Hunleth, J., Fechtel, H., Ruiz, S., Spray, J., Shepperd, J. A. & Waters, E. A. (2023). Through the Zoom window: How children use virtual technology to navigate power dynamics in research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. doi:10.1080/13645579.2023.2231756
Kerner, L., Dettra, K., Moraga-Trujillo, J., Mollod, A., Robinson, C., Westfall, M., & Shepperd, J. A. (2023). Information Avoidance and COVID Testing. Social & Personality Psychology Compass. http://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12920
Pogge, G. A., Fedele, D., Waters, E. A., Hunleth, J., Maki, J., Prabhakaran, S., Webster, G. D., Bowen, D., & Shepperd, J. A. (2023). Exploring caregiver interest in and preference for interventions for children with risk of asthma exacerbation: Web-based survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 7, e46341. https://doi.org/10.2196/46341
Shepperd, J. A., & Forsyth, R. (2023). How does religion deter adolescent risk behavior? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32(4), 337-342. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214231164404
Shepperd, J. A., & Forsyth, R. (2023). Religiousness and Adolescent Risk Behavior. In P. Cabral & A. V. Song (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health, Vol 2, pp. 352-363. New York: Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978012818872900073X
Waters, E. A., Pachur, T., Pogge, G., Hunleth, J., Webster, G. D., & Shepperd, J. A. (2023). How are mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms related to proxy risk perceptions? A psychometric investigation of caregivers of children with asthma. Psychology & Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2023.2244522
Waters, E. A., Pachur, T., Pogge, G., Hunleth, J., Webster, G. D., Fedele, D. A., & Shepperd, J. A. (2023). Linking cognitive and affective heuristic cues to proxy risk perceptions and behavior: A cross-sectional study. Risk Analysis, 43(12), 2610-2630. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/risa.14101
Waters, E. A., †Pogge, G., Orom, H., Kiviniemi, M. T., Hay, J. L., Lewicka, M., Allard, N., Webster, G. D., & Shepperd, J. A. (2023). I don’t know my child’s asthma risk: Evidence against satisficing as an explanation for “don’t know” responses. Journal of Risk Research, 26(12), 1370-1382. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2023.2288006
Zhao, J., McBride, C. M., Campbell, G., Pentz, R. D., Escoffey, C., Konomos, M., Ward, K., Bellcross, C., Shepperd, J. A., & Guan, Y. (2023). Your family connects: A theory-based intervention to encourage communication about inherited cancer risk among ovarian cancer survivors and close relatives. Public Health Genomics, 26(10), 77-99. doi: 10.1159/000531772
Hunleth, J., Spray, J., Ruiz, S., Maki, J., Fedele, D. A., Prabhakaran, S., Forsyth, R., Sykes, C., Shepperd, J. A., & Waters, E. A. (2022). Situating household management of children’s asthma in the context of social, economic, and environmental injustice. Journal of Asthma., 59(21), 70-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/02770903.2020.1837159
Kerner, L., Losee, J. E., Higginbotham, G. D., & Shepperd, J. A. (2022). Interest in purchasing firearms in the United States at the Outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, 9(1), 52-66. https://doi.org/10.1037/tam0000174
McBride, C., Zhao, J., Campbell, G., Escoffery, N. C., Pentz, R. D., Shepperd, J. A., & Guan, Y. (2022). Applying Citizen Science to engage families affected by ovarian cancer in developing genetic service outreach strategies. PLosOne, 17(2), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262575
