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Race and attraction studies are gaining popularity as conceptual frameworks explore the associations between racism, color blindness, race, and attraction. This study investigates the association between race and attraction by examining the connection between racial ideologies and bias. Same‐race bias in attraction is well documented in existing literature. This study explores whether the strength of same‐race bias is associated with color‐blind racial ideology, multiculturalism, and racial group membership. A sample of 374 Black and White young adults rated the attractiveness of six dating profiles. The results indicated that some associations between same‐race attraction and racial ideologies are moderated by participant race. Among White participants, greater color‐blind racial ideology was associated with stronger attraction to same‐race targets. By contrast, among Black participants, an opposite trend existed as greater color‐blind racial ideology was associated with a decrease in same‐race bias. Additionally, multiculturalism was associated with a decrease in same‐race bias among White participants. Further findings indicate that Black women and White men reported lower attraction to other‐race targets than Black men and White women. This study offers new insights into understanding racial bias in romantic attraction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The field of relationship science began with understanding the role of attraction and has expanded to examine factors associated with relationship initiation, development, and maintenance. Despite the growth of the field, recent reviews of topics present in relationship science have revealed a dearth of literature examining sociocultural contexts that may impact relational processing, especially for traditionally underrepresented groups in science. Notably, given the theories, frameworks, and methods applied in these disciplines, counseling psychology and relationship science are at the forefront of examining such contexts. To this end, the goal of the special issue was to bring together scholars whose work is either an application of or showcases how the contemporary foci of counseling psychology, including but not limited to intersectionality, social justice, cultural competence/humility, identity, strengths‐based approaches, and social power hierarchies are applicable to the study of relationships broadly defined. This editorial synthesis provides a brief summary of the four articles that are included in this special issue and ends with recommendations for future research that intersects counseling psychology and relationship science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intrafragment ecology is little studied for imperiled riverine fishes although river fragmentation and habitat loss increasingly threaten sensitive species. A long-term population-monitoring program in the Pecos River, New Mexico, provided detailed data for 15 annual cohorts of speckled chub (Macrhybopsis aestivalis), which were used to assess intrafragment patterns in recruitment and year-class strength in relation to distributional patterns, flow-regime characteristics, and air temperature. Cohorts avoided a degraded upstream reach. Age-1 and older individuals had distributions consistently centered within a central, relict-ecosystem reach that contained high-quality habitat. Age-0 individuals were widespread within the relict- ecosystem reach and a channelized reach downstream. Distributional patterns suggested that some individuals that recruited in the channelized reach dispersed upstream into relict-ecosystem habitat thereafter. One cohort always numerically dominated the population because cohorts never lived beyond 2 years. Recruitment was density-independent and predicted year-class strength. No aspect of the flow regime explained variation in recruitment. Year-class strength was consistent among cohorts because of densitydependent mortality. High-quality habitat in a centralized location, potential for dispersal between channelized and relictecosystem reaches, and diffuse distribution of pelagic-broadcast propagules throughout both reaches combined to facilitate successful annual recruitment and population persistence. L'ecologie intrafragment des poissons fluviaux en peril est peu etudiee, meme si la fragmentation des cours d'eau et la perte d'habitats menacent de plus en plus les especes sensibles. Un programme de surveillance a long terme des populations dans la riviere Pecos, au Nouveau-Mexique, a fourni des donnees detaillees sur 15 cohortes annuelles du cyprinide Macrhybopsis aestivalis, qui ont ete utilisees pour evaluer les motifs intrafragment du recrutement et de la force des classes d'age par rapport aux motifs de repartition, aux caracteristiques du regime d'ecoulement et a la temperature de l'air. Les cohortes evitaient un troncon amont degrade. Les individus d'un an et plus presentaient des repartitions uniformement centrees dans un troncon d'ecosysteme relique central renfermant des habitats de bonne qualite. Les individus de moins d'un an etaient repandus dans le troncon d'ecosysteme relique, ainsi que dans un troncon canalise situe en aval. Les motifs de repartition donnaient a penser que certains individus recrutes dans le troncon canalise se dispersaient par la suite vers l'amont dans l'habitat de l'ecosysteme relique. Il y avait toujours une cohorte dominante dans la population sur le plan du nombre puisque les cohortes ne vivaient jamais plus de 2 ans. Le recrutement etait independant de la densite et predisait la force des classes d'age. Aucun aspect du regime d'ecoulement n'expliquait les variations du recrutement. La force des classes d'age etait uniforme d'une cohorte a l'autre du au fait que la mortalite dependait de la densite. Combines, des habitats de bonne qualite dans un lieu centralise, le potentiel de dispersion entre les troncons canalise et d'ecosysteme relique et la repartition diffuse de propagules a dispersion pelagique dans les deux troncons facilitaient un recrutement annuel efficace et la persistance de la population. [Traduit par la Redaction], Introduction River fragmentation, altered streamflow regimes, and habitat loss threaten riverine fishes (Zwick 1992; Mims and Olden 2013; Hoagstrom 2015). Identification of critical habitat features is necessary to conserve imperiled [...]

