2026 E. Mark Cummings: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	107	443	389	285	245	354	48117

Research.com Recognitions

2004 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

E. Mark Cummings is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research primarily centers on psychology and social sciences, with extensive work in clinical psychology, social psychology, sociology and political science, demography, and public health.

Their scholarly output comprises a significant number of publications, covering topics such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, attachment and relationship dynamics, family dynamics and relationships, migration, health and trauma, child abuse and trauma, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, as well as resilience and mental health.

Notable recent papers include:

Longitudinal pathways of family influence on child self-regulation: The roles of parenting, family expressiveness, and maternal sensitive guidance in the context of child maltreatment. (2020, Developmental Psychology)
The Vestiges of Childhood Interparental Conflict: Adolescent Sensitization to Recent Interparental Conflict (2020, Child Development)
Latent classes in preschoolers' internal working models of attachment and emotional security: Roles of family risk (2022, Development and Psychopathology)
Intimate partner violence and maltreated preschoolers' internal representations of conflict. (2020, Journal of Family Psychology)
Youth in Northern Ireland: Linking Violence Exposure, Emotional Insecurity, and the Political Macrosystem (2020, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with E. Mark Cummings include Patrick T. Davies, Christine E. Merrilees, Sarah Hoegler Dennis, Laura K. Taylor, and Marcie C. Goeke-Morey.

Their work is frequently published in the following journals:

Journal of Family Psychology
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Child Development
Family Process
Developmental Psychology

With a total of 71 publications in psychology and 43 in social sciences, their research spans several interrelated fields, with a focus on the interplay between family environments, emotional development, and psychosocial outcomes in children and adolescents.

Cummings was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2004, reflecting their professional standing within the discipline.

Best Publications

Marital conflict and child adjustment: An emotional security hypothesis.

Patrick T. Davies;E. Mark Cummings

3196
Citations
Maternal Depression and Child Development

E. Mark Cummings;Patrick T. Davies

1979
Citations
Developmental Psychopathology and Family Process: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications

E. Mark Cummings;Patrick Davies;Susan B. Campbell;Dante Cicchetti

1581
Citations
Effects of marital conflict on children: recent advances and emerging themes in process‐oriented research

E. Mark Cummings;Patrick T. Davies

1517
Citations
Children and Marital Conflict: The Impact of Family Dispute and Resolution

E. Mark Cummings;P. H. O'Connor Davies;Robert E. Emery

1432
Citations
Attachment in the preschool years: Theory, research, and intervention.

Mark T. Greenberg;Dante Cicchetti;E. Mark Cummings

1242
Citations
A secure base from which to explore close relationships.

Everett Waters;E. Mark Cummings

1140
Citations
Patterns of Attachment in Two- and Three-Year-Olds in Normal Families and Families with Parental Depression.

Marian Radke-Yarrow;E. Mark Cummings;Leon Kuczynski;Michael Chapman

1034
Citations
Marital Conflict and Children: An Emotional Security Perspective

E. Mark Cummings;Patrick T. Davies

962
Citations
Towards a family process model of maternal and paternal depressive symptoms: exploring multiple relations with child and family functioning.

E. Mark Cummings;Peggy S. Keller;Patrick T. Davies

812
Citations
Young Children's Responses to Expressions of Anger and Affection by Others in the Family.

E. Mark Cummings;Carolyn Zahn-Waxler;Marian Radke-Yarrow

757
Citations
Child Emotional Security and Interparental Conflict

Patrick T. Davies;Gordon T. Harold;Marcie C. Goeke-Morey;E. Mark Cummings

754
Citations
Exploring children's emotional security as a mediator of the link between marital relations and child adjustment

Patrick T. Davies;E. Mark Cummings

753
Citations
Attachment in the preschool years

M T Greenberg;Dante Cicchetti;E M Cummings

705
Citations
Influence of conflict between adults on the emotions and aggression of young children.

E. Mark Cummings;Ronald J. Iannotti;Carolyn Zahn-Waxler

701
Citations
Emotional security as a regulatory process in normal development and the development of psychopathology

E. Mark Cummings;Patrick Davies

676
Citations
Marital conflict, gender, and children's appraisals and coping efficacy as mediators of child adjustment.

E. Mark Cummings;Patrick T. Davies;Kelly S. Simpson

616
Citations
Coping with background anger in early childhood.

E. Mark Cummings

566
Citations
III. Study 2: Relations Between Interparental Conflict, Child Emotional Security, and Adjustment in the Context of Cognitive Appraisals

Patrick T. Davies;Gordon Thomas Harold;Marcie C. Goeke-Morey;E. Mark Cummings

513
Citations
Children's responses to different forms of expression of anger between adults.

E. Mark Cummings;Dena Vogel;Jennifer S. Cummings;Mona El-Sheikh

493
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick T. Davies University of Rochester

Marcie C. Goeke-Morey Catholic University of America

Ed Cairns University of Ulster

Mona El-Sheikh Auburn University

Chrystyna D. Kouros Southern Methodist University

Dante Cicchetti University of Minnesota

Melissa L. Sturge-Apple University of Rochester

Carolyn Zahn-Waxler University of Wisconsin–Madison

Katherine Helen Shelton Cardiff University

Gordon Thomas Harold University of Cambridge

External Links

Personal website of E. Mark Cummings

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