Pogge, G., Waters, E. A., Prabhakaran, S., Webster, G. D., Fedele, D. A., & Shepperd, J. A. (2022). Examining commonsense epidemiology: The case of asthma. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(12), 2763-2769. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053211064986
Pogge, G., Waters, E. A., Webster, G. D., Prabhakaran, S., Hunleth, J. M, Fedele, D. A., & Shepperd, J. A. (2022). Asthma control during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Asthma and Allergy, 15, 1795-1803. https://doi.org/10.2147/JAA.S385891
Ruiz, S., Jean Hunleth, J., Maki, J. Fedele, D. A., Pogge, G., Shepperd, J. A., & Waters, E. A. (2022). Towards emplaced understandings of risk: How caregivers of children with asthma identify and manage asthma-related risk across different places. Health in Place, 75, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102787
Shepperd, J. A., Hunleth, J., Maki, J., Prabhakaran, S., Pogge, G., Webster, G. D., & Waters, E. A. (2022). Interpersonal comparison among caregivers of children with asthma. Psychology & Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2125514
Shepperd, J. A., Webster, G. D., Pogge, G., Fedele, D. A., Prabhakaran, S., Hunleth, J. M., & Waters, E. A. (2022). Psychometric properties and predictive validity of the PP-ACT. Journal of Asthma, 60(1), 174-184. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2022.2036755
Spray, J., Hunleth, J., Ruiz, S., Maki, J., Prabhakaran, S., Fechtel, H., Shepperd, J. A., Bowen, D. J., & Waters, E. A. (2022). How do the embodied experiences of asthma influence caregiver conceptual models? Social Science & Medicine., 294, 114706. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114706
Webster, G. D., Howell, J. L., & Shepperd, J. A. (2022). Self-esteem in 60 seconds: The six-item state self-esteem scale (SSES-6). Journal of Assessment, 29(2), 152-168. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191120958059
Wongsomboon, V., & Shepperd, J. A. (2022). Waiting for Medical Test Results: A Delay Discounting Approach, Social Science & Medicine., 311, 115355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115355
Howell, J. L., Lipsey, N. P., & Shepperd, J. A. (2021). Health Information Avoidance: Prevalence, causes, consequences, and cures. In K. Sweeny and M. Robbins (Eds.) The Encyclopedia of Health Psychology, Volume 2 (The Social Bases of Health Behavior). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.
Hussain, M., Price, D., Gesselman, A., Shepperd, J., & Howell, J. (2021). Avoiding information about one’s romantic partner. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. doi.org/10.1177/0265407520969856
Losee, J., Lipsey, N. P., Pogge, G. C., & Shepperd, J. A. (2021). Understanding the political divide in gun policy support. The need for safety and beliefs about guns. In M. Crandall, S. Bonne, J. Bronson, & W. Kessel (Eds.) Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence, pp. 89-106. New York: Springer.
Pogge, G. C.,Lipsey, N. P., Losee, J., & Shepperd, J. A. (2021). The need for safety and beliefs about guns. In M. Crandall, S. Bonne, J. Bronson, & W. Kessel (Eds.) Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence, pp. 73-88. New York: Springer.
Shepperd, J. A., & Howell, J. L. (2021). Unrealistic optimism and health. In K. Sweeny and M. Robbins (Eds.) The Encyclopedia of Health Psychology, Volume 2 (The Social Bases of Health Behavior). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.
