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Angela Rowe

Angela Rowe

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My doctoral research investigated the processing biases that occur when relational schemas with different attachment styles are primed. I have continued studying attachment style biases in processing, but am also researching approach-avoidance motivation towards attachment-related stimuli and events, the moderating effect of general attachment styles on arousal-induced attraction, etc. My research interests also include couple conflict, relationship anxiety, and the psychophysiological correlates of attachment style activation.

Primary Interests:

  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Close Relationships
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Evolution and Genetics
  • Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
  • Social Cognition

Journal Articles:

  • Bennett, P., Rowe, A. C., & Katz, D. (1998). Adherence with asthma prevention medication: A test of the protection motivation theory. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 3, 347-354.
  • Carnelley, K. B., & Rowe, A. C. (2010). Priming a sense of security: what goes through people’s minds? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2, 253-261.
  • Carnelley, K. B., & Rowe, A. C. (2007). Repeated priming of attachment security influences later views of self and relationships. Personal Relationships, 14, 307-320.
  • Cooper, R. M., Rowe, A. C., & Penton-Voak, I. S. (2008). The role of trait anxiety in the recognition of emotional facial expressions. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22, 1120-1127.
  • Cooper, R. M., Rowe, A. C., Penton-Voak, I. S., & Ludwig, C. (2009). No reliable effects of emotional facial expression, adult attachment orientation, or anxiety on the allocation of visual attention in the spatial cueing paradigm. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 643-652.
  • Fussell, N. J., Rowe, A. C., & Mohr, C. (2012). Hemispheric processing of differently-valenced and self-relevant attachment words in middle-aged married and separated individuals. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 17(4), 453-485.
  • Fussell, N. J., Rowe, A. C., & Park, J. H. (2011). Masculinised brain and romantic jealousy: Examining the association between digit ratio (2D:4D) and between- and within-sex differences. Personality and Individual Differences, 51(2), 107-111.
  • King, D. Rowe, A. C., & Leonards, U. (2011). I trust you - hence I like the things you look at: Gaze cueing and sender trustworthiness influence object evaluation. Social Cognition, 29, 476-485.
  • Macrae, C. N., Hood, B. M., Milne, A. B., Rowe, A. C., & Mason, M. F. (2002). Are you looking at me? Eye gaze and person perception. Psychological Science, 13, 460-464.
  • Mitchell, J. P., Macrae, C. N., Schooler, J., Rowe, A. C., & Milne, A. B. (2002). Directed remembering: Subliminal cues alter nonconscious memory strategies. Memory, 10, 381-388.
  • Mohr, C., Rowe, A. C., & Blanke, O. (2010). The influence of sex and empathy on putting oneself in the shoes of others. British Journal of Psychology, 101, 277-291.
  • Mohr, C., Rowe, A. C., & Crawford, M. (2008). Hemispheric differences in the processing of attachment words. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 30, 471-480.
  • Mohr, C., Rowe, A. C., Kurokawa, I., Dendy, L., & Theodorido, A. (in press). "Bodily perspective taking goes social: The role of personal, interpersonal and intercultural factors". Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
  • Penton-Voak, I. S., Rowe, A. C., & Williams, J. (2008). Through rose-tinted spectacles: Relationship satisfaction and representations of partner's facial attractiveness. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 5, 169-182.
  • Rowe, A. C., & Carnelley, K. B. (2005). Hierarchical mapping of attachment networks: A cross-sectional investigation of general attachment style differences in adolescence and young adulthood. Personal Relationships, 12, 499-519.
  • Rowe, A. C., & Carnelley, K. B. (2003). Attachment style differences in the processing of attachment relevant information: Primed style effects on recall, interpersonal expectations and affect. Personal Relationships, 10, 59-75.
  • Rowe, A. C., Carnelley, K. B., Harwood, J., Micklewright, D., Russouw, L., Rennie, C., & Liossi, C. (2011). The effect of attachment orientation priming on pain sensitivity in pain-free individuals. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
  • Theodoridou, A., Rowe, A. C., Penton-Voak, I. S., & Rogers, P. J. (2009). Oxytocin and social perception: Oxytocin increases perceived facial trustworthiness and attractiveness. Hormones and Behavior, 56, 128-132.
  • Theodoridou, A., Rowe, A. C., Rogers, P. J., & Penton-Voak, I. S. (2011). Oxytocin administration leads to a preference for masculinized male faces. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 1257-1260.
  • Wilkinson, L. L., Rowe, A. C., Bishop, R. J., & Brunstrom, J. M. (2010). Attachment anxiety, disinhibited eating, and body mass index in adulthood. International Journal of Obesity, 34, 1442-1445.

Courses Taught:

  • Social Cognition and Interpersonal Communication
  • Social Psychology 1
  • Social Psychology 2

Angela Rowe
School of Experimental Psychology
University of Bristol
12A Priory Road, Clifton
Bristol BS8 1TU
United Kingdom

  • Phone: +44 (0) 117 954 6846
  • Fax: 0117 92 88588

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