Carson R Dover

Biographic Data

ID764750
NAMECarson R Dover
GIVEN NAMESCarson R
FAMILY NAMEDover
SIGNATUREDOVER C R
AFFILIATIONSBrigham Young University
ORCID0009-0001-2508-4744
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Parenting Centrality in Emerging Adulthood

    Open AccessCarson R Dover, Brian J WilloughbyARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2025

    The purpose of this study was to analyze parenting centrality across the early 20s among a sample of emerging adults. Many people desire to have children and place high value on parenting. However, no study has examined how central the parenting role, in comparison to other roles, may be for emerging adults. Using a longitudinal sample of 1823 emerging adults, we ran a multiple-group latent growth curve model on parenting centrality. We found tha…

  • Artificial connections

    Open AccessBrian J Willoughby, Carson R Dover et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2025References: 44

    Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have begun to influence almost all aspects of life, including romantic relationships. Despite many companies and other entities now utilizing AI technology to produce products and media that may influence romantic relationship engagement and behavior, few studies to date have attempted to document or describe the ways that individuals engage with multiple AI technologies for romantic or se…

  • Sexual Behaviors as a Mediator Between Pornography Use and Heterosexual Relationship Outcomes

    Open AccessCarson R Dover, Brian J WilloughbyARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2024

  • Planning for Parenthood

    Open AccessCarson R Dover, Brian J WilloughbyARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2024

    The purpose of this study is to analyze parenthood expectations (expected age to have a first child and number of children hoped for) in emerging adulthood, and how these expectations can be predicted by various sociodemographic factors. We draw on theoretical work on emerging adulthood, marital paradigms, and marital horizons theories in conceptualizing parenthood expectations, including one’s parenting horizon. Using a large, national sample of…

  • Relational Identity and Relationship Functioning in Emerging Adulthood

    Open AccessCarson R Dover, Cecilia Serrano et al.ARTICLEEmerging Adulthood2024

    Developing a coherent sense of self and establishing a long-term relationship are two developmental tasks during emerging adulthood. Guided by psychosocial developmental theory, this study explores the associations between relational identity processes (commitment, in-depth exploration, reconsideration of commitments) and relationship outcomes (satisfaction and stability) using a large sample of Spanish emerging adults in a romantic relationship.…

  • Labels Are For Soup Cans

    Open AccessCarson R Dover, Nathan D Leonhardt et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2024References: 63

  • Rules (And the Lack of Rules) About Pornography Use Among Heterosexual Couples

    Brian J Willoughby, Carson R Dover et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Sex Research2024Cited by: 1References: 8

    Pornography use has become a normative sexual behavior. Despite this, little is known about how romantic couples navigate, discuss, or create boundaries and rules about pornography use in their relationship. Using short-answer qualitative responses from 3385 individuals in heterosexual romantic relationships, this study examined common themes in the rules and boundaries created by couples about pornography use. Results from a content analysis of …

  • Is getting hitched on the horizon? Examining predictors of cohabitation and early marriage in emerging adulthood

    Open AccessCarson R Dover, Brian J WilloughbyARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2024Cited by: 1References: 49

    This study analyzes different factors predicting both cohabitation and early marriage among emerging adults. Using a large ( n = 1,510), national, longitudinal sample of emerging adults in the United States, predictors of cohabitation and early marriage were examined. Predictors included marital paradigms (marital salience and expected age of marriage) and sociodemographic characteristics (religious attendance, parents' marital status, parents' e…

  • Pornography diversity

    Open AccessBrian J Willoughby, Carson R Dover et al.ARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2023

  • Context Matters

    Brian J Willoughby, Carson R DoverARTICLEThe Journal of Sex Research2022Cited by: 5References: 6

    While perceived addiction and religiosity have been key contextual factors in understanding the link between pornography use and personal distress, these contextual factors have been explored less in the relational literature. Using a large nonprobability convenience sample from the United States, a moderated mediation model of the association between pornography use alone and two key indicators of relationship quality (relationship satisfaction …