Research Articles

Dr. Kilmann has published over 70 research articles in professional journals. The following is a selection of his research papers since 2000:


Carranza, L. V., & Kilmann, P. R. (2000). Links between perceived parent characteristics and attachment variables for women from intact families. Adolescence, 35, 295-312.

Urbaniak, G., & Kilmann, P. R. (2003). Physical attractiveness and the "Nice Guy Paradox": Do nice guys really finish last? Sex Roles, 49, 413-426.

Kilmann, P. R.,, Carranza, L. V., & Vendemia, J. M. C. (2006). Recollections of parent characteristics and attachment patterns for college women of intact vs. non-intact families. Journal of Adolescence, 29, 89-102.

Kilmann, P.R. , Urbaniak, G. C., & Parnell, M. M. (2006). Effects of attachment-focused versus relationship skills-focused interventions for college students with insecure attachment patterns. Attachment and Human Development, 8, 47-62.

Urbaniak, G., & Kilmann, P.R., (2006). Niceness and dating success: A further test of the nice guy stereotype. Sex Roles, 55, 209-224.

Carranza, L. V, Kilmann, P. R., and Vendemia, J.M.C. (2009). Links between parent characteristics and attachment variables for college students of parental divorce. Adolescence, 44, 253-271.

Kilmann, P. R., Vendemia, J. M. C., Parnell, M., & Urbaniak, G. (2009). Parent characteristics and daughters' attachment styles. Adolescence, 44, 557-568.

Kilmann, P. R., Finch, H., Parnell, M. M., & Downer, J. T. (2011). Partner attachment and interpersonal characteristics. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, in press.

Kilmann, P. R. (2011). Personality and interpersonal characteristics within distressed marriages. The Family Journal, in press.

Kilmann, P.R., Vendemia, M.C., & Myers, L.L. (2011). Personality characteristics of women seeking bariatric surgery.

Kilmann, P.R., Finch, H., Carranza, L.V., & Parnell, M.M.(2011). Partner characteristics in distressed marriages.


To read sample articles, click below on the topic:

Nice Guy Study

Preventing Relationship Distress

Effects of Parental Divorce