W. Steven Rholes

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Attachment and Relationship Dynamics(88), Family Dynamics and Relationships(42), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development(26), Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum(14), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior(14)

Publications129 total

Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
Assortative Mating Patterns Based on Longitudinal Trajectories of Personality Traits and Relationship-Specific Characteristics
Collabra Psychology·2024Open Access
Childhood Trauma and Its Link to Adult Dissociation: The Role of Mentalizing and Disorganized Attachment in a Chinese Adult Sample
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation·2023· 4 cited
Here one time, gone the next: Fluctuations in support received and provided predict changes in relationship satisfaction across the transition to parenthood.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
New parental positivity: The role of positive emotions in promoting relational adjustment during the transition to parenthood.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·2021· 34 citedOpen Access
Perceptions of partner responsiveness across the transition to parenthood.
Journal of Family Psychology·2021· 14 citedOpen Access
The Link from Child Abuse to Dissociation: The Roles of Adult Disorganized Attachment, Self-Concept Clarity, and Reflective Functioning
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation·2021· 22 cited
Responsiveness Scale
PsycTESTS Dataset·2021
Dads doing diapers: Individual and relational outcomes associated with the division of childcare across the transition to parenthood.
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Support Processes Predict Declines in Attachment Avoidance Across the Transition to Parenthood
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin·2020· 6 cited
Support Processes Predict Declines in Attachment Avoidance Across the Transition to Parenthood
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin·2020· 21 cited
Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2020· 275 citedOpen Access
Self-Efficacy and Declines Over Time in Attachment Anxiety During the Transition to Parenthood
Social Psychological and Personality Science·2020· 23 cited
Remaining in unhappy relationships: The roles of attachment anxiety and fear of change
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·2020· 17 cited
Disorganized Attachment Style
2020· 1 cited
Partner predictors of marital aggression across the transition to parenthood: An I<sup>3</sup> approach
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·2019· 9 cited
Dyad to triad: A longitudinal analysis of humor and pregnancy intention during the transition to parenthood
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·2019· 9 cited
Attachment and the Transition to Parenthood
2019· 6 cited
Adult attachment orientations and well-being during the transition to parenthood
Current Opinion in Psychology·2018· 57 citedOpen Access
Expectations about Relationship Stability Measure
PsycTESTS Dataset·2018
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Frequent Co-authors

Jeffry A. Simpson(34), Lorne Campbell(5), Mike Friedman(5), John H. Riskind(5), Diane N. Ruble(4), Carol L. Wilson(4), M. Minda Oriña(3), Jami Grich(3), Sisi Tran(3), Heike A. Winterheld(3), Jamie L. Kohn(3), E. Tory Higgins(2), Julia S. Nelligan(2), Dede Phillips(2), Yuthika U. Girme(2), Janette Blackwell(2), Deborah A. Kashy(2), Michael Harris Bond(2), Jennifer Fillo(2), Carl R. Jones(1)