Publications
Boland, F.K., Slepian, M.L., & Ward, S. (in press) Who has secrets and who keeps them? Individual differences in disclosure and secrecy. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Ward, S. (2023) Choosing money over meaningful work: Examining relative job preferences for meaningful work versus high compensation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. [pdf]
Ward, S., & Kim, J. (2023) How does money make life meaningful? Socioeconomic status, financial self-efficacy, and meaning in life. Journal of Positive Psychology. [pdf]
Ward, S., Womick, J.J., Titova, M., & King, L.A. (2023). Meaning in life and coping with everyday stressors. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. [pdf]
Womick, J., Eckelkamp, J., Luzzo, S., Ward, S. J., Baker, S. G., Salamun, A., & King, L. A. (2021). Exposure to authoritarian values leads to lower positive affect, higher negative affect, and higher meaning in life. PloS one, 16(9), e0256759. [link]
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2021). Moral stereotypes, moral self-image, and religiosity. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. [pdf]
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2020). Examining the roles of intuition and gender in magical beliefs. Journal of Research in Personality. [pdf] data
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2019). Exploring the place of financial status in the good life: Income and meaning in life. Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(3), 312-323. [pdf]
Womick, J.J., Ward, S.J., Heintzelman, S.J., Woody, B., & King, L.A. (2019). The existential function of right-wing authoritarianism. Journal of Personality. [pdf]
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2018). Individual differences in reliance on intuition predict harsher moral judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(5), 825-849. [pdf]
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2018). Moral self-regulation, moral identity, and religiosity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(3), 495-525. [pdf]
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2018). Gender differences in emotion explain women’s lower immoral intentions and harsher moral condemnation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(5), 653-669. [pdf] data
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2018). Religion and moral self-image: The contributions of prosocial behavior, socially desirable responding, and personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 131, 222-231. [pdf]
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2017). Work and the good life: How work contributes to meaning in life. Research in Organizational Behavior, 37, 59-82. [pdf]
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2016). Poor but happy? Income, happiness, and experienced and expected meaning in life. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(5), 463-470. [pdf]
King, L.A., Heintzelman, S.J., & Ward, S.J. (2016). Beyond the search for meaning: A contemporary science of the experience of meaning in life. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25(4), 211-216. [pdf]
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2015). Individual differences in intuitive processing moderate responses to moral transgressions. Personality and Individual Differences, 87, 230-235. [pdf]
Book Chapters
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2017). Making sense: Meaning in life in a cognitive context. In M. D. Robinson & M. Eid (Eds.) The Happy Mind: Cognitive Contributions to Well-Being (pp. 409-425). New York: Springer.
Ward, S.J., & King, L.A. (2016). Socrates’ dissatisfaction, a happiness arms race, and the trouble with eudaimonic well-being. In J. Vittersø (Ed.), Handbook of Eudaimonic Wellbeing (pp. 523-529). New York: Springer.