Claudia Brumbaugh
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My research focuses on uncovering the processes that lead people to experience similar thoughts and emotions across different relationships. The framework of adult attachment theory, coupled with social-cognitive paradigms, has been especially useful in guiding my research. I plan to continue to research questions such as the following: Do people's desires for predictability and to confirm their existing beliefs sometimes sabotage their interpersonal growth? How do people select their social environments and what leads them to make those choices? What level of awareness do people have over their relational choices? How do people of different attachment types "fit" with their social environments, and what are the features they value most in others?
Primary Interests:
- Close Relationships
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Interpersonal Processes
- Person Perception
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Social Cognition
Journal Articles:
- Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2010). Adult attachment and dating strategies: How do insecure people attract mates? Personal Relationships, 17, 599-614.
- Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2007). Transference of attachment patterns: How important relationships influence feelings toward novel people. Personal Relationships, 14, 369-386.
- 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., & 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.
- 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., 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.
- Wood, D. O., & Brumbaugh, C. C. (2009). Using revealed mate preferences to evaluate market force and differential preference explanations for mate selection. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 6, 1226-1244.
Other Publications:
- Brumbaugh, C. C., & Fraley, R. C. (2006). The evolution of attachment in romantic relationships. In M. Mikulincer & G. Goodman (Eds.), The dynamics of romantic love: Attachment, caregiving, and sex (pp. 71-101). New York: Guilford Press.
- 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.
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Experimental Methods in Social-Personality Psychology
- Personality Psychology
- Social Psychology
Claudia Brumbaugh
Department of Psychology
Queens College, CUNY
6530 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing, New York 11367
United States of America
- Phone: (718) 997-3250
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