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Overview

Robin S. Edelstein is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and demography.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics with a notable emphasis on evolutionary psychology and human behavior, attachment and relationship dynamics, family dynamics and relationships, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, social and intergroup psychology, reproductive health and technologies, and sexual function and dysfunction studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Robin S. Edelstein include:

  • "Estimating the Associations between Big Five Personality Traits, Testosterone, and Cortisol," 2021, Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology
  • "More than a game: Trait competitiveness predicts motivation in minimally competitive contexts," 2021, Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Division of Baby Care in Heterosexual and Lesbian Parents: Expectations Versus Reality," 2020, Journal of Marriage and the Family
  • "Changes in prenatal testosterone and sexual desire in expectant couples," 2020, Hormones and Behavior
  • "Cross-cultural differences in supportive responses to positive event disclosure," 2023, The Journal of Positive Psychology

Among the frequent co-authors in their body of work are Lester Sim, William J. Chopik, Esra Ascigil, Britney M. Wardecker, and Kristi Chin.

The scientist has published multiple articles in established venues such as the Journal of Marriage and the Family, Hormones and Behavior, Personal Relationships, Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, and Personality and Individual Differences. The two venues with the highest number of publications by Edelstein are the Journal of Marriage and the Family and Hormones and Behavior.

Best Publications

  • Why children tell: a model of children’s disclosure of sexual abuse

    Tina B Goodman-Brown;Robin S Edelstein;Gail S Goodman;David P.H Jones

  • Emotion and memory narrowing: A review and goal-relevance approach

    Linda J. Levine;Robin S. Edelstein

  • A Prospective Study of Memory for Child Sexual Abuse New Findings Relevant to the Repressed-Memory Controversy

    Gail S. Goodman;Simona Ghetti;Jodi A. Quas;Robin S. Edelstein

  • From the cradle to the grave: age differences in attachment from early adulthood to old age.

    William J. Chopik;Robin S. Edelstein;R. Chris Fraley

  • Adult attachment style and parental responsiveness during a stressful event

    Robin S. Edelstein;Kristen Weede Alexander;Phillip R. Shaver;Jennifer M. Schaaf

  • Traumatic Impact Predicts Long-Term Memory for Documented Child Sexual Abuse

    Kristen Weede Alexander;Jodi A. Quas;Gail S. Goodman;Simona Ghetti;Simona Ghetti

  • Avoiding Interference: Adult Attachment and Emotional Processing Biases

    Robin S. Edelstein;Omri Gillath

  • The role of attachment and cognitive inhibition in children's memory and suggestibility for a stressful event.

    Kristen Weede Alexander;Kristen Weede Alexander;Gail S Goodman;Jennifer M Schaaf;Robin S Edelstein

  • Sociosexuality moderates the association between testosterone and relationship status in men and women.

    Robin S. Edelstein;William J. Chopik;Emily L. Kean

  • Attached to monogamy? Avoidance predicts willingness to engage (but not actual engagement) in consensual non-monogamy

    Amy C. Moors;Terri D. Conley;Robin S. Edelstein;William J. Chopik

  • Attachment and emotional memory: Investigating the source and extent of avoidant memory impairments.

    Robin S. Edelstein

  • Childhood sexual assault victims: long-term outcomes after testifying in criminal court.

    Jodi A Quas;Gail S Goodman;Simona Ghetti;Kristen W Alexander

  • Detecting lies in children and adults.

    Robin S. Edelstein;Tanya L. Luten;Paul Ekman;Gail S. Goodman

  • Avoidant Attachment: Exploration of an Oxymoron

    Robin S. Edelstein;Phillip R. Shaver

  • Individual Differences in Emotional Memory: Adult Attachment and Long-Term Memory for Child Sexual Abuse

    Robin S. Edelstein;Simona Ghetti;Jodi A. Quas;Gail S. Goodman

  • Dyadic associations between testosterone and relationship quality in couples.

    Robin S. Edelstein;Sari M. van Anders;William J. Chopik;Katherine L. Goldey

  • Prenatal hormones in first‐time expectant parents: Longitudinal changes and within‐couple correlations

    Robin S. Edelstein;Britney M. Wardecker;William J. Chopik;Amy C. Moors

  • Was That Cheating? Perceptions Vary by Sex, Attachment Anxiety, and Behavior

    Daniel J. Kruger;Maryanne L. Fisher;Robin S. Edelstein;William J. Chopik

  • Children's and Adults' Memory for Emotional Pictures: Examining Age-Related Patterns Using the Developmental Affective Photo System.

    Ingrid M. Cordon;Annika M.D. Melinder;Gail S. Goodman;Robin S. Edelstein

  • Narcissism Predicts Heightened Cortisol Reactivity to a Psychosocial Stressor in Men

    Robin S. Edelstein;Ilona S. Yim;Jodi A. Quas

  • The physiology of women's power motive: Implicit power motivation is positively associated with estradiol levels in women

    Steven J. Stanton;Robin S. Edelstein

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Chopik
William J. Chopik Michigan State University
Gail S. Goodman
Gail S. Goodman University of California, Davis
Jodi A. Quas
Jodi A. Quas University of California, Irvine
Allison D. Redlich
Allison D. Redlich George Mason University
Simona Ghetti
Simona Ghetti University of California, Davis
Sari M. van Anders
Sari M. van Anders Queen's University
Phillip R. Shaver
Phillip R. Shaver University of California, Davis
Julie B. Kaplow
Julie B. Kaplow Baylor College of Medicine
Paul Ekman
Paul Ekman University of California, San Francisco
Terri D. Conley
Terri D. Conley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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