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Thomas N. Bradbury is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, particularly psychology, with a strong focus on social psychology and clinical psychology. Bradbury's work intersects with health, demography, and sociology and political science, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Their research interests include several core topics:

  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Bradbury has contributed to various frequent publication venues notable in the field of family and clinical psychology. These are:

  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Journal of Marriage and the Family
  • Psychology of Violence
  • Family Relations
  • Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

The scientist has recent publications that demonstrate active engagement in current research themes. Selected recent papers include:

  • Research on Marital Satisfaction and Stability in the 2010s: Challenging Conventional Wisdom, 2020, Journal of Marriage and the Family
  • Interventions for Couples, 2020, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • Adverse childhood experiences, stress, and intimate partner violence among newlywed couples living with low incomes, 2020, Journal of Family Psychology
  • When poor communication does and does not matter: The moderating role of stress, 2020, Journal of Family Psychology
  • Friendship Network Satisfaction: A multifaceted construct scored as a unidimensional scale, 2021, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Bradbury collaborates with a number of frequent co-authors, which shows an extensive professional network. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Benjamin R. Karney
  • Julia F. Hammett
  • Guy Bodenmann
  • Benjamin B. Haggerty
  • Teresa P. Nguyen

Best Publications

  • The longitudinal course of marital quality and stability: A review of theory, methods, and research.

    Benjamin R. Karney;Thomas N. Bradbury

  • Research on the Nature and Determinants of Marital Satisfaction: A Decade in Review

    Thomas N. Bradbury;Frank D. Fincham;Steven R. H. Beach

  • Attributions in marriage: Review and critique.

    Thomas N. Bradbury;Frank D. Fincham

  • Neuroticism, marital interaction, and the trajectory of marital satisfaction.

    Benjamin R. Karney;Thomas N. Bradbury

  • The Assessment of Marital Quality: A Reevaluation.

    Frank D. Fincham;Thomas N. Bradbury

  • Social support, conflict, and the development of marital dysfunction.

    Lauri A. Pasch;Thomas N. Bradbury

  • Marital Satisfaction Across the Transition to Parenthood

    Erika Lawrence;Alexia D. Rothman;Rebecca J. Cobb;Michael T. Rothman

  • Assessing attributions in marriage: the relationship attribution measure.

    Frank D. Fincham;Thomas N. Bradbury

  • Attributions and behavior in marital interaction.

    Thomas N. Bradbury;Frank D. Fincham

  • Similarity, convergence, and relationship satisfaction in dating and married couples

    Gian C. Gonzaga;Belinda Campos;Thomas Bradbury

  • Marital functioning and depressive symptoms: evidence for a stress generation model.

    Joanne Davila;Thomas N. Bradbury;Catherine L. Cohan;Shelly Tochluk

  • Stress, sex, and satisfaction in marriage

    Guy Bodenmann;Thomas Ledermann;Thomas N. Bradbury

  • Attachment change processes in the early years of marriage.

    Joanne Davila;Benjamin R. Karney;Thomas N. Bradbury

  • Depressive symptoms and marital satisfaction: within-subject associations and the moderating effects of gender and neuroticism.

    Joanne Davila;Benjamin R. Karney;Todd W. Hall;Thomas N. Bradbury

  • Marital satisfaction, depression, and attributions: A longitudinal analysis.

    Frank D. Fincham;Thomas N. Bradbury

  • Problem-solving skills and affective expressions as predictors of change in marital satisfaction.

    Matthew D. Johnson;Catherine L. Cohan;Joanne Davila;Erika Lawrence

  • Negative life events, marital interaction, and the longitudinal course of newlywed marriage.

    Catherine L. Cohan;Thomas N. Bradbury

  • Understanding and Altering the Longitudinal Course of Marriage

    Thomas N. Bradbury;Benjamin R. Karney

  • Season of birth in schizophrenia: a review of evidence, methodology, and etiology.

    Thomas N. Bradbury;Gregory A. Miller

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

    Justin A. Lavner;Thomas N. Bradbury

  • The role of negative affectivity in the association between attributions and marital satisfaction.

    Benjamin R. Karney;Thomas N. Bradbury;Frank D. Fincham;Kieran T. Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin R. Karney
Benjamin R. Karney University of California, Los Angeles
Frank D. Fincham
Frank D. Fincham Florida State University
Guy Bodenmann
Guy Bodenmann University of Zurich
Erika Lawrence
Erika Lawrence Northwestern University
Joanne Davila
Joanne Davila Stony Brook University
Ronald D. Rogge
Ronald D. Rogge University of Rochester
Steven R. H. Beach
Steven R. H. Beach University of Georgia
Lauri A. Pasch
Lauri A. Pasch University of California, San Francisco
James K. McNulty
James K. McNulty Florida State University
Markus Heinrichs
Markus Heinrichs University of Freiburg

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