Robert E. Emery

14.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
151 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Emery is a scholar working on Demography, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Emery has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Demography, 45 papers in Clinical Psychology and 41 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Emery's work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (88 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (26 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (25 papers). Robert E. Emery is often cited by papers focused on Family Dynamics and Relationships (88 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (26 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (25 papers). Robert E. Emery collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Sweden. Robert E. Emery's co-authors include Eric Turkheimer, Lisa Laumann-Billings, Stephen J. Bahr, Joan B. Kelly, David A. Sbarra, K. Daniel O’Leary, Brian M. D’Onofrio, Jane Mendle, Daniel S. Shaw and Katherine M. Kitzmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Emery

146 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Interparental conflict and the children of discord and divorce.

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert E. Emery	4.7k	4.6k	4.0k	3.0k	1.0k	151	10.1k
E. Mavis Hetherington	5.0k 1.1×	6.3k 1.4×	4.7k 1.2×	3.6k 1.2×	529 0.5×	147	12.8k
Martha J. Cox	2.7k 0.6×	7.5k 1.6×	2.8k 0.7×	4.0k 1.3×	619 0.6×	142	13.3k
Graham B. Spanier	3.2k 0.7×	4.1k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	5.7k 1.9×	859 0.8×	73	9.5k
Susan M. McHale	2.8k 0.6×	6.5k 1.4×	5.2k 1.3×	3.5k 1.2×	569 0.6×	279	13.9k
John H. Grych	3.7k 0.8×	4.9k 1.1×	2.7k 0.7×	3.9k 1.3×	2.3k 2.2×	98	8.4k
Howard J. Markman	5.0k 1.1×	4.7k 1.0×	4.2k 1.1×	8.0k 2.7×	1.9k 1.8×	172	11.8k
Ann C. Crouter	2.4k 0.5×	4.7k 1.0×	5.7k 1.4×	3.3k 1.1×	556 0.5×	186	12.2k
Irwin N. Sandler	2.0k 0.4×	7.7k 1.7×	3.3k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	994 1.0×	223	12.2k
Vonnie C. McLoyd	1.5k 0.3×	6.6k 1.4×	4.4k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	95	13.4k
Mark E. Feinberg	2.2k 0.5×	4.4k 1.0×	2.6k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	654 0.6×	250	9.4k

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Beam, Christopher R., et al.. (2018). Gender Differences in the Structure of Marital Quality. Behavior Genetics. 48(3). 209–223. 31 indexed citations

Beam, Christopher R., Robert E. Emery, Chandra A. Reynolds, et al.. (2015). Widowhood and the Stability of Late Life Depressive Symptomatology in the Swedish Adoption Twin Study of Aging. Behavior Genetics. 46(1). 100–113. 4 indexed citations

Emery, Robert E., et al.. (2014). Who Knows What is Best for Children? Honoring Agreements and Contracts Between Parents Who Live Apart. Law and Contemporary Problems. 77(1). 151–176. 5 indexed citations

Scott, Elizabeth S. & Robert E. Emery. (2013). Gender Politics and Child Custody: The Puzzling Persistence of the Best Interest Standard. eYLS (Yale Law School). 5 indexed citations

Horn, Erin E., et al.. (2012). Accounting for the physical and mental health benefits of entry into marriage: A genetically informed study of selection and causation.. Journal of Family Psychology. 27(1). 30–41. 54 indexed citations

D’Onofrio, Brian M., Wendy S. Slutske, Eric Turkheimer, et al.. (2010). Parental depression and offspring psychopathology: a Children of Twins study. Psychological Medicine. 41(7). 1385–1395. 80 indexed citations

Mendle, Jane, K. Paige Harden, Eric Turkheimer, et al.. (2009). Associations Between Father Absence and Age of First Sexual Intercourse. Child Development. 80(5). 1463–1480. 89 indexed citations

Harden, K. Paige, Eric Turkheimer, Robert E. Emery, et al.. (2007). Marital Conflict and Conduct Problems in Children of Twins. Child Development. 78(1). 1–18. 54 indexed citations

Emery, Robert E.. (2007). Rule or Rorschach? Approximating Children’s Best Interests. Child Development Perspectives. 1(2). 132–134. 7 indexed citations

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D’Onofrio, Brian M., Wendy S. Slutske, Eric Turkheimer, et al.. (2007). Intergenerational Transmission of Childhood Conduct Problems. Archives of General Psychiatry. 64(7). 820–820. 61 indexed citations

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Harden, K. Paige, Eric Turkheimer, Robert E. Emery, et al.. (2007). A behavior genetic investigation of adolescent motherhood and offspring mental health problems.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 116(4). 667–683. 57 indexed citations

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Harden, K. Paige, et al.. (2007). Rethinking Timing of First Sex and Delinquency. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 37(4). 373–385. 59 indexed citations

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Waldron, Mary, Andrew C. Heath, Eric Turkheimer, et al.. (2007). Childhood Sexual Abuse Moderates Genetic Influences on Age at First Consensual Sexual Intercourse in Women. Behavior Genetics. 38(1). 1–10. 7 indexed citations

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Sourdin, Tania & Robert E. Emery. (2006). DVD 'Dialogues with Separated Parents: Child Focused Dispute Resolution and Companion Handbook 'Creating Child Focused Dialogues with Separated Parents: Theoretical and Clinical Underpinnings of Child Focused Dispute Resolution'. Journal of Family Studies. 12(2). 281–285. 3 indexed citations

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D’Onofrio, Brian M., Eric Turkheimer, Robert E. Emery, et al.. (2006). A genetically informed study of the processes underlying the association between parental marital instability and offspring adjustment.. Developmental Psychology. 42(3). 486–499. 84 indexed citations

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Sbarra, David A. & Robert E. Emery. (2005). Coparenting Conflict, Nonacceptance, and Depression Among Divorced Adults: Results From a 12-Year Follow-Up Study of Child Custody Mediation Using Multiple Imputation.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 75(1). 63–75. 43 indexed citations

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Grych, John H., John H. Grych, John H. Grych, et al.. (2001). Interparental Conflict and Child Development. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 137 indexed citations

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Emery, Robert E. & Mary Jo Coiro. (1995). Divorce: Consequences for Children. Pediatrics in Review. 16(8). 306–310. 12 indexed citations

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Emery, Robert E., et al.. (1994). Child custody mediation and litigation: Parents' satisfaction and functioning one year after settlement.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 62(1). 124–129. 50 indexed citations

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Fincham, Frank D. & Robert E. Emery. (1988). Limited mental capacities and perceived control in attribution of responsibility. British Journal of Social Psychology. 27(3). 193–207. 17 indexed citations

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