Publications
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). Positive psychology and health psychology: A fruitful liaison.
Positive Psychology in Practice. 305–319.
(2004). The psychological predicament of women on welfare.
Cultural Divides: Understanding and Overcoming Group Conflict . 393-428.
(1999). The psychology of self-defense: Self-affirmation theory.
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. 38, 183–242.
(2006). Reconciling self-protection with self-improvement.
Handbook of Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection. 128,
(2011). Self-affirmation and the reduction of intergroup biases: Changing the narrative and the potential for conflict reduction.
Psychological Intergroup Interventions: Where We Are and Where Do We Go From Here.
(In Press). Self-affirmation for stress protection.
Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology. 2,
(In Press). Self-affirmation interventions.
Handbook of Wise Interventions: How Social Psychology Can Help People Change.
(2021). Self-affirmation: Understanding the effects.
(Aronson, J., & Aronson E., Ed.).Readings about the Social Animal. 94 - 113.
(2020). 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). Beliefs and social norms as precursors of environmental support: The joint influence of collectivism and socioeconomic status.
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin.
(2022). Bolstering trust and reducing discipline incidents at a diverse middle school: How self-affirmation affects behavioral conduct during the transition to adolescence.
Journal of School Psychology. 75, 74-88.
(2019). Bridging the partisan divide: Self-affirmation reduces ideological closed-mindedness and inflexibility.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 93(3), 415.
(2007). 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 challenges of military veterans in the workplace: A call for integrating basic and applied psychological science.
Perspectives on Psychological Science.
(2021). 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). Conformity to group norms: How group-affirmation shapes collective action.
Journal of Experimental Social 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.
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