Phillip R. Shaver

University of California, Davis — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Attachment and Relationship Dynamics(272), Family Dynamics and Relationships(80), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development(62), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior(52), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology(36)

Publications450 total

Practitioner Review: Clinical insights from attachment theory and research for professionals working with young children and their families.
PubMed·2026
Relational roots of retributive vs. restorative justice: attachment insecurity predicts harsher responses to crime
Attachment & Human Development·2025
Using the K‐Means Node Clustering Method and ROC Curve Analysis to Define Cut‐Off Scores for the Caregiving System Scale
International Journal of Psychology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Attachment security and trust within dyadic, group, sociopolitical, and spiritual/religious relationships
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks·2025· 1 cited
An Attachment Perspective on the Quest for Significance and Mattering
2025· 1 cited
Mary Main’s concept of conditional strategies: influences on studies of child–parent and adult romantic attachments
Attachment & Human Development·2024· 6 cited
Coordination of parent and adolescent attachment across time.
Developmental Psychology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
A ‘Problematic’ Pattern of Power-system Functioning and its Association with psychopathological Symptoms
Psychological Reports·2024
Meditation training and enduring changes in psychological functioning: A 7-year longitudinal study
The Journal of Positive Psychology·2024· 1 cited
An attachment perspective on the tribal mind
2024
Security-enhancement Processes within Group Settings: Revising Insecure Working Models of Attachment During Playful Group Interactions
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Outcomes for foster youth placed at a special residential high school: A quantitative case study
Children and Youth Services Review·2023Open Access
Attachment Security and Coping with Existential Concerns
2023· 4 cited
Validation and psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Power Behavioural System Scale (PBSS)
Research in Psychotherapy Psychopathology Process and Outcome·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Power Behavioural System Scale--Italian Version
PsycTESTS Dataset·2023
Children's memory and suggestibility years later: Age, distress, and attachment
Applied Cognitive Psychology·2022· 2 cited
Attachment Security Priming Affecting Mating Strategies Endorsement among College Students
Evolutionary Psychology·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
An Attachment Perspective on Human Sociability
2022
Attachment in the time of COVID-19: Insecure attachment orientations are associated with defiance of authorities’ guidelines during the pandemic
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
La prise en compte des liens d’attachement au tribunal : protection de l’enfance et décisions de résidence des enfants dans les situations de séparation parentale
Devenir·2022· 2 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Mario Mikulincer(15), Cindy Hazan(5), R. Chris Fraley(5), Omri Gillath(5), Kelly A. Brennan(4), Erika L. Rosenberg(3), Baljinder K. Sahdra(3), B. Alan Wallace(3), Donald Kirson(2), Cary O'Connor(2), John P. Robinson(2), Kristin D. Mickelson(2), Katherine A. MacLean(2), Emilio Ferrer(2), Stephen Aichele(2), David A. Bridwell(2), Anthony P. Zanesco(2), Tonya L. Jacobs(2), Brandon G. King(2), Clifford D. Saron(2)