Beverley Fehr

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Beverley Fehr is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Beverley Fehr has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Social Psychology, 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Beverley Fehr's work include Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (29 papers), Emotions and Moral Behavior (9 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (7 papers). Beverley Fehr is often cited by papers focused on Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (29 papers), Emotions and Moral Behavior (9 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (7 papers). Beverley Fehr collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Beverley Fehr's co-authors include James A. Russell, Susan Sprecher, Mark W. Baldwin, Jennifer D. Campbell, J. Patrick R. Keelan, Cheryl Harasymchuk, Manfred Hassebrauck, Delroy L. Paulhus, Daniel Perlman and David Thomson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Journal of Experimental Psychology General.

In The Last Decade

Beverley Fehr

52 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Concept of emotion viewed from a prototype perspective. 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Concept of emotion viewed from a prototype perspective.
    1984 518 citations Beverley Fehr et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Beverley Fehr Canada 29 3.1k 1.5k 1.4k 1.2k 560 53 4.7k
Garth J. O. Fletcher New Zealand 41 4.0k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 2.3k 1.7× 2.2k 1.8× 301 0.5× 89 5.9k
Susan E. Cross United States 31 4.4k 1.4× 1.5k 1.0× 2.8k 2.0× 1.0k 0.8× 460 0.8× 80 7.0k
Nathaniel M. Lambert United States 37 2.7k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 614 0.5× 406 0.7× 62 4.5k
Debra Mashek United States 21 2.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 896 0.7× 1.1k 2.0× 32 4.4k
Lorne Campbell Canada 36 3.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.3× 1.8k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 162 0.3× 126 4.9k
C. Raymond Knee United States 33 2.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 777 0.6× 164 0.3× 68 4.0k
Bart Duriez Belgium 45 3.6k 1.2× 2.2k 1.4× 3.0k 2.1× 807 0.7× 357 0.6× 89 6.7k
W. Steven Rholes United States 42 5.2k 1.7× 3.0k 2.0× 2.2k 1.5× 1.7k 1.4× 644 1.1× 93 7.4k
Serena Chen United States 31 2.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 2.0k 1.4× 707 0.6× 496 0.9× 66 4.4k
Zick Rubin United States 20 2.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 1.9k 1.4× 788 0.7× 245 0.4× 37 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Beverley Fehr

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Fields of papers citing papers by Beverley Fehr

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beverley Fehr

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Beverley Fehr. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Beverley Fehr based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Beverley Fehr. Beverley Fehr is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fehr, Beverley & Cheryl Harasymchuk. (2022). Conceptions and the experience of friendship in underrepresented groups. Personal Relationships. 29(3). 451–487. 9 indexed citations
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Sprecher, Susan, Rowland S. Miller, Beverley Fehr, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Mood After a Getting-Acquainted Interaction with a Stranger: Do Shy People Benefit Too?. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 40(7). 2110–2126. 2 indexed citations
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Harasymchuk, Cheryl, et al.. (2020). Worn out relationship? The role of expectations in judgments of relational boredom. Personal Relationships. 28(1). 80–98. 3 indexed citations
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Harasymchuk, Cheryl & Beverley Fehr. (2018). Responses to dissatisfaction in friendships and romantic relationships: An interpersonal script analysis. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 36(6). 1651–1670. 7 indexed citations
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Harasymchuk, Cheryl & Beverley Fehr. (2011). Development of a prototype‐based measure of relational boredom. Personal Relationships. 19(1). 162–181. 22 indexed citations
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Harasymchuk, Cheryl & Beverley Fehr. (2010). A Script Analysis of Relational Boredom: Causes, Feelings, and Coping Strategies. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 29(9). 988–1019. 27 indexed citations
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Sprecher, Susan & Beverley Fehr. (2010). Dispositional attachment and relationship-specific attachment as predictors of compassionate love for a partner. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 28(4). 558–574. 24 indexed citations
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Fehr, Beverley. (2010). Prototype categorization of emotion. Open Collections.
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Sprecher, Susan & Beverley Fehr. (2006). Enhancement of mood and self-esteem as a result of giving and receiving compassionate love.. 31 indexed citations
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Fehr, Beverley. (2004). Intimacy Expectations in Same-Sex Friendships: A Prototype Interaction-Pattern Model.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 86(2). 265–284. 146 indexed citations
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Fehr, Beverley & Ross Broughton. (2001). Gender and personality differences in conceptions of love: An interpersonal theory analysis. Personal Relationships. 8(2). 115–136. 46 indexed citations
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Fehr, Beverley. (1999). Laypeople's conceptions of commitment.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 76(1). 90–103. 27 indexed citations
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Baldwin, Mark W., et al.. (1996). Social-cognitive conceptualization of attachment working models: Availability and accessibility effects.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 71(1). 94–109. 451 indexed citations
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Baldwin, Mark W., et al.. (1996). Social-cognitive conceptualization of attachment working models: Availability and accessibility effects.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 71(1). 94–109. 33 indexed citations
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Baldwin, Mark W. & Beverley Fehr. (1995). On the instability of attachment style ratings. Personal Relationships. 2(3). 247–261. 191 indexed citations
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Fehr, Beverley & James A. Russell. (1991). The concept of love viewed from a prototype perspective.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 60(3). 425–438. 23 indexed citations
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Campbell, Jennifer D. & Beverley Fehr. (1990). Self-esteem and perceptions of conveyed impressions: Is negative affectivity associated with greater realism?. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 58(1). 122–133. 101 indexed citations
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Fehr, Beverley. (1988). Prototype analysis of the concepts of love and commitment.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 55(4). 557–579. 267 indexed citations
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Campbell, Jennifer D., Patricia J. Fairey, & Beverley Fehr. (1986). Better than me or better than thee? Reactions to intrapersonal and interpersonal performance feedback. Journal of Personality. 54(3). 479–493. 24 indexed citations
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Fehr, Beverley & James A. Russell. (1984). Concept of emotion viewed from a prototype perspective.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 113(3). 464–486. 53 indexed citations

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