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Behavior Analysis
Awards, Grants, and Recognition
  • *Allison Kurti is the recipient of the Gerber Behavior Analysis Research Award for outstanding research in Behavior Analysis, March 2014 as well as the recipient of the Behavior Analysis Research Award, February 2014 and a nominee of the Pioneer Award for Departmental Excellence, February 2014 (Mentor: Dallery)
  • Jesse Dallery received the Teacher of the Year Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
  • Jesse Dallery received a grant National Institute on Drug Abuse. R01DA023476. Web-based contingency management for smoking abstinence with adolescents. PI: B. Reynolds (OSU), Co-I: J Dallery.
  • *Sarah Slocum received the prestigious Weatherstone Fellowship from Autism Speaks. She is one of nine recipients internationally. Her grant is titled: An evaluation of two emergency procedures to treat severe escape behavior (Mentor: Vollmer).
  • Jesse Dallery received the Seminal Article of the Year Award, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. (Citation: Dallery, J., Raiff, B. R., & Grabinski, M.FD (2013). Internet-based contingency management to promote smoking cessation: A randomized, controlled study. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 46, 750–764 doi: 10.1002/jaba.89.
Publications
*Beavers, G.A., Iwata, B.A., & *Gregory, M.K. (2014). Parameters of reinforcement and response-class hierarchies. /Journal of
Applied Behavior Analysis, 47, 72-80.
Dallery, J., *Kurti, A.N., & Erb, J.P. (in press) A new frontier: Integrating behavioral and digital technology to promote health
behavior. The Behavior Analyst.
Dallery, J., *Kurti, A.N., & Martner, S. (in press). Technological approaches to assess and treat cigarette smoking. In L. Marsch,
S. Lord, & J. Dallery (Eds), Transforming Behavioral Health Care with Technology: The State of the Science. Oxford University Press.
Dallery, J., & Raiff, B. R. (2014). Optimizing behavioral health interventions with single-case designs: From development to
dissemination. Journal of Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, and Research.
*Kurti. A., Dallery, J. (2014). Effects of Exercise on Craving and Cigarette Smoking in the Human Laboratory. Addictive.
Behaviors, 39, 1131-1137. Can be accessed online at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460314000690
*Kurti, A.N., Logan, H., Manini, T., & Dallery, J. (in press). Physical activity behavior, barriers to physical activity, and opinions
about a smartphone-based physical activity intervention among rural residents. Telemedicine and eHealth.
*Mehrkam, L. R., *Verdi, N.R., Wynne, C.D.L. 2014. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 17: 43-58.
*Mehrkam, L. R. and Wynne, C.D.L. 2014. Behavioral differences among breeds of domestic dogs (/Canis lupus familiaris/):
Current status of the science. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 155: 12-27.
Meredith, S. E., Dutta, P., Robinson, A., Erb, P., *Spieler, C. & Dallery, J. (2014). The reliability, validity, and acceptability of a
mobile-phone-based breath carbon monoxide meter to detect cigarette smoking. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntt275
Meredith, S. E., *Jarvis, B.P., Raiff, B. R., Rojewski, A., *Kurti, A. N., Cassidy, R., *Erb, J. P., & Dallery, J. (2014). The ABCs
of incentive-based treatment in health care: a behavior analytic framework to inform research and practice Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 19, 103-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S59792
Peters, K., & Vollmer, T.R. (2014). Evaluations of the overjustification effect. Journal of Behavioral Education, 23, 201-220.
Invited Addresses and Presentations
Cassidy, R., & Dallery, J. (May, 2014). Nicotine increases the essential value of food-paired conditioned reinforcers.
Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.
Dallery, J. (February, 2014). Technology, behavior analysis, and the super convergence. Texas Association for Behavior
analysis.
Brian Iwata presented at the Assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior. Bari, Italy (sponsored by the Autism Society
of Puglia), February 2014.
*Kurti, A.N., & Dallery, J. (2014, May). Translational research on innovative, behavioral treatments for cigarette smokers.
Talk given at the 40th annual Association for Behavior Analysis conference, Chicago,IL. May 24-28.
