Mikhila Wildey
Associate Professor - Clinical/Personality/Interpersonal Relationships
- B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Pew Teaching Award Excellence Award 2023
Office: 2126 Au Sable Hall
Phone: (616) 331-3881
Email: [email protected]
Specialization
Clinical Psychology; Interpersonal Relationships; Personality
Courses Taught
PSY 303 – Adult Psychopathology
PSY 310 – Behavior Modification
Research Interests
My research interests focus broadly on romantic relationships. I examine how personality traits, psychopathology, and other enduring individual differences shape the development and dissolution of these relationships. My current work emphasizes early relationship development and dating, as well as sexual health within romantic relationships.
Publications
Wildey, M. N., Fox, M. E., Machnik, K. M., & Ronk, D. (2022). Exploring graduate student mental health and service utilization by gender, race, and year in school. Journal of American College Health, 1- 9.
Wildey, M. N., Donnellan, M. B., Klump, K. L., & Burt, S. A. (2020). Using multiple methods of measuring marital satisfaction to examine the association between externalizing psychopathology, personality, and marital satisfaction. Journal of Personality Disorders, 34, 480-498.
Wildey, M. N., & Burt, S. A. (2018). Brief Romantic Relationship Interaction Coding Scheme (BRRICS). In M. Boos, M. Kolbe, & E. Brauner (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Group Interaction Analysis. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Burt, S. A., Wildey, M. N., & Klump, K. L. (2015). The quality of the inter-parental relationship does not moderate the etiology of child conduct problems. Psychological Medicine, 45, 319-332.
Humbad, M. N., Donnellan, M. B., Iacono, W. G., McGue, M. & Burt, S. A. (2013). Quantifying the association between personality similarity and marital satisfaction using profile correlations: A cautionary tale. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 97-106.
Marceau, K., Humbad, M. N., Burt, S. A., Klump, K. L, Leve, L. D., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2012). Observed externalizing behavior: A developmental comparison of genetic and environmental influences across three samples. Behavior Genetics, 42, 30-39.
Humbad, M. N., Donnellan, M. B., Klump, K. L., & Burt, S. A. (2011). Development of the Brief Romantic Relationship Interaction Coding Scheme (BRRICS). Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 759-769.
Burt, S. A., Donnellan, M. B, Humbad, M. N., McGue, M., & Iacono, W. G. (2010). Does marriage inhibit antisocial behavior? An examination of selection versus causation via a longitudinal twin design. Archives of General Psychiatry, 67, 1309-1315.