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Research interests
In collaboration with several research teams, my research investigates close relationships and interpersonal processes from different theoretical models and perspectives. Our current work focuses within six areas: attachment processes, human mating and decision-making, empathic accuracy, social influence in romantic relationships, social development and health outcomes, and social development and parental investment.
Our longstanding program of research on adult attachment, funded by NIMH, examines how attachment processes and adult attachment orientations are associated with relationship functioning and well-being, particularly when partners are distressed. Our program of work on human mating, funded by NSF, examines how individuals make mating decisions, the conditions under which they do and do not delay gratification, and how they make trade-offs on different life history-relevant dimensions. Our research on empathic accuracy, funded by NSF, explores the conditions under which people are accurate versus inaccurate at inferring their partners' private thoughts and feelings during social interactions. Our research on social influence examines when, how, and why individuals use different social influence tactics to persuade their partners and which tactics are most effective in different situational contexts. A recent program of research on social development and adult health, funded by the NIA, is investigating how social experiences encountered earlier in life are linked with physical health at mid-life. Our most recent new program of research, funded by NSF, examines how early life experiences along with interpersonal variables are prospectively related to parenting and co-parenting in adulthood.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
1981 → 1986
Award Date: Jul 31 1986
BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1977 → 1981
Award Date: May 17 1981
Research Interest Keywords
- Interpersonal relations
- Evolution and behavior
- Social influence
- Social development
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Testing an Integrative Model of Interpersonal Partner Aggression
6/12/20 → 6/11/23
Project: Research project
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Race, Ethnicity, and Speech Intelligibility in Normal Hearing and Hearing Impairment
Munson, B., Davies-Venn, E. E., Nelson, P. B., Oxenham, A. J., Simpson, J. & Winn, M. B.
NIH NIDCD NATL INST ON DEAFNES
7/1/19 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project
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Developmental and interpersonal antecedents of parenting
Simpson, J. & Griskevicius, V.
9/1/17 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
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Early Life Stress, Developmental Processes, and Adult He
Simpson, J., Carlson, E. A., Collins, W. A., Egeland, B. R., Englund, M. M. & Gunnar, M. R.
NIH NAT'L INSTITUTE ON AGING (NIA)
9/30/11 → 6/30/18
Project: Research project
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Carer burden: Associations with attachment, self-efficacy, and care-seeking
Romano, D., Karantzas, G. C., Marshall, E. M., Simpson, J. A., Feeney, J. A., McCabe, M. P., Lee, J. & Mullins, E. R., May 2022, In: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 39, 5, p. 1213-1236 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dealing with loss in the face of disasters and crises: Integrating interpersonal theories of couple adaptation and functioning
Karantzas, G. C., Feeney, J. A., Agnew, C. R., Christensen, A., Cutrona, C. E., Doss, B. D., Eckhardt, C. I., Russell, D. W. & Simpson, J. A., Feb 2022, In: Current Opinion in Psychology. 43, p. 129-138 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Friendship loss and dissolution in adulthood: A conceptual model
Vieth, G., Rothman, A. J. & Simpson, J. A., Feb 2022, In: Current Opinion in Psychology. 43, p. 171-175 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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One year on: What we have learned about the psychological effects of COVID-19 social restrictions: A meta-analysis
Knox, L., Karantzas, G. C., Romano, D., Feeney, J. A. & Simpson, J. A., Aug 2022, In: Current Opinion in Psychology. 46, 101315.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Taking perspective on attachment theory and research: nine fundamental questions
Thompson, R. A., Simpson, J. A. & Berlin, L. J., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Attachment and Human Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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