*Kurti, A.N., Kurti, S., Rosenkranz, S., Emerson, S., & Harns, C. (2014, April). Indoor air pollution and respiratory health in
Belizean children. Talk given at the Unite for Sight conference, Yale University.April 11-12.
Raiff, B. R., & Dallery, J. (May 2014). Internet and videogame-based contingency management for promoting healthy
behavior. Association for Behavior Analysis International, Chicago, IL.
*Sarah Slocum presented at the Florida Association of Behavior Analysis Presentation (September 2013) and Association for
Behavior Analysis (May 2014).
Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences
Awards, Grants, and Recognition
  • *Wendy Yoder received: HHMI Science for Life Graduate Student Mentor Award (Mentor: Smith).
  • Andreas Keil received; Office of naval research: Design, implementation, and test of a cognitive computational architecture for perception. Keil: Co-PI; PI: Dr. Jose Principe, UF Engineering.
  • Second Place Poster Award – *Lyman M, *Munizza O, *Gaynor L,*Windham E*, Yoder WM*, Setlow B, Bizon JL, Smith DW. Characterizing olfactory generalization in Fischer 344 rats using behavioral reaction times. North Central Florida Society for Neuroscience, Brain Awareness Week (March 2014).
Publications
C. E. Canal, D. Morgan, D. Felsing, K. Kondabolu, N.E. Rowland, K.L. Robertson, R. Sakhuja, R.G. Booth. A novel
aminotetralin-type serotonin (5-HT)2C receptor-specific agonist and 5-HT2A competitive antagonist/5-HT2B inverse agonist with preclinical efficacy for psychoses. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 349: 1-9, 2014.
Dewsbury, D. A. (2013). John B. Watson’s early work and comparative psychology. Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis,
39(2), 10-33.
*Farrell, M. T., & Abrams, L. (2013). Picture-word interference reveals inhibitory effects of syllable frequency on lexical selection.
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Published online, August 9, 2013.
Griggs, R. A. (2014). Psychology: A concise introduction (4th ed.). New York, NY: Worth.
Griggs, R. A. (2014). Topical coverage in introductory textbooks from the 1980s through the 2000s. Teaching of Psychology,
41/, 5-10.
Griggs, R. A. (2014). Topical coverage in introductory psychology: Textbooks versus lecture. Teaching of Psychology, 41, 144-
147.
Keil, A., Debener, S., Gratton, G., Junghofer, M., Kappenman, E. S., Luck, S. J. (2014). Publication guidelines and
recommendations for studies using electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography. Psychophysiology, 51, 1-21.
Leon, S., Altmann, L. J. P., Abrams, L., Gonzalez Rothi, L. J., & Heilman, K. M. (2014). Divergent task performance in older
adults: Declarative memory or creative potential? Creativity Research Journal,26/, 21-29. doi:10.1080/10400419.2014.873657
V. Minervini, C.M. Galuska, N.E. Rowland. Effects of price and pellet type on food waste in mice. Behavioural Processes 103:
180-183, 2014.
Wieser, M. J. & Keil, A. (2014) Fearful faces heighten the cortical representation of contextual threat. Neuroimage, 86, 317-325.
*Yoder WM, Setlow B, Bizon JL, Smith DW. (2014) Characterizing olfactory perceptual similarity using carbon chain
discrimination in Fischer 344 rats. Chemical Senses, 39(4); 323-331.
*Yoder WM, *LaRue AK*, *Rosen JM, *Aggarwal S*, Shukla RM^, Smith DW. (2014) Evidence of rapid recovery from
perceptual odor adaptation using a new stimulus paradigm. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, epub ahead of print, 6 Feb 2014.
Invited Addresses and Presentations
Abrams, L. (2014, March). Going on a treasure hunt: Finding words on the tip of your tongue. Talk presented at the IAU
College Public Lecture and Receptions Series, Aix-en-Provence, France.
*Davis, D. K., *Martin, L. M., & Abrams, L. (2014, April). What’s valence got to do with it: Emotional pictures influence
tip-of-the-tongue states. Poster presented at the 15th biennial Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Anreas Keil presented Motivated perception: Conceptual, behavioral, and neurophysiological underpinnings of seeing what
matters. Invited Lecture, University of Zuerich, May 21 2014.