Shepperd, J. A., Pogge, G., Hunleth, J., Ruiz, S., & Waters, E. A. (2021). Guidelines for conducting virtual cognitive interviews during a pandemic. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(2), xxx-xxx. doi:10.2196/25173
Lipsey, N. P., & Shepperd, J. A. (2021). Examining strategies to increase SET (student evaluation of teaching) completion rates. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 46, 427-437. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2020.1782343
Losee, J. E., Shepperd, J. A., & Webster, G. D. (2020). Financial resources and decisions to avoid information about environmental perils. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 50, 174-188 doi: 10.1111/jasp.12648
Milhabet, I., Cambon, L., & Shepperd, J. A. (2020). The relationship between comparative optimism and career success: Experimental evidence for a bidirectional effect. Journal of Social Psychology, 160, 559-575. doi: 10.17605 / OSF.IO / FSU75
Shepperd, J. A., *Lipsey, N. P., Pogge, G. C., & Losee, J.A. (2020). Psychological approach to the gun divide in America. Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy, 30, 197-216. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/ufpp30&i=209
Howell, J. L., Miller, W. A., Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2019). Hot or not? How threat influences avoidance of attractiveness feedback. Self and Identity, 18, 144-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2017.1401552
Lipsey, N. P., & Shepperd, J. A. (2019). A survey of audience effects and health information avoidance. Social Science and Medicine, 225, 51-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.01.046
Lipsey, N. P., & Shepperd, J. A. (2019). The role of powerful audiences and health information avoidance. Social Science and Medicine, 220, 430-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.037
Shepperd, J. A., Pogge, G. C., Lipsey, N. P., Miller, W. A., & Webster, G. D. (2019). Beliefs in a loving versus punitive God and behavior. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 29, 390-401. doi: 10.1111/jora.12437
Shepperd, J. A., *Pogge, G. C., *Lipsey, N. P., Smith, C. T., & Miller, W. A. (2019). The link between religiousness and prejudice: Testing competing explanations in an adolescent sample. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000271
Shepperd, J. A., Lipsey, N. P., Pachur, T., & Waters, E. A. (2018). Understanding the cognitive and affective mechanisms that underlie proxy risk perceptions among caregivers of asthmatic children. Medical Decision Making, 38(5), 562-572. doi: 10.1177/0272989X18759933
Shepperd, J. A., Losee, J., Pogge, G. C., Lipsey, N. P., Redford, L., & Crandall, M. (2018). The anticipated consequences of legalizing guns on college campuses. Journal of Threat Management and Assessment, 5(1), 21-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tam0000097
Shepperd, J. A., Pogge, G. C., Losee, J., Lipsey, N. P., & Redford, L. (2018). Gun attitudes on campus: United and divided by safety needs. Journal of Social Psychology, 158, 615-624. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2017.1412932
Shepperd, J. A., Sweeny, K., & Falkenstein, A. (2018). Fluctuations in future outlooks: Unrealistic optimism and pessimism in outcome predictions. In G. Oettingen, A. T. Sevincer, & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.), The Psychology of Thinking about the Future.
Ferrer, R. A., Klein, W. M. P., Cerully, J. L., McBride, C., Shepperd, J. A., & Lipkus, I. M. (2017). Developing a scale to assess health regulatory focus. Social Science and Medicine, 195, 50-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.10.029
Howell, J. L., & Shepperd, J. A. (2017). Social exclusion, self-affirmation, and health information avoidance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 68, 21-26. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2016.05.005
Shepperd, J. A., Pogge, G. C., & Howell, J. L. (2017). Assessing the Consequences of Unrealistic Optimism: Challenges and Recommendations. Consciousness & Cognition, 50, 69-78. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2016.07.004
Howell, J. L., Ratliff, K. A., & Shepperd, J. A. (2016). Automatic attitudes and health information avoidance. Health Psychology, 35(8), 761-766. doi: 10.1037/hea0000330
