University of HoustonDepartment of Psychology
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C. Raymond Knee

Associate Professor and
Director of the Interpersonal Relations and Motivation Research Group

C. Raymond Knee
C. Raymond Knee
Doctorate: University of Rochester
Undergraduate: Oregon State University


Recent Research Funding:
  • NIH, NCI: (Co-I) On the move: A self-determination exercise intervention.
  • NIMH: Implicit theories as moderators of the link between conflict and relational quality.
  • UH Program to Enhance External Funding: Partner idealization and reactions to conflict: The role of relationship beliefs.
  • UH Research Initiation Grant: Implicit theories of relationships: Effects on satisfaction, longevity, and interracial relationships.


Research Interests
  • How individuals' "implicit theories" of relationships influence how they perceive, initiate, and maintain romantic relationships.
  • How motivational orientations influence interpersonal defensiveness and health-related behavior, including self-serving bias, self-handicapping, defensive coping, binge drinking, driving anger, and resistance to persuasion.
  • How having one's self-esteem contingent upon one's relationship increases the impact of relationship outcomes on the self.

Teaching

  • Introduction to Social Psychology (undergraduate)
  • Social Psychology Methodology (graduate)
  • History and Theories of Social Psychology (graduate)
  • Human Motivation (graduate)
  • Human Motivation (undergraduate honors)
  • Professional Development (graduate)
  • Social Psychology of Close Relationships (undergraduate honors)
 
E-mail:  Knee@UH.EDU
 
Selected Publications
 
Knee, C. R., Canevello, A., Bush, A. L., & Cook, A. (2008). Relationship-contingent self-esteem and the ups and downs of romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 608-627.

Knee, C. R., & Bush, A. (2008). Relationship beliefs and their role in relationship initiation. In S. Sprecher, A. Wenzel, & J. Harvey (Eds.), The handbook of relationship initiation. Erlbaum.

Patrick, H., Knee, C.R., Canevello, A., & Lonsbary, C. (2007). The role of need fulfillment in relationship functioning and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 434-457.

Knee, C.R. & Canevello, A. (2006). Implicit theories in coping in romantic relationships. Invited chapter for K. Vohs & E. Finkel (Eds.) Self and relationships: connecting intrapersonal and interpersonal processes. Guilford.

Knee, C.R., Lonsbary, C., Canevello, A., & Patrick, H. (2005). Self-determination and conflict in romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 6, 997-1009.

Knee, C. R., Patrick, H., Vietor, N. A., & Neighbors, C. (2004). Implicit theories of relationships: Moderators of the link between conflict and commitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(5), 617-628

Patrick, H., Neighbors, C., & Knee, C.R. (2004). Appearance -related social comparisons: The role of contingent self-esteem and perceptions of attractiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(4), 501-514.

Neighbors, C., Larimer, M.E., Geisner, I.M., & Knee, C.R. (2004). Feeling controlled and drinking motives among college students: Contingent self-esteem as a mediator. Self and Identity, 3, 207-224.

Neighbors, C. & Knee, C.R. (2003). Self-determination and the impact of social comparison information. Journal of Research in Personality, 37(6), 529-546.

Knee, C.R., Patrick, H., & Lonsbary, C. (2003). Implicit theories of relationships: Orientations toward evaluation and cultivation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7(1), 41-55.

Neighbors, C., & Vietor, N.A., & Knee, C.R. (2002). A motivational model of driving anger and aggression. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(3), 324-335.

Hodgins, H.S., & Knee, C.R. (2002). The integrating self and conscious experience. In E. L. Deci & R. M. Ryan (Eds.), Handbook of self-determination research. University of Rochester Press.

Knee, C.R., & Neighbors, C. (2002). Self-determination, perception of peer pressure, and drinking among college students. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32(3), 522-543.

Knee, C. R., Patrick, H., Vietor, N.A., Nanayakkara, A., & Neighbors, C. (2002). Self-determination as growth motivation in romantic relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(5), 609-619.

Knee, C.R., Nanayakkara, A., Vietor, N.A., & Neighbors, C., & Patrick, H. (2001). Implicit theories of relationships: Who cares if romantic partners are less than ideal? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27(7), 808-819.

Knee, C.R., Neighbors, C., & Vietor, N. (2001). Self-determination theory as a framework for understanding road rage. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31(5), 889-904.

Knee, C.R. (1998). Implicit theories of relationships: Assessment and prediction of romantic relationship initiation, coping, and longevity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(2), 360-370.