*Lyman M Yoder WM*, Munizza O*, Gaynor L*, Setlow B, Bizon JL, Smith DW. Characterizing olfactory generalization in
Fischer 344 rats using behavioral reaction times. Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL (April 2014).
*Munizza O, *Yoder WM, *Lyman M, *Gaynor L, Setlow B, Bizon JL, Smith DW. A technique for characterizing the time course
of odor adaptation in mice. Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL (April 2014).
*Yoder WM, Ormerod BK, Setlow B, Bizon JL, *Lyman M, *Munizza O, Smith DW. Age-related olfactory dysfunction in the
Fischer 344 rat model. Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL (April 2014).
Counseling
Awards, Grants and Recognition
  • Carolyn Tucker received:Colorectal Cancer Screening (CCS) Project, Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, Cancer Program ($30,000), January 2014 – June 2014.Multidisciplinary Academic-Community Symposium Series to Build an Obesity Disparities Research Infrastructure and Agenda, UF Health and Clinical and Translational Science Institute ($15,000) January 2014 – October 2014 PIs: Carolyn M. Tucker, Ph.D., David Janicke, Ph.D., Daniel Wilson, Ph.D., David Wood, Ph.D. Co-PIs:Stephen Anton, Ph.D., Ronald Cohen, Ph.D., Kenneth Cusi, Ph.D., Sunita Dodani, Ph.D., Mark Gold, Ph.D., Kenyatta Lee, M.D., Anne Mathews, Ph.D., Neil Rowland, Ph.D., Eric Stewart, M.D.
  • Multidisciplinary Academic-Community Symposium Series to Build an Obesity Disparities Research Infrastructure and Agenda, UF Office of Research ($5,000) January 2014 – October 2014 PIs: Carolyn M. Tucker, Ph.D., David Janicke, Ph.D., Daniel Wilson, Ph.D., David Wood, Ph.D. Co-PIs: Stephen Anton, Ph.D., Ronald Cohen, Ph.D., Kenneth Cusi, Ph.D., Sunita Dodani, Ph.D., Mark Gold, Ph.D., Kenyatta Lee, M.D., Anne Mathews, Ph.D., Neil Rowland, Ph.D., Eric Stewart, M.D.
  • *Clarissa Richardson received the APAGS Teaching Excellence in Psychological Science Award and the University of Florida Graduate Student Teaching Award (Mentor: Tucker)
  • *Elliot Tebbe received the 2014 UF Rainbow Alliance Research Award and the 2014 APA Science Directorate Travel Awar (Mentor: Tucker).d
  • Carolyn Tucker is also a Member of the Florida Health Equity Research Institute (HERI) Steering Committee, 2014 – present and a Division 38 Fellow, American Psychological Association, 2014 – present.
  • Brandon Velez received the 2014 University of Florida Outstanding Counseling Psychology Graduate Student Award as well as Assistant professor (tenure-track) Teachers College, Columbia University.
Publications
Brewster, M. E., *Velez, B. L., Esposito, J., Wong, S., Geiger, L., & Keum, B. (2014). Moving beyond the binary with disordered
eating research: A test and extension of objectification theory with bisexual women. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 61, 50-62. doi:10.1037/a0034748
Rice, K.G., 8Suh, H., & *Ege, E. (2014). Further evaluation of the outcome questionnaire-45.2. Measurement Evaluation in
Counseling and Development, 47, 102-117. doi:10.1177/0748175614522268
*Richardson, C. M. E., Rice, K. G., & Devine, D. P. (2014). Perfectionism, emotion regulation, and the cortisol stress response.
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 61 (1), 110-118/. 4.
*Roncoroni, J., Tucker, C. M., *Wall, W., *Nghiem, K., *Wheatley, R. S., *Wu, W. (2014). Patient perceived cultural sensitivity
of clinic environment and its association with patient satisfaction with care and treatment adherence. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, doi: 10.1177/1559827614521760.