Abstract. -- Introduced Arkansas River shiner Notropis girardi and native Rio Grande shiner Notropis jemezanus coexist in the Pecos River, New Mexico, between Fort Sumner Irrigation District Dam and Brantley [...]

Empirical investigations on whether there is a difference in relationship satisfaction for partners in interracial compared to intraracial relationships offer contradictory conclusions. The current study reviewed investigations of differences in satisfaction using a meta-analysis to determine whether and under what circumstances there is a difference in relationship satisfaction. Individual, dyadic, environmental, and methodological variations in study participants and designs were explored as potential moderators. Using estimates of effect size d, no overall difference in relationship satisfaction was found between intraracial and interracial relationships. The examination of the moderators revealed that sample size and geographic location of the study impacted whether differences were detected, but most tests for moderation indicated no differences. These conclusions suggest that the current literature on satisfaction in interracial relationships as less satisfied than intraracial relationships may be a reflection of publication bias in which statistically significant differences are published. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Institute for the Study of Earth and Man was the brainchild of Claude C. Albritton Jr. with the generosity of William B. Heroy. The idea of a research institute mainly to support studies in geology and anthropology stemmed from their interest in the significance of the interaction between the two disciplines in the progress of both geology and archaeology. The kindness of Heroy combined with the support from the National Science Foundation enabled the ground breaking of the institution to materialize.

The current study used dyadic data to investigate the impact of relationship type and social support on the retrospective accounts of commitment trajectories of romantic relationships. Past research suggests that social support is a positive contributor to relationship stability and commitment, which may be especially true for partners in interracial relationships who face broader societal opposition than intraracial couples. Using multilevel modeling, we investigated the effects of sex, relationship type, and social support on reports of commitment. Results showed differences in trajectories of commitment based on couple type (interracial vs. intraracial) for both men and women. Social support was found to have an especially strong impact for women in interracial relationships compared with women in intraracial relationships, but there was no differential impact among men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current study integrated constructs from the fields of relationship science (i.e., similarity and familiarity) and intergroup research (i.e., racial ideologies, particularly color-blind racial ideology and multiculturalism) to explore interracial romantic attraction. Using a person-perception design, 124 Black (n = 62) and White (n =62) heterosexual college men indicated their romantic attraction to the dating profiles of three Black and three White women. Results from analyses consistent with a linear mixed-model approach supported most of the hypotheses, including participants in general were more attracted to women of the same race and that greater endorsement of multicultural ideological beliefs was associated with increased interracial attraction. For White men, greater endorsement of color-blind racial ideology was predictive of a decrease in interracial romantic attraction as hypothesized. Contrary to the hypotheses, increased interracial contact for Black men was associated with an increase in same race attraction. Results are discussed in the context of existing literature, and important next steps are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]