Dr. Ginni Blackhart

Selection of Publications

*Indicates current or former graduate student co-author; †indicates current or former undergraduate student co-author.

Blackhart, G. C., Hernandez, D. K.†, Wilson, E.†, & Hance, M. A.* (2021). The impact of rejection sensitivity on self-

disclosure within the context of online dating. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 24, 690-694. 

Williamson, J. R.*, & Blackhart, G. C. (2021). Efficacy of guided versus self-induced self-compassionate journaling in 

college students. American Journal of Psychology, 134, 45-59.

Dreves, P. A.*, Blackhart, G. C., & McBee, M. T. (2020). Do behavioral measures of self-control assess construct level 

variance? Journal of Research in Personality, 88.

Dreves, P. A.*, & Blackhart, G. C. (2019). Thinking into the future: How a future time perspective improves self-

control. Personality and Individual Differences, 149, 141-151.

Hance, M. A.*, Blackhart, G. C., & Dew, M.† (2018). Free to be me: The relationship between the true self, rejection 

sensitivity, and use of online dating sites. The Journal of Social Psychology, 158, 421-429.

Lawson, T. J., Blackhart, G. C., & Gialopsos, B. M. (2016). Using the Power Balance Wristband to improve students’ 

research-design skills. Teaching of Psychology, 43, 318-322.

Blackhart, G. C., Williamson, J. R.*, and Nelson, L. A.* (2015). Social anxiety in relation to self-control depletion 

following social interactions. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 34, 746-772.

Edlund, J. E., Nichols, A. L., Okdie, B. M., Guadagno, R. E., Eno, C. A., Heider, J. D., Hansen, E., Sagarin, B. J., 

Blackhart, G., Cottrell, C. A., & Wilcox, K. T. (2014). The prevalence and prevention of crosstalk: A multi-

institutional study. The Journal of Social Psychology, 154, 181-185.

Blackhart, G. C., Fitzpatrick, J.†, & Williamson, J.* (2014). Dispositional factors predicting use of online dating sites 

and behaviors related to online dating. Computers in Human Behavior, 33, 113-118.

Seehusen, J., Cordaro, F., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., Routledge, C., Blackhart, G. C., Epstude, K., & Vingerhoets, A. J. 

J. M. (2013). Individual differences in nostalgia proneness: The integrating role of the need to belong.Personality 

and Individual Differences, 55, 904-908.

Blackhart, G. C., Brown, K. E.†, Clark, T.†, Pierce, D. L.†, & Shell, K†. (2012). Assessing the adequacy of post-

experimental inquiries in deception research and factors that promote participant honesty. Behavior Research 

Methods, 44, 24-40.

Blackhart, G. C., Nelson, B. C.*, Winter, A.†, Rockney, A.† (2011). Self-control in relation to feelings of belonging and 

acceptance. Self and Identity, 10, 152-165.

Blackhart, G. C., Knowles, M. L., Nelson, B. C.*, & Baumeister, R. F. (2009). Rejection elicits emotional reactions but 

neither causes immediate distress nor lowers self-esteem: A meta-analytic review of 192 studies on social exclusion. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 13, 269-309.

Blackhart, G. C., Eckel, L. A., & Tice, D. M. (2007). Salivary cortisol in response to acute social rejection and 

acceptance by peers. Biological Psychology, 75, 267-276.

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