Tucker, C. M.,* Lopez, M., *Campbell, K., Marsiske, M., *Daly, K., *Nghiem, K., *Rahim-Williams, B., Jones, J., Hariton, E.,
& *Patel, A.* (2014). The effects of a culturally sensitive, empowerment-focused, community-based health promotion program on health outcomes of adults with type 2 diabetes. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 25(1), 292-307.
Tucker, C. M., *Roncoroni, J., Marsiske, M., *Nghiem, K. N., & *Wall, W. (2014). Validation of a patient-centered, culturally
sensitive, clinic environment inventory using a national sample of adult patients. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 25(1), 80-86.
Invited Addresses and Presentations
Bieschke, K.., & Mintz, L. (March, 2014). Training values statements addressing diversity: History, current use, and a call
to move forward. In K. Bieschke (Chair), Is it time to retire the values statement? Symposium presented at the 2014 Counseling Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Brewster, M. E., *Velez, B. L., & Sandil, R. (March, 2014). Atheists in America: Widening counseling psychology’s .
multicultural umbrella to strengthen clinical work with nonbelievers. Roundtable conducted at the meeting of the Society of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association Division 17, Atlanta, GA
*Campos, I. D.*, *Wall, W., & *Velez, B. L. (March, 2014). Sexual objectification, ageist discrimination, and mental and
physical health symptoms. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association Division 17, Atlanta, GA.
Mintz, L. (March, 2014). Giving psychology away. Paper presented in K. Oh & B. French, How to talk to the media: Bringing
counseling psychology to the world? Symposium presented at the 2014 Counseling Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA.
*Sundaram, S., *Suh, H., Palaniappan, M., *Wippold, G.*, & *Ege, E. (2014, March). Recruitment and Retention of Ethnic
Minority Graduate Students in Counseling Psychology: Students’ Perspective. Roundtable discussion presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Counseling Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
*Tebbe, E., & Lantz, M. M. (2014, March). Developing your professional identity through leadership and program
involvement.Invited workshop conducted at the bi-annual meeting of the Counseling Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA. *Indicates equal-authorship
*Tebbe, E., *Lenzen, A., Moradi, B., * Ege, E., & Maynard-Pemba, N. (2014, March). Is it enough? A roundtable discussion
on graduate training in research and practice with trans* individuals. Roundtable discussion presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Counseling Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Carolyn Tucker was an Invited Speaker to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Path
to Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) in Women: Bladder Health Workshop, Washington, DC. A Community-Engaged Research Approach to Reducing Obesity: Implications for Preventing and Treating Urinary Incontinence. May 3, 2014.
*Velez, B. L., Brewster, M. E., Esposito, J., Wong, S., Geiger, E., & Keum, T. B. (March, 2014). Moving beyond the binary
with disordered eating research: A test and extension of objectification theory with bisexual women. In Franco Dispenza (Chair), Objectification theory, sexual minority persons, and health behaviors. Symposium presented at the meeting of the Society of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association Division 17, Atlanta, GA.
*Wall, W., Tucker, C. M., *Roncoroni, J. (2014, April). Patient-Centered Culturally Sensitive Healthcare Delivery. Invited presentation at the Nursing School of the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Winterowd, C., Adams, E., Miville, M., & Mintz, L. (March, 2014). Operationalizing, instilling, and assessing counseling
psychology training values in academic programs to serve a diverse public. In K. Bieschke (Chair), Is it time to retire the values statement? Symposium presented at the 2014 Counseling Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA.
*Zhang, S., & Moradi, B. (2014, March). Asian American acculturation and enculturation: Development of a bilinear and
multidimensional operationalization. Poster presented at the 2014 Counseling Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Developmental Psychology
Awards, Grants and Recognition
  • *Carla Strickland-Hughes received the Jacquelin Goldman Research Award 2014 ($2,000) for proposal “Are you threatening me? A pilot investigating stereotype threat situations and memory performance in older adults” (Mentor: West).
  • *Carla Strickland-Hughes also received the Department Travel Award for APA convention, Summer 2014, $500 and the Department Travel Award for Cognitive Aging Conference, Spring 2014, $500 (Mentors: West & Ebner).
  • Andrew Varan, Connor Volpi, and Katie Dillon were accepted into the University Scholars Program (Mentor: Ebner).