Smith, C. T., Shepperd, J. A., Miller, W. A., & Graber, J. A. (2016). Perspective taking explains gender differences in late adolescents’ attitudes toward disadvantaged groups. Journal of Youth and Adolescents, 45(7), 1283-1293. doi: 10.1007/s10964-015-0376-z
Howell, J. L., & Shepperd, J. A. (2016). Establishing an information avoidance scale. Psychological Assessment, 35(8), 816-823. doi: 10.1037/pas0000315
Shepperd, J. A., Emanuel, A. S., Dodd, V. J., & Logan, H. L. (2016). The reliability of psychological instruments in community samples: A cautionary note. Journal of Health Psychology, 21(9), 2033-2014. doi: 10.1177/1359105315569859
Dwyer, L. A., Shepperd, J. A., & Stock, M. L. (2015). Predicting avoidance of skin damage feedback among college students. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49, 685-695. doi: 10.1007/s12160-015-9703-6
Emanuel, A. S., Kiviniemi, M. T., Howell, J. L., Hays, J., Waters, E. A., Orom, H., & Shepperd, J. A. (2015). Avoiding cancer risk information: Prevalence, correlates, and outcomes. Social Science and Medicine, 147, 113-120. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.058
Klein, W. P., Shepperd, J. A., Rothman, A. J., Suls, J. & Croyle, R. (2015). Realizing the Promise of Social Psychology in Improving Public Health. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 19, 77-92. doi: 10.1177/1088868314539852
Logan, H. L., Emanuel, A. S., Guo, Y., Shepperd, J. A., Riley, J. L., Dodd, V. J., & Muller, K. E., (2015). Determinants of first-time cancer examinations in a rural community: A mechanism for behavior change. American Journal of Public Health, 105, 1424-1431. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302516
Newell, S., Logan, H. L., Guo, Y., Marks, J. G., & Shepperd, J. A. (2015). Evaluating tablet computers as a survey tool. Journal of Rural Health, 31, 108-117. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12095
Shepperd, J. A., Emanuel, A. S., Howell, J. L., & Logan, H. L. (2015). Predicting scheduling and showing for an oral cancer examination, Annals of Behavioral Medicine,49, 828-838. doi: 10.1007/s12160-015-9717-0
Shepperd, J. A., & Howell, J. L. (2015). Responding to psychological threats with deliberate ignorance: causes and remedies. In P. J. Carroll, R. M. Arkin and A. Wichman (Eds.) Handbook of Personal Security, pp. 257-274. New York: Taylor Francis.
Shepperd, J. A., Miller, W. A., & Smith, C. T. (2015). Religiousness and Aggression in Adolescents: The Mediating Roles of Self-Control and Compassion. Aggressive Behavior, 41, 608-621. doi: 10.1002/ab.21600
Shepperd, J. A., Waters, E. A., Weinstein, N. D., & Klein, W. M. P. (2015). A primer on unrealistic optimism. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24, 232-237. doi: 10.1177/0963721414568341
Taber, J. M., Klein, W. M. P., Ferrer, R. A., Lewis, K. L., Harris, P. R., Shepperd, J. A., & Biesecker, L. G. (2015). Information avoidance tendencies, spontaneous self-affirmation and interest in genetic sequencing feedback. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49, 616-621. doi 10.1007/s12160-014-9679-7
Howell, J. L., Crosier, B., & Shepperd, J. A. (2014). Does lacking threat-management resources increase information avoidance? A multi-study, multi-method, large-sample investigation, Journal of Research in Personality, 50, 102-109. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.03.003
Howell, J. L., Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2014). Psychological distance and the discrepancy between recommendations and actions. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 36, 502-514. doi: 10.1080/01973533.2014.958229
Sanderson, S., McBride, C. M., Shepperd, J. A., O’Neill, S. C., Docherty, S., & Lipkus, I. M. (2014). Young adult smokers’ responses to information about lung cancer risk associated with a common gene variant. Public Health Genomics, 17, 68-75. doi: 10.1159/000356708
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
Shepperd, J. A., Miller, W. A., & Smith, C. T. (2014). Does religion offer worldviews that dissuade substance use? Psychology of Religion & Spirituality, 6, 292-301. doi.org/10.1037/a0037052
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
Howell, J. L., Collision, B. D., Crysel, L., Garrido, C. O., Newell, S. M., & Cottrell, C., & Shepperd, J. A. (2013). Managing the threat of impending implicit attitude feedback. Social & Personality Psychology Science, 4(6), 715-722. doi: 10.1177/1948550613479803
