List of Academic Publications

Dr. Jennifer Crocker:  The Pursuit of Self-Esteem

• Crocker, J., Canevello, A., & Lewis, K. (2016). Romantic relationships in the ecosystem: Compassionate goals, nonzero-sum beliefs, and change in relationship quality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
• Kao, C.-H., Su, J., Crocker, J., & Chang, J. (2016). The benefits of transcending self-interest: Examining the role of self-transcendence on expressive suppression and well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies.
• Mischkowski, D., Crocker, J., & Way, B. (2016). From painkiller to empathy killer: Acetaminophen (paracetamol) reduces empathic affect and cognition in response to the pain of others. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Published online May 6, 2106.
• Brummelman, E., Crocker, J., & Bushman, B. (2016). The praise paradox: On praising children with low self-esteem. Child Development Perspectives, 10, 111-115.
• Crocker, J., & Canevello, A. (2016). Egosystem and ecosystem: Motivational orientations of the self in relation to others. In Brown, K. W. & Leary, M. R. Oxford Handbook of Hypo-egoic Phenomena: Theory and Research on the Quiet Ego (pp. 271-283). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Crocker, J., & Canevello, A. (2016). Making relationship partners good: A model of the interpersonal consequences of compassionate goals. In A. G. Miller (Ed.), The social psychology of good and evil (pp. 270-297). New York: Guilford.
• Crocker, J., & Canevello, A. (2016). Positive relationships: The benefits of compassionate goals. In C. R. Knee & H. Reis (Eds.), Positive approaches to optimal relationship development (pp. 232-256). Cambridge University Press.
• Garcia, J. & Crocker, J. (2016). Upward and downward spirals in intergroup interactions: Compassionate goals and transcending the ego. In T. Nelson (Ed), Handbook of stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination (2^nd ed., pp 65-86), New York: Psychology Press.
• Crocker, J., & Canevello, A. (2015). Relationships and the self: Egosystem and ecosystem. In J. Simpson & J. F. Dovidio (Eds.), Handbook of personality and social psychology, Vol. 3: Interpersonal relationships and group processes (pp. 93-116). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Canevello, A., & Crocker, J. (2015). How interpersonal goals shape intrapsychic experiences: Self-image and compassionate goals and feeling uneasy or at ease with others. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 9, 620-629.
• Keaveney, A., Crocker, J., Lewis, K., & Way, B. (2015). Compassionate goals as a buffer against inflammation-associated social disconnection: A study in romantically involved couples. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 49, e23.
• Kuncewicz, D., Niiya, Y, & Crocker, J. (2015). Are compassionate and self-image goals comparable across cultures? Polish Psychological Bulletin, 46, 513-522.
• Abelson, J. L., Erikson, T. M., Mayer, S., Crocker, J., Briggs, H., Lopez-Duran, N. L., & Liberzon, I. (2014). Brief cognitive intervention can modulate neuroendocrine stress responses to the Trier Social Stress Test: Buffering effects of a compassionate goal orientation. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 44, 60-70.
• Park, L. E., & Crocker, J. (2013). Pursuing self-esteem: Implications for self-regulation and relationships. In V. Zeigler-Hill (Ed.), Current Issues in Social Psychology: Self-Esteem (pp 43-59). New York: Psychology Press.
• Canevello, A., Granillo, M. T., & Crocker, J. (2013). Predicting change in relationship security: The roles of compassionate and self-image goals. Personal Relationships, 20, 587-618.
• Niiya, Y., Crocker, J., & Mischkowski, D. (2013). Compassionate and self-image goals in the US and Japan. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44, 389-405.
• Hsu, D. T., Sanford, B. J., Meyers, K. K., Love, T. M., Hazlett, K. E., Wang, H., Ni, L., Walker, S. J., Mickey, B. J., Korycinski, S. T., Koeppe, R. A., Cocker, J. K., Langenecker, S. A., Zubieta, J.-K. (2013). Response of the µ-opioid system to social rejection and acceptance. Molecular Psychiatry, 18, 1-7.
• Crocker J., & Carnevale, J. (2013). Letting go of self-esteem. Scientific American Mind, 24, 26-33.
• Bushman, B. J., Moeller, S. J., Konrath, S., & Crocker, J. (2012). Investigating the link between liking versus wanting self-esteem and depression in a nationally representative sample of American adults. Journal of Personality, 80, 1453-1469.
• Burson, A., Crocker, J., Canevello, A., & Mischkowski, D. (2012). Two types of value affirmation: Implications for self-control following social exclusion. Social and Personality Psychology Science, 3, 510-516.
• Crocker, J., & Canevello, A. (2012). Consequences of self-image and compassionate goals. In P. G. Devine & A. Plant (Eds.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 45, pp. 229-277. New York: Elsevier.
• Crocker, J., & Park, L. E. (2012). Contingencies of self-worth. In M. R. Leary & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), Handbook of self and identity (Vol 2, pp. 309-326). New York: Guilford.
• Crocker, J. (2011). Presidential Address: Self-image and compassionate goals and construction of the social self: Implications for social and personality psychology. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 15, 394-407.
• Canevello, A., & Crocker, J. (2011). Changing relationship growth belief: Intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences of compassionate goals. Personal Relationships, 18, 370-391. PMCID: PMC3176594.
• Canevello, A., & Crocker, J. (2011). Interpersonal goals, others’ regard for the self, and self-esteem: The paradoxical consequences of self-image and compassionate goals. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 422-434.
• Abelson, J. L., Erickson, T., Mayer, S., Briggs, H., Crocker, J., & Liberzon, I. (2011). Compassionate goal orientation can modulate cortisol response to the Trier Social Stress Test. Biological Psychiatry, 69, 87S-87S.
• Canevello, A., & Crocker, J. (2011). Interpersonal goals and close relationship processes: Potential links to health. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5, 346-358.
• Crocker, J. (2011). The paradoxical consequences of interpersonal goals: Relationships, distress, and the self. Psychological Studies, 56, 142-150.
• Crocker, J., & Canevello, A. (2011). Egosystem and ecosystem: Motivational perspectives on caregiving. In S. E. Brown, M. Brown, & L. Penner, (Eds.), Self-interest and beyond: Toward a new understanding of human caregiving, (pp 211-223). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Migacheva, K., Crocker, J, & Tropp, L. (2011). Focusing beyond the self: Goal orientations in intergroup relations. In Tropp, L. R., & Mallett, R. K. (Eds.): Moving beyond prejudice reduction; Pathways to positive intergroup relations (pp. 99-115). Washington: American Psychological Association.
• Crocker, J., Moeller, S., & Burson