Feb 2020
CURRICULUM VITAE
R. CHRIS FRALEY
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Psychology
603 East Daniel Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Internet: [Link]
E-mail: rcfraley@[Link]
EDUCATION
1994 B.A., Psychology, University of South Carolina
1996 M.A., Psychology, University of California, Davis
1999 Ph.D., Psychology (Social/Personality), University of California, Davis
POSITIONS
2013 - present Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign
2006 - 2013 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
2004 - 2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
2000 - 2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at
Chicago
1999 – 2000 Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND HONORS
2014 Reuben Hill Award in recognition of an outstanding article (Fraley, Roisman,
Booth-LaForce, Owen, & Holland, 2013) that combines theory and research
methodology in the analysis and interpretation of a significant family issue.
Awarded by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR).
2014 NSF BCS-1423874: " Collaborative Research: Separating transient and
enduring forms of change in adult attachment styles" (PI: R. Chris Fraley),
$440,005, September 2014-September 2017.
2013 Fellow – Association for Psychological Science
2012 Fellow – Society for Personality and Social Psychology
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2008 NSF BCS-0720538: "The Antecedents and Enduring Significance of Early
Attachment Experiences" (PI: Glenn I. Roisman), $73,365, January 2008-
December 2009. Co-PI.
2007 American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award
for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of Individual
Differences
2006 UIUC Graduate Student Organization Instructional Award for excellence in
teaching and advising at the graduate level
2005 Helen Corley Petit award, University of Illinois. (The Petit award is awarded
annually for the top promotion cases in the College of Letters and Science.)
2004 National Science Foundation, Grant BCS-0443783
Testing Alternative Models of Stability and Change in Adult Attachment
Patterns
Total: $293,635
2004 Outstanding Young Investigator Award
Personal Relationships Research Interest Group of the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology; Presented at the Personal Relationships Preconference
at the 2004 meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
2002 National Science Foundation fellowship for the Advanced Training Institute
on Social Psychology and the Internet
2001 UIC OSSR grant [$2,666]
1997 American Psychological Association Travel Award
1997 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Travel Award
1995-98 University of California Graduate Fellowship
1994 Roger Black Psychological Research Award, University of South Carolina
1993 National Science Foundation Summer Research Institute in Experimental
Psychology Fellow, University of South Carolina
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Attachment and close relationships
Personality development; personality processes
Methods (internet, computational/simulation)
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UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
Introductory Psychology, Research Methods for the Psychological Sciences, Statistics for the
Psychological Sciences, Laboratory in Social Psychology, Laboratory in Personality
Psychology
GRADUATE TEACHING
Seminar in Statistics and Measurement (The Significance Testing Controversy: A Critical
Analysis); Advanced Research Design and Statistical Analysis; Seminar in Statistics and
Measurement (Statistical Programming and Dynamic Modeling of Psychological Processes);
Seminar in Social-Personality Psychology (Adult Attachment: Theory, Research, and
Contemporary Debates); Internet Research Methods in Psychology (Graduate seminar);
Research Methods for Master of Science in Psychological Science (Masters seminar)
EDITORIAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Associate editor
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2017 – present)
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2006 - 2008)
Advisory Board
Current Directions in Psychological Science (2013 – present)
Consulting editor
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2002-present), Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin (2000-2006), Journal of Personality (2003-2005), Journal of
Research in Personality, Attachment and Human Development (2002-2006; 2008-
present), Child Development (2013-present), Journal of Social and Personal
Relationships (2014-present)
Ad Hoc reviewer
Psychological Methods, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Review, Personality and
Individual Differences, Personal Relationships, Psychological Assessment, Child
Development, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Counseling and Clinical
Psychology, Attachment and Human Development, National Science Foundation (Grant
Reviews), Psychoanalytic Psychology, Molecular Psychiatry, Social and Personality
Psychology Compass
Executive officer
Association for Research in Personality, Secretary/Treasurer 2005 - 2007
PUBLICATIONS
Books
~ Authored books (Not edited volumes)
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Fraley, R. C. (2004). How to conduct behavioral research over the Internet: A beginner's
guide to HTML and CGI/Perl. New York: Guilford.
Gillath, O., Karantzas, G. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2016). Adult attachment: A concise guide to
theory and research. New York: Academic Press.
~ Edited volumes
Robins, R. W., Fraley, R. C., & Kruger, R. F. (2007). Handbook of Research Methods in
Personality Psychology. New York: Guilford.
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Chapters
Magro, S.W., Fraley, R.C., & Roisman, G.I. (in press). Early maternal sensitivity and the
quality of teacher-student relationships across grade school: Enduring or transient
associations? Child Development.
Raby, K. L., Verhage, M. L., Fearon, R. M. P., Fraley, R. C., Roisman, G. I., Van
IJzendoorn, M. H., Schuengel, C., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., Bernier, A., Ensink,
K., Hautamäki, A., Madigan, S., Mangelsdorf, S., Oosterman, M., Priddis, L. E.,
Wong, M. S., & the Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis. (under
review). The latent structure of the Adult Attachment Interview: Large sample
evidence from the Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis. Development
and Psychopathology.
Hudson, N. W., Fraley, R. C., Chopik, W. J., & Briley, D. A. (in press). Change goals
robustly predict trait growth: A mega-analysis of a dozen intensive longitudinal studies
examining volitional change. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Khan, F., Chong, J.Y., Theisen, J.C., Fraley, R. C., Young, J. F., & Hankin, B. L. (in press).
Development and change in attachment: A multi-wave assessment of attachment and
its correlates across childhood and adolescence. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology.
