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According to Wikipedia, Robert Edgar Emery is a professor of psychology and director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on topics related to family relationships, such as divorce and family violence, and their effects on children's mental health. Books that he has authored include Marriage, Divorce, and Children’s Adjustment, Renegotiating Family Relationships: Divorce, Child Custody, and Mediation, The Truth about Children and Divorce: Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive, and Two Homes, One Childhood: A Parenting Plan to Last a Lifetime. He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, as well as of Divisions 12, 37, and 43 of the American Psychological Association.

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Robert E. Emery's Published Works

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Interparental conflict and the children of discord and divorce. (1982) (1455)
Children's Adjustment Following Divorce: Risk and Resilience Perspectives (2003) (647)
Marriage, divorce, and children's adjustment (1988) (610)
Detrimental Psychological Outcomes Associated with Early Pubertal Timing in Adolescent Girls. (2007) (423)
The roles of ethnicity and culture in the development of eating disturbance and body dissatisfaction: a meta-analytic review. (2001) (419)
Children's perceptions of marital discord and behavior problems of boys and girls (1982) (361)
Renegotiating family relationships : divorce, child custody, and mediation (1994) (355)
Parent-child relationships and the management of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. (1994) (266)
When every relationship is above average (1993) (224)
The emotional sequelae of nonmarital relationship dissolution: Analysis of change and intraindividual variability over time. (2005) (212)
Distress among young adults from divorced families. (2000) (208)
The role of the children of twins design in elucidating causal relations between parent characteristics and child outcomes. (2003) (197)
A Critical Assessment of Child Custody Evaluations (2005) (187)
Family members as third parties in dyadic family conflict: strategies, alliances, and outcomes. (1988) (187)
Changes in nonresident father-child contact from 1976 to 2002. (2009) (186)
Do Marriage Problems Affect Fathering More than Mothering? A Quantitative and Qualitative Review (1998) (181)
Associations between father absence and age of first sexual intercourse. (2009) (175)
Parental conflict and other correlates of the adjustment of school-age children whose parents have separated (1987) (175)
Gene-Environment Correlation and Interaction in Peer Effects on Adolescent Alcohol and Tobacco Use (2008) (173)
Marital discord and child behavior problems in a nonclinic sample (1984) (172)
Parenting in context: systemic thinking about parental conflict and its influence on children. (1992) (168)
Children of abused women: I. Adjustment at time of shelter residence. (1987) (166)
Posttraumatic stress in children following acute physical injury. (1999) (164)
Marital discord and child behavior problems. (1982) (161)
An overview of the nature, causes, and consequences of abusive family relationships: Toward differentiating maltreatment and violence. (1998) (159)
Child custody mediation and litigation: custody, contact, and coparenting 12 years after initial dispute resolution. (2001) (152)
Methodological issues in child sexual abuse research. (1989) (145)
Peer network drinking predicts increased alcohol use from adolescence to early adulthood after controlling for genetic and shared environmental selection. (2012) (145)
Parental divorce and children s well-being: A focus on resilience (1996) (141)
DIVORCE MEDIATION: Research and Reflections (2005) (132)
Marital conflict and support seeking by parents in adolescence: empirical support for the parentification construct. (2008) (131)
A genetically informed study of marital instability and its association with offspring psychopathology. (2005) (126)
Child custody mediation and litigation: an experimental evaluation of the experience of parents. (1987) (123)
