Harold Siegel
Professor I
Ph.D, Rutgers University
Rutgers University, Psychology Department
101 Warren Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Smith Hall Room 350
Phone: (973) 353-5440 x236
Fax: (973) 353-1171
E-mail: hisiegel at(@) andromeda.rutgers.edu
Research Interests
My research program has recently shifted from the hormonal basis of maternal
behavior in rats and hamsters to Attachment Theory, adult attachment, and attitudes
toward mother. Our Attachment and Social Relations Lab is currently investigating
a number of topics including the relationship between secure and insecure adult
attachment patterns and various aspects of college student functioning,
lost of control, individualism vs. collectivism, adult romantic and
non-romantic relationships, and attitudes toward own mother and women in
Asian Indian families in India and in the U.S.
Selected Publications
Siegel, H. I. (1985). Editor of The Hamster: Reproduction and Behavior, Plenum Press NY.
Siegel, H.I. (1986). Hormonal basis of maternal behavior in rats. In Reproduction: A Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Perspective (Komisaruk, B.R., Siegel, H.I., Cheng, M.F., and Feder, H.H., eds.), pp. 202-215, New York Academy of Sciences, NY.
Giordano, A.L., Siegel, H.I., and Rosenblatt, J.S. (1991). Nuclear estrogen receptor binding in microdissected brain regions of female rats during pregnancy: Implications for maternal and sexual behavior. Physiology and Behavior 50: 1263-1267.
McCarthy, M.M., Curran, G.H., and Siegel, H.I. (1994). Evidence for the involvment of prolactin in the maternal behavior of the hamster. Physiology and Behavior 55: 181-184.