Khan, F., Fraley, R. C., Young, J. F., & Hankin, B. L. (in press). Developmental trajectories
of attachment and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents. Attachment &
Human Development.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (in press). Attachment theory and its place in contemporary
personality theory and research. In R. W. Robins & O. John (Eds.), Handbook of
Personality: Theory and Research (4th Ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
Lee, J., Karantzas, G.C., Gillath, O., & Fraley, R. C. (2020). Relationship maintenance from
an attachment perspective. In B. G. Ogolsky & J. K. Monk (Eds.), Relationship
Maintenance: Theory, Process, and Context (pp. 47-68). MA: Cambridge.
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Lozano, E. B., Fraley, R. C., & Kramer, W. (2019). Attachment in donor conceived adults:
Curiosity, search, and contact. Personal Relationships, 26(2), 331-344.
Heffernan, M.E., Chong, J.Y., & Fraley, R.C. (2019). Are people attracted to others who
resemble their opposite-sex parents? An examination of mate preferences and parental
ethnicity among biracial individuals. Social Psychological and Personality Science,
10(7), 856-863.
Raby, K. L., Roisman, G. I., Labella, M. H., Martin, J., Fraley, R. C., & Simpson, J. A.
(2019). The legacy of early abuse and neglect for social and academic competence
from childhood to adulthood. Child Development, 90(5), 1684-1701.
Briley, D.A., Livengood, J., Derringer, J., Tucker-Drob, E.M., Fraley, R.C., & Roberts, B.W.
(2019). Interpreting behavior genetic models: Seven developmental processes to
understand. Behavior Genetics, 49, 196-210.
Fraley, R.C. (2019). Attachment in adulthood: Recent developments, emerging debates, and
future directions. Annual Review of Psychology, 70,401-422.
Hudson, N.W., & Fraley, R.C. (2018). Does attachment anxiety promote the encoding of
false memories? An investigation of the processes linking adult attachment to memory
errors. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 688-715.
Fraley, R.C. & Roisman, G.I. (2018). The development of attachment styles: Four lessons.
Current Opinion in Psychology, 25, 26-30.
Theisen, J.C., Fraley, R.C., Hankin, B.L., Young, J.F., & Chopik, W.J. (2018). How do
attachment styles change from childhood through adolescence? Findings from an
accelerated longitudinal cohort study. Journal of Research in Personality, 74, 141-
146.
Hudson, N.W., & Fraley, R.C. (2018). Moving toward greater security: The effects of
repeatedly priming attachment security and anxiety. Journal of Research in
Personality, 74, 147-157.
Fairbairn, C. E., Briley, D. A., Kang, D., Fraley, R. C., Hankin, B. L., & Ariss, T. (2018). A
meta-analysis of longitudinal associations between substance use and interpersonal
attachment security. Psychological Bulletin, 144, 532-555.
Stern, J. A., Fraley, R. C., Jones, J. D., Gross, J. T., Shaver, P. R., & Cassidy, J. (2018).
Developmental processes across the first two years of parenthood: Stability and
change in adult attachment style. Developmental Psychology, 54, 975-988.
Umemura, T., Lacinová, L., Kotrčová, K., & Fraley, R.C. (2018). Similarities and differences
regarding changes in attachment preferences and attachment styles in relation to
romantic relationship length: Longitudinal and concurrent analyses. Attachment &
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Human Development, 20, 135-159. '
Jones, J. D., Fraley, R. C., Ehrlich, K. B., Stern, J. A., Lejuez, C. W., Shaver, P. R., &
Cassidy, J. (2018). Stability of attachment style in adolescence: An empirical test of
alternative developmental processes. Child Development, 89, 871-880. Frankenhuis,
W.E., & Fraley, R.C. (2017). What do evolutionary models teach us about sensitive
periods in psychological development? European Psychologist, 22, 141-150.
Raby, K.L., Yarger, H.A., Lind, T., Fraley, R.C., Leerkes, E., & Dozier, M. (2017).
Attachment states of mind among internationally adoptive and foster parents.
Development and Psychopathology, 29, 365-378.
Hudson, N.W., & Fraley, R.C. (2017). Adult attachment and perceptions of closeness.
Personal Relationships, 24, 17-26.
Hudson, N. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2017). Volitional personality change. In J. Specht (Ed.),
Personality Development Across the Lifespan (pp. 555-571). New York: Academic
Press.
Fraley, R. C., & Hudson, N. W. (2017). The development of attachment styles. In J. Specht
(Ed.), Personality Development Across the Lifespan (pp. 275-292). New York:
Academic Press.
Hudson, N.W., & Fraley, R.C. (2016). Do people's desires to change their personality traits
vary with age? An examination of trait change goals across adulthood. Social
Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 847-856.
Roisman, G. I., Fraley, R. C., Haltigan, J. D., Cauffman, E., & Booth-LaForce, C. (2016).
Strategic considerations in the search for transactional processes. Development and
Psychopathology, 28, 791-800.
Segal, N., & Fraley, R.C. (2016). Broadening the investment model: An intensive
longitudinal study on attachment and perceived partner responsiveness in commitment
dynamics. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 33, 581-599.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P.R. (2016). Attachment, loss, and grief: Bowlby's views, new
developments, and current controversies In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.),
Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (3rd Edition)(pp.
40-62). New York: Guilford Press.
Crowell, J. A., Fraley, R. C., & Roisman, G. I. (2016). Measurement of individual
differences in adult attachment. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of
attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (3rd Edition)(pp. 598-635).
New York: Guilford Press.
Hudson, N. W., Fraley, R. C., Chopik, W. J., & Heffernan, M. E. (2016). Not all attachment
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relationships change alike: Normative cross-sectional age trajectories in attachment to
romantic partners, best friends, and parents across the lifespan. Journal of Research in
Personality, 59, 44-55.
Ackerman, R. A., Donnelllan, M. B., Roberts, B. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2016). The effect of
response format on the psychometric properties of the Narcissistic Personality
Inventory: Consequences for item meaning and factor structure. Assessment, 23, 203-
220.
