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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology
  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 1971 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ronald P. Rohner is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. Other areas of interest include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Health.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as:

  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships

Rohner has contributed a significant number of publications to various academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Genetic Psychology
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • Current Psychology
  • Journal of Forensic Sciences

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Rohner cover a range of topics related to parental acceptance, rejection, and their psychological impacts. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Effects of Parental Acceptance-Rejection on Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors: A Longitudinal, Multicultural Study" (2021, Journal of Child and Family Studies)
  • "Measuring the Difference Between Parental Alienation and Parental Estrangement: The PARQ-Gap" (2020, Journal of Forensic Sciences)
  • "Psychological maladjustment mediates the relation between recollections of parental rejection in childhood and adults' fear of intimacy in Italy" (2020, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships)
  • "Memories of Parental Rejection in Childhood and Current Psychological Maladjustment Predict Substance Abuse in a Collectivist Religious Country" (2022, Journal of Child and Family Studies)
  • "Perceived Parental Undifferentiated Rejection and Children's Personality Dispositions: A Meta-Analysis of Multicultural Studies" (2022, The Journal of Genetic Psychology)

The scientist collaborates frequently with coauthors who have contributed to multiple publications, including:

  • Sumbleen Ali
  • Muhammad Mussaffa Butt
  • Jennifer E. Lansford
  • Preston A. Britner
  • Dario Bacchini

Rohner has received several distinctions over the course of their career, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1971
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1980
  • APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology in 2004

Best Publications

  • The Warmth Dimension: Foundations of Parental Acceptance/Rejection Theory

    Ronald Preston Rohner

  • The parental "acceptance-rejection syndrome": universal correlates of perceived rejection.

    Ronald P. Rohner

  • Toward a Conception of Culture for Cross-Cultural Psychology

    Ronald P. Rohner

  • Perceived Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Psychological Adjustment: A Meta-Analysis of Cross-Cultural and Intracultural Studies

    Abdul Khaleque;Ronald P. Rohner

  • They Love Me, They Love Me Not: A Worldwide Study of the Effects of Parental Acceptance and Rejection

    Ronald Preston Rohner

  • Parental Acceptance‐Rejection: Theory, Methods, Cross‐Cultural Evidence, and Implications

    Ronald P. Rohner;Abdul Khaleque;David E. Cournoyer

  • The Importance of Father Love: History and Contemporary Evidence:

    Ronald P. Rohner;Robert A. Veneziano

  • Perceived parental acceptance-rejection and parental control among Korean adolescents.

    Ronald P. Rohner;Sandra M. Pettengill

  • Worldwide Mental Health Correlates of Parental Acceptance-Rejection: Review of Cross-Cultural and Intracultural Evidence:

    Ronald P. Rohner;Preston A. Britner

  • Parental Warmth, Control, and Involvement in Schooling Predicting Academic Achievement among Korean American Adolescents

    Kyoungho Kim;Ronald P. Rohner

  • Worldwide Tests of Parental Acceptance-Rejection Theory: An Overview

    Ronald P. Rohner

  • Sex Differences in Aggression

    Ronald P. Rohner

  • Pancultural Associations Between Perceived Parental Acceptance and Psychological Adjustment of Children and Adults: A Meta-Analytic Review of Worldwide Research

    Abdul Khaleque;Ronald P. Rohner

  • Introduction to Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory (IPARTheory) and Evidence

    Ronald P. Rohner

  • Antecedents and consequences of parental rejection: A theory of emotional abuse

    Ronald P. Rohner;Evelyn C. Rohner

  • Reliability of Measures Assessing the Pancultural Association between Perceived Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Psychological Adjustment: A Meta-Analysis of Cross-Cultural and Intracultural Studies

    Abdul Khaleque;Ronald P. Rohner

  • Children's perceptions of corporal punishment, caretaker acceptance, and psychological adjustment in a poor, biracial southern community.

    Ronald P. Rohner;Shana L. Bourque;Carlos A Elordi

  • Effects of Corporal Punishment, Perceived Caretaker Warmth, and Cultural Beliefs on the Psychological Adjustment of Children in St. Kitts, West Indies.

    Ronald P. Rohner;Kevin J. Kean;David E. Cournoyer

  • Parental acceptance-rejection and parental control: cross-cultural codes

    Ronald P. Rohner;Evelyn C. Rohner

  • The ethnography of Franz Boas

    Franz Boas;Ronald Preston Rohner;Evelyn C. Rohner;Hedy Parker

  • The Warmth Dimension: Foundations of Parental Acceptance-Rejection Theory

    Sharon A. Stringer;Ronald P. Rohner

Frequent Co-Authors

Diane L. Putnick
Diane L. Putnick National Institutes of Health
Jennifer E. Lansford
Jennifer E. Lansford Duke University
Leonard Katz
Leonard Katz Haskins Laboratories
Cheryl Buehler
Cheryl Buehler University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Rapson Gomez
Rapson Gomez Federation University Australia

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