Smith, H.J. & McKee, S.E. (2025). Relative Deprivation: Building upon Walker and Mann’s (1987) Interviews with Unemployed Australians (Chapter 10). In Selvanthan, H. & Jetten, J. (Eds.,) Political Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
Smith, H. J., & Grant, D. R. (2025). How to improve group affirmation manipulations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 28(1), 208–232. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241276070
Di Battista, S., Smith, H., Mongelli, L., & Berti, C. (2023). Students’ University Identification: An Exploratory Study in U.S. and Italy. International Journal of Educational Psychology, 12(1), 33-61. doi: http://doi.org/10.17583/ijep.7980
Begeny, C. T., Huo, Y. J., Smith, H. J., & Rodriguez, B. S. (2022). To alleviate group members’ physiological stress, supervisors need to be more than polite and professional. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302221091065
McKee, S. E., Smith, H. J., & Di Battista, S. (2021). Physician treatment quality, visit outcomes and physician age: What predicts older patients’ willingness to cooperate? Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. https://doi-org.sonoma.idm.oclc.org/10.1002/casp.2573
Grant, P. R., & Smith, H. J. (2021). Activism in the time of COVID-19. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(2), 297–305. https://doi-org.sonoma.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/1368430220985208
Smith, H. J., Ryan, D. A., Jaurique, A., & Duffau, E. (2020). Personal relative deprivation and mental health among university students: Cross‐sectional and longitudinal evidence. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP). https://doi-org.sonoma.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/asap.12201
Jolly, M., Smith, H.J. & Nygen, A. (2019). “No one wants to repeat their freshman year:” The Sophomore Year Experience at Sonoma State University. In Skipper, T.L. (Editor), Aligning institutional support for student success: case studies of sophomore year initiatives. University of South Carolina, National Resource Center, First Year Students and Students in Transition.
Smith, H. J., Ryan, D. A., Jaurique, A., Pettigrew, T. F., Jetten, J., Ariyanto, A., Autin, F., Ayub, N., Badea, C., Besta, T., Butera, F., Costa-Lopes, R., Cui, L., Fantini, C., Finchilescu, G., Gaertner, L., Gollwitzer, M., Gómez, Á., González, R., … Wohl, M. (2018). Cultural values moderate the impact of relative deprivation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49(8), 1183–1218. https://doi-org.sonoma.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0022022118784213
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Smith, H. J., Pettigrew, T. F., & Huo, Y. J. (2020). Relative deprivation theory: Advances and applications. In J. Suls, R. L. Collins, & L. Wheeler (Eds.), Social comparison, judgment, and behavior. (pp. 495–526). Oxford University Press. https://doi-org.sonoma.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/oso/9780190629113.003.0018
Jaurique, A., Ryan, D. A., Smith, H. J., & Paolucci, C. M. (2019). Observing Discrimination: Implications for Group-Based Respect and Organizational Morality. Social Issues & Policy Review, 13(1), 125–153. https://doi-org.sonoma.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/sipr.12050
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McKee, S., Smith, H. J., Koch, A., Balzarini, R., Georges, M., & Callahan, M. (2013). Looking up and seeing green: Women's everyday experiences with physical appearance comparisons. Psychology Of Women Quarterly, 37(3), 351-365. doi:10.1177/0361684312469792
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Osborne, D., Smith, H.J. & Huo, Y.J. (2012). More Than A Feeling: Discrete Emotions Mediate the Relationship Between Relative Deprivation and Reactions to Workplace Furloughs. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 628-641.
Smith, H. J., Pettigrew, T. F., Pippin, G. M., & Bialosiewicz, S. (2012). Relative deprivation: A theoretical and meta-analytic review. Personality And Social Psychology Review, 16(3), 203-232. doi:10.1177/1088868311430825
Smith, H. J., Jaurique, A., & Ryan, D. (2016). The mistreatment of others: Discrimination can undermine university identification, student health, and engagement. Social Justice Research, 29(4), 355-374. doi:10.1007/s11211-016-0274-x
Smith, H.J, Goode, C., Balzarini, R., Ryan, D., & Georges, M. (2014). The cost of forgiveness: Observers prefer victims who leave unfaithful romantic partners. European Journal Of Social Psychology, doi:10.1002/ejsp.2054
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Goode, C., Balzarini, R. H., & Smith, H. J. (2014). Positive peer pressure: Priming member prototypicality can decrease undergraduate drinking. Journal Of Applied Social Psychology, 44(8), 567-578. doi:10.1111/jasp.12248