Publications & Presentations

Publications

*Indicates current or former student/SSIB Lab Member

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O’Mara Kunz, E. M., Goodnight, J. A., & Wilson, M. A. (2022). The Pregnancy Compensation Hypothesis, not the Staying Alive Theory, accounts for Disparate Autoimmune Functioning of Women Around the World, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, E145. doi:10.1017/S0140525X22000589

O’Mara Kunz, E. M., & Gaertner, L. (2021). Psychological homeostasis and environmental control via preemptive and reparative narrative-specificity. Psychological Inquiry, 32:4, 222-223, doi: 10.1080/1047840X.2021.2004813

Jones, B.C., DeBruine, L.M., Flake, J.K... O'Mara Kunz, E. M. ... Coles, N. A. (2021). To which world regions does the valence–dominance model of social perception apply? Nature Human Behavior. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-01007-2

Note: registered report in collaboration with the Psychological Science Accelerator

Howell, J. L., & O’Mara, E. M. (2020). Political behavior, social projection, and defensiveness: The curious case of swing-state Clinton supporters in 2016. Self and Identity,19, 164-180. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2018.1546225

O’Mara, E. M., Kunz, B. R., *Receveur, A., & *Corbin, S. (2019). Is self-promotion evaluated more positively if it is accurate? Reexamining the role of accuracy and modesty on the perception of self-promotion. Self and Identity, 18, 405-424. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2018.1465846

O’Mara, E. M., & Gaertner, L. (2019). Advancing the science of self and identity with evolutionary theory. Self and Identity, 18, 1-3. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2017.1421570

Butler, T. R., O’Mara, E. M., & Wilson, J. F. (2018). Change in drawing placement: A measure of change in mood state reflective of hemispheric lateralization of emotion. Brain and Cognition, 124, 14-19. doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2018.04.004

O’Mara, E. M., & Gaertner, L. (2017). Does self-enhancement facilitate task performance? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146, 442-455.

*Lynch, B.P. & O’Mara, E. M. (2015). Do autonomous individuals strive for self-positivity? Examining the role of autonomy in the expression of self-enhancement, Self and Identity, 14, 403-419.

Sedikides, C., Gaertner, C., Luke, M. A., O’Mara, E. M., & Gebaur, J. (2013). A three tier hierarchy of motivational self-potency: Individual self, relational self, collective self. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology Volume 48, 235-295.

O’Mara, E. M., Gaertner, L., Sedikides, C., Hou, X., & Liu, Y. (2012). A longitudinal experimental test of the panculturality of self-enhancement: Self-enhancement promotes psychological well being both in the West and the East. Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 157-163.

Gaertner, L., Sedikides, C., Luke, M., O’Mara, E. M., Iuzzini, J., Eckstein Jackson, L., Cai, H., & Wu, Q. (2012). A motivational hierarchy within: Primacy of the individual self, relational self, or collective self? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 997-1013.

O’Mara, E. M., McNulty, J. K., & Karney, B. R. (2011). Positively biased appraisals in everyday life: When do they benefit mental health and when do they harm it? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 415-432.

Note: Finalist, Outstanding Research Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

O’Mara, E. M., Jackson, L. E., Batson, C. D., & Gaertner, L. (2011). Will moral outrage stand up? Distinguishing among emotional reactions to a moral violation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 173-179.

Cai, H., Sedikides, C., Gaertner, L., Wang, C., Carvallo, M., Xu, Y., O’Mara, E. M., & Jackson, L. E. (2011). Tactical self-enhancement in China: Is modesty at the service of self-enhancement in East-Asian culture? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 59-64.

Sedikides, C., Gaertner, L., & O'Mara, E. M. (2011). Individual self, relational self, collective self: Hierarchical ordering of the tripartite self. Psychological Studies, 56, 98-107.

Wayment, H. A., Barger, S. D., Woodward, L., & O'Mara, E. M. (2010). Who gets blamed after a collective tragedy? The role of distress, identification with victims, and time. Journal of Loss and Trauma: International Perspectives in Stress and Coping, 6, 481-497.

Gaertner, L, Iuzzini, J., & O'Mara E. M. (2008). When rejection by one fosters aggression against many: Multiple-victim aggression as a consequence of social rejection and perceived groupness. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 958-970.

