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Ximena Arriaga is internationally known for her research on close relationships. She studies interdependence processes, partner aggression, and change in attachment tendencies. After earning a PhD at UNC-Chapel Hill in Social Psychology, she has over 50 publications and has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health.
Arriaga’s Life
Ximena B. Arriaga was born in Oakland, California (USA) as the daughter of two graduates of the University of California-Berkeley. Her father earned a PhD at Berkeley and was the first person to attain a doctorate in the field of demography. Arriaga and her sister were raised in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.; she then earned a Bachelor’s degree in both History and Rhetoric/Communication Studies at the University of Virginia. Her education culminated in a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where her advisor was Dr. Caryl Rusbult. She also...
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Arriaga, X. B. (2001). The ups and downs of dating: Fluctuations in satisfaction in newly-formed romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 754–765.
Arriaga, X. B. (2002). Joking violence among highly committed individuals. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17, 591–610.
Arriaga, X. B. (2013). An interdependence theory analysis of close relationships. In J. A. Simpson & L. Campbell (Eds.), The oxford handbook of close relationships (pp. 39–65). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Arriaga, X. B., & Capezza, N. M. (2011). The paradox of partner aggression: Being committed to an aggressive partner. In M. Mikulincer & P. Shaver (Eds.), Understanding and reducing aggression and their consequences (pp. 367–383). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Arriaga, X. B., & Foshee, V. A. (2004). Adolescent dating violence: Do adolescents follow their friends’ or their parents’ footsteps? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 162–184.
Arriaga, X. B., & Oskamp, S. (Eds.). (1998). Addressing community problems: Research and intervention. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Arriaga, X. B., & Rusbult, C. E. (1998). Standing in my partner’s shoes: Partner perspective-taking and reactions to accommodative dilemmas. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 927–948.
Arriaga, X. B., & Schkeryantz, E. L. (2015). Intimate relationships and personal distress: The invisible harm of psychological aggression. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 1332–1344. doi:10.1177/0 146167215594123.
Arriaga, X. B., Capezza, N. M., Goodfriend, W., Rayl, E. S., & Sands, K. J. (2013). Individual well-being and relationship maintenance at odds: The unexpected perils of maintaining a relationship with an aggressive partner. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 676–684. doi:10.1177/1 948550613480822-.
Arriaga, X. B., Kumashiro, M., Finkel, E. J., Vander Drift, L. E., & Luchies, L. B. (2014). Filling the void: Bolstering attachment security in committed relationships. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 398–405. doi:10.1177/1 948550613509287.
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Goodfriend, W. (2016). Arriaga, Ximena B.. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1448-1
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