PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994. Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences Director of Graduate Studies Send e-mail to agnew@purdue.edu Mailing Address: Purdue University Department of Psychological Sciences 703 Third Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2081 Phone: (765) 494-6254 Fax: (765) 496-1264 Relationship Science at Purdue International Association for Relationship Research

Research interests include (1) interpersonal relations, including couple decision-making, the cognitive representation of relationships, bias processes in relationship maintenance, and social network interactions and influence; and (2) social psychological dimensions of health behavior, including the attitudes, attributions, and biases of individuals and couples concerning reproductive health.

Recent Publications

Agnew, C. R., Hoffman, A. M., Lehmiller, J. J., & Duncan, N. T. (in press). From the interpersonal to the international: Understanding commitment to the “War on Terror”. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.     Lehmiller, J. J., & Agnew, C. R. (in press). Perceived marginalization and the prediction of romantic relationship stability. Journal of Marriage and Family.     Agnew, C. R., Arriaga, X. B., & Wilson, J. E. (in press). Committed to what? Using the Bases of Relational Commitment Model to understand continuity and changes in social relationships. To appear in J. P. Forgas & J. Fitness (Eds.), Social relationships: Cognitive, affective and motivational processes. New York: Psychology Press.     Lehmiller, J. J., & Agnew, C. R. (2006). Marginalized relationships: The impact of social disapproval on romantic relationship commitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 40-51.     Arriaga, X. B., Reed, J., Goodfriend, W., & Agnew, C. R. (2006). Relationship perceptions and persistence: Do fluctuations in perceived partner commitment undermine dating relationships? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 1045-1065.     Agnew, C. R., & Etcheverry, P. E. (2006). Cognitive interdependence: Considering self-in-relationship. In K. D. Vohs & E. J. Finkel (Eds.), Self and relationships: Connecting intrapersonal and interpersonal processes (pp. 274-293). New York: Guilford.     Agnew, C. R., Loving, T. J., Le, B., & Goodfriend, W. (2004). Thinking close: Measuring relational closeness as perceived self-other inclusion. In D. Mashek & A. Aron (Eds.), The handbook of closeness and intimacy (pp. 103-115). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.     Etcheverry, P. E., & Agnew, C. R. (2004). Subjective norms and the prediction of romantic relationship state and fate. Personal Relationships, 11, 409-428.     Le, B., & Agnew, C. R. (2003). Commitment and its theorized determinants: A meta-analysis of the Investment Model. Personal Relationships, 10, 37-57.     Loving, T. J., & Agnew, C. R. (2001). Socially desirable responding in close relationships: A dual-component approach and measure. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships,18,551-574.     Agnew, C. R., Loving, T. J., & Drigotas, S. M. (2001). Substituting the forest for the trees: Social networks and the prediction of romantic relationship state and fate. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 1042-1057.     Arriaga, X. B., & Agnew, C. R. (2001). Being committed: Affective, cognitive, and conative components of relationship commitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 1190-1203.     Rusbult, C. E., Arriaga, X. B., & Agnew, C. R. (2001). Interdependence in close relationships. In G. J. O. Fletcher & M. S. Clark (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of social psychology, vol.2: Interpersonal processes (pp. 359-387). Oxford: Blackwell.     Agnew, C. R. (1999). Power over interdependent behavior within the dyad: Who decides what a couple does? In L. J. Severy & W. B. Miller (Eds.), Advances in Population: Psychosocial Perspectives, Volume 3 (pp. 163-188). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.     Agnew, C. R., Van Lange, P. A. M., Rusbult, C. E., & Langston, C. A. (1998). Cognitive interdependence: Commitment and the mental representation of close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 939-954.