Theodore E. A. Waters

2.8k total citations
61 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Theodore E. A. Waters is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Theodore E. A. Waters has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Social Psychology, 34 papers in Clinical Psychology and 21 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Theodore E. A. Waters's work include Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (37 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (30 papers) and Identity, Memory, and Therapy (21 papers). Theodore E. A. Waters is often cited by papers focused on Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (37 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (30 papers) and Identity, Memory, and Therapy (21 papers). Theodore E. A. Waters collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Arab Emirates and Belgium. Theodore E. A. Waters's co-authors include Robyn Fıvush, Glenn I. Roisman, Tilmann Habermas, Widaad Zaman, Christopher R. Facompré, Guy Bosmans, Jeffry A. Simpson, Sarah K. Ruiz, Harriet Salatas Waters and Ethan S. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Theodore E. A. Waters

58 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Theodore E. A. Waters United States 24 801 800 632 475 249 61 1.7k
Giulio Cesare Zavattini Italy 21 893 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 215 0.3× 364 0.8× 241 1.0× 91 2.1k
Maayan Davidov Israel 17 942 1.2× 1.4k 1.7× 332 0.5× 338 0.7× 176 0.7× 33 2.1k
Harriet Salatas Waters United States 19 894 1.1× 790 1.0× 416 0.7× 205 0.4× 194 0.8× 48 1.5k
Emma Baumgartner Italy 25 712 0.9× 818 1.0× 183 0.3× 342 0.7× 154 0.6× 77 1.8k
Patricia A. Smiley United States 19 642 0.8× 674 0.8× 432 0.7× 129 0.3× 146 0.6× 71 1.5k
Jennifer Lodi‐Smith United States 16 597 0.7× 875 1.1× 747 1.2× 611 1.3× 47 0.2× 34 2.1k
Marc Noom Netherlands 15 512 0.6× 814 1.0× 249 0.4× 208 0.4× 110 0.4× 44 1.3k
Stefanie A. Nelemans Netherlands 24 523 0.7× 965 1.2× 183 0.3× 311 0.7× 152 0.6× 50 1.5k
Julia M. Braungart‐Rieker United States 27 977 1.2× 1.5k 1.8× 319 0.5× 160 0.3× 453 1.8× 52 2.2k
Celia A. Brownell United States 21 757 0.9× 942 1.2× 494 0.8× 253 0.5× 178 0.7× 35 1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Theodore E. A. Waters

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All Works

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Waters, Theodore E. A., Lixian Cui, Xuan Li, et al.. (2025). Maternal Sensitivity Predicts Child Attachment in a Non-Western Context: A 9-Year Longitudinal Study of Chinese Families. Child Development. 96(5). 1575–1589. 1 indexed citations
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Waters, Theodore E. A., et al.. (2024). Attachment expectations moderate links between social support and maternal adjustment from 6 to 18 months postpartum. Development and Psychopathology. 37(1). 371–383. 2 indexed citations
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Waters, Everett & Theodore E. A. Waters. (2024). Developmental change, bricolage, and how a lot of things develop: Mechanisms and changes in attachment across the lifespan. Development and Psychopathology. 36(5). 2256–2275. 2 indexed citations
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Cui, Lixian, Xuan Li, Niobe Way, et al.. (2024). A cognitive script perspective on how early caregiving experiences inform adolescent peer relationships and loneliness: A 14‐year longitudinal study of Chinese families. Developmental Science. 27(6). e13522–e13522. 5 indexed citations
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McLean, Kate C., et al.. (2024). Autobiographical memory functions as a stable property of narrative identity. 5. 2 indexed citations
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Waters, Theodore E. A., et al.. (2024). Developmental antecedents of adherence to masculinity norms: A 9-year longitudinal study of urban Chinese families.. Developmental Psychology. 60(6). 1097–1108. 2 indexed citations
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Alea, Nicole, et al.. (2022). Flourishing Privately but Languishing Publicly: Ethnic Identity’s Contribution to Understanding Eudaimonic Wellbeing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(21). 14156–14156.
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Cui, Lixian, Niobe Way, Theodore E. A. Waters, et al.. (2022). Prospective within-family bidirectional effects between parental emotion socialization practices and Chinese adolescents’ psychosocial adjustment. Development and Psychopathology. 35(4). 1956–1967. 3 indexed citations
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Waters, Theodore E. A., Ashley M. Groh, John D. Haltigan, et al.. (2021). Early child care experiences and attachment representations at age 18 years: Evidence from the NICHD study of Early Child Care and Youth Development.. Developmental Psychology. 57(4). 548–556. 8 indexed citations
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Raby, K. Lee, Theodore E. A. Waters, Alexandra R. Tabachnick, Lindsay Zajac, & Mary Dozier. (2021). Increasing secure base script knowledge among parents with Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up. Development and Psychopathology. 33(2). 554–564. 11 indexed citations
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Facompré, Christopher R., et al.. (2020). Childhood abuse and neglect are prospectively associated with scripted attachment representations in young adulthood. Development and Psychopathology. 33(4). 1143–1155. 15 indexed citations
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Waters, Theodore E. A., Harriet J. Vermeer, Femmie Juffer, et al.. (2020). Attachment development in children adopted from China:The role of pre-adoption care and sensitive adoptive parenting. Attachment & Human Development. 23(5). 587–607. 7 indexed citations
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Waters, Theodore E. A., et al.. (2019). A meta-analytic examination of maternal reminiscing style: Elaboration, gender, and children’s cognitive development.. Psychological Bulletin. 145(11). 1082–1102. 60 indexed citations
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Waters, Theodore E. A., Christin Köber, K. Lee Raby, Tilmann Habermas, & Robyn Fıvush. (2018). Consistency and stability of narrative coherence: An examination of personal narrative as a domain of adult personality. Journal of Personality. 87(2). 151–162. 34 indexed citations
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Waters, Theodore E. A. & Glenn I. Roisman. (2018). The secure base script concept: an overview. Current Opinion in Psychology. 25. 162–166. 54 indexed citations
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Waters, Theodore E. A., R. Chris Fraley, Ashley M. Groh, et al.. (2015). The latent structure of secure base script knowledge.. Developmental Psychology. 51(6). 823–830. 36 indexed citations
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Steele, Ryan D., Theodore E. A. Waters, Kelly K. Bost, et al.. (2014). Caregiving antecedents of secure base script knowledge: A comparative analysis of young adult attachment representations.. Developmental Psychology. 50(11). 2526–2538. 82 indexed citations

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