Family structure and age at menarche: a children-of-twins approach. (2006) (120)
An overview of the nature, causes, and consequences of abusive family relationships. Toward differentiating maltreatment and violence. (1998) (112)
A genetically informed study of the processes underlying the association between parental marital instability and offspring adjustment. (2006) (112)
Rethinking Timing of First Sex and Delinquency (2008) (110)
A genetically informed study of the association between harsh punishment and offspring behavioral problems. (2006) (103)
Delinquent Behavior, Future Divorce or Nonmarital Childbearing, and Externalizing Behavior Among Offspring: A 14-Year Prospective Study (1999) (102)
A Children of Twins Study of parental divorce and offspring psychopathology. (2007) (100)
Intergenerational transmission of childhood conduct problems: a Children of Twins Study. (2007) (100)
Divorce, children, and social policy (1984) (96)
Conceptualizing the Divorce Process: Renegotiating Boundaries of Intimacy and Power in the Divorced Family System. (1994) (89)
Chronic family adversity and school-age children's adjustment. (1988) (88)
Marriage, divorce, and children's adjustment, 2nd ed. (1999) (85)
Parental depression and offspring psychopathology: a Children of Twins study (2010) (82)
Child custody mediation and litigation: further evidence on the differing views of mothers and fathers. (1991) (79)
A behavior genetic investigation of adolescent motherhood and offspring mental health problems. (2007) (79)
Parental functioning and children's adjustment in families of divorce: A prospective study (1993) (77)
Child custody mediation and litigation: parents' satisfaction and functioning one year after settlement. (1994) (75)
Procedural justice and parents' satisfaction in a field study of child custody dispute resolution (1993) (74)
Marital conflict and conduct problems in Children of Twins. (2007) (72)
Deeper into divorce: using actor-partner analyses to explore systemic differences in coparenting conflict following custody dispute resolution. (2008) (69)
Overnight Custody Arrangements, Attachment, and Adjustment Among Very Young Children. (2013) (69)
The Truth About Children and Divorce: Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive (2004) (65)
Accounting for the physical and mental health benefits of entry into marriage: a genetically informed study of selection and causation. (2013) (64)
Marital Dissolution and Major Depression in Midlife (2014) (64)
Child and family coping one year after mediated and litigated child custody disputes. (1994) (63)
Family conflicts and their developmental implications: A conceptual analysis of meanings for the structure of relationships. (1992) (61)
Coparenting conflict, nonacceptance, and depression among divorced adults: results from a 12-year follow-up study of child custody mediation using multiple imputation. (2005) (59)
Searching for an environmental effect of parental alcoholism on offspring alcohol use disorder: a genetically informed study of children of alcoholics. (2008) (58)
Divorce mediation and resolution of child custody disputes: long-term effects. (1996) (57)
A Genetically Informed Study of the Intergenerational Transmission of Marital Instability. (2007) (55)
Postdivorce Family Life for Children: An Overview of Research and Some Implications for Policy (1999) (55)
Developmental Psychology and Law: Divorce, Child Maltreatment, Foster Care and Adoption. (1998) (52)
Children as independent variables: Some clinical implications of child-effects (1983) (46)
Parent-child relationships and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus : Observational ratings of clinically relevant dimensions (1998) (44)
The Cohabitation Effect on Divorce (2002) (44)
Parental divorce or separation and children's mental health (2019) (43)
Is marriage a buzzkill? A twin study of marital status and alcohol consumption. (2016) (43)
Alcohol Use in Adolescent Twins and Affiliation with Substance Using Peers (2008) (42)
Offspring ADHD as a Risk Factor for Parental Marital Problems: Controls for Genetic and Environmental Confounds (2012) (38)