  • *Tian Lin received the Gerber Developmental Psychology Research Award (Mentor: Ebner).
  • Undergraduate Research Forum (2nd Prize) was awarded to Anand Desai (Mentor: Ebner).
  • Center for Undergraduate Research travel award was given to Reesa Lendry (Mentor: Ebner).
  • Gaby Maura received the Aging Research Award (Mentor: Ebner).
Publications
Bluck, S., Alea, N., & *Ali, S. (2014). Remembering the historical roots of remembering the personal past. Applied Cognitive
Psychology. Wiley Online, 1 –10.
Ebner, N. C., & Fischer, H. (2014). Emotion and aging: Recent evidence from brain and behavior. Invited paper to introduce
special issue. Frontiers in Emotion Science.
Glück, J., & Bluck, S. (2014). The MORE life experience model: A theory of the development of wisdom (pp. 75-98). M. Ferrari
& N. Weststrate (Eds.). Personal Wisdom. New York: Springer.
*Hadad, N. A., & Knackstedt, L. A. (2014). Addicted to palatable foods: Comparing the neurobiology of bulimia nervosa to that
of drug addiction. Psychopharmacology, 231(9), 1897-1912. doi:10.1007/s00213-014-3461-1
Swann, G., Byck, G.R., Dick D. M., Aliev, F., Latendresse, S.J., Riley, B.R., Kertes, D.A., Sun, C., Salvatore, J. E., Bolland, J.,
Mustanski, B. (2014). Effects of OPRM1 and stressful life events on symptoms of Major Depression in African American adolescents. Journal of Affective Disorders, 162, 12-19.
Voelkle, M. C., Ebner, N. C., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (2014). A note on age differences in mood-congruent versus
mood-incongruent information processing in faces. Frontiers in Emotion Science.
Invited Addresses and Presentations
Bluck, S. Invited talk, Remembering lives over time: a functional approach to autobiographical memory. University of Zurich,
May, 2014.
Ebner, N. C., Fischer, H., & Cohen, R. A. (April, 2014). Oxytocin and socioemotional aging. Talk at the Cognitive Aging
Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ebner, N. C., Fischer, H., & Cohen, R. A. (April, 2014). Oxytocin and aging: Effects on social decision-making and emotion
processing. Poster at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, USA.
Fischer, H., Ebner, N. C., & Westberg, L. (April, 2014). Relation between an oxytocin receptor gene variant, face
recognition and amygdala activation. Poster at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA, USA.
Kertes, D.A. (April 2014). The intergenerational transmission of stress. Invited Speaker, Colby College, Waterville, ME.
*Lendry, R. E., *Lin, T., & Ebner, N. C. (April, 2014). Effects of face likability on memory in younger and older adults.
Poster at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA.
*Lin, T., Ankudowich, E., Johnson, M. K., & Ebner, N. C. (April, 2014). Distancing from the own-age group: An age-group
comparison. Poster at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA.
*Liu, J., Mustanski, B., Dick, D., Bolland, J., Kertes, D.A. (March 2014). Racial discrimination and exposure to violence
predict comorbid internalizing and externalizing problems among disadvantaged African American youth. Biennial Meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.
*Strickland-Hughes, C. M., West, R. L., & Ebner, N. C. (2014, April). Aging and self-stereotyping effects on face-name
memory. Poster presented at the 15th biennial meeting of the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
*Strickland-Hughes, C. M. (2014, March). Improving your everyday memory! Invited talk for the Adults Leisurely Enjoying
Retirement Together Senior Group, Gainesville, FL.
Social Psychology
Awards, Grants, and Recognition
  • Benjamin Crosier earned his PhD and is now a postdoctoral fellow at Dartmouth College’s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health
  • Laura Crysel earned her PhD and will be a tenure-track assistant professor at Stetson University this fall.
  • Amanda Gessleman earned her PhD and is now a postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction (Mentor; Webster).
  • Tatiana Orozco Schember (PhD 2013) began work as a statistician at the North Florida/South Georgian Veterans Health System.
