Department of Psychology Faculty Research Interests & Recent Publications

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Dr. Philip A. Allen

Adult Development and Aging

  • Attention, perception, visual word recognition, memory and effects of age, emotion and memory

Mohsenian, S., Ibrahimy, A., Alsamman, M.M., Oshinski, J.N., Bhadelia, R.A., Barrow, D.L., Allen, P.A., Amini, R. & Loth, F. (in press). Association between resistance to cerebrospinal fluid flow and cardiac-induced brain tissue motion for Chiari malformation type 1. Neuroradiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-023-03207-9

Kutash, L.A., Sayer, M.A., Samii, M.R., Rabinowitz, E.P., Boros, A., Jensen, T., Allen, P.A., Garcia, M., & Delahanty, D.L. (in press). Questionable utility of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in detecting cognitive impairment in individuals with comorbid PTSD and SUD. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2023.2219003 

Tokar, D.M., Kaut, K.P., & Allen, P.A. (in press). Revisiting the factor structure of the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2): Evidence for a bifactor model in individuals with Chiari malformation. PLoS ONE.

Dr. Toni L. Bisconti

Adult Development and Aging

  • Emotion regulation in older adults, bereavement & widowhood, social support, prejudice and discrimination

Bisconti, T. L., Vale, M. T., & Trunko, A. (revise and resubmit). Health and well-being in queer older adults: Overcoming a lifetime of stigma.  In M. Lachman, & A. Sprio (Eds.), S. Charles, S. Neupert (Associate Eds), American Psychological Association handbook of adult development and aging. American Psychological Association.

*Frey, K. T., & Bisconti, T. L. (in press). Older, entitled, & extremely out-of-touch: Does “OK, Boomer” signify the emergence of a new older adult stereotype? Journal of Applied Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231154044 

*Sublett, J. F., & Bisconti, T. L. (in press). Metamemory and self-compassion as protective factors in the relationship between benevolent ageism and environmental mastery. Journal of Applied Gerontology. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231163847 

Dr. James M. Diefendorff

Industrial Organizational

  • Work motivation, emotions at work

Diefendorff, J. M., Kenworthy, M. E., Lee, F. C., & Nguyen, L. K. (in press). Work motivation. In J.M. Peiro (Ed). Oxford Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.37   

Gabriel, A.S., Diefendorff, J.M., & Grandey, A.A. (2023).  The acceleration of emotional labor research: Navigating the past and steering toward the future.  Personnel Psychology, 76(2), 511-545. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12576  

Lee, F., Diefendorff, J.M., Nolan, M.T., & Trougakos, J.P. (2023).  Emotional exhaustion across the workday: Person-level and day-level predictors of workday emotional exhaustion growth curves. Journal of Applied Psychology. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001095 

Dr. Joelle D. Elicker

Industrial Organizational

  • Feedback and coaching, goal-striving, performance appraisal, organizational justice, teaching effectiveness

Chen, J. M., Elicker, J. D., Cubrich, M., Sully de Luque, M. F., & Wilson Antonik, C. (2020). Feedback Environment Reactions: Linking Feedback Environment to Outcomes in a Cross-Cultural Sample. Academy of Management Proceedings. Academy of Management. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.14010abstract  

Cubrich, M., Elicker, J. D., Gabel Shemueli, R., & Sully de Luque, M. F. (2020). Contextual Feedback Seeking: Conditional Effects of Individual Power Distance & Feedback Orientation. Academy of Management Proceedings. Academy of Management. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.13962abstract  

Elicker, J.D., Cubrich, M., Chen, J.M., Sully de Luque, M.F., & Gabel-Shemueli, R. (2019). Employee Reactions to the Feedback Environment. In J.R. Williams & L.A. Steelman (Eds.), Feedback at Work. Springer. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30915-2_10 

Dr. Margo A. Gregor

Counseling Psychology

  • Vocational Psychology, career development within marginalized communities

Alshabani, N., Wolfe, G., Burke, K. A., Keramidas, N. L., & Gregor, M. A. (In press). Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Vocational Well-Being of Women in Counseling Psychology. Journal of Mental Health Counseling.  

