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E. Mark Cummings 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 E. Mark Cummings sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 354 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

E. Mark Cummings 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 E. Mark Cummings sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Maternal Depression and Child Development

    E. Mark Cummings;Patrick T. Davies

  • Developmental Psychopathology and Family Process: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications

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

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

    E. Mark Cummings;Patrick T. Davies

  • Children and Marital Conflict: The Impact of Family Dispute and Resolution

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

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

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

  • A secure base from which to explore close relationships.

    Everett Waters;E. Mark Cummings

  • 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

  • Marital Conflict and Children: An Emotional Security Perspective

    E. Mark Cummings;Patrick T. Davies

  • 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

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

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

  • Child Emotional Security and Interparental Conflict

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

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

    Patrick T. Davies;E. Mark Cummings

  • Attachment in the preschool years

    M T Greenberg;Dante Cicchetti;E M Cummings

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

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

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

    E. Mark Cummings;Patrick Davies

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

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

  • Coping with background anger in early childhood.

    E. Mark Cummings

  • 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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick T. Davies
Patrick T. Davies University of Rochester
Marcie C. Goeke-Morey
Marcie C. Goeke-Morey Catholic University of America
Peter Shirlow
Peter Shirlow University of Liverpool
Ed Cairns
Ed Cairns University of Ulster
Mona El-Sheikh
Mona El-Sheikh Auburn University
Chrystyna D. Kouros
Chrystyna D. Kouros Southern Methodist University
Dante Cicchetti
Dante Cicchetti University of Minnesota
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple University of Rochester
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Katherine Helen Shelton
Katherine Helen Shelton Cardiff University

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