Howell, J. L., Shepperd, J. A. (2013). Behavioral Obligation and Information Avoidance. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45, 258-263. doi: 10.1007/s12160-012-9451-9
Howell, J. L., Shepperd, J. A. (2013). Reducing health avoidance through contemplation. Psychological Science, 24, 1696-1703 doi: 10,1177/0956797613478616
Howell, J. L., Shepperd, J. A., Logan, H. (2013). Barriers to Oral Cancer Screening: A Focus Group Study of Rural Black American Adults. Psycho-Oncology, 22, 1306-1311. doi: 10.1002/pon.3137
Logan, H. L., Shepperd, J. A., Pomery, E. A., Guo, Y., Muller, K. E., Dodd, V. J., & Riley, J. L. (2013). Increasing screening intent for oral and pharyngeal cancer. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 46, 96-106. doi: 10.1007/s12160-013-9480-z
Miller, W., Shepperd, J. A., & McCullough, M. E. (2013). Evaluating the religious commitment inventory for adolescents. Psychology of Spirituality & Religion, 5, 233-241. doi: 10.1037/a0031694
O’Neill, S. C., Lipkus, I. M., Sanderson, S., Shepperd, J. A., Docherty, S., McBride, C. M. (2013). Motivations for genetic testing for common disease risk among young smokers. Tobacco Control, 22, 406-411. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050306
Shepperd, J. A., Howell, J. L., Catalanotto, F., Dodd, V. J., Logan, H. (2013). The decision to counsel adolescents about HPV. American Journal of Health Behavior, 37, 755-672. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.37.6.4
Shepperd, J. A., Klein, W. M. P., Waters, E. A., & Weinstein, N. D. (2013). Taking stock of unrealistic optimism. Perspectives in Psychological Science, 8, 395-411. doi: 10.1177/1745691613485247
Shepperd, J. A., Lipkus, I. M., Sanderson, S., McBride, C. M., O’Neill, S. C., & Docherty, S. (2013). Testing different communication formats on responses to imagined risk of having vs. missing the GSTM1 gene. Health Communication, 18, 124-137. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2012.688245
Shepperd, J. A., & Melnyk, D. (2013). Social loafing. In H. Pashler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the mind. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Sweeny, K., Shepperd, J. A., & Han, P. K. J. (2013). The goals of communicating bad news in health care: Do physicians and patients agree? Health Expectations, 16, 230-238. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00709.x
Howell, J. L., & Shepperd, J. A. (2012). Reducing information avoidance through affirmation. Psychological Science, 23, 141-145. doi: 10.1177/0956797611424164
Melnyk, D., & Shepperd, J. A. (2012). Avoiding risk information about breast cancer. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 44, 216-224. doi: 10.1007/s12160-012-9382-5
Sweeny, K., Shepperd, J. A., & Howell, J. L. (2012). Do as I say (not as I do): When recommendations are inconsistent with actions. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 12, 128-135. doi: 10.1080/01973533.2012.655998
Docherty, S., McBride, S. C., Sanderson, S., O’Neill, S. C., Shepperd, J. A., & Lipkus, I. M. (2011). Young smokers’ views of genetic susceptibility testing for lung cancer risk: Minding unintended consequences. Journal of Community Genetics, 2, 165-172. doi: 10.1007/s12687-011-0053-1
Howell, J. L., & Shepperd, J. A. (2011). Demonstrating the correspondence bias. Teaching of Psychology, 38, 243-246. doi: 10.1177/0098628311421320
Shepperd, J. A. (2011). Using mediation to identify mechanisms of change. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 71, S51. PMID: 21656953
Shepperd, J. A., Rothman, A., & Klein, W. P. (2011). Self-regulation, identity-regulation and health. Self & Identity, 10, 281-283. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2011.570426
Shepperd, J. A., Rothman, A., & Klein, W. P. (2011). Using self- and identity-regulation to promote health: Promises and challenges. Self & Identity, 10, 407-416. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2011.577198
Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2010). The costs of optimism and the benefits of pessimism: Timing matters. Emotion, 10, 750-753. doi: 10.1037/a0019016
Sweeny, K., Melnyk, D., Malone, W., & Shepperd, J. A. (2010). Information avoidance: Who, what, when & why. Review of General Psychology, 14, 340-353. doi: 10.1037/a0021288
Carroll, P. J., & Shepperd, J. A. (2009). Preparedness, mental simulations, and future outlooks. In K. Markman, W. Klein, & J. Suhr (eds.), The Handbook of Imagination and Mental Simulation, pp. 429-445. Psychology Press.