A Prospective Study of the Consequences of Marital Disruption for Adolescents: Predisruption Family Dynamics and Postdisruption Adolescent Adjustment (2004) (37)
Divorce Mediation: Negotiating Agreements and Renegotiating Relationships (1995) (35)
Renegotiating family relationships (1994) (34)
PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME: Proponents Bear the Burden of Proof (2005) (33)
Divorce mediation. (1987) (32)
Redefining the Parent-Child Relationship Following Divorce (2005) (29)
Examining parental denigration behaviors of co-parents as reported by young adults and their association with parent–child closeness. (2014) (27)
Gender Differences in the Structure of Marital Quality (2018) (25)
A Twin Study on Perceived Stress, Depressive Symptoms, and Marriage (2017) (25)
Early Adolescents and Divorce in South Korea: Risk, Resilience and Pain* (2010) (24)
Limited mental capacities and perceived control in attribution of responsibility. (1988) (24)
Proponents Bear the Burden of Proof (2005) (22)
Gender Politics and Child Custody: The Puzzling Persistence of the Best Interest Standard (2013) (21)
“Bending” Evidence for a Cause: Scholar‐Advocacy Bias in Family Law (2016) (21)
Shared-time parenting: Evaluating the evidence of risks and benefits to children. (2016) (21)
Cultural sociology of divorce : an encyclopedia (2013) (21)
Effects of Multiple Maternal Relationship Transitions on Offspring Antisocial Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence: A Cousin-Comparison Analysis (2013) (20)
Emotional anger and grief in divorce mediation (1991) (18)
January 2019 (2019) (18)
Parental Denigration: A Form of Conflict that Typically Backfires (2018) (18)
Revisiting the effect of marital support on depressive symptoms in mothers and fathers: a genetically informed study. (2011) (18)
The charlottesville mediation project: Mediated and litigated child custody disputes (1989) (17)
Divorce: consequences for children. (1995) (16)
New roles for family therapists in the courts: an overview with a focus on custody dispute resolution. (2014) (15)
Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Teenage Pregnancy in Australian Female Twins (2007) (15)
Promoting Coparenting After Divorce: A Relational Perspective on Child Custody Evaluations in Italy (2016) (13)
Changing the Rules for Determining Child Custody in Divorce Cases (2006) (12)
Children in the divorce process. (1988) (12)
Interparental Conflict and Child Development: Interparental Conflict and Social Policy (2001) (12)
The Impact of Children on Adults (1985) (11)
Single-Parent Families: Risks, Resilience, and Change (2004) (10)
Rule or Rorschach? Approximating Children’s Best Interests (2007) (10)
Genetic and environmental associations between body dissatisfaction, weight preoccupation, and binge eating: Evidence for a common factor with differential loadings across symptom type (2017) (10)
Convenient and Inconvenient Truths in Family Law: Preventing Scholar‐Advocacy Bias in the Use of Social Science Research for Public Policy (2016) (9)
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN EUROPEAN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS: WHY ARE FAMILY PRACTICES SO DIFFERENT FROM LEGAL THEORIES? (2007) (9)
Childhood Sexual Abuse Moderates Genetic Influences on Age at First Consensual Sexual Intercourse in Women (2008) (8)
Families as Systems: Some Thoughts on Methods and Theory (2014) (8)
GENDER POLITICS AND CHILD CUSTODY: THE PUZZLING PERSISTENCE OF THE BEST-INTERESTS STANDARD (2014) (8)
Mediational screening in theory and in practice (1991) (7)
Dyadic Coping in Couple Therapy Process: An Exploratory Study. (2018) (7)
Commentary. Changing the rules for determining child custody in divorce cases (1999) (6)
In the Presence of Grief: The Role of Cognitive-Emotional Adaptation in Contemporary Divorce Mediation (2005) (6)
Parental Denigration Boomerangs Versus Alienates: Parent–Child Closeness, Reciprocity, and Well‐Being Using Multiple Informants (2019) (6)
Rejoinder to : Who Assumes the Burden of Proof When There's No Neutral Null Hypothesis? (2014) (6)
Widowhood and the Stability of Late Life Depressive Symptomatology in the Swedish Adoption Twin Study of Aging (2016) (5)