Wetzel, E., Roberts, B.W., Fraley, R.C., & Brown, A. (2016). Equivalence of Narcissistic
Personality Inventory constructs and correlates across scoring approaches and
response formats. Journal of Research in Personality, 61, 87-98.
Gillath, O., Karantzas, G., & Fraley, R. C. (2016). Adult Attachment: A Concise Guide to
Theory and Research. New York: Academic Press.
Hudson, N. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2016). Changing for the better? Longitudinal associations
between volitional personality change and psychological well-being. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 603-615.
Hudson, N. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2015). Volitional personality trait change: Can people
choose to change their personality traits? Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology,109, 490-507.
Raby, K. L., Roisman, G. I., Fraley, R. C., & Simpson, J. A. (2015). The enduring predictive
significance of early sensitivity: Social and academic competence through age 32
years. Child Development, 86, 695-708.
Belsky, J., Newman, D. A., Widaman, K. F., Rodkin, P., Pluess, M., Fraley, R. C., Berry, D.,
Helm, J. L., & Roisman, G. I. (2015). Differential susceptibility to effects of maternal
sensitivity? A study of candidate plasticity genes. Development and Psychopathology,
27, 725-746.
Waters, T.E.A., Fraley, R.C., Groh, A.M., Steele, R.D., Vaughn, B.E., Bost, K.K., Veríssimo,
M., Coppola, G., & Roisman, G.I. (2015). The latent structure of secure base script
knowledge. Developmental Psychology, 51, 823-830.
Fraley, R. C., Hudson, N. W., Heffernan, M. E., & Segal, N. (2015). Are adult attachment
styles categorical or dimensional? A taxometric analysis of general and relationship-
specific attachment orientations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109,
354-368.
Fraley, R. C., & Roisman, G. I. (2015). Do early caregiving experiences leave an enduring or
transient mark on developmental adaptation? Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 101-
106.
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Grijalva, E., Harms, P. D., Newman, D. A., Gaddis, B., & Fraley, R. C. (2015). Narcissism
and leadership: A meta-analytic review of linear and nonlinear relationships.
Personnel Psychology, 68, 1-47.
Fraley, R. C., & Roisman, G. I. (2015). Early attachment experiences and romantic
functioning: Developmental pathways, emerging issues, and future directions. In J. A.
Simpson & W. S. Rholes (Eds.), Attachment theory and research: New directions and
emerging themes (pp. 9-38). New York: Guilford.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2015). Too fast, too soon? An empirical investigation
into rebound relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 32, 99-118.
Heffernan, M. E., & Fraley, R. C. (2015). How early experiences shape attraction, partner
preferences, and attachment dynamics. In V. Zayas & C. Hazan (Eds.), Bases of adult
attachment: From brain to mind to behavior (pp. 107-128). Springer.
Benet-Martínez, V., Donnellan, M. B., Fleeson, W., Fraley, R. C., Gosling, S. D., King, L.
A., Robins, R. W., & Funder, D. C. (2015). Six visions for the future of personality
psychology. In M. L. Cooper & R. J. Larsen (Eds.), Handbook of Personality
Processes and Individual Differences (pp. 665-689). Washington DC, APA Press.
Fraley, R.C., & Vazire, S. (2014). The N-pact factor: Evaluating the quality of empirical
journals with respect to sample size and statistical power. PLoS ONE, 9(10): e109019.
Fraley, R.C., & Roisman, G.I. (2014). Categories or dimensions? A taxometric analysis of
the Adult Attachment Interview. In C. Booth-LaForce & G.I. Roisman (Eds.), The
Adult Attachment Interview: Psychometrics, stability and change from infancy, and
developmental origins. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development,
79, 36-50.
Groh, A.M., Roisman, G.I., Booth-LaForce, C., Fraley, R.C., Owen, M.T., Cox, M.J., &
Burchinal, M.R. (2014). Stability of attachment security from infancy to late
adolescence. In C. Booth-LaForce & G.I. Roisman (Eds.), The Adult Attachment
Interview: Psychometrics, stability and change from infancy, and developmental
origins. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 79, 51-66.
Roisman, G.I., Fraley, R.C., & Booth-LaForce, C. (2014). Pulling ourselves up by our
bootstraps: A rejoinder to Van IJzendoorn and Bakermans-Kranenburg (2014). In C.
Booth-LaForce & G.I. Roisman (Eds.), The Adult Attachment Interview:
Psychometrics, stability and change from infancy, and developmental origins.
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 79, 168-173.
Hudson, N. W., Fraley, R. C., Vicary, A. M., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2014). Coregulation in
romantic partners' attachment styles: A longitudinal investigation. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 845-857.
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Fraley, R. C., & Hudson, N. W. (2014). Review of 'Intensive longitudinal methods: An
introduction to diary and experience sampling research'. Journal of Social Psychology,
154, 89-91.
Fraley, R. C. (2013). Attachment through the life course. In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener
(Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF Publishers.
Newman, D. A., Jones, K. S., Fraley, R. C., Lyon, J. S., & Mullaney, K. M. (2013). Why
minority recruiting doesn't often work, and what can be done about it: Applicant
qualifications and the 4-group model of targeted recruiting. In K. Y. T. Yu & D. M.
Cable (Eds.) Oxford handbook of recruitment (pp. 492-526). New York: Oxford
University Press.
Fraley, R. C., & Heffernan, M. E. (2013). Attachment and parental divorce: A test of the
diffusion and sensitive period hypotheses. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
39, 1199-1213.
Roisman, G. I., & Fraley, R. C. (2013). Developmental mechanisms underlying the legacy of
childhood experiences. Child Development Perspectives, 7, 149-154.
Fraley, R. C., Roisman, G. I., Booth-LaForce, C., Owen, M. T., & Holland, A. S. (2013).