Carroll, P. J., Shepperd, J. A., & Arkin, R. M. (2009). Downward self-revision. Social Cognition, 27, 523-551. doi: 10.1521/soco.2009.27.4.550
Drace, S., DesRichard, O., Shepperd, J. A., & Hoorens, V. (2009). Does Mood Really Influence Comparative Optimism? Tracking an Elusive Effect. British Journal of Social Psychology, 48, 579-599. doi: 10.1348/014466608X387098
Lipkus, I. M., & Shepperd, J. A. (2009). College smokers’ estimates of their probabilities of remaining a smoker in the near future. Journal of Health Psychology, 14, 547-555.
Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2009). Responding to negative health events: A test of the bad news response model. Psychology & Health, 24, 895-907.
Sweeny, K., Shepperd, J. A., & Carroll, P. J. (2009). Expectations for others’ outcomes: Do People Display Compassionate Bracing? Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 160-171. doi: 10.1177/0146167208327050
Hoorens, V., Smit, T., & Shepperd, J. A. (2008). Comparative optimism in the spontaneous generation of future life events. British Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 441-451. doi: 10.1348/014466607X236023
Koch, E., & Shepperd, J. A. (2008). Testing competence and acceptance explanations of self-esteem. Self and Identity, 7, 54-74. doi: 10.1080/15298860601005826
Shepperd, J. A., Carroll, P. J., & Sweeny, K., (2008). A Functional approach to explaining fluctuations in future outlooks: From self-enhancement to self-criticism. In E. Chang & L. Sanna (eds.), The complexities of self-criticism and self-enhancement: Theory, research and clinical implications, pp. 161-180. Washington, DC: APA press. doi: 10.1037/11624-010
Shepperd, J. A., Grace, J. L., & Koch, E. (2008). Evaluating the electronic textbook: Is it time to dispense with the paper text? Teaching of Psychology, 35, 2-5. doi: 10.1080/00986280701818532
Shepperd, J. A., Malone, W., & Sweeny, K. (2008). Exploring the causes of the self-serving bias. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 895–908. (URL: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/ 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2008.00078.x)
Grace, J. L., & Shepperd, J. A. (2007). Social loafing. In R. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, Vol 2, pp. 909-910. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Carroll, P. J., Shepperd, J. A., Sweeny, K., Carlson, E., & Benigno, J. P. (2007). Disappointment for others. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 1565-1576.
Shepperd, J. A., Sweeny, K., & Cherry, L.C. (2007). Influencing audience satisfaction in others by prompting low expectations. Social Influence, 2, 98-111. doi: 10.1080/15534510601095772
Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2007). Being the best bearer of bad tidings: The Bad news response Model. Review of General Psychology, 11, 235-257. doi: 10.1037/1089-2680.11.3.235
Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2007). Do people brace sensibly? Risk judgments and risk prevalence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1064-1075. doi: 10.1177/0146167207301024
Terry, M., Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2007). Self-presentation. In R. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, Vol 2, pp. 335-838. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Carroll, P. J., Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2006). Forsaking optimism. Review of General Psychology, 10, 56-73. DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.10.1.56
Shepperd, J. A., Sweeny, K., & Carroll, P. J. (2006). Abandoning optimism in predictions about the future. In L. J. Sanna & E. Chang (Eds.), Judgments over time: The interplay of thoughts, feelings and behaviors, pp. 13-33. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sweeny, K., Carroll, P. J., & Shepperd, J. A. (2006). Is optimism always best? Future outlooks and preparedness. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 302-306. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00457.x
Shepperd, J. A., Grace, J., Cole, L., & Klein, C. T. F. (2005). Anxiety and outcome judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 267-275.
