Publications
Accepting threatening information: Self–Affirmation and the reduction of defensive biases.
Current Directions in Psychological Science. 11, 119–123.
(2002). Affective perseverance: The resistance of affect to cognitive invalidation.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 28, 224–237.
(2002). Affirmation of personal values buffers neuroendocrine and psychological stress responses.
Psychological Science. 16, 846–851.
(2005). Affirmed yet unaware: exploring the role of awareness in the process of self-affirmation..
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 97, 745.
(2009). Approach/avoidance motivation, message framing, and health behavior: Understanding the congruency effect.
Motivation and Emotion. 30, 164–168.
(2006). Are self-enhancing cognitions associated with healthy or unhealthy biological profiles?.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 85, 605.
(2003). Categorization and communication in the face of prejudice: When describing perceptions changes what is perceived.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 101, 321.
(2011). The changing landscape of doctoral education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: PhD students, faculty advisors, and preferences for varied career options.
Frontiers in Psychology.
(2021). The cultural congruency effect: Culture, regulatory focus, and the effectiveness of gain-vs. loss-framed health messages.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 45, 535–541.
(2009). Cultural differences in support provision: The importance of relationship quality.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 41(11), 1575-1589.
(2015). Cultural differences in the impact of social support on psychological and biological stress responses.
Psychological Science. 18, 831–837.
(2007). Cultural differences in the link between supportive relationships and proinflammatory cytokines.
Social Psychological and Personality Science. 4, 511–520.
(2013). Cultural variability in the link between environmental concern and support for environmental action.
Psychological Science. 27(10), 1-9.
(2016). Culture and genes: Moderators of the use and effect of social support.
New Directions in Research on Close Relationships: Integrating Across Disciplines and Theoretical Approaches. 73-90.
(2012). Culture and social support.
American Psychologist. 63, 518.
(2008). Culture and social support: Neural bases and biological impact.
Progress in Brain Research. 178, 227–237.
(2009). Culture and social support: who seeks it and why?.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 87, 354.
(2004). Culture, distress, and oxytocin receptor polymorphism (OXTR) interact to influence emotional support seeking.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107, 15717–15721.
(2010). Culture, serotonin receptor polymorphism and locus of attention.
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 5(2-3), 212-218.
(2009). Deflecting the trajectory and changing the narrative: how self-affirmation affects academic performance and motivation under identity threat.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 104, 591.
(2013). Diagnostic uncertainty in patients, parents, and physicians: A compensatory control theory perspective.
Health Psychology Review.
(2022). Does self-affirmation, cognitive processing, or discovery of meaning explain cancer-related health benefits of expressive writing?.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 33, 238–250.
(2007). The effects of message quality and congruency on perceptions of tailored health communications.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 43, 249–257.
(2007). Embodied cognition and health persuasion: Facilitating intention–behavior consistency via motor manipulations.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 46, 461–464.
(2010). Embodied cognition and skilled health behaviour.
Psychology & Health. 26, 1006–1017.
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