{"id":19,"date":"2012-09-05T11:22:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:40:25","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/shepperd\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Fedele, D., Webster, G. D., Pogge, G., Hunleth, J., Ruiz, S., Shepperd, J. A., &amp; Waters, E. A. (2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/hea0001406\">Multilevel facilitators of pediatric asthma outcomes: The role of caregiver self-efficacy<\/a>. <em>Health Psychology<\/em>, <span class=\"cit\"><em>44<\/em>(2), 129-139. <span class=\"citation-doi\">doi: 10.1037\/hea0001406<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Forsyth, R., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-38971-9_2027-1\">Religiousness and risk behavior among adolescents<\/a>. In T. K. Shackelford, G. Vance, M. K. Meehan, T. DeLecce, H. Majewski, V. Stabile, &amp; S. A. Kazanas (eds.) <em>Encyclopedia of Religious Psychology and Behavior<\/em>. New Delhi: Springer Nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Guan, Y., McBride, C. M., Zhao, J., Pentz, R. D., Escoffery, C., Liu, Y., Cao, Y., Bellcross, C. A., An, W., Shepperd, J. A., &amp; Ward, K. C. (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/aacrjournals.org\/cebp\/article\/33\/9\/1185\/747328\/Testing-a-Population-Based-Outreach-Intervention\">Testing a population-based outreach intervention for ovarian cancer survivors to encourage their close relatives to consider genetic counseling<\/a>. <em>Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &amp; Prevention, 33<\/em>(9), 1185\u20131193. DOI: 10.1158\/1055-9965.EPI-24-0147<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Kerner, L., Dettra, K., Moraga-Trujillo, J., Mollod, A., Robinson, C., Westfall, M., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2024). <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/spc3.12920\">Information Avoidance and COVID Testing<\/a><em>.<\/em> <em>Social &amp; Personality Psychology Compass<\/em>. <em>18<\/em>(2), e12920. http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/spc3.12920<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Waters, E. A., Pachur, T., <sup>\u2020<\/sup>Pogge, G., Hunleth, J., Webster, G. D., Fedele, D., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08870446.2024.2347657\">Management behavior of caregivers of children with asthma: What role do mental representations of triggers and symptoms play?<\/a> <em>Psychology &amp; Health<\/em>, 1-21. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08870446.2024.2347657<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Hunleth, J., Fechtel, H., Ruiz, S., Spray, J., Shepperd, J. A. &amp; Waters, E. A. (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/13645579.2023.2231756\">Through the Zoom window: How children use virtual technology to navigate power dynamics in research<\/a>. <em>International Journal of Social Research Methodology<\/em>, <i>27<\/i>(5), 575\u2013588. doi:10.1080\/13645579.2023.2231756<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Pogge, G. A., Fedele, D., Waters, E. A., Hunleth, J., Maki, J., Prabhakaran, S., Webster, G. D., Bowen, D., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/formative.jmir.org\/2023\/1\/e46341\">Exploring caregiver interest in and preference for interventions for children with risk of asthma exacerbation: Web-based survey<\/a>. <em>Journal of Medical Internet Research<\/em>, <em>7<\/em>, e46341<em>. <\/em>\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2196\/46341<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., &amp; Forsyth, R. (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/09637214231164404\">How does religion deter adolescent risk behavior?<\/a> <em>Current Directions in Psychological Science<\/em>, <em>32<\/em>(4), 337-342. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/09637214231164404<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., &amp; Forsyth, R. (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/B978012818872900073X\">Religiousness and Adolescent Risk Behavior<\/a>. In P. Cabral &amp; A. V. Song (eds.) <em>The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health<\/em>, <em>Vol 2<\/em>, pp. 352-363. New York: Elsevier. https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/B978012818872900073X<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Waters, E. A., Pachur, T., Pogge, G., Hunleth, J., Webster, G. D., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2023). H<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08870446.2023.2244522\">ow are mental representations of asthma triggers and symptoms related to proxy risk perceptions? A psychometric investigation of caregivers of children with asthma<\/a><em>. <\/em><em>Psychology &amp; Health<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08870446.2023.2244522<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Waters, E. A., Pachur, T., Pogge, G., Hunleth, J., Webster, G. D., Fedele, D. A., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/risa.14101\">Linking cognitive and affective heuristic cues to proxy risk perceptions and behavior: A cross-sectional study<\/a>. <em>Risk Analysis<\/em>, <em>43<\/em>(12), 2610-2630. https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/risa.14101<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Waters, E. A., <sup>\u2020<\/sup>Pogge, G., Orom, H., Kiviniemi, M. T., Hay, J. L., Lewicka, M., Allard, N., Webster, G. D., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13669877.2023.2288006\">I don\u2019t know my child\u2019s asthma risk: Evidence against satisficing as an explanation for \u201cdon\u2019t know\u201d responses<\/a>. <em>Journal of Risk Research<\/em>, <em>26<\/em>(12), 1370-1382. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13669877.2023.2288006<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Zhao, J., McBride, C. M., Campbell, G., Pentz, R. D., Escoffey, C., Konomos, M., Ward, K., Bellcross, C., Shepperd, J. A., &amp; Guan, Y. (2023). Yo<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37487468\/\">ur family connects: A theory-based intervention to encourage communication about inherited cancer risk among ovarian cancer survivors and close relatives<\/a><em>.<\/em> <em>Public Health Genomics<\/em>, <em>26<\/em>(10), 77-99. doi: 10.1159\/000531772<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Hunleth, J., Spray, J., Ruiz, S., Maki, J., Fedele, D. A., Prabhakaran, S., Forsyth, R., Sykes, C., Shepperd, J. A., &amp; Waters, E. A. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02770903.2020.1837159\">Situating household management of children\u2019s asthma in the context of social, economic, and environmental injustice<\/a>. <em>Journal of Asthma<\/em>., <em>59<\/em>(21), 70-80.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02770903.2020.1837159<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Kerner, L., Losee, J. E., Higginbotham, G. D., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/tam0000174\">Interest in purchasing firearms in the United States at the Outset of the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>. <em>Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, 9(1), 52-66<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/tam0000174<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>McBride, C., Zhao, J., Campbell, G., Escoffery, N. C., Pentz, R. D., Shepperd, J. A., &amp; Guan, Y. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0262575\">Applying Citizen Science to engage families affected by ovarian cancer in developing genetic service outreach strategies<\/a>. <em>PLosOne<\/em>, 17(2),\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0262575<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Pogge, G., Waters, E. A., Prabhakaran, S., Webster, G. D., Fedele, D. A., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/13591053211064986\">Examining commonsense epidemiology: The case of asthma<\/a>. <em>Journal of Health Psychology,<\/em> <em>27<\/em>(12), 2763-2769. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/13591053211064986<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Pogge, G., Waters, E. A., Webster, G. D., Prabhakaran, S., Hunleth, J. M, Fedele, D. A., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2147\/JAA.S385891\">Asthma control during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>. <em>Journal of Asthma and Allergy<\/em>, <em>15<\/em>, 1795-1803. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2147\/JAA.S385891<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Ruiz, S., Jean Hunleth, J., Maki, J. Fedele, D. A., Pogge, G., Shepperd, J. A., &amp; Waters, E. A. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S135382922200048X?via%3Dihub\">Towards emplaced understandings of risk: How caregivers of children with asthma identify and manage asthma-related risk across different places<\/a>. <em>Health in Place<\/em>, <em>75<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.healthplace.2022.102787<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., Hunleth, J., Maki, J., Prabhakaran, S., Pogge, G., Webster, G. D., &amp; Waters, E. A. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08870446.2022.2125514\">Interpersonal comparison among caregivers of children with asthma<\/a>. <em>Psychology &amp; Health<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08870446.2022.2125514<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., Webster, G. D., Pogge, G., Fedele, D. A., Prabhakaran, S., Hunleth, J. M., &amp; Waters, E. A. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/02770903.2022.2036755\">Psychometric properties and predictive validity of the PP-ACT<\/a>. <em>Journal of Asthma, 60(1), 174-184<\/em>. doi: 10.1080\/02770903.2022.2036755<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Spray, J., Hunleth, J., Ruiz, S., Maki, J., Prabhakaran, S., Fechtel, H., Shepperd, J. A., Bowen, D. J., &amp; Waters, E. A. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0277953622000090\"><em>How do the embodied experiences of asthma influence caregiver conceptual models? <\/em><\/a><em>Social Science &amp; Medicine<\/em>., <em>294<\/em>, 114706. doi: 10.1016\/j.socscimed.2022.114706<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Webster, G. D., Howell, J. L., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1073191120958059\">Self-esteem in 60 seconds: The six-item state self-esteem scale (SSES-6)<\/a>. <em>Journal of Assessment<\/em>, <em>29<\/em>(2), 152-168. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1073191120958059<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Wongsomboon, V., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S027795362200661X?via%3Dihub\">Waiting for Medical Test Results: A Delay Discounting Approach<\/a>, <em>Social Science &amp; Medicine<\/em>., <em>311<\/em>, 115355. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.socscimed.2022.115355<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Howell, J. L., Lipsey, N. P., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/shepperd\/content-removed\/\">Health Information Avoidance: Prevalence, causes, consequences, and cures.<\/a> In K. Sweeny and M. Robbins (Eds.) <em>The Encyclopedia of Health Psychology, Volume 2<\/em> (The Social Bases of Health Behavior). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Hussain, M., Price, D., Gesselman, A., Shepperd, J., &amp; Howell, J. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/0265407520969856\">Avoiding information about one\u2019s romantic partner<\/a>. <em>Journal of Social and Personal Relationships<\/em>. doi.org\/10.1177\/0265407520969856<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Losee, J., Lipsey, N. P., Pogge, G. C., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2021). Understanding the political divide in gun policy support. The need for safety and beliefs about\u00a0guns. In M. Crandall, S. Bonne, J. Bronson, &amp; W. Kessel (Eds.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/book\/9783030555122\"><em>Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence<\/em><\/a>, pp. 89-106. New York: Springer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Pogge, G. C.,Lipsey, N. P., Losee, J., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2021). The need for safety and beliefs about\u00a0guns. In M. Crandall, S. Bonne, J. Bronson, &amp; W. Kessel (Eds.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/book\/9783030555122\"><em>Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence<\/em><\/a>, pp. 73-88. New York: Springer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., &amp; Howell, J. L. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/shepperd\/content-removed\/\">Unrealistic optimism and health.<\/a> In K. Sweeny and M. Robbins (Eds.) <em>The Encyclopedia of Health Psychology, Volume 2<\/em> (The Social Bases of Health Behavior). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., Pogge, G., Hunleth, J., Ruiz, S., &amp; Waters, E. A. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33577464\/\">Guidelines for conducting virtual cognitive interviews during a pandemic<\/a>. <em>Journal of Medical Internet Research<\/em>, 23(2), xxx-xxx. doi:10.2196\/25173<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Lipsey, N. P., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02770903.2020.1837159\">Examining strategies to increase SET (student evaluation of teaching) completion rates<\/a>. <em>Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education<\/em>, <em>46<\/em>, 427-437. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02602938.2020.1782343<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Losee, J. E., Shepperd, J. A., &amp; Webster, G. D. (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/jasp.12648\">Financial resources and decisions to avoid information about environmental perils<\/a>. <em>Journal of Applied Social Psychology<\/em>, <em>50<\/em>, 174-188 doi: 10.1111\/jasp.12648<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Milhabet, I., Cambon, L., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/00224545.2019.1698508\">The relationship between comparative optimism and career success: Experimental evidence for a bidirectional effect<\/a>. <em>Journal of Social Psychology<\/em>, <em>160<\/em>, 559-575. doi: 10.17605 \/ OSF.IO \/ FSU75<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., *Lipsey, N. P., Pogge, G. C., &amp; Losee, J.A. (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/shepperd\/content-removed\/\">Psychological approach to the gun divide in America<\/a>. <em>Florida Journal of Law &amp; Public Policy, 30, 197-216. https:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/P?h=hein.journals\/ufpp30&amp;i=209<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Howell, J. L., Miller, W. A., Sweeny, K., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2019). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15298868.2017.1401552\">Hot or not? How threat influences avoidance of attractiveness feedback<\/a>. <em>Self and Identity<\/em>, 18, 144-158. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/15298868.2017.1401552<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Lipsey, N. P., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/shepperd\/content-removed\/\">A survey of audience effects and health information avoidance<\/a>. <em>Social Science and Medicine<\/em>, <em>225<\/em>, 51-59. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.socscimed.2019.01.046<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Lipsey, N. P., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0277953618306713\">The role of powerful audiences and health information avoidance<\/a>. <em>Social Science and Medicine<\/em>, <em>220<\/em>, 430-439. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.socscimed.2018.11.037<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., Pogge, G. C., Lipsey, N. P., Miller, W. A., &amp; Webster, G. D. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/shepperd\/content-removed\/\">Beliefs in a loving versus punitive God and behavior<\/a>. <em>Journal of Research on Adolescence<\/em>. <em>29<\/em>, 390-401. doi: 10.1111\/jora.12437<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., *Pogge, G. C., *Lipsey, N. P., Smith, C. T., &amp; Miller, W. A. (2019).<a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/search\/display?id=3d89dda5-a3aa-585e-1776-64d671a11b9a&amp;recordId=1&amp;tab=PA&amp;page=1&amp;display=25&amp;sort=PublicationYearMSSort%20desc,AuthorSort%20asc&amp;sr=1\"> The link between religiousness and prejudice: Testing competing explanations in an adolescent sample.<\/a> <em>Psychology of Religion and Spirituality<\/em>. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1037\/rel0000271<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., Lipsey, N. P., Pachur, T., &amp; Waters, E. A. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/shepperd\/content-removed\/\">Understanding the cognitive and affective mechanisms that underlie proxy risk perceptions among caregivers of asthmatic children<\/a>.\u00a0<em> Medical Decision Making, 38(5), 562-572. doi: 10.1177\/0272989X18759933<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., Losee, J., Pogge, G. C., Lipsey, N. P., Redford, L., &amp; Crandall, M. (2018). <a href=\"http:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2018-10618-002.html\">The anticipated consequences of legalizing guns on college campuses<\/a>. <em>Journal of Threat Management and Assessment<\/em><em>, 5<\/em>(1), 21-34. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1037\/tam0000097<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., Pogge, G. C., Losee, J., Lipsey, N. P., &amp; Redford, L. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29206575\">Gun attitudes on campus:\u00a0United and divided by safety needs<\/a><em>. Journal of Social Psycholog<\/em>y, <em>158<\/em>, 615-624. doi: 10.1080\/00224545.2017.1412932<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., Sweeny, K., &amp; Falkenstein, A. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/shepperd\/content-removed\/\">Fluctuations in future outlooks: Unrealistic optimism and pessimism in outcome predictions<\/a>. In G. Oettingen, A. T. Sevincer, &amp; P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.), <em>The Psychology of Thinking about the Future.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Ferrer, R. A., Klein, W. M. P., Cerully, J. L., McBride, C., Shepperd, J. A., &amp; Lipkus, I. M. (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0277953617306469?via%3Dihub\">Developing a scale to assess health regulatory focus<\/a>. <em>Social Science and Medicine<\/em>, <em>195<\/em>, 50-60. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.socscimed.2017.10.029<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Howell, J. L., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2017). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0022103116303249\">Social exclusion, self-affirmation, and health information avoidance<\/a>. <em>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 68, 21-26<\/em>. doi:10.1016\/j.jesp.2016.05.005<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., Pogge, G. C., &amp; Howell, J. L. (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/305749361_Assessing_the_consequences_of_unrealistic_optimism_Challenges_and_recommendations\">Assessing the Consequences of Unrealistic Optimism: Challenges and Recommendations<\/a>. <em>Consciousness &amp; Cognition, 50, 69-78<\/em>. doi: 10.1016\/j.concog.2016.07.004<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Howell, J. L., Ratliff, K. A., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2016). <a href=\"http:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/journals\/hea\/35\/8\/816\/\">Automatic attitudes and health information avoidance.<\/a> <em>Health Psychology, 35(8), 761-766<\/em>. doi: 10.1037\/hea0000330<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Smith, C. T., Shepperd, J. A., Miller, W. A., &amp; Graber, J. A. (2016). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26519366\">Perspective taking explains gender differences in late adolescents\u2019 attitudes toward disadvantaged groups.<\/a> <em>Journal of Youth and Adolescents, 45(7), 1283-1293<\/em>. doi: 10.1007\/s10964-015-0376-z<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Howell, J. L., &amp; Shepperd, J. A. (2016). <a href=\"http:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/psycinfo\/2016-19936-001\/\">Establishing an information avoidance scale.<\/a> <em>Psychological Assessment,<\/em> <em>35<\/em>(8), 816-823. doi: 10.1037\/pas0000315<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Shepperd, J. A., Emanuel, A. S., Dodd, V. J., &amp; Logan, H. L. (2016). <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/1359105315569859\">The reliability of psychological instruments in community samples: A cautionary note.<\/a> <em>Journal of Health Psychology<\/em>, <em>21<\/em>(9), 2033-2014. doi: 10.1177\/1359105315569859<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Dwyer, L. A., Shepperd, J. 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