Ultimate List of Relationship Psychologists

May 4 — OPW — I'm starting a list of notable relationship/online dating psychologists. Who am I missing? Look on the left bar for other handy little lists.

Prof. Hans Eysenck Breathed life into the study of the genetics of personality.
Dr Glenn Wilson The “father of compatibility testing.” Mentored by Prof. Eysenck.
Dr Mark Thompson Social psychologist, statistician. Created Y! Personals test.
Dr Jim Houran Former TRUE Chief Psychologist.
Dr Pepper Schwartz PerfectMatch.com relationship expert. Yale Sociology PhD. University of Washington Professor.
Dr Neil Clark Warren eHarmony founder. Clinical psych PhD from University of Chicago. Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Dr Jeff Gavin Bath University psychology professor. Multiple studies of online personals sites and relationships.

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THEORIES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS DEVELOPMENT
Dr. Helen Fisher (Chemistry)
Dr. Eva Klohnen
Dr. Steve Carter (eHarmony)
Dr. Jon Cousins, with Dr. Glenn D. Wilson (Cybersuitors)
Dr. Marcel Zentner University of Geneva
Dr. Erica Spotts
Drs. Robert Kurzban & Jason Weeden (Hurrydate)
Dr. Franz Neyer
Dr. Elizabeth Paul
Dr. Dick Barelds
Dr. David Schmitt
Dr. David Bernard (Ulteem by Meetic)
Dr. Kevin Leman (Matchwise)
Dr. Ilona Jerabek (Matchscale)
Dr. Robert Sternberg
Dr. M. Brent Donnellan
Dr. Dannelle Larsen-Rife
Dr. Rand D. Conger
METHODOLOGICAL AND DATA ANALYTIC ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS == QUANTITATIVE METHODS USED TO EVALUATE ATTRIBUTES AND HOW TO COMPARE THEM BETWEEN PERSONS .
Dr. Richard Gonzalez (simple/multiple linear regression equations)
Dr. Dale Griffin (simple/multiple linear regression equations)
Dr. David Kenny (simple/multiple linear regression equations, multilevel modeling)
Dr. Sandra Murray (simple/multiple linear regression equations)
Dr. Piers Steel (Synthetic Validity techniques, Meta Analytic Programs)
Dr. Rense Lange (adapted Rasch Model)
Dr. Shelly L. Gable (within_person methodologies)
Dr. Harry T. Reiss (within_person methodologies)
Dr. Nick Haslam (MAXCOV maximum covariance, MAMBAC means above minus below a cut, Admixture or commingling analysis]
As the next generation of prospective subscribers will demand technical information, sooner, any online dating site offering a compatibility / personality matching method (like Chemistry, eHarmony, True, Perfectmatch, Matchwise, YahooPersonals Premier, Cybersuitors, Ulteem) will have to specify:
1) the ENSEMBLE (the whole set of different valid possibilities)
2) how exactly the compatibility matching method works (without revealing proprietary information). Is the main matching equation only a simple/multiple linear regression equation?
3) Which is the average number of “compatible real persons” for one person over the entire database? E.G.: 3 persons in a 100,000 persons database or 12 in 1,000,000. (or the 3 most compatible in 100,000 or the 12 most compatible in 1,000,000).
4) The whole precision E.G.: “Client#01, please contact Client#04, the probability of being compatible is as high as 92.55033557%, whole precision is 0.00000001%”
TIP: Dating Sites have very big databases (like 20,000,000 of different profiles!!!), so a whole precision as high as 0.00000001% is desired to avoid a big problem at many actual “Compatibility Matching” dating sites: searching by your own could be more precise than the matching algorithm.
5) if there are Scientific Papers (not books written by an expert) that substantiate the long_term mating success (Which is the weight assigned to personality traits over the whole profile?)
My own post regarding Scientific Papers about THEORIES OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS DEVELOPMENT could be seen at:
http://mb.internetdatingconference.com/viewtopic.php?t=395
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com