Interpersonal and genetic origins of adult attachment styles: A longitudinal study from
infancy to early adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 8817-
838.
Haltigan, J. D., Roisman, G. I., & Fraley, R. C. (2013). The predictive significance of early
caregiving experiences for externalizing and internalizing symptomatology through
mid-adolescence: Enduring or transient effects? Development and Psychopathology,
25, 209-221.
Heffernan, M. E., & Fraley, R. C. (2013). Do early caregiving experiences shape what people
find attractive in adulthood? Evidence from a study on parental age. Journal of
Research in Personality, 47, 364-368.
Chopik, W. J., Edelstein, R. S., & Fraley, R. C. (2013). From the cradle to the grave: Age
differences in attachment from early adulthood to old age. Journal of Personality, 81,
171-183.
Fraley, R. C., Roisman, G. I., & Haltigan, J. D. (2013). The legacy of early experiences in
development: Formalizing alternative models of how early experiences are carried
forward over time. Developmental Psychology, 49, 109-126.
Fraley, R. C., Griffin, B. N., Belsky, J., & Roisman, G. I. (2012). Developmental antecedents
of political ideology: A longitudinal investigation from birth to age 18. Psychological
Science, 23(11), 1425-1431.
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Holland, A. S., Fraley, R. C., & Roisman, G. I. (2012). Attachment styles in dating couples:
Predicting relationship functioning over time. Personal Relationships, 19, 234-246.
Fraley, R. C., & Tancredy, C. M. (2012). Twin and sibling attachment in a nationally
representative sample. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 308-316.
Roisman, G.I., & Fraley, R.C. (2012). A behavior-genetic study of the legacy of early
caregiving experiences: Academic skills, social competence, and externalizing
behavior in kindergarten. Child Development, 83, 728-742.
Heffernan, M. E., Fraley, R. C., Vicary, A. M., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2012). Attachment
features and functions in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal
Relationships, 29, 671-693.
Roisman, G. I., & Fraley, R. C. (2012). The legacy of early interpersonal experience. In J. B.
Benson (Ed.), Advances in Child Development and Behavior (Vol. 42, pp. 79-112).
Burlington: Academic Press.
Roisman, G. I., Newman, D. A., Fraley, R. C., Haltigan, J. D., Groh, A. M., & Haydon, K. C.
(2012). Distinguishing differential susceptibility from diathesis-stress:
Recommendations for evaluating interaction effects. Development and
Psychopathology, 24, 389-409.
Fraley, R. C., Vicary, A. M., Brumbaugh, C. C., & Roisman, G. I. (2011). Patterns of
stability in adult attachment: An empirical test of two models of continuity and
change. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 974-992.
Haydon, K. C., Roisman, G. I., Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2011). An empirically derived
approach to the latent structure of the Adult Attachment Interview: Additional
convergent and discriminant validity evidence. Attachment & Human Development,
13, 503-524.
Fraley, R. C., Heffernan, M. E., Vicary, A. M., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2011). The Experiences
in Close Relationships-Relationship Structures questionnaire: A method for assessing
attachment orientations across relationships. Psychological Assessment, 23, 615-625.
Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2011). Pushing mom away: Embodied cognition and avoidant
attachment. Journal of Research in Personality, 45, 243-246.
Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2010). Westermarck, Freud, and the incest taboo: Does
familial resemblance activate sexual attraction? Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 36, 1202-1212.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2010). Adult attachment and dating strategies: How do
insecure people attract mates? Personal Relationships, 17, 599-614.
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Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R. C. (2010). Student reactions to the shootings at Virginia Tech
and Northern Illinois University: Does sharing grief and support over the Internet
affect recovery? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 1555-1563.
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R. C. (2010). Captured by True Crime: Why are women drawn to
tales of rape, murder, and serial killers? Social Psychological and Personality Science,
1, 81-86.
Fraley, R. C., & Phillips, R. L. (2009). Self-report measures of adult attachment in clinical
practice. In J. H. Obegi & E. Berant (Eds.), Clinical Applications of Attachment
Theory (pp. 153-180). New York: Guilford.
Shaver, P. R., & Fraley, R. C. (2008). Attachment, Loss, and Grief: Bowlby's Views and
Current Controversies In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment:
Theory, research, and clinical applications (2nd Edition)(pp. 48-77). New York:
Guilford Press.
Crowell, J., Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). Measures of individual differences in
adolescent and adult attachment. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of
attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (2nd Edition) (pp. 599-634).
New York: Guilford Press.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). Attachment theory and its place in contemporary
personality research. In O. John & R. W. Robins, Handbook of Personality: Theory
and Research (3rd Edition) (pp. 518-541). New York: Guilford Press.
Roisman, G. I., & Fraley, R. C. (2008). A behavior-genetic study of parenting quality, infant
attachment security, and their covariation in a nationally representative sample.
Developmental Psychology, 44, 831-839.
Fraley, R. C. (2007). Attachment theory. In R. Baumeister & K. Vohs (eds.), Encyclopedia of
social psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2007). The transference of attachment patterns: How
parental and romantic relationships influence feelings toward novel people. Personal
Relationships, 14, 513-530.
Fraley, R. C. (2007). A connectionist approach to the organization and continuity of working
models of attachment. Journal of Personality, 75, 1157-1180.
Fraley, R. C., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2007). Adult attachment and preemptive defenses:
Converging evidence on the role of defensive exclusion at the level of encoding.
Journal of Personality, 75, 1033-1050.
Caprara, G. V., Barbaranelli, C., Fraley, R. C., & Vecchione, M. (2007).The simplicity of
political context: An annomolous replication. International Journal of Psychology, 42,
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393-405.
Caprara, G. V., Vecchione, M., Barbaranelli, C., & Fraley, R. C. (2007). When likeness goes
with liking: The case of political preference. Political Psychology, 28, 609-632.
Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2007) The impact of social interaction on the sexual double
standard. Social Influence, 2, 29-54.
Vicary, A. M., Fraley, R. C. (2007). Choose your own adventure: Attachment dynamics in a
simulated relationship. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1279-1291.
Roisman, G. I., Fraley, R. C., & Belsky, J. (2007). A taxometric study of the Adult
Attachment Interview. Developmental Psychology, 43, 675-686.
Roisman, G.I., Holland, A., Fortuna, K., Fraley, R.C., Clausell, E., & Clarke, A. (2007). The
Adult Attachment Interview and self-reports of attachment style: An empirical
rapprochement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 678-697.
Fraley, R. C. (2007). Using the Internet for personality research: What can be done, how to
do it, and some concerns. In R. W. Robins, R. C. Fraley, & R. F. Krueger (Eds.),
Handbook of research methods in personality psychology (pp. 130-148). New York:
Guilford.
Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2007). The null hypothesis significance testing debate and its
implications for personality research. In R. W. Robins, R. C. Fraley, & R. F. Krueger
(Eds.), Handbook of research methods in personality psychology (pp. 149-169). New
York: Guilford.
Fraley, R. C., Niedenthal, P. M., Marks, M. J., Brumbaugh, C. C., & Vicary, A. (2006).
Adult attachment and the perception of emotional expressions: Probing the
hyperactivating strategies underlying anxious attachment. Journal of Personality, 74,
1163-1190.
Roisman, G. I., & Fraley, R. C. (2006). The limits of genetic influence: A behavior-genetic
analysis of infant-caregiver relationship quality and temperament. Child Development,
77, 1656-1667.
Tancredy, C. M., & Fraley, R. C. (2006). The nature of adult twin relationships: An
attachment-theoretical perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90,
78-93.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2006). Transference and attachment: How do attachment
patterns get carried forward from one relationship to the next? Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 32, 552-560.
Fraley, R. C., Fazzari, D. A., Bonanno, G. A., & Dekel, S. (2006). Attachment and
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psychological adaptation in high exposure World Trade Center survivors. Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 538-551.
Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R.C. (2006). Confirmation bias and the sexual double standard. Sex
Roles, 54, 19-26.
Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2006). The evolution of attachment in romantic
relationships. In M. Mikulincer & G. S. Goodman (Eds.), The dynamics of romantic
love: Attachment, caregiving, and sex (pp. 71-101). NY: Guilford Press.
Alonso-Arbiol, I., Shaver, P. R., Fraley, R. C., Oronoz, B., Unzurrunzaga, E., & Urizar, R.
(2006). Structure of the Basque emotion lexicon. Cognition and Emotion, 20, 836-865.
Fraley, R. C., Brumbaugh, C. C., & Marks, M. J. (2005). The evolution and function of adult
attachment: A comparative and phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 89, 731-746.
Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2005). Quantitative methods in the study of personality. In B.
Everett and D. Howell (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Statistics (Vol. 3, pp. 1637-
1641). New York: Wiley.
Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2005). The sexual double standard: Fact or fiction? Sex Roles,
52, 175-186.
Hankin, B. L., Fraley, R. C., & Abela, J. R. Z. (2005). Daily depression and cognitions about
stress: Evidence for a trait-like depressogenic cognitive style and the prediction of
depressive symptoms in a prospective daily diary study. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, 88, 673-685.
Alonso-Arbiol, I., Shaver, P. R., Fraley, R. C., Oronoz, B., Unzurrunzaga, E., & Urizar, R.
(2005). Estructura prototípica del léxico emocional de la lengua vasca (Prototypical
structure of Basque emotion lexicon). In E. Barberá et al. (Ed.). Motivos, emociones y
procesos representacionales: De la teoría a la práctica (Motives, emotions and
representative processes: From theory to practice) (pp. 411-420). Valencia, Spain:
Fundación Universidad-Empresa de Valencia, ADEIT.
Hankin, B. L., Fraley, R. C., Lahey, B. B., & Waldman, I. D. (2005). Is depression best
viewed as a continuum or discrete category? A taxometric analysis of childhood and
adolescent depression in a population-based sample. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,
114, 96-110.
Fraley, R. C., & Roberts, B. W. (2005). Patterns of continuity: A dynamic model for
conceptualizing the stability of individual differences in psychological constructs
across the life course. Psychological Review, 112, 60-74.
Fraley, R. C., & Bonanno, G. A. (2004). Attachment and loss: A test of three competing
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models on the association between attachment-related avoidance and adaptation to
bereavement. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 878-890.
Fraley, R. C., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2004). A dynamical systems approach to understanding
stability and change in attachment security. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.),
Adult attachment : Theory, research, and clinical implications (pp. 86-132). New
York: Guilford Press.
Fraley, R. C., & Spieker, S. J. (2003). Are infant attachment patterns continuously or
categorically distributed? A taxometric analysis of strange situation behavior.
Developmental Psychology, 39, 387-404. [target article]
Fraley, R. C., & Spieker, S. J. (2003). What are the differences between dimensional and
categorical models of individual differences in attachment? Reply to Cassidy (2003),
Cummings (2003), Sroufe (2003), and Waters and Beauchaine (2003). Developmental
Psychology, 39, 423-429.
Fraley, R. C. (2002). Introduction to the special issue: The psychodynamics of adult
attachments - Bridging the gap between disparate research traditions. Attachment and
Human Development, 4, 131-132.
Fraley, R. C. (2002). Attachment stability from infancy to adulthood: Meta-analysis and
dynamic modeling of developmental mechanisms. Personality and Social Psychology
Review, 6, 123-151.
Shaver, P. R., Murdaya, U, & Fraley, R. C. (2001). Structure of the Indonesian emotion
lexicon. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 4, 201-224.