Publications
Hadden, B. W., Smith, C. V., & Webster, G. D. (2014). Relationship duration moderates associations between attachment and
relationship quality: Meta-analytic support for the temporal adult romantic attachment model. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 18, 42–58. doi:10.1177/1088868313501885
Klein, R. A., Ratliff, R. A., Vianello, M., Adams, R. A. Jr., Bahnik, S., Bernstein, M. J., Nosek, B. A. (2014). Investigating
variation in replicability: A ”many labs” replication project. Social Psychology, 45, 142–152.
Shepperd, J. A., *Novell, C. A., O’Neill, S. C., McBride, C. M., Sanderson, S., Docherty, S., & Lipkus, I. M. (2014).
Contemplating genetic feedback regarding lung cancer susceptibility. Annals of Behavioral Medicine/, 47, 395-403. doi: 10.1007/s12160-013-9561-z
Shepperd, J. A., *Howell, J. L., & Logan, H. (2014). A Survey of Barriers to Screening for Oral Cancer among Rural African
Americans. Psycho-Oncology, 23, 276-282. doi: 10.1002/pon.3415
Webster, G. D., DeWall, C. N., Pond, R. S., Jr., Deckman, T., Jonason, P. K., *Le, B. M., *Nichols, A. L., *Schember, T. O.,
*Crysel, L. C., *Crosier, B. S., Smith, C. V., Paddock, E. L., Nezlek, J. B., Kirkpatrick, L. A., Bator, R. J., & Bryan, A. D. (2014). The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Psychometric and behavioral evidence for an efficient measure of trait aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 40, 120–139. doi:10.1002/ab.21507
Webster, G. D., & Graber, J. A., *Gesselman, A. N., *Crosier, B. S., & *Schember, T. O. (2014). A life history theory of father
absence and menarche: A meta-analysis. Evolutionary Psychology, 12, 237–294. http://epjournal.net/3242
Zander, L., Webster, G. D., & Hannover, B. (2014). Better than me?! How adolescents with and without migration background in
Germany perceive each others’ performance in class. Psychology, 5, 62–69. doi:10.4236/psych.2014.51011
Invited Addresses and Presentations
Dwyer, L. A., Stock, M. L., & Shepperd, J. A. (2014, April). Predicting avoidance of skin damage risk feedback among
college students. Annual meeting of the Society of Behavior Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Emanuel, A. S., Shepperd, J. A., & Logan, H. (2014, April). Using psychological instruments in community samples Annual
meeting of the Society of Behavior Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
*Gesselman, A. N., *Crosier, B. S., & Webster, G. D. (2014, February). Romantic attachment and friendship networks:
Individual differences in attachment manifesting in group social behavior. Talk given at the 15th annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
*Gesselman, A. N., & Webster, G. D. (2014, February). Can’t have too much of a good thing: Factors affecting preferences
in a partner’s level of sexual experience. Data blitz given at the Sexuality preconference at the 15th annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
*Howell, J. L., Ratliff, K. A., & Shepperd, J. A. (2014, April). Automatic attitudes and health behavior. Symposium Talk,
Annual meeting of the Society of Behavior Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
*Howell, J. L., Ratliff, K. A., & Shepperd, J. A. (2014). Automatic Attitudes Predict Health Decision Making and Behavior.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Miller, W., & Shepperd, J. A. (2014, February). Religiousness and risk behavior in adolescents: The crucial role of
opportunity. Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
*Price, D., *Gesselman, A. N., *Howell, J. L., & Shepperd, J. A. (2014, February). Information seeking in intimate
relationships. Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Shepperd, J. A., & *Howell, J. L. (2014, February). A multi-item measure of information avoidance. Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Shepperd, J. A. (2014, April). Health decision making in the face of threat. Symposium Talk, Annual meeting of the Society of
Behavior Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Smith, C. T., Shepperd, J. A., Miller, W., & *Kaya, Y. (2014, February). Predicting adolescent substance use attitudes,
intentions and behaviors: Do parent or friend attitudes predict better? Annual Meetingof the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Webster, G. D. (2014, February). Research collaboration: The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems. Talk given at
the “From the job market to tenure: Tips for success” preconference at the 15th annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

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