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Nickola C. Overall

Nickola C. Overall

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
56
Citations
10556
World Ranking
4246
National Ranking
22

Nickola C. Overall 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 Nickola C. Overall sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 190 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nickola C. Overall 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 Nickola C. Overall sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nickola C. Overall is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Clinical Psychology, and Demography.

Their scholarly output concentrates on a range of topics including Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Family Dynamics and Relationships, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Intimate Partner and Family Violence, Gender Roles and Identity Studies, Social and Intergroup Psychology, and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction.

Frequent publication venues for their research work include the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Emotion, Sex Roles, and Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Among recent publications associated with this researcher are:

  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being (2020), American Psychologist
  • Applying relationship science to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic may impact couples' relationships (2020), American Psychologist
  • Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Gendered division of labor during a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown: Implications for relationship problems and satisfaction (2021), Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Abortion Attitudes: An Overview of Demographic and Ideological Differences (2022), Political Psychology

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their career, with frequent co-authors including Chris G. Sibley, Valerie T. Chang, Paula R. Pietromonaco, Matthew D. Hammond, and Rachel S. T. Low, indicating a wide network of academic partnerships contributing to their research output.

Best Publications

  • Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being.

    Chris G. Sibley;Lara M. Greaves;Nicole Satherley;Marc S. Wilson

  • Applying relationship science to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic may impact couples' relationships.

    Paula R. Pietromonaco;Nickola C. Overall

  • Pair-Bonding, Romantic Love, and Evolution: The Curious Case of Homo sapiens

    Garth J. O. Fletcher;Jeffry A. Simpson;Lorne Campbell;Nickola C. Overall

  • Mapping the Intimate Relationship Mind: Comparisons between Three Models of Attachment Representations

    Nickola C. Overall;Garth J. O. Fletcher;Myron D. Friesen

  • Warm and Homely or Cold and Beautiful? Sex Differences in Trading Off Traits in Mate Selection

    Garth J. O. Fletcher;Jacqueline M. Tither;Claire O’Loughlin;Myron Friesen

  • Regulating Partners in Intimate Relationships: The Costs and Benefits of Different Communication Strategies

    Nickola C. Overall;Garth J. O. Fletcher;Jeffry A. Simpson;Chris G. Sibley

  • Promoting doctoral students' research self-efficacy: combining academic guidance with autonomy support

    Nickola C. Overall;Kelsey L. Deane;Elizabeth R. Peterson

  • Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies

    Samantha Joel;Paul W. Eastwick;Colleen J. Allison;Ximena B. Arriaga

  • Regulation processes in intimate relationships: the role of ideal standards.

    Nickola C. Overall;Garth J. O. Fletcher;Jeffry A. Simpson

  • Experiences and interpersonal consequences of hurt feelings and anger.

    Edward P. Lemay Jr.;Nickola C. Overall;Margaret S. Clark

  • Helping Each Other Grow: Romantic Partner Support, Self-Improvement, and Relationship Quality:

    Nickola C. Overall;Garth J. O. Fletcher;Jeffry A. Simpson

  • Attachment insecurity, biased perceptions of romantic partners' negative emotions, and hostile relationship behavior

    Nickola C. Overall;Garth J. O. Fletcher;Jeffry A. Simpson;Jennifer Fillo

  • Attachment anxiety and reactions to relationship threat: the benefits and costs of inducing guilt in romantic partners.

    Nickola C. Overall;Yuthika U. Girme;Edward P. Lemay;Matthew D. Hammond

  • Buffering attachment-related avoidance: softening emotional and behavioral defenses during conflict discussions.

    Nickola C. Overall;Jeffry A. Simpson;Helena Struthers

  • When Women Become More Hostilely Sexist toward their Gender: The System-Justifying Effect of Benevolent Sexism

    Chris G. Sibley;Nickola C. Overall;John Duckitt

  • Partner Buffering of Attachment Insecurity

    Jeffry A. Simpson;Nickola C. Overall

  • What type of communication during conflict is beneficial for intimate relationships

    Nickola C Overall;James K McNulty

  • “All or nothing”: Attachment avoidance and the curvilinear effects of partner support.

    Yuthika U. Girme;Nickola C. Overall;Jeffry A. Simpson;Garth J. O. Fletcher

  • Revising working models across time: Relationship situations that enhance attachment security

    Ximena B. Arriaga;Madoka Kumashiro;Jeffry A. Simpson;Nickola C. Overall

  • The costs and benefits of sexism: resistance to influence during relationship conflict.

    Nickola Overall;Christopher Sibley;Rosabel Tan

  • Suppression and expression as distinct emotion-regulation processes in daily interactions: Longitudinal and meta-analyses.

    Linda D Cameron;Nickola C Overall

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris G. Sibley
Chris G. Sibley University of Auckland
Garth J. O. Fletcher
Garth J. O. Fletcher Victoria University of Wellington
Jeffry A. Simpson
Jeffry A. Simpson University of Minnesota
Lorne Campbell
Lorne Campbell University of Western Ontario
James K. McNulty
James K. McNulty Florida State University
Joseph Bulbulia
Joseph Bulbulia Victoria University of Wellington
Paula R. Pietromonaco
Paula R. Pietromonaco University of Massachusetts Amherst
Fiona Kate Barlow
Fiona Kate Barlow University of Queensland
Taciano L. Milfont
Taciano L. Milfont University of Waikato
Danny Osborne
Danny Osborne University of Auckland

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