Robins, R. W., Fraley, R. C., Roberts, B. W., & Trzesniewski, K. (2001). A longitudinal
study of personality change in young adulthood. Journal of Personality, 69, 617-640.
Fraley, R. C., Garner, J. P., & Shaver, P. R. (2000). Adult attachment and the defensive
regulation of attention and memory: The role of preemptive and postemptive
processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 816-826.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (2000). Adult romantic attachment: Theoretical developments,
emerging controversies, and unanswered questions. Review of General Psychology, 4,
132-154.
Shaver, P. R., & Fraley, R. C. (2000). Attachment theory and caregiving: An evaluation of
Bell and Richard’s critique. Psychological Inquiry, 11, 109-114.
Fraley, R. C., Waller, N. G., & Brennan, K. G. (2000). An item response theory analysis of
self-report measures of adult attachment. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 78, 350-365.
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Fraley, R. C. (1999). Types or dimensions of relating: Taxometrics as a tool for the study of
personal relationships. ISSPR Bulletin, 16 (1), 3-4.
Crowell, J., Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1999). Measures of individual differences in
adolescent and adult attachment. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of
attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (pp. 434-465). New York:
Guilford Press.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1999). Loss and bereavement: Attachment theory and recent
controversies concerning "grief work" and the nature of detachment. In J. Cassidy & P.
R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications
(pp. 735-759). New York: Guilford Press.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Airport separations: A naturalistic study of adult
attachment dynamics in separating couples. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 75, 1198-1212.
Fraley, R. C., Davis, K. E., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Dismissing-avoidance and the defensive
organization of emotion, cognition, and behavior. In J. A. Simpson & W. S. Rholes
(Eds.), Attachment theory and close relationships (pp. 249-279). New York: Guilford
Press.
Fraley, R. C., & Waller, N. G. (1998). Adult attachment patterns: A test of the typological
model. In J. A. Simpson & W. S. Rholes (Eds.), Attachment theory and close
relationships (pp. 77-114). New York: Guilford Press.
Fraley, R. C., & Davis, K. E. (1997). Attachment formation and transfer in young adults'
close friendships and romantic relationships. Personal Relationships, 4, 131-144.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1997). Adult attachment and the suppression of unwanted
thoughts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 1080-1091.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Fraley, R. C. (2019, September). To what extent do life experiences lead to changes in adult
attachment styles? New findings from an intensive longitudinal investigation.
University of Minnesota. Invited speaker.
Fraley, R. C. (2019, Feb). Stability and change in attachment: Controversies and crossroads.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology: Portland, OR.
Fraley, R. C. (2018, Oct). What makes people secure or insecure in their relationships? Iowa
Stave University. Invited speaker.
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Fraley, R. C. (2018, March). Results-blind reviews: The importance of unbiasing our science.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology: Atlanta, GA.
Fraley, R. C. (2018, Feb). Statistical power: What is it, why it matters, and how to plan for it.
SBSRI UIUC Workshop on Methods.
Fraley, R. C. (2017, Oct). What makes people secure or insecure in their relationships? Jaffe
Symposium on Security. University of Michigan. Invited speaker.
Fraley, R. C. (2017, March). What makes some people more secure than others?
Developmental antecedents of adult attachment styles. Invited colloquium speaker.
Bradley University.
Fraley, R. C. (2016, April). Adult attachment theory: New directions. Invited colloquium
speaker. University of Pennsylvania.
Fraley, R. C. (2016, March). Adult attachment theory: New directions. Invited speaker,
Social-Personality Brownbag. University of Illinois at Chicago.
Fraley, R. C. (2016, Jan). Adult attachment theory: New directions. Invited speaker,
Relationships Research Group: University of Illinois.
Fraley, R. C. (2014, Oct). The developmental antecedents of adult attachment styles: New
findings. Invited speaker, Purdue University.
Fraley, R. C. (2014, Oct). The developmental antecedents of adult attachment styles: New
findings. Invited speaker, Washington University, St. Louis.
Fraley, R. C. (2014, September 8). The developmental antecedents of adult attachment styles:
New findings. UIUC Social-Personality-Organizational brownbag.
Fraley, R. C. (2014, July 19). Do life events have enduring or temporary influences on
personality functioning? European Conference for Personality, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Fraley, R. C. (2014, July 11). The developmental antecedents of adult attachment styles: New
findings. Invited speaker, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
Fraley, R. C. (2014, April 10). How do early experiences shape development? Alternative
models and their implications for research on social and personality development.
Invited speaker, Institute for Child Development, University of Minnesota.
Fraley, R. C. (2014, March 7). How do early experiences shape development? Alternative
models and their implications for research on social and personality development.
Invited speaker, Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.
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Fraley, R. C. (2014, Feb 13). The developmental antecedents of adult attachment styles: New
findings. Invited speaker, Close Relationships Preconference at the annual meeting of
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Austin, TX.
Fraley, R. C. (2013, Nov 15). How do early experiences shape development? Alternative
models and their implications for research on social and personality development.
Invited speaker, Michigan State University.
Fraley, R. C. (2013, Feb 1). The legacy of early experiences in development:
Formalizing alternative models of how early experiences are carried forward over
time. Developmental Brownbag, UIUC.
Fraley, R. C. (2013, January 19). The legacy of early experiences in development:
Formalizing alternative models of how early experiences are carried forward over
time. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology: New Orleans, LA.
Fraley, R. C. (2012, November 16). The dynamics of stability and change in adult
attachment. Invited speaker, Northwestern University.
Fraley, R. C. (2012, November 8). The dynamics of stability and change in adult attachment.
Invited speaker, University of Minnesota.
Fraley, R. C. (2012, October 9). The dynamics of stability and change in adult attachment.
Invited speaker, Psychologisches Institut der Universität Züich.
