Most cited papers in Family Dynamics and Relationships
What are the most cited papers in Family Dynamics and Relationships?
The most cited paper in Family Dynamics and Relationships is "Measuring Dyadic Adjustment: New Scales for Assessing the Quality of Marriage and Similar Dyads" (Graham B. Spanier, 1976), with 7,120 citations. Next come "Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process." (6,318) and "The inventory of parent and peer attachment: Individual differences and their relationship to psychological well-being in adolescence" (4,040).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 899 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Measuring Dyadic Adjustment: New Scales for Assessing the Quality of Marriage and Similar Dyads Graham B. Spanier · Journal of Marriage and the Family | Feb 1976 | 7,120 |
| 2 | Romantic love conceptualized as an attachment process. Cindy Hazan, Phillip R. Shaver · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1987 | 6,318 |
| 3 | The inventory of parent and peer attachment: Individual differences and their relationship to psychological well-being in adolescence Gay C. Armsden, Mark T. Greenberg · Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Oct 1987 | 4,040 |
| 4 | Natural Selection of Parental Ability to Vary the Sex Ratio of Offspring Robert L. Trivers, Dan E. Willard · Science | 5 Jan 1973 | 3,886 |
| 5 | The Determinants of Parenting: A Process Model Jay Belsky · Child Development | Feb 1984 | 3,777 |
| 6 | Extraordinary Sex Ratios William D. O. Hamilton · Science | 28 Apr 1967 | 3,722 |
| 7 | Adult attachment, working models, and relationship quality in dating couples. Nancy L. Collins, Stephen John Read · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 1990 | 3,540 |
| 8 | The Life Course as Developmental Theory Glen H. Elder · Child Development | Feb 1998 | 3,111 |
| 9 | Attachments beyond infancy. Mary S. Ainsworth · American Psychologist | 1989 | 3,101 |
| 10 | The Consequences of Divorce for Adults and Children Paul R. Amato · Journal of Marriage and the Family | Nov 2000 | 2,930 |
| 11 | The longitudinal course of marital quality and stability: A review of theory, method, and research. Benjamin R. Karney, Thomas N. Bradbury · Psychological Bulletin | Jul 1995 | 2,627 |
| 12 | Sensitivity and Attachment: A Meta-Analysis on Parental Antecedents of Infant Attachment Marianne S. de Wolff, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn · Child Development | Aug 1997 | 2,540 |
| 13 | An item response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment. Robert Chris Fraley, Niels G. Waller, Kelly A. Brennan · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2000 | 2,371 |
| 14 | A Generic Measure of Relationship Satisfaction Susan S. Hendrick · Journal of Marriage and the Family | Feb 1988 | 2,265 |
| 15 | The Role of the Father in Child Development Michael E. Lamb, Joseph H. Pleck, James A. Levine · Advances in clinical child psychology | 1985 | 2,227 |
| 16 | Adult attachment representations, parental responsiveness, and infant attachment: A meta-analysis on the predictive validity of the Adult Attachment Interview. Marinus H. van IJzendoorn · Psychological Bulletin | May 1995 | 2,201 |
| 17 | Socioeconomic Status, Family Processes,and Individual Development Rand D. Conger, Katherine Jewsbury Conger, Monica J. Martin · Journal of Marriage and the Family | Jun 2010 | 2,192 |
| 18 | Avoidance of Intimacy: An Attachment Perspective Kim Bartholomew · Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | May 1990 | 2,165 |
| 19 | Intermarriage and Homogamy: Causes, Patterns, Trends Matthijs Kalmijn · Annual Review of Sociology | Aug 1998 | 2,150 |
| 20 | Attachment as an Organizational Framework for Research on Close Relationships Cindy Hazan, Phillip R. Shaver · Psychological Inquiry | 1994 | 2,064 |
| 21 | Infertility around the globe: new thinking on gender, reproductive technologies and global movements in the 21st century Marcia C. Inhorn, Pasquale Patrizio · Human Reproduction Update | 22 Mar 2015 | 1,971 |
| 22 | Parental divorce and the well-being of children: A meta-analysis. Paul R. Amato, Bruce Keith · Psychological Bulletin | 1991 | 1,965 |
| 23 | Research on Divorce: Continuing Trends and New Developments Paul R. Amato · Journal of Marriage and the Family | Jun 2010 | 1,925 |
| 24 | The Actor–Partner Interdependence Model: A model of bidirectional effects in developmental studies William L. Cook, David A. Kenny · International Journal of Behavioral Development | 17 Feb 2005 | 1,920 |
