Biography
R. Chris Fraley is a Professor at the University of Illinois's Department of Psychology. He received his PhD from the University of California, Davis in 1999 in Social-Personality Psychology. In 2007 he received the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of Individual Differences. He is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Research Interests
Chris's research involves the study of attachment processes in close relationships, personality dynamics and development, and research methods. He is also broadly interested in issues at the interface of social cognition, development, evolution, and psychodynamics.
Education
Ph.D. from University of California, Davis (1999)
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Recent Publications
Dugan, K. A., Vogt, R. L., Zheng, A., Gillath, O., Deboeck, P. R., Fraley, R. C., & Briley, D. A. (2024). Life events sometimes alter the trajectory of personality development: Effect sizes for 25 life events estimated using a large, frequently assessed sample. Journal of Personality, 92(1), 130-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12837
Jones, J. D., Fraley, R. C., Stern, J. A., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (Accepted/In press). Developmental trajectories of adolescent internalizing symptoms and parental responses to distress. Development and psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424000361
Dugan, K. A., Khan, F., & Fraley, R. C. (2023). Dismissing Attachment and Global and Daily Indicators of Subjective Well-Being: An Experience Sampling Approach. Personality and social psychology bulletin, 49(8), 1197-1212. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221089781
Dugan, K. A., Fraley, R. C., Gillath, O., & Deboeck, P. R. (Accepted/In press). Testing the Canalization Hypothesis of Attachment Theory: Examining Within-Subject Variation in Attachment Security. Journal of personality and social psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000488
Lozano, E. B., & Fraley, R. C. (2023). Anxious to detect deceit: an empirical investigation of social defense theory. Attachment and Human Development, 25(6), 598-612. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2023.2272252