Faculty

Ronald P. Rohner

Professor Emeritus

Family Studies and Anthropology

Director
Center for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection

Department of Human Development & Family Studies
University of Connecticut
348 Mansfield Road, Unit 2058
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-2058

Phone: (860) 486-0073
Fax: (860) 486-3452
E-Mail: ronald.rohner@uconn.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Educational Background:

Ph.D., Psychological Anthropology, Stanford University, 1964
M.A., Psychological Anthropology, Stanford University, 1960
B.S., Psychology, University of Oregon, 1958

Professional Interests:

Developing and testing parental acceptance-rejection theory (PARTheory)
Parent-child relations in cross-cultural perspective
Theory construction and research on possible links between childhood experience of parental acceptance-rejection and the quality of adult attachments and intimate partner relationships
The relation between corporal punishment and perceived parental acceptance-rejection and the effects of punishment on youths when punishment is and is not experienced as a form of rejection.
The relation between perceived acceptance-rejection and parental control, and the joint, interactive, and singular influence of each form of parenting on youths’ behavioral and psychological functioning.

Selected Professional Accomplishments:

Founding President of the International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection
Recipient of the American Psychological Association 2004 Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology

Selected Publications:

Published 12 books and monographs, over 200 articles and chapters, two dozen reviews and other publications
Nine of these books and more than 175 of these articles, chapters, and other publications deal with parent-child relations and youth development, intimate partner relationships, and issues of interpersonal acceptance and rejection.