Gregor, M.A., Burke, K., Campbell-Halfaker, D., Dunn, M.G., & Bhatia, A. (In Press). “I need a break or I might quit”: STEM academics’ Pandemic Experiences. The Counseling Psychologist.

Bhatia, A., Rana. S., & Gregor, M.A. (2023). Career aspirations among Indian female undergraduates in liberal arts. Journal of Career Assessment, Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727221129615  

Dr. Dawn M. Johnson

Counseling Psychology

  • Intimate partner violence, trauma, PTSD, treatment development and outcome, women's issues, empowerment

Holmes, S. C., King, K. C., Gonzalez, A., Norton, M. K., Silver, K. E., Sullivan, T. P., & Johnson, D.M. (2023). Associations among intimate partner violence, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and disordered eating among women intimate partner violence survivors residing in shelter. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(1-2), 2135-2158. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08862605221098968  

Silver, K. E., Norton, M., King, K. Gonzalez, A., Holmes, S. C., & Johnson, D.M. (2023).  Survival sex among a diverse sample of women victims of intimate partner violence: Results from a domestic violence shelter. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. https://doi-org.ezproxy.uakron.edu:2443/10.1037/tra0001431 

Holmes, S. C., Johnson, N. L., & Johnson, D. M. (2022). Understanding the relationship between interpersonal trauma and disordered eating: An extension of the Model of Psychological Adaptation. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(7), 1175-1183. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000533 

Dr. Kevin P. Kaut

Adult Development and Aging

  • History of psychobiology / neuroscience, mechanisms of memory, neuropsychology, biomedicine and end of life

Tokar, D. M., Duffy, R. D., & Kaut, K. P. (2023). Predictors of Work Fulfillment and General Well-Being in Workers With Chiari Malformation: The Importance of Decent Work. Journal of Career Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727231190630 

Garcia, M., Eppelheimer, M.S., Houston, J.R., Hughes, M.L., Nwotchouang, B.S.T., Kaut, K.P., Labuda, R., Bapuraj, J.R., Maleki, J., Klinge, P.M., Vorster, S., Luciano, M.G., Loth, F., & Allen, P.A. (2022).  Adult age differences in self-reported pain and anterior CSF space in Chiari malformation.  The Cerebellum, 21, 194–207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-021-01289-w   

Tokar, D. M., Savickas, M. L., & Kaut, K. P. (2020). A Test of the Career Construction Theory Model of Adaptation in Adult Workers With Chiari Malformation. Journal of Career Assessment, 28(3), 381–401. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072719867733 

Dr. Paul E. Levy

Industrial Organizational

  • Feedback; performance appraisal, job attitudes, individual differences

Bachrach, D. G., Naskar, S. T., Patel, P. C., & Levy, P. E. (2023). Horizontal pay dispersion as social context for predicting employee performance outcomes associated with diagnostic- versus criterion-referenced performance feedback. Applied Psychology, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12458   

Drawbaugh, M. L., Gianelloni, J. E., & Levy, P. E. (2021). The role of the feedback environment in self-development. In M. London. The Oxford Handbook of Lifelong Learning (2 ed.). Oxford Press. http://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197506707.013.13  

Levy, P. E., Drawbaugh, M. L., & Farr, J. (2020). History of performance management. In L. L. Koppes, Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Psychology Press.

Dr. John E. Queener

Counseling Psychology

Owens, D., Stewart, T. & Queener, J. E. (in press). Non-Traditional Clinical Approaches: Black Males. In W. Ross (Eds.). African American Males: Effective Therapeutic Interventions and Approaches. Information Age Publishing. Greenwich, CT.

