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C. Raymond Knee is a researcher affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their academic work primarily falls within the field of Psychology, with a particular focus on Social Psychology. Their areas of study also include Applied Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Literature and Literary Theory.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Social Representations and Identity
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Knee include:

  • The role of rapport in satisfying one's basic psychological needs (2020, Motivation and Emotion)
  • Reflections on a registered report replicating a body of dyadic cross-sectional research (2020, Personal Relationships)
  • Conceptualizing social media contingent self-esteem: Associations between echo chambers, contingent self-esteem, and problematic social media use (2024, Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace)
  • Intimate sounds of silence: its motives and consequences in romantic relationships (2024, Motivation and Emotion)
  • Using self-determination theory to link empathy and voluntary health behaviors (2024, Journal of Applied Social Psychology)

Frequent co-authors in Knee's publications include Zachary G. Baker, Emily M. Watlington, Lindsay Browne, Anjelica Martinez, and Ersie-Anastasia Gentzis.

Knee's work is often published in scholarly venues such as Motivation and Emotion, Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, Personal Relationships, and Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Among these, Motivation and Emotion has featured two of their papers.

Best Publications

  • The role of need fulfillment in relationship functioning and well-being: a self-determination theory perspective.

    Heather Patrick;C. Raymond Knee;Amy Canevello;Cynthia Lonsbary

  • The integrating self and conscious experience

    Holley S. Hodgins;C. Raymond Knee

  • Implicit theories of relationships: Assessment and prediction of romantic relationship initiation, coping, and longevity.

    C. Raymond Knee

  • Interactional Synchrony and Rapport: Measuring Synchrony in Displays Devoid of Sound and Facial Affect

    Frank J. Bernieri;Janet M. Davis;Robert Rosenthal;C. Raymond Knee

  • Consequences of Self-Handicapping: Effects on Coping, Academic Performance, and Adjustment

    Miron Zuckerman;Suzanne C. Kieffer;C. Raymond Knee

  • Appearance-Related Social Comparisons: The Role of Contingent Self-Esteem and Self-Perceptions of Attractiveness:

    Heather Patrick;Clayton Neighbors;C. Raymond Knee

  • Implicit Theories of Relationships: Orientations Toward Evaluation and Cultivation:

    C. Raymond Knee;Heather Patrick;Cynthia Lonsbary

  • Self-determination and conflict in romantic relationships.

    C. Raymond Knee;Cynthia Lonsbary;Amy Canevello;Heather Patrick

  • Relationship-contingent self-esteem and the ups and downs of romantic relationships.

    C. Raymond Knee;Amy Canevello;Amber L. Bush;Astrid Cook

  • The Role of Identity in the Link between Relationship Thinking and Relationship Satisfaction

    Linda K. Acitelli;Stephanie Rogers;C. Raymond Knee

  • Psychosocial determinants of the onset and escalation of smoking: cross-sectional and prospective findings in multiethnic middle school samples.

    Scott C Carvajal;Dawm E Wiatrek;Richard I Evans;C.Raymond Knee

  • A Nondefensive Personality: Autonomy and Control as Moderators of Defensive Coping and Self-Handicapping

    C.Raymond Knee;Miron Zuckerman

  • The Role of Need Satisfaction in Self-Concealment and Well-Being

    Ahmet Uysal;Helen Lee Lin;C. Raymond Knee

  • Feeling Controlled and Drinking Motives Among College Students: Contingent Self-Esteem as a Mediator

    Clayton Neighbors;Mary E. Larimer;Irene Markman Geisner;C. Raymond Knee

  • Self-Determination as Growth Motivation in Romantic Relationships

    C. Raymond Knee;Heather Patrick;Nathaniel A. Vietor;Aruni Nanayakkara

  • Implicit Theories of Relationships: Who Cares if Romantic Partners Are Less than Ideal?

    C. Raymond Knee;Aruni Nanayakkara;Nathaniel A. Vietor;Clayton Neighbors

  • A Motivational Model of Driving Anger and Aggression

    Clayton Neighbors;Nathaniel A. Vietor;C. Raymond Knee

  • Hypothesis confirmation: The joint effect of positive test strategy and acquiescence response set.

    Miron Zuckerman;C. Raymond Knee;Holley S. Hodgins;Kunitate Miyake

  • Self-Determination, Perception of Peer Pressure, and Drinking Among College Students1

    C. Raymond Knee;Clayton Neighbors

  • Causality Orientations and the Disappearance of the Self-Serving Bias

    C.Raymond Knee;Miron Zuckerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Clayton Neighbors
Clayton Neighbors University of Houston
Harry T. Reis
Harry T. Reis University of Rochester
Miron Zuckerman
Miron Zuckerman University of Rochester
Mary E. Larimer
Mary E. Larimer University of Washington
Marylène Gagné
Marylène Gagné Curtin University
Joseph W. LaBrie
Joseph W. LaBrie Loyola Marymount University
Netta Weinstein
Netta Weinstein University of Reading
Arthur Aron
Arthur Aron Stony Brook University
Melissa A. Lewis
Melissa A. Lewis University of North Texas Health Science Center

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