Independent research publisher · Est. 2026

Notes on what relationship research actually measured

Fieldnote Press publishes short, sourced summaries of peer-reviewed studies on communication, conflict and partnership over time — together with the methodological limits that rarely survive the trip from journal to headline.

The library

Three notes are currently published. Each runs to roughly six hundred words and carries its sources at the foot of the page.

NOTE 01 What the Love Lab could and could not predict Observational coding of couple conflict produced a set of behavioural categories that replicated widely, and a set of accuracy figures that did not. NOTE 02 Perceived responsiveness and the limits of self-report A large literature links feeling understood by a partner to wellbeing. Most of it asks a single respondent to report both halves of that link. NOTE 03 Stress, context and the Vulnerability–Stress–Adaptation model A 1995 review reframed relationship outcomes as a product of circumstance as much as skill. The samples behind it were narrow, and its authors said so.

Editorial standards

One Sources are named. Every note identifies the researchers, the year, and the type of study. Material that cannot be traced to a published source is not published.
Two Limits sit next to findings. Where a result is contested, thinly replicated or drawn from a narrow sample, that appears in the same section as the result rather than in a footnote at the end.
Three Nothing is presumed about the reader. Editorial copy is written in the third person and describes research. It makes no statement, question or implication about any reader's circumstances, relationship, health or history, and it is identical for everyone who visits.
Four Corrections are visible and dated. When a note is found to be wrong it is corrected on the page with the date of the change. Notes are not quietly withdrawn.

What Fieldnote Press is not

Not therapy, counselling, coaching or any other professional service, and not a substitute for one.
Not diagnosis, assessment or treatment of any condition.
Not personalised guidance. The material is general and the same for every reader.
Not a promise of any outcome. No result is claimed, implied or measured.
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Not intended for anyone under 18.

Common questions

What does Fieldnote Press publish?

Short written summaries of peer-reviewed research on interpersonal relationships, with commentary on study design. Everything is text. There is no video, no audio and no course.

How is the material accessed?

The notes in the library are free to read on this site, with no registration. Where any material is offered for sale, access details are sent by email to the address given at the point of purchase.

What is the refund window?

Thirty days from the date of purchase, for anything sold directly by Fieldnote Press. The full policy, including how requests are made, is on the refund page.

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No. Fieldnote Press does not publish testimonials, reviews, success stories, endorsements or before-and-after accounts anywhere on this site, and does not accept them for publication.

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