Parental denigration reports across parent–child dyads: Divorced parents underreport denigration behaviors compared to children (2019) (5)
Acceptance of Marital Termination and Outcome in Mediation (1988) (5)
Who Knows What is Best for Children? Honoring Agreements and Contracts Between Parents Who Live Apart (2014) (5)
Adolescents' Experience of Parental Divorce (2011) (5)
Examining divorce consequences and policies and the question: Is marriage more than a piece of paper? (2012) (4)
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' (2006) (4)
More Research Is Needed (2019) (3)
Widowhood and the Stability of Late Life Depressive Symptomatology in the Swedish Adoption Twin Study of Aging (2015) (3)
July 2018 (2018) (3)
April 2018: EDITORIAL (2018) (3)
Practical and emotional consequences of parental divorce. (1998) (3)
Current directions in abnormal psychology (2004) (2)
Associations Between Lone Motherhood and Depression: A Co-twin Control Study (2018) (2)
The Australian Family Relationship Centres and the Future of Services for Separating and Divorcing Families (2013) (2)
Separating, Divorced, and Remarried Families (2015) (1)
Divorce Mediation: A Practice in Search of a Theory. (1990) (1)
April 2015: Editorial Notes (2015) (1)
Marriage at the Crossroads: Marriage and Improved Well-Being (2012) (1)
Beyond Abstinence : Levels of Adolescent Sexual Maturity and Social Competence (2000) (1)
FAMILY COURT REVIEW—JULY 2012 (2012) (1)
Clerical sexual misconduct with minors : the responsibilities of the diocesan bishop and the canonical rights of the accused (1994) (1)
JULY 2011: EDITORIAL NOTES (2011) (1)
The role of behavior therapists in child custody cases. (1990) (1)
October 2014: Editorial Notes (2014) (1)
Laser perforation of a main stem bronchus. (1986) (1)
April 2016: EDITORIAL NOTE (2016) (1)
In keeping with standard practice of epidemiological research (2010) (0)
FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY MULTIDDENSIONAL SCALING OF CLASSROOM INTERACTION DATA* (2008) (0)
October 2018 (2018) (0)
Associate Editor's Introduction (2011) (0)
Rethinking Ethnicity and Offending: Ethnic Identity and Offending in African American Adolescents (2013) (0)
Family violence. (1989) (0)
January 2015: Editorial Notes (2015) (0)
Custody Disputes in High-Conflict Families. (1990) (0)
cents who use alcohol are more likely to choose friends who use alcohol (2010) (0)
The Heroic Savior, the Jungle Guide and the Beacon Amidst a Fog of Uncertainty: Agency of Fathers in Prolonged Postdivorce Conflicts and Their Positioning of Children (2022) (0)
Divorce: Consequences for Children (1995) (0)
July 2014: Editorial Notes (2014) (0)
Chapter 10. Children of Divorce (2020) (0)
Effects of Multiple Maternal Relationship Transitions on Offspring Antisocial Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence: A Cousin-Comparison Analysis (2012) (0)
Multimedia Reviews (2006) (0)
Rejoinder to Millar and Kruk (2014): Who Assumes the Burden of Proof When There’s No Neutral Null Hypothesis? (2014) (0)
Legal and coparenting conflict in divorce. (1995) (0)
Painful Feelings About Divorce Scale (2013) (0)
Child’s Perception Questionnaire (2019) (0)
Book Review of Elizabeth Marquardt's Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce (2006) (0)
Abnormal Behavior in Adolescence. (1990) (0)
Psychological Perspectives on Joint Physical Custody (2021) (0)
Child Psychopathology for the Undergraduate. (1990) (0)
Emotionally informed mediation. Processing grief and setting boudaries in divorce (2010) (0)
Gender Politics and Child Custody: The Puzzling Persistence of the Best-Interest Standard Child Custody Decisionmaking (2019) (0)
Family training in child psychology. (1990) (0)
Special Issue Editorial Notes (2013) (0)
A Decade of Interparental Conflict (2004) (0)
OCTOBER 2011: EDITORIAL NOTES (2011) (0)
Parental Denigration Scale (2015) (0)
July 2016: Editorial Note (2016) (0)
Gender Differences in the Structure of Marital Quality (2018) (0)
Putting Children First: Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Through Divorce – By JoAnne Pedro‐Carroll (2010) (0)

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