Queener, J. E., & Smith, S. D. (2008). Managing resistance- The difference between success and failure of multicultural competency initiatives. In White, J.L., and Henderson, S.J. (Eds.). Building Multicultural Competency: Development, Training, and Practice (pp. 143-153). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Perosa, L., Perosa, S., Queener, J. E., (2008). Assessing Competencies for Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals, Couples, and Families: The State of the Field. Journal of GLBT Issues in Counseling,,2, 159-169.

Dr. Andrea F. Snell

Industrial Organizational

  • Personnel selection, individual differences, measurement & statistics

Nakai, Y., Hill, S. C., Snell, A. F., & Ferrell, J. Z. (2018). A job club for older job seekers: Change in attitude and perceived utility during training. Journal of Career Development, 45(6), 551-565. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845317724550  

Nakai, Y, Chang, B., Snell, A. F., & Fluckinger, C. D. (2010).Profiles of mature job seekers: Connecting needs and desires to work characteristics. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31, 1-18. 

Bott, J., Dahling, J. Snell, A. F. & Smith, B. (in press) Predicting individual score elevation in an applicant setting: The influence of individual differences and situational perceptions.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Dr. Jennifer T. Stanley

Adult Development & Aging

  • Social cognition across the lifespan, emotion recognition and aging, emotion regulation and aging

Hamdani, M., Turner, J. R., & Stanley, J. T. (2023). Supervisor beware: Contemptuous feedback harms low performers and taxes working memory of rejection sensitive persons. Journal of Management Scientific Reports, 1(2), 146–168. https://doi.org/10.1177/27550311231164130  

Villalba, A., Stanley, J., Vale, M., Turner, J. & Houston, M. (2023). Age differences in using humor to cope during a pandemic. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 36(1), 51-74. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2021-0137  

Stanley, J. T., & Villalba, A. A. (2023, July). Age and emotion. In H. S. Friedman and C. Markey (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Mental Health (3rd ed.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91497-0.00062-X  

Dr. Meghan A. Thornton-Lugo

Industrial Organizational

  • Organizational justice, diversity and gender in the workplace, ethics, emotions, corporate social responsibility

Nolan, M. T., Diefendorff, J. M., Thornton-Lugo, M., Hynes, D., Prezuhy, M., & Schreiber, J. (2023). Pursuing multiple goals during the commute: A dynamic self-regulatory perspective. Organizational Psychology Review, 13(2), 99–124. https://doi.org/10.1177/20413866221133745  

Thornton-Lugo, M. A., McCarter, M. W., Clark, J. R., Luse, W., Hyde, S. J., Heydarifard, Z., & Huang, L. S. R. (2023). Makeup calls in organizations: An application of justice to the study of bad calls. Journal of Applied Psychology, 108(3), 374–402. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001026   

Busby, A. D. & Thornton-Lugo, M.A. & Parker, L. & Strah, N. (2022). What Can Go Wrong When Everything is Right? Using Organizational Justice to Understand Police Misconduct and Improve Personnel Systems. Personnel Assessment and Decisions, 8(2), 6. https://doi.org/10.25035/pad.2022.02.006 

Dr. Ingrid K. Weigold

Counseling Psychology

  • Positive psychology, human agency, especially personal growth and self-efficacy, international student acculturation and predictors of well-being, college student positive development, data collection methodology, scale development, translation, and psychometric properties

Weigold, A., Weigold, I. K., Ethridge, E. T., & Chong, Y. K. (2023). Translation and validation of the German Personal Growth Initiative Scale - II. The Counseling Psychologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000231181310 

Weigold, A., Weigold, I. K., Zhang, X., Tang, N., & Chong, Y. K. (2023). Translation and validation of the Brief Inventory of Technology Self-Efficacy (BITS): Simplified and traditional Chinese versions. Social Science Computer Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393231176596  

Weigold, A., & Weigold, I. K. (2022). Traditional and modern convenience samples: An investigation of college student, Mechanical Turk, and Mechanical Turk college student samples. Social Science Computer Review, 40(5), 1302-1322. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393211006847  

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