Gaertner, L., Sedikides, C., & O’Mara, E. M. (2008). On the motivational primacy of the individual self: “I” is stronger than “we”. Social & Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 1913-1929.

McNulty, J. K., O'Mara, E. M., Karney, B. R. (2008). Evaluating Benevolent Cognitions as a Strategy of Relationship Maintenance: “Don’t sweat the small stuff…but it’s NOT all small stuff.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 631-646.

Wayment, H.A. & O'Mara, E. M. (2008). We are all in this together: The collective consequences of downward social comparison information. In H. A. Wayment & J. Bauer (Eds.), The Quiet Ego: Psychological Perspectives on a Less Defensive Self.

Recent Presentations

*Indicates current or former student/SSIB Lab Member

2022

O’Mara Kunz, E. M., Howell, J. H., & *Beasley, N. (2022). Surviving racism and sexism: What voting on the television show Survivor reveals about discrimination. Paper presented at the 2022 meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

*DiPierro, G., & O’Mara Kunz, E. M. (2022). Investigating the relationship between identity salience and attitudes about groups. Paper presented at the University of Dayton Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

2021

*Wilson, B., O’Mara Kunz, E., Butler, T. R. (February, 2021). Does religious affiliation predict scientific literacy? Poster to be presented to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Virtual meeting.

2020

*Prosser, J. L., & O'Mara Kunz, E. M. (February, 2020). Under Pressure? The Relationship between Reciprocity, Intimacy, and Obligation in Self-Disclosure. Poster presented to the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2019

*Beasley, N., *Jablonski, K. M., *O’Malley, F. M., & O’Mara Kunz, E. M. (2019, April). Shame on me? Examining impression management and appearance-related shame across the menstrual cycle. Poster presented at the University of Dayton Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

*Bommer, G. J., *Dominique, C. N., *Santos, B. M., & O’Mara Kunz, E. M. (2019, April). Religiosity and political participation. Poster presented at the University of Dayton Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

*Eischen, J. N., *Stark, M. T., & O’Mara Kunz, E. M. (2019, April). The prevalence of aversive racism in the reality TV show Survivor. Poster presented at the University of Dayton Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

*Faherty, M. R., *Koeller, L. M., *Pasek, J D., *White, M. E., & O’Mara Kunz, E. M. (2019, April). Examining the impact of narcissism and academic exaggeration on academic performance of undergraduate students. Poster presented at the University of Dayton Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

*Jaeger, M. & O’Mara, E. M. (2019, February). Mate poaching across the menstrual cycle. Poster presented to the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Portland, OR.

2018

*Grondalski, O., & O’Mara, E. M. (2018, April). The influence of self-enhancement and stress on weight gain. Poster presented at the Annual Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

*Jaeger, M. & O’Mara, E. M. (2018, April). The other woman: Examining women’s tendency to mate poach across the menstrual cycle. Poster presented at the Annual Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

*Julian, K., & O’Mara, E. M. (2018, April). Personality and health risk information avoidance. Poster presented at the Annual Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

*Koch, A., & O’Mara, E. M. (2018, April). How academic and extracurricular workload and stress impacts the mental and physical health of college students. Poster presented at the Annual Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

*Matthews, M.A., & O’Mara, E. M. (2018, April). Does self-enhancement affect spending behavior: An experimental analysis. Poster presented at the Annual Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

*Pagan, A., & O’Mara, E. M. (2018, April). The influence of self-esteem and stress on academic performance in college students. Poster presented at the Annual Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

*Jaeger, M. & O’Mara, E. M. (2018, March). Examining women’s tendency to mate poach across the menstrual cycle. Poster presented to the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Atlanta, GA.

*Matthews, M. A., & O’Mara, E. M. (2018, March). Mindset and self-enhancement strategies: An exploratory analysis. Poster presented to the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Atlanta, GA.

2017

*Golterman, K. & O’Mara, E. M. (2017, April). The influence of women’s self-esteem on mating decision making. Poster presented at the Annual Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH.

*Receveur, A., *Corbin, S., O’Mara, E. M., & Kunz, B. R. (2017, January). Understanding the interpersonal evaluations associated with self-promotion: On the importance of accuracy and modesty. Poster presented to the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.