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Dennis M. Kivlighan 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 Dennis M. Kivlighan sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 247 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Dennis M. Kivlighan 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 Dennis M. Kivlighan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Dennis M. Kivlighan is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with 120 publications in the field. Subfields of their work include Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Applied Psychology, Safety Research, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research encompasses several main topics: psychotherapy techniques and applications, attachment and relationship dynamics, counseling practices and supervision, counseling, therapy and family dynamics, digital mental health interventions, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and personality disorders and psychopathology.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Small Group Research
  • Psychotherapy Research
  • Group Dynamics Theory Research and Practice
  • Psychotherapy

Recent papers by Dennis M. Kivlighan include:

  • Therapist and counseling center effects on international students' counseling outcome: A mixed methods study, 2021, Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • The relationship between working alliance with peer mentors and eating psychopathology in a digital 6-week guided self-help intervention for anorexia nervosa, 2021, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Cultural humility, working alliance, and Outcome Rating Scale in psychodynamic psychotherapy: Between-therapist, within-therapist, and within-client effects, 2021, Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Group counseling change process: An adaptive spiral among positive emotions, positive relations, and emotional cultivation/regulation, 2021, Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • Solicited and Unsolicited Therapist Advice in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Is it Advised?, 2020, Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Frequent co-authors in their research are:

  • Clara E. Hill
  • Lyn M. Van Swol
  • Bertolt Meyer
  • Mira An
  • Josette Gevers

Dennis M. Kivlighan was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Research Design in Counseling

    P. Paul Heppner;Dennis M. Kivlighan;Bruce E. Wampold

  • Patterns of working alliance development: A typology of client's working alliance ratings.

    Dennis M. Kivlighan Jr.;Peter Shaughnessy

  • Relevance of the Supervisory Alliance to the Counseling Alliance and to Treatment Adherence in Counselor Training.

    Michael J. Patton;Dennis M. Kivlighan

  • Analysis of the Development of the Working Alliance Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling

    Dennis M. Kivlighan;Peter Shaughnessy

  • Endorsement of therapeutic factors as a function of stage of group development and participant interpersonal attitudes

    Dennis M. Kivlighan;Debra C. Goldfine

  • CLIENT ATTACHMENT TO THERAPIST, DEPTH OF IN-SESSION EXPLORATION, AND OBJECT RELATIONS IN BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPY

    Brent Mallinckrodt;Mary Jo Porter;Dennis M. Kivlighan Jr.

  • Moderating Effects of Client Attachment on the Counselor Experience/Working Alliance Relationship.

    Dennis M. Kivlighan;Michael J. Patton;David Foote

  • STABILITY AND SEVERITY OF PRESENTING PROBLEMS AT A UNIVERSITY COUNSELING CENTER : A 6-YEAR ANALYSIS

    Deanna S. Pledge;Richard T. Lapan;P. Paul Heppner;Dennis Kivlighan

  • Congruence in client-counselor expectations for relationship and the working alliance.

    Fatima Al-Darmaki;Dennis M. Kivlighan

  • Countertransference management and effective psychotherapy: Meta-analytic findings.

    Jeffrey A. Hayes;Charles J. Gelso;Simon Goldberg;Dennis Martin Kivlighan

  • Comparison of therapeutic factors in group and individual treatment processes.

    Stacey E. Holmes;Dennis M. Kivlighan Jr.

  • Does group climate mediate the group leadership–group member outcome relationship? A test of Yalom's hypotheses about leadership priorities.

    Dennis M. Kivlighan;Jeffrey M. Tarrant

  • Presenting Problems of University Counseling Center Clients: A Snapshot and Multivariate Classification Scheme.

    P. Paul Heppner;Dennis M. Kivlighan;Glenn E. Good;Helen J. Roehlke

  • Examining Immediate and Long-Term Efficacy of Rape Prevention Programming with Racially Diverse College Men.

    Mary J. Heppner;Helen A. Neville;Kendra Smith;Dennis M. Kivlighan Jr.

  • The Missouri Psychoanalytic Counseling Research Project: Relation of Changes in Counseling Process to Client Outcomes

    Michael J. Patton;Dennis M. Kivlighan Jr.;Karen D. Multon

  • Relation between counselors' use of intentions and clients' perception of working alliance.

    Dennis M. Kivlighan

  • Counselor Technical Activity in Cases with Improving Working Alliances and Continuing-Poor Working Alliances.

    Dennis M. Kivlighan;Patrick J. Schmitz

  • Relationships among client and counselor agreement about the working alliance, session evaluations, and change in client symptoms using response surface analysis.

    Cheri L. Marmarosh;Dennis M. Kivlighan

  • Helpful impacts in group counseling: Development of a multidimensional rating system.

    Dennis M. Kivlighan Jr.;Karen D. Multon;Daniel F. Brossart

  • Transference, Insight, and the Course of Time-Limited Therapy.

    Charles J. Gelso;Dennis M. Kivlighan;Bruce Wine;Alissa Jones

  • Therapist Expertise in Psychotherapy Revisited

    Clara E. Hill;Sharon B. Spiegel;Mary Ann Hoffman;Dennis M. Kivlighan

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianluca Lo Coco
Gianluca Lo Coco University of Palermo
Charles J. Gelso
Charles J. Gelso University of Maryland, College Park
P. Paul Heppner
P. Paul Heppner University of Missouri
Giorgio A. Tasca
Giorgio A. Tasca University of Ottawa
Mark J. Hilsenroth
Mark J. Hilsenroth Adelphi University
Victor L. Willson
Victor L. Willson Texas A&M University
Bernhard Strauss
Bernhard Strauss Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Myrna L. Friedlander
Myrna L. Friedlander University at Albany, State University of New York
Robert W. Lent
Robert W. Lent University of Maryland, College Park
Glenn E. Good
Glenn E. Good University of Missouri

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