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  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Paula R. Pietromonaco is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and social sciences, with a significant emphasis on social psychology, demography, health, clinical psychology, and sociology and political science as subfields.

The main research topics covered by Paula R. Pietromonaco include:

  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology

Recent publications by Paula R. Pietromonaco reflect their focus on relationships, attachment, and the social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Notable papers include:

  • Applying relationship science to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic may impact couples' relationships, 2020, American Psychologist
  • Implications of social isolation, separation, and loss during the COVID-19 pandemic for couples' relationships, 2021, Current Opinion in Psychology

Frequent collaborators with Paula R. Pietromonaco include:

  • Nickola C. Overall
  • Sally I. Powers
  • Eran Bar-Kalifa
  • Jeffry A. Simpson
  • Fiona Ge

Their work has been published multiple times in select academic venues, notably:

  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • American Psychologist
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Current Opinion in Psychology

Paula R. Pietromonaco was awarded Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Adult Romantic Attachment: Theoretical Developments, Emerging Controversies, and Unanswered Questions

    R. Chris Fraley;Phillip R. Shaver

  • Intimacy as an Interpersonal Process" The Importance of Self-Disclosure, Partner Disclosure, and Perceived Partner Responsiveness in Interpersonal Exchanges

    Jean-Philippe Laurenceau;Lisa Feldman Barrett;Paula R. Pietromonaco

  • Automatic information processing and social perception: The influence of trait information presented outside of conscious awareness on impression formation.

    John A. Bargh;Paula Pietromonaco

  • The Internal Working Models Concept: What do we Really know about the Self in Relation to Others?:

    Paula R. Pietromonaco;Lisa Feldman Barrett

  • Depression, working models of others, and relationship functioning.

    Katherine B. Carnelley;Paula R. Pietromonaco;Kenneth Jaffe

  • Are Women the More Emotional Sex? Evidence From Emotional Experiences in Social Context

    Lisa Feldman Barrett;Lucy Robin;Paula R. Pietromonaco;Kristen M. Eyssell

  • Working models of attachment and daily social interactions.

    Paula R. Pietromonaco;Lisa Feldman Barrett

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

    Paula R. Pietromonaco;Nickola C. Overall

  • Close Relationship Processes and Health: Implications of Attachment Theory for Health and Disease

    Paula R. Pietromonaco;Bert Uchino;Christine Dunkel Schetter

  • Interpersonal mechanisms linking close relationships to health.

    Paula R. Pietromonaco;Nancy L. Collins

  • Attachment, caregiving, and relationship functioning in couples: effects of self and partner

    Katherine B. Carnelley;Paula R. Pietromonaco;Kenneth Jaffe

  • Depression, working models of others, and relationship functioning.

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  • Psychological Consequences of Multiple Social Roles

    Paula R. Pietromonaco;Jean Manis;Katherine Frohardt-Lane

  • 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

  • Ethos of Independence across Regions in the United States: The Production-Adoption Model of Cultural Change.

    Shinobu Kitayama;Lucian Gideon Conway;Paula R. Pietromonaco;Hyekyung Park

  • Dating couples' attachment styles and patterns of cortisol reactivity and recovery in response to a relationship conflict.

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  • Intimacy as an Interpersonal Process: Current Status and Future Directions.

    Jean Philippe Laurenceau;Luis M. Rivera;Amy R. Schaffer;Paula R. Pietromonaco

  • The nature of negative thoughts in depression.

    Paula R. Pietromonaco;Hazel Markus

  • Gender and working models of attachment: Consequences for perceptions of self and romantic relationships

    Paula R. Pietromonaco;Katherine B. Carnelley

  • Spouses’ attachment pairings predict neuroendocrine, behavioral, and psychological responses to marital conflict.

    Lindsey A. Beck;Paula R. Pietromonaco;Casey J. DeBuse;Sally I. Powers

  • Accuracy of the Five-Factor Model in Predicting Perceptions of Daily Social Interactions:

    Lisa Feldman Barrett;Paula R. Pietromonaco

  • Decision Style in Depression: The Contribution of Perceived Risks Versus Benefits

    Paula R. Pietromonaco;Karen S. Rook

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa Feldman Barrett
Lisa Feldman Barrett Northeastern University
Nickola C. Overall
Nickola C. Overall University of Auckland
Jean-Philippe Laurenceau
Jean-Philippe Laurenceau University of Delaware
Karen S. Rook
Karen S. Rook University of California, Irvine
Bert N. Uchino
Bert N. Uchino University of Utah
Hazel Rose Markus
Hazel Rose Markus Stanford University
Eshkol Rafaeli
Eshkol Rafaeli Bar-Ilan University
Serena Chen
Serena Chen University of California, Berkeley
Gurit E. Birnbaum
Gurit E. Birnbaum Reichman University
Amy Muise
Amy Muise York University

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