Social Psychology Recent Publications

Students pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Psychological Science may specialize in social psychology. The graduate faculty in social psychology share common interests in stereotyping, social stigma, and intergroup relations.

Recent Publications

Kerry, N., Prokosch, M. L., & Murray, D. R. (in press). The Holy Father (and Mother)? Multiple Tests of the Hypothesis that Parenthood and Parental Care Motivation Lead to Greater Religiosity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Moran, J. B., Perry, L. M., Hoerger, M., & Murray, D. R. (in press). Dispositional intelligence of the Five-Factor Model as a learning outcome in an undergraduate personality course. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology.

Pelham, B., Hardin, C., Murray, D. R., Shimizu, M., & Vandello, J. (in press). A truly global, non-WEIRD examination of collectivism: The Global Collectivism Index. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2021.100030

Schaller, M., Murray, D. R., & Hofer, M. (in press). The behavioural immune system and pandemic psychology: The evolved psychology of disease-avoidance and its implications for attitudes, behaviour, and public health during epidemic outbreaks. European Review of Social Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2021.1988404

Rosenfeld, D. L., Balcetis, E., … Murray, D. R., . . . Tomiyama, A. J. (in press). Psychological Science in the Wake of COVID-19: Social, Methodological, and Meta-Scientific Considerations. Perspectives on Psychological Science. http://doi.org/10.1177/1745691621999374

O’Brien, L.T., & Merritt, S. (2022). Attributions to discrimination against Black victims in a multiracial society: Isolating the effect of perpetrator group membership. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(1), 120-134. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220988372

Doyle, D.M. & Molix, L. (2021). Reconciling associations between minority stress and sexual minority relationship functioning: A comment on Cao et al. (2017) and secondary meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.707058

Merritt, S., Hitti, A., Van Camp, A.R., Shaffer, E., Sanchez, M. & O’Brien, L.T. (2021). Maximizing the impact of exposure to science role models: Testing an intervention to increase science identity among adolescent girls. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(7), 667-682. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12774

Merritt, S., O’Brien, L.T., & Ruscher, J.R. (2021). Creating clever internet memes perpetuates offensiveness. Western Journal of Communication, 85(4), 471-486. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2020.1800812

Moss, A., Fitzpatrick, J., & O’Brien, L.T. (2021). Attributions for atheism: Perceptions that atheism is a choice are associated with prejudice against atheists among Christians, but not Jews or nonbelievers. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 31(2), 102 – 20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2020.1815993

Van Bommel, T., Merritt, S. K., Shaffer, E. & Ruscher, J. B. (2021). Behavioral mimicry and interaction expectations impact affect in interracial interactions. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 45, 207-239. DOI: 10.1007/s10919-020-00353-z

Woods, F. A., & Ruscher, J. B. (2021). ‘Calling-out’ vs. “calling-in” prejudice: Confrontation style affects inferred motive and expected outcomes. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60, 50-73. DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12405

Woods, F., & Ruscher, J. B. (2021). Viral sticks, virtual stones: addressing anonymous hate speech online, Patterns of Prejudice, 55, 265-289. DOI: 10.1080/0031322X.2021.1968586

Bart, H., O’Brien, L., & Garcia, D. (2020). Acknowledging the elephant in the room. Bioscience, 70(6), 447-448. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa04

Prasad, A., O’Brien, L.T., & Sockbeson, C. (2020). Caste at work: study of factors influencing attitudes towards affirmative action in India. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: An International Journal, 39(6), 597-616. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-12-2018-0223

O’Brien, L.T., Garcia, D.M., Blodorn, A., Adams, G., Gravelin, C., & Hammer, E. (2020a). An educational intervention to improve women’s academic STEM outcomes: Divergent effects on well represented vs. underrepresented minority women. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 26(2), 163–168. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000289

O’Brien, L.T. Bart, H., & Garcia, D.M. (2020b). Why are there so few minorities in ecology and evolutionary biology?: The roles of challenges to inclusion and sense of belonging. Social Psychology of Education, 23, 449-477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-019-09538-

Perry, L.M., Hoerger, M., Molix, L.A., & Duberstein, P.R. (2020). A Validation Study of the Mini-IPIP Five-Factor Personality Scale in Adults with Cancer. Journal of Personality Assessment.102, 153-163.