FACULTY

Contact Info

rbarry@umbc.edu

Lab:
Sondheim Hall 405

Status:

Accepting new students for Fall 2013

Robin A. Barry, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education

Research Interests

Dr. Robin Barry's research examines romantic relationship processes that contribute to individual and relationship well-being and distress with an emphasis on processes through which individuals grow apart from their partner over time (i.e., romantic disengagement). Recent projects include the development and validation of measures to assess romantic disengagement at multiple levels of analyses and development and tests of a theoretically driven process model to explain how and why some individuals become disengaged over time and how disengagement leads to relationship distress.

Selected Publications

Barry, R. A. & Kochanska, G. (2010). A longitudinal investigation of the affective environment in families with young children: From infancy to early school age. Emotion, 10(2), 237-249. 

Barry, R. A., Bunde, M., Brock, R. L., & Lawrence, E. (2009). Validity and utility of a multidimensional model of received support in intimate relationships. Journal of Family Psychology, 1, 48-57.

Barry, R. A., Lawrence, E., & Langer, A. (2008). Conceptualization and assessment of disengagement in romantic relationships. Personal Relationships, 15, 297-315.

Barry, R. A., Kochanska, G., & Philibert, R.A. (2008). G x E interaction in the organization of attachment: Mothers’ responsiveness as a moderator of children’s genotypes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 12, 1313-1320.

Barry, R. A., Lakey, B. & Oreheck, E. (2007). Links among attachment dimensions, affect and the self for attachment styles and specific bonds. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 340–353.