Justin A. Lavner

Justin A. Lavner publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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Justin A. Lavner D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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Best Publications

• Patterns of Change in Marital Satisfaction over the Newlywed Years.

  Justin A. Lavner;Thomas N. Bradbury

  392
  Citations

• Does Couples' Communication Predict Marital Satisfaction, or Does Marital Satisfaction Predict Communication?

  Justin A. Lavner;Benjamin R. Karney;Thomas N. Bradbury

  350
  Citations

• Coming to terms with coming out: review and recommendations for family systems-focused research.

  Laurie Heatherington;Justin A. Lavner

  327
  Citations

• Why do even satisfied newlyweds eventually go on to divorce

  Justin A. Lavner;Thomas N. Bradbury

  145
  Citations

• Incremental Change or Initial Differences? Testing Two Models of Marital Deterioration

  Justin A. Lavner;Thomas N. Bradbury;Benjamin R. Karney

  127
  Citations

• How can we improve preventive and educational interventions for intimate relationships

  Thomas N. Bradbury;Justin A. Lavner

  126
  Citations

• Relationship Problems Over the Early Years of Marriage: Stability or Change?

  Justin A. Lavner;Benjamin R. Karney;Thomas N. Bradbury

  108
  Citations

• Self- and partner-reported psychopathic traits' relations with couples' communication, marital satisfaction trajectories, and divorce in a longitudinal sample.

  Brandon Weiss;Justin A. Lavner;Joshua D. Miller

  93
  Citations

• Can gay and lesbian parents promote healthy development in high-risk children adopted from foster care?

  Justin A. Lavner;Jill Waterman;Letitia Anne Peplau

  90
  Citations

• Workload and marital satisfaction over time: Testing lagged spillover and crossover effects during the newlywed years

  Justin A. Lavner;Malissa A. Clark

  89
  Citations

• Narcissism and newlywed marriage: Partner characteristics and marital trajectories.

  Justin A. Lavner;Joanna Lamkin;Joshua D. Miller;W. Keith Campbell

  89
  Citations

• "Will you complete this survey too?" Differences between individual versus dyadic samples in relationship research.

  Allen W. Barton;Justin A. Lavner;Scott M. Stanley;Matthew D. Johnson

  84
  Citations

• Parent adjustment over time in gay, lesbian, and heterosexual parent families adopting from foster care.

  Justin A. Lavner;Jill Waterman;Letitia Anne Peplau

  70
  Citations

• Racial discrimination and relationship functioning among African American couples.

  Justin A. Lavner;Allen W. Barton;Chalandra M. Bryant;Steven R. H. Beach

  70
  Citations

• Social Connectedness and Loneliness Mediate the Association Between Autistic Traits and Internalizing Symptoms Among Young Adults

  Lauren VanderBroek Stice;Justin A. Lavner

  52
  Citations

• Stress spillover, African Americans' couple and health outcomes, and the stress-buffering effect of family-centered prevention.

  Allen W. Barton;Steven R.H. Beach;Chalandra M. Bryant;Justin A. Lavner

  51
  Citations

• Within-Couple Associations Between Communication and Relationship Satisfaction Over Time.

  Matthew D. Johnson;Justin A. Lavner;Marcus Mund;Martina Zemp

  50
  Citations

• Longitudinal Effects of Racial Discrimination on Depressive Symptoms Among Black Youth: Between- and Within-Person Effects.

  Justin A. Lavner;Ariel R. Hart;Sierra E. Carter;Steven R.H. Beach

  46
  Citations

• Borderline personality disorder symptoms and newlyweds' observed communication, partner characteristics, and longitudinal marital outcomes.

  Justin A. Lavner;Joanna Lamkin;Joshua D. Miller

  41
  Citations

• Personality change among newlyweds: Patterns, predictors, and associations with marital satisfaction over time.

  Justin A. Lavner;Brandon Weiss;Joshua D. Miller;Benjamin R. Karney

  39
  Citations