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Anita L. Vangelisti publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anita L. Vangelisti sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 109 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Anita L. Vangelisti D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anita L. Vangelisti sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Anita L. Vangelisti is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within psychology and social sciences, with a focus on social psychology, clinical psychology, and general health professions. They have contributed to the understanding of attachment and relationship dynamics, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, patient-provider communication in healthcare, migration, health and trauma, child welfare and adoption, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, and family caregiving in mental illness.

Their work includes a number of recent publications across several prominent venues. These include:

  • Examining the Effectiveness of Genetic Counselors' Communication of Variant of Uncertain Significance Results of Breast Cancer Genes (2020) in Health Communication
  • The Enactment of Relational Maintenance When Guatemalan Parents Are Forcibly Separated from Their Families Due to Deportation (2023) in Journal of Applied Communication Research
  • The Sexual Double Standard and Topic Avoidance in Friendships (2020) in Communication Quarterly
  • Reflections on Dementia-Related Stigma and Direct Support Seeking by Family Caregivers as Mediating Associations Between Caregiver Stress, Burden, and Well-Being (2023) in Health Communication
  • Mentoring: The Unbroken Circle (2022) in Communication Education

The frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Health Communication
  • Journal of Applied Communication Research
  • Communication Quarterly
  • Communication Education
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Common collaborators in their research have included:

  • Lingzi Zhong
  • Karen E. Schlag
  • Erin Donovan
  • Carmen R. Valdez
  • B. Padilla

Their research topics reflect interdisciplinary approaches linking communication processes with psychological and health-related outcomes. Key thematic areas are attachment and relationship dynamics, genetic counseling communication about breast cancer gene mutations, support seeking and caregiving in contexts of dementia and mental illness, family dynamics affected by migration and deportation, and issues related to child welfare and adoption.

Best Publications

  • Socioemotional behavior and satisfaction in marital relationships: a longitudinal study.

    Ted L. Huston;Anita L. Vangelisti

  • The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships

    Anita L. Vangelisti;Daniel Perlman

  • Revealing Family Secrets: The Influence of Topic, Function, and Relationships

    Anita L. Vangelisti;John P. Caughlin

  • Family Secrets: Forms, Functions and Correlates

    Anita L. Vangelisti

  • When Words Hurt: The Effects of Perceived Intentionality on Interpersonal Relationships

    Anita L. Vangelisti;Stacy L. Young

  • Challenges in conceptualizing social support

    Anita L. Vangelisti

  • MESSAGES THAT HURT

    Anita L. Vangelisti

  • Making people feel guilty in conversations: Techniques and correlates.

    Anita L. Vangelisti;John A. Daly;Janine Rae Rudnick

  • Self-focused attention and public speaking anxiety

    John A. Daly;Anita L. Vangelisti;Samuel G. Lawrence

  • Reactions to messages that hurt: The influence of relational contexts

    Anita L. Vangelisti;Linda P. Crumley

  • Criteria for revealing family secrets

    Anita L. Vangelisti;John Patrick Caughlin;Lindsay Timmerman

  • Why Does It Hurt? The Perceived Causes of Hurt Feelings

    Anita L. Vangelisti;Stacy L. Young;Katy E. Carpenter-Theune;Alicia L. Alexander

  • The Routledge Handbook of Family Communication

    Anita L. Vangelisti

  • Handbook of family communication

    Anita L. Vangelisti

  • Bystander Intervention in Cyberbullying

    Nicholas Brody;Anita L. Vangelisti

  • Gender differences in standards for romantic relationships

    Anita L. Vangelisti;John A. Daly

  • An Individual Difference Explanation of Why Married Couples Engage in the Demand/Withdraw Pattern of Conflict

    John P. Caughlin;Anita L. Vangelisti

  • The Nature and Correlates of Conversational Sensitivity

    John A. Daly;Anita L. Vangelisti;Suzanne M. Daughton

  • Pre‐performance concerns associated with public speaking anxiety

    John A. Daly;Anita L. Vangelisti;Heather L. Neel;P. Daniel Cavanaugh

  • Conflict in dating and marital relationships

    John P. Caughlin;Anita L Vangelisti;Sylvia L. Mikucki-Enyart

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Anne Fitzpatrick
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ted L. Huston
Ted L. Huston The University of Texas at Austin
John P. Caughlin
John P. Caughlin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Harry T. Reis
Harry T. Reis University of Rochester
Daniel Perlman
Daniel Perlman University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Denise Haunani Solomon
Denise Haunani Solomon Pennsylvania State University
James W. Pennebaker
James W. Pennebaker The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas N. Bradbury
Thomas N. Bradbury University of California, Los Angeles
Ronald D. Rogge
Ronald D. Rogge University of Rochester
David Ring
David Ring The University of Texas at Austin

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