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Elaine Catherine Hatfield is Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawai‘i. Dr. Hatfield was born in Detroit on October 22, 1937. She earned her B.A. at the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. at Stanford University. She is known as a scholar who pioneered the scientific study of passionate love and sexual desire.
She has authored or coauthorer books based on her research, among them two books which both won the American Psychological Foundation's National Media Award: A New Look at Love and Mirror, Mirror: The Importance of Looks in Everyday Life.
Recently, Drs. Hatfield and Richard L. Rapson (who are husband and wife) have collaborated on three books: Love, Sex, and Intimacy: Their Psychology, Biology, and History (HarperCollins), Emotional Contagion (Cambridge University Press), and Love and Sex: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (Allyn & Bacon.)
Publications
Books
- Berscheid, E. & Hatfield, E. (1969). Interpersonal attraction. New York: Addison-Wesley. .
- Hatfield, E., Walster, G. W., & Berscheid, E. (1978). Equity: Theory and research. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. .
- Hatfield, E. & Walster, G. W. (1978). A new look at love. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. .
- Berscheid, E. & Hatfield, E. (1978). Interpersonal attraction, (2nd ed.) Reading, MS: Addison-Wesley.
- Griffitt, W., & Hatfield, E. (1984). Human sexual behavior. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman & Co.
- Hatfield, E., & Sprecher, S. (1986). Mirror, mirror: The importance of looks in everyday life. New York: SUNY Press.
- Carlson, J. G. & Hatfield, E. (1992). Psychology of emotion. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich.
- Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. L. (1993). Love, sex, and intimacy: Their psychology, biology, and history. New York: HarperCollins.
- Hatfield, E., Cacioppo, J., & Rapson, R. L. (1994). Emotional contagion. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Hatfield, E., & Rapson, R. (1996/2005). Love and sex: Cross-cultural perspectives. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Reprint: Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
References
- McCormack, Patricia (1978-05-25). "Those popular love notions overhauled". Reading Eagle.
- "Study of Love". Lakeland Ledger. 1978-08-03.