Fraley, R. C. (2012, January). The dynamics of stability and change in adult attachment.
Invited speaker, Washington University, St. Louis.
Haydon, K.C., Roisman, G.I., Fortuna, K., Marks, M.J., Fraley, R.C., & Burt, K. (2011,
April). In search of security: The latent structure of the Adult Attachment Interview
revisited. In K.C. Haydon & G.I. Roisman (Chairs), New and emerging insights
regarding the Adult Attachment Interview. Paper-symposium presented to the Society
for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Haltigan, J.D., Roisman, G.I., & Fraley, R.C. (2011, April). The predictive significance of
early caregiving experiences for externalizing and internalizing symptomatology
through age 15. Poster presented to the Society for Research in Child Development,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2009, February). How do people use the Internet in times of
tragedy? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
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Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2008, February). Break-ups and the Formation of New
Romantic Attachments. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology: Albuquerque, NM.
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2008, February). True Crime: Why do women enjoy reading
about serial killers? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2007, May). True Crime: An investigation into women's
interest in serial killers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2007, January). An investigation into the longitudinal
reliability and validity of the 10-Item Personality Inventory. Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Roisman, G.I., & Fraley, R.C. (2007, March). The limits of genetic influence: A behavior-
genetic analysis of infant-caregiver relationship quality and temperament. In Gottfried
Spangler and Judit Gervai (chairs), Psychobiology of attachment and temperament.
Symposium presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
Fraley, R.C., & Roisman, G.I. (2007, October). The legacy of early experiences: New
methods and evidence. In J.A. Simpson (Chair), Longitudinal perspectives of
attachment: A view of lives through time. Invited symposium presented to the Society
of Experimental Social Psychology, Chicago, IL.
Fraley, R. C., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2007, January). Comparative Phylogenetic Methods for
Studying Evolution in Social-Personality Psychology. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Memphis, TN.
Marks, M. J. & Fraley, R. C. (2007, January). Attachment avoidance and the automaticity of
withdrawal behaviors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2006, May). Choose your own adventure: Attachment
dynamics in a simulated relationship. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Wood, D., Brumbaugh, C.C., & Fraley, R.C. (2006, October). "Indirectly" Measured Mate
Preferences and their Relation to Dispositional Characteristics. Poster presented at
New Methods for the Analysis of Family and Dyadic Processes: Amherst, MA.
Brumbaugh, C. C. & Fraley, R. C. (2006, January). Transference of Attachment to Novel
Relationships: The Role of Parental and Partner Representations. Poster presented at
the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Palm
Springs, CA.
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Marks, M. J. & Fraley, R. C., (2006, May). The effect of divided attention on the sexual
double standard. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern
Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.
Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2006, May). Westermarck, Freud, and the Incest Taboo: Are
people sexually attracted to, or repulsed by, individuals who resemble kin? Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association:
Chicago, IL.
Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2006, January). Avoidant attachment and automatic vs.
controlled components of psychological defense. Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Fraley, R. C. & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2006, January). Comparative and Phylogenetic Methods
in Social and Personality Psychology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology: Palm Springs, CA.
Vicary, A. M., & Fraley, R.C. (2006, January). Choose your own adventure: Attachment
dynamics in a simulated relationship. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Fraley, R. C. (2006, Feb). Comparative and Phylogenetic Methods in Social and Personality
Psychology. Paper presented at the 2005 meeting of the Society of Personality and
Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Fraley, R. C. (2005, June). Psychological science on the internet: Designing web-based
experiments from the ground up. Invited workshop presented at the 2005 meeting of
the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Brumbaugh, C. C. & Fraley, R. C. (2005, June). The evolution of adult attachment: A
comparative and phylogenetic analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Human Behavior and Evolution Society: Austin, TX.
Brumbaugh, C. C., Fraley, R. C., Marks, M. J., & Vicary, A. (2005, May). Adult attachment
and the perception of emotions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Midwestern Psychological Association: Chicago, IL.
Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2005, May). Confirmation Bias and the Sexual Double
Standard. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association: Chicago, IL.
Fraley, R. C. (2005, January). A connectionist perspective on working models of adult
attachment. Paper presented at the 2005 meeting of the Society of Personality and
Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
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Fraley, R. C. (2005, January). A survival kit for the assistant professor. Paper presented at
the 2005 meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans,
LA.
Brumbaugh, C. C., Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2005, January). The Evolution and
Function of Adult Attachment: A Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology:
New Orleans, LA.
Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2005, January). Group Dynamics and the Sexual Double
Standard. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Brumbaugh, C. C., Fraley, R. C., & Marks, M. J. (2004, April). The Evolution and Function
of Adult Attachment: A Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis of Pair Bonding.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association:
Chicago, IL.
Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2004, April). Group Dynamics and the Sexual Double
Standard. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago IL.
Fraley, R. C. (2004, January). The evolution and function of adult attachment: A
comparative and phylogenetic analysis of pair-bonding. Paper presented at the 2004
meeting of the Personal Relationships Preconference at the Society of Personality and
Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Fraley, R. C. (2004, January). Conducting psychological research over the Internet: What
can be done and how to do it. Paper presented at the 2004 meeting of the Society of
Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Brumbaugh, C. C. & Fraley, R. C. (2004, January). Transference of Working Models of
Attachment. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology: Austin, TX.
Fraley, R. C. (2003, November). The regulation of attachment-related thought, feeling, and
behavior in close relationships. Colloquium speaker. University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign.
Hankin, B. L., Fraley, R. C., Lahey, B. B., & Waldman, I. (June, 2003). Is youth depressive
disorder best viewed as a continuum or discrete category? A taxometric analysis of
childhood and adolescent depression in a large community sample. Paper presented at
the 11th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and
Adolescent Psychopathology, Sydney, Australia.
