Assistant Professor
206E Spidle Hall
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849
Tel (334) 844-3176
Fax (334) 844-4515
arauer@auburn.edu
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2006

Research Interests

I am currently serving as the director and principle investigator of The Marriage and Retirement Study, an observational study examining the nature, correlates, and health consequences of compassionate love in a sample of recently retired married couples.

A second line of research focuses on intimate relationships earlier in the lifespan, drawing upon multiple datasets to understand how the contexts in which relationships develop predicts their success or failure (e.g., effects of stress on relationship quality; developmental antecedents of relationship success).

Selected Publications

Volling, B.L., Mahoney, A., & Rauer, A.J. (2009). Sanctification of parenting, moral socialization, and young children's conscience development. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 1, 53-68.

Rauer, A.J., Karney, B.R., Garvan, C.W., & Hou, W. (2008). Relationship risks in context: A cumulative risk approach to understanding relationship satisfaction. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 1122-1135.

Rauer, A.J., & Volling, B.L. (2007). Differential parenting and sibling jealousy: Developmental correlates of young adults' romantic relationships. Personal Relationships, 14, 351-367.

Rauer, A.J., & Volling, B.L. (2005). The role of husbands' and wives' emotional expressivity in the marital relationship. Sex Roles, 52, 577-587.

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