| 25 | Less is more: Meta-analyses of sensitivity and attachment interventions in early childhood. Marian J. Bakermans‐Kranenburg, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Femmie Juffer · Psychological Bulletin | Mar 2003 | 1,906 |
| 26 | FAMILIES AS SYSTEMS Martha J. Cox, Blair Paley · Annual Review of Psychology | Feb 1997 | 1,899 |
| 27 | Marital conflict and child adjustment: An emotional security hypothesis. Patrick T. Davies, Edward Mark Cummings · Psychological Bulletin | 1994 | 1,827 |
| 28 | Testing the ruler with item response theory: Increasing precision of measurement for relationship satisfaction with the Couples Satisfaction Index. Janette L. Funk, Ronald David Rogge · Journal of Family Psychology | 2007 | 1,826 |
| 29 | The Unfolding Story of the Second Demographic Transition Ronny Lesthaeghe · Population and Development Review | Jun 2010 | 1,812 |
| 30 | Measuring Marital Quality: A Critical Look at the Dependent Variable Robert Wayne Norton · Journal of Marriage and the Family | Feb 1983 | 1,797 |
| 31 | The deinstitutionalization of American marriage Andrew J. Cherlin · Journal of Marriage and the Family | 12 Oct 2004 | 1,771 |
| 32 | Models of the self and other: Fundamental dimensions underlying measures of adult attachment. Dale Warren Griffin, Kim Bartholomew · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Sep 1994 | 1,699 |
| 33 | Beyond the Nuclear Family: The Increasing Importance of Multigenerational Bonds Vern L. Bengtson · Journal of Marriage and the Family | Feb 2001 | 1,639 |
| 34 | Economic Stress, Coercive Family Process, and Developmental Problems of Adolescents Rand D. Conger, Xiaojia Ge, Glen H. Elder et al. · Child Development | Apr 1994 | 1,577 |
| 35 | Diverging destinies: How children are faring under the second demographic transition Sara McLanahan · Demography | Nov 2004 | 1,574 |
| 36 | Adult Romantic Attachment: Theoretical Developments, Emerging Controversies, and Unanswered Questions Robert Chris Fraley, Phillip R. Shaver · Review of General Psychology | Jun 2000 | 1,528 |
| 37 | The Emergence of Lowest‐Low Fertility in Europe During the 1990s Hans‐Peter Kohler, Francesco Candeloro Billari, José Antonio Ortega · Population and Development Review | Dec 2002 | 1,461 |
| 38 | The Attachment Behavioral System In Adulthood: Activation, Psychodynamics, And Interpersonal Processes Mario Mikulincer, Phillip R. Shaver · Advances in experimental social psychology | 2003 | 1,458 |
| 39 | Family Structure, Parental Practices and High School Completion Nan Marie Astone, Sara McLanahan · American Sociological Review | Jun 1991 | 1,442 |
| 40 | Influence of attachment styles on romantic relationships. Jeffry A. Simpson · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Nov 1990 | 1,439 |
| 41 | The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women’s Career and Marriage Decisions Claudia Dale Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz · Journal of Political Economy | Aug 2002 | 1,416 |
| 42 | A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility Gary S. Becker, Robert J. Barro · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Feb 1988 | 1,408 |
| 43 | The capacity for understanding mental states: The reflective self in parent and child and its significance for security of attachment Peter Fonagy, Miriam Steele, Howard Steele et al. · Infant Mental Health Journal | 1991 | 1,388 |
| 44 | Why are children in the same family so different from one another? Robert J. Plomin, Denise Daniels · Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Mar 1987 | 1,365 |
| 45 | Preferences in human mate selection. David Michael Buss, Michael Barnes · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Mar 1986 | 1,359 |
| 46 | Fatherhood in the Twenty-First Century Natasha Cabrera, Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, Robert H. Bradley et al. · Child Development | 2000 | 1,351 |
| 47 | The Experiences in Close Relationship Scale (ECR)-Short Form: Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure Meifen Wei, Daniel Wayne Russell, Brent S. Mallinckrodt et al. · Journal of Personality Assessment | 27 Mar 2007 | 1,324 |
| 48 | Attachment in Late Adolescence: Working Models, Affect Regulation, and Representations of Self and Others R. Rogers Kobak, Amy Sceery · Child Development | Feb 1988 | 1,300 |
| 49 | Support seeking and support giving within couples in an anxiety-provoking situation: The role of attachment styles. Jeffry A. Simpson, W. Steven Rholes, Julia S. Nelligan · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Mar 1992 | 1,295 |
| 50 | Maternal employment and time with children: Dramatic change or surprising continuity? Suzanne M. Bianchi · Demography | Nov 2000 | 1,268 |
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