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Fraley, R. C. (2003, May). Modeling the dynamics of stability and change in personality
development. Paper presented at the 2003 meeting of the American Psychological
Society, Atlanta, GA. [Invited address for “‘Hot Topics’ in Personality Research”]
Fraley, R. C. (2003, May). Contemporary advances and controversies in the study of adult
attachment dynamics. Paper presented at the 2003 meeting of the Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Marks, M. J., & Fraley, R. C. (2003, May). The Sexual Double Standard: A Nonobtrusive
Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago IL.
Brumbaugh, C. C. & Fraley, R. C. (2003, May). Transference of Attachment. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association:
Chicago, IL.
Fraley, R. C. (2003, April). Contemporary advances and controversies in the study of adult
attachment dynamics. Colloquium speaker. Marquette University.
Alonso-Arbiol, I., Shaver, P.R., Fraley, C.R., Oronoz, B., Unzurrunzaga, E.,
Urizar, R., & Yárnoz, S. (2003, July). Emotion prototypes and the structure
of the emotion lexicon in the Basque language. Poster presented at the 8th
European Congress of Psychology, Vienna, Austria.
Alonso-Arbiol, I., Shaver, P.R., Fraley, C.R., Oronoz, B., Unzurrunzaga, E.,
Urizar, R., & Yárnoz, S. (2003, May). Estructura prototípica del léxico
emocional: el euskara en comparación con otras lenguas (Prototypical
structure of emotion words: Basque compared to other languages). Paper
presented at the III Simposium of the Asociación de Motivación y Emoción,
Valencia, Spain.
Fraley, R. C. (2003, March). The regulation of attachment-related thought, feeling, and
behavior in close relationships. Colloquium speaker. University of Chicago.
Fraley, R. C. (2002, March). Recent advances in the study of adult attachment. Paper
presented at the 2002 meeting of Social Psychologists of the Midwest, Columbia,
Missouri.
Fraley, R. C. (2002, March). The regulation of attachment-related thought, feeling, and
behavior in close relationships. Colloquium speaker. Purdue University.
Fraley, R. C. (2002, March). Within-person variation in adult attachment security:
Implications for theory and research: Introduction. Paper presented at the 2002
meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, GA.
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Fraley, R. C. (2002, February). The psychodynamics of romantic relationships: An
attachment theoretical perspective. Colloquium speaker. Illinois Wesleyan University.
Fraley, R. C. (2001, October). The regulation of attachment-related thought, feeling, and
behavior in close relationships. Colloquium speaker. Northwestern University.
Fraley, R. C. (2001, February). The regulation of attachment-related thought, feeling, and
behavior in close relationships. Colloquium speaker. University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (2001, February). New directions in the study of defensive
processes in avoidant adults. Paper presented at the 2001 meeting of the Society of
Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Fraley, R. C. (2000, February). Reconsidering personality types: Answering the types vs.
dimensions question with variable- and person-centered data. Paper presented at the
2000 meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Nashville, TN.
Fraley, R. C. (1999, August). The implications of adult attachment for understanding same-
sex relationship dynamics: A discussion. Paper presented at the 1999 meeting of the
American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1999, August). Adult attachment and the defensive regulation
of attention and memory. Poster presented at the 1999 meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1998, August). Attachment continuity from infancy to
adulthood: Meta-analysis and dynamic modeling of developmental mechanisms.
Poster presented at the 1998 meeting of the American Psychological Association, San
Francisco, CA.
Fraley, R. C., & Scheib, J. E. (1998, July). A meta-analysis of attachment continuity from
infancy to adulthood: Testing assumptions of evolutionary-developmental theories of
reproduction and parenting behaviors. Poster presented at the 1998 meeting of the
Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Davis, CA.
Fraley, R. C. (1998, April). Attachment continuity from infancy to adulthood: Meta-analysis
and dynamic modeling of developmental mechanisms. Colloquium speaker. University
of California, Berkeley.
Fraley, R. C. (1997, November). Attachment and defense: Explorations into the defensive
organization of the attachment system in adulthood. Colloquium speaker. Catholic
University of America, Washington DC.
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Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1997, August). Attachment and separation: A naturalistic
study of adult romantic attachment behavior. Poster presented at the 1997 meeting of
the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Fraley, R. C., & Waller, N. G. (1997, August). A taxometric analysis of adult attachment
patterns. Paper presented at the 1997 meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Chicago, IL.
Fraley, R. C. (1997, April). Adult attachment and the suppression of unwanted thoughts.
Paper presented at the 1997 Annual Berkeley-Stanford Social-Personality Conference,
Berkeley, CA.
Shaver, P. R., & Fraley, R. C. (1997, October). Measuring adult attachment: Recent
developments. Invited paper presented at the Close Relationships Preconference,
Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Toronto, Ontario.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1996, April). Adult attachment and dissociations between
self-report and psychophysiological indices of distress. Poster presented at the 1996
meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Jose, CA.
Fraley, R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1996, April). Emotional suppression results in increased
arousal for preoccupied adults and decreased arousal for dismissing adults. Poster
presented at the 1996 meeting of the American Psychological Society, San Francisco,
CA.
Fraley, R. C., & Waller, N. G. (1996, April). Adult romantic attachment patterns: A test of
the typological measurement model. Poster presented at the 1996 meeting of the
Western Psychological Association, San Jose, CA.
Fraley, R. C., Davis, K. E., & Shaver, P. R. (1995, April). Attachment behavior, unrequited
love, and relationship dissolution. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships, Williamsburg, VA.
Fraley, R. C. (1994, April). Unrequited love and relationship dissolution: An attachment
theory perspective. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Fraley, R. C., & Sanders, A. (1994, April). Using others as a secure base: Differentiating
relationship quality in close friendships and romantic relationships. Poster presented
at the annual Southeastern Undergraduate Psychological Research Conference,
Nashville, TN.