Silva, C., Cassepp-Borges, V., & Debrot, A. (2022). Toque e sua relação com bem-estar e satisfação com a vida/Touch and its relationship with well-being and satisfaction with life. Pensando Famílias, 26(1), 179–188.
Floyd, K., Debrot, A., Horan, S. M., Hesse, C., & Woo, N. T. (2023). Affectionate communication, health, and relationships. Personal Relationships, 30(1), 44–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.1244
Debrot, A., Kheyar, M., Efinger, L., Berthoud, L., & Pomini, V. (2022). Supporting people having lost a close person by bereavement or separation: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing two French-language Internet interventions. JMIR Research Protocols, 11, e39026. https://doi.org/10.2196/39026
Zoppolat, G., Righetti, F., Balzarini, R. N., Alonso-Ferres, M., Urganci, B., Rodrigues, D. L., Debrot, A., Wiwattanapantuwong, J., Dharma, C., Chi, P., Karremans, J. C., Schoebi, D., & Slatcher, R. B. (2022). Relationship difficulties and « technoference » during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(11), 3204–3227. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221093611
Debrot, A., Berthoud, L., Caspar, F., Berger, T., & Pomini, V. (2022). Tailoring guidance in Internet-based interventions with Motive-Oriented Therapeutic Relationship. Frontiers in Digital Health, 4, 842487. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2022.842487
Efinger, L., Debrot, A., & Pomini, V. (2022). LIVIA-FR : Implémentation et évaluation d’une intervention par Internet pour des personnes francophones peinant à surmonter la perte de leur partenaire. Annales Médico-Psychologiques, 180(10), 1000–1007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amp.2021.05.004
Debrot, A., Stellar, J. E., MacDonald, G., Keltner, D., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Is touch in romantic relationships universally beneficial for psychological well-being? The role of attachment avoidance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 1495-1509. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220977709
Berthoud, L., Efinger, L., Kheyar, M., Pomini, V., & Debrot, A. (2021). Hope May Come From Internet in Times of COVID-19: Building an Online Programme for Grief (LIVIA). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.626831
Durbin, K. B., Debrot, A., Karremans, J., & van der Wal, R. (2021). Can we use smart-phones to increase physical affection, intimacy and security in couples? Preliminary support from an attachment perspective. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 1035–1045. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520970278
Jakubiak, B. K., Debrot, A., Kim, J., & Impett, E. A. (2021). Approach and avoidance motives for touch are predicted by attachment and predict daily relationship well-being. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 256-278. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520961178
Joel, S., Eastwick, P. W., Allison, C. J., Arriaga, X. B., Baker, Z. G., Bar-Kalifa, E. … Debrot, A., … Wolf, S. (2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(32), 19061–19071. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917036117
Muise, A., Kim, J. J., Debrot, A., Impett, E. A., & MacDonald, G. (2020). Sexual nostalgia as a response to unmet sexual and relational needs: The role of attachment avoidance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 1538-1552. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220907468
Horn, A. B., Samson, A., Debrot, A., & Perrez, M. (2019). Positive humor in couples as interpersonal emotion regulation: A dyadic study in everyday life on the mediating role of psychological intimacy. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 2376–2396. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220907468
Park, Y., Debrot, A., Spielmann, S. S., Joel, S., Impett, E., & MacDonald, G. (2019). Distinguishing dismissing from fearful attachment in the association between closeness and commitment. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10, 563–572. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618768823
Debrot, A., Siegler, S., Klumb, P. L., & Schoebi, D. (2017). Daily work stress and relationship satisfaction: Detachment affects romantic couples’ interactions quality. Journal of Happiness Studies, , 19, 2283–2301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9922-6
Debrot, A., Meuwly, N., Muise, A., Impett, E. A., & Schoebi, D. (2017). More than just sex: Affection mediates the association between sexual activity and well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 287–299. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216684124
Debrot, A., Salamin, V., Gothuey, I., & Kratzel, A. (2016). A naturalistic study of outcomes in a general psychiatry day hospital. Swiss Archives of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 167, 245–251. https://doi.org/10.4414/sanp.2016.00447
Debrot, A., Schoebi, D., Perrez, M., & Horn, A. B. (2014). Stroking your beloved one’s white bear: Responsive touch by the romantic partner buffers the negative effect of thought suppression on daily mood. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 33, 75–97. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2014.33.1.75
Debrot, A., Schoebi, D., Perrez, M., & Horn, A. B. (2013). Touch as an interpersonal emotion regulation process in couples’ daily lives: The mediating role of psychological intimacy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1373–1385. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167213497592
Debrot, A., Cook, W. L., Perrez, M., & Horn, A. B. (2012). Touch as an interpersonal emotion regulation process in couples’ daily lives: The mediating role of psychological intimacy. Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 617–627. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028666
Other
Debrot, A. (2012). Positive relationship processes: Interpersonal emotion regulation and well-being in the daily life of romantic couples (Doctoral dissertation). University, Fribourg. Retrieved from http://doc.rero.ch/record/30453
Debrot, A. (2007). Les effets du yoga et de la mindfulness sur différents aspects de l’affectivité des young olds. (Master thesis). University, Fribourg.