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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.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
1981 → 1986
Award Date: Jul 31 1986
BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
1977 → 1981
Award Date: May 17 1981
Research interests
- Interpersonal relations
- Evolution and behavior
- Social influence
- Social development
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Projects
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 → 6/30/21
Project: Research project
Developmental and interpersonal antecedents of parenting
Simpson, J. & Griskevicius, V.
9/1/17 → 8/31/20
Project: Research project
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
Interaction of Current and Childhood Environment on Risk
Simpson, J., Collins, W. A. & Griskevicius, V.
6/1/11 → 5/31/15
Project: Research project
Research Output
Coparenting and Relationship Satisfaction in Mothers: The Moderating Role of Sociosexuality
Lamela, D., Figueiredo, B., Jongenelen, I., Morais, A. & Simpson, J. A., Apr 1 2020, In : Archives of sexual behavior. 49, 3, p. 861-870 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Integrating intrapersonal and interpersonal processes: a key step in advancing the science of behavior change
Rothman, A. J., Simpson, J. A., Huelsnitz, C. O., Jones, R. E. & Scholz, U., Jan 2 2020, In : Health Psychology Review. 14, 1, p. 182-187 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
1
Scopus
citations
Life stress and cortisol reactivity: An exploratory analysis of the effects of stress exposure across life on HPA-axis functioning
Young, E. S., Doom, J. R., Farrell, A. K., Carlson, E. A., Englund, M. M., Miller, G. E., Gunnar, M. R., Roisman, G. I. & Simpson, J. A., Jan 1 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Development and psychopathology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Adult attachment orientations and well-being during the transition to parenthood
Simpson, J. A. & Rholes, W. S., Feb 2019, In : Current Opinion in Psychology. 25, p. 47-52 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
4
Scopus
citations
Attachment within life history theory: an evolutionary perspective on individual differences in attachment
Szepsenwol, O. & Simpson, J. A., Feb 2019, In : Current Opinion in Psychology. 25, p. 65-70 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
6
Scopus
citations