Shepperd, J. A., & Koch, E. (2005). Pitfalls in teaching judgment heuristics. Teaching of Psychology, 32, 43-46. doi:10.1207/s15328023top3201_10
Koch, E., & Shepperd, J. A. (2004). Is self-complexity linked to better coping? A review of the literature. Journal of Personality, 72, 727-760.
Shepperd, J. A., Helweg-Larsen, M., & Ortega, L. (2003). Are comparative judgments consistent over time and across events? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1169-1180.
Shepperd, J. A., Carroll, P., Grace, J., & Terry, M. (2002). Exploring the cause of comparative optimism. Psychologica Belgica, 42, 65-98.
Shepperd, J.A., & McNulty, J. (2002). The affective consequences of expected and unexpected outcomes. Psychological Sciences, 13, 84-87.
Shepperd, J. A. (2001). Performance among individuals and groups: The implications of parallel research traditions for social loafing. In S. G. Harkins (Ed.), Multiple Perspectives on the Effects of Evaluation of performance: Toward an Integration, pp. 133-154. Kluwer Publishers, New York, NY.
Shepperd, J.A. (2001). Social loafing and expectancy value theory. In S. G. Harkins (Ed.), Multiple Perspectives on the Effects of Evaluation of performance: Toward an Integration, pp. 1-24. Kluwer Publishers, New York, NY.
Helweg-Larsen, M., & Shepperd, J. A. (2001). Do moderators of the optimistic bias affect personal or target risk estimates? A review of the literature. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 5, 74-95.
Shepperd, J.A. (2001). The desire to help and behavior in social dilemmas: Exploring responses to catastrophes. Group Dynamics, 5, 304-314.
Shepperd, J. A., Findley-Klein, C., Kwavnick, K. D., Walker, D., & Perez, S. (2000). Bracing for Loss. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 620-634.
Britt, T., & Shepperd, J.A. (1999). Trait relevance and trait assessment. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 3, 108-122.
Shepperd, J. A., & Kwavnick, K. (1999). Maladaptive image maintenance. In M. R. Kowalski & R. M. Leary (Eds.), The social psychology of behavioral and emotional problems, pp. 249-277. Washington, DC: APA press.
Shepperd, J. A., & Taylor, K. M. (1999). Ascribing advantages to comparison targets. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 21, 103-117.
Shepperd, J. A., & Taylor, K. M. (1999). Social loafing and expectancy-value theory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 215, 1147-1158.
Taylor, K. M., & Shepperd, J. A. (1998). Bracing for the Worst: Severity, Testing and Feedback as Moderators of the Optimistic Bias. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 915-926.
Fernandez, J. K., & Shepperd, J. A. (1997). Biases in the assessment of performance handicaps. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 16, 420-439.
Shepperd, J. A., & Soucherman, R. (1997). On the manipulative behavior of low Machiavellians: Feigning incompetence to “sandbag” an opponent’s effort. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 1448-1459.
Shepperd, J. A. (1996). The antecedents, consequences, and purpose of self-esteem. [Review of Michael H. Kernis’s Efficacy, Agency, and Self-Esteem]. Contemporary Psychology, 41, 816-817.
Shepperd, J. A., Morato, J. J., & Pbert, L. A. (1996). Dispositional optimism as a predictor of health changes among cardiac patients. Journal of Research in Personality, 30, 517-534.
Shepperd, J. A., Ouellette, J. A., & Fernandez, J. K. (1996). Abandoning unrealistic optimism: Performance estimates and the temporal proximity of self-relevant feedback. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 844-855.
Taylor, K. M., & Shepperd, J. A. (1996). Probing suspicion among participants in deception research. American Psychologist, 51, 651-652.
Shepperd, J. A. (1995). Remedying motivation and productivity loss in collective settings. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 4, 131-134.
Shepperd, J. A., Arkin, R. M., & Slaughter, J. (1995). Constraints on excuse making: The deterring effects of shyness and anticipated retest. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 1061-1072.
Shepperd, J. A., Arkin, R. M., Strathman, A., & Baker, S. M. (1994). Dysphoria as a moderator of the relationship between perceived effort and ability. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 559-569.
Shepperd, J. A. (1993). Developing a prediction model for reduce a growing number of psychology majors. Teaching of Psychology, 20, 97-101. doi:10.1207/s15328023top2002_7
Shepperd, J. A. (1993). Productivity loss in groups: A motivation analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 113, 67-81.
Shepperd, J. A. (1993). Student derogation of the SAT: Biases in perceptions and presentations of college board scores. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 14, 455-473.
Shepperd, J. A. (1991). Cautions in assessing spurious “moderator effects”. Psychological Bulletin, 110, 315-317.
Shepperd, J. A., & Arkin, R. M. (1991). Behavioral other-enhancement: Strategically obscuring the link between performance and evaluation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 79-88.
Shepperd, J. A., & Kashani, J. H. (1991). The relationship of hardiness, gender, and stress to health outcomes in adolescents. Journal of Personality, 59, 747-768.
Arkin, R. M., & Shepperd, J. A. (1990). Strategic self-presentation: An overview. In M. J. Cody & M. L. McLaughlin, (Eds.), The Psychology of Tactical Communication, (pp. 179-193). Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters, Ltd.
Kashani, J. H., & Shepperd, J. A. (1990). Predicting violent aggression in adolescents: The role of social support and personality. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 35, 311-315.
Shepperd, J. A., & Arkin, R. M. (1990). Shyness as self-presentation. In R. Crozier (Ed.), Shyness and Embarrassment: Perspectives From Social Psychology, (pp. 287-314). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Arkin, R. M., & Shepperd, J. A. (1989). Self-presentational styles in organizations. In R. A. Giacalone & P. Rosenfeld (Eds.), Impression Management in the Organization, (pp. 125-139). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Shepperd, J. A., & Arkin, R. M. (1989). Determinants of self-handicapping: Task importance and the absence of environmental handicaps. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 15, 101-112.
Shepperd, J. A., & Arkin, R. M. (1989). Self-Handicapping: The moderating roles of public self-consciousness and task importance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 15, 252-265.
Shepperd, J. A., & Strathman, A. J. (1989). Attractiveness and height: The role of stature in dating preference, frequency of dating, and perceptions of attractiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 15, 617-627.
Shepperd, J. A., & Wright, R. A. (1989). Individual contributions to a collective effort: An incentive analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 15, 141-149.
Kashani, J. H., Kunig, P., Morris, D., Wilfley, D., & Shepperd, J. A. (1988). Psychological concomitants of cystic fibrosis in children and adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 23, 873-880.
Kashani, J. H., Kunig, P., Shepperd, J. A., Wilfley, D., & Morris, D. (1988). Psychopathology and self-concept in asthmatic children. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 13, 509-520.
Ramirez, A. G., & Shepperd, J. A. (1988). The use of focus groups in health research. Scandinavian Journal of Health Care, Suppl 1, 81-90.
Falbo, T., & Shepperd, J. A. (1986). Self-righteousness: Cognitive, power, and religious correlates. Journal of Research in Personality, 20, 145-157.
Leary, M. R., & Shepperd, J. A. (1986). Self-handicapping: A conceptual note. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1265-1268.
Leary, M. R., Shepperd, J. A., McNeil, M. S., Jenkins, T. B., & Barnes, B. D. (1986). Objectivism in information utilization: Theory and measurement. Journal of Personality Assessment, 50, 32-43.
Leary, M. R., Jenkins, T. B., & Shepperd, J. A. (1984). The growth in clinical-relevant research among social psychologists, 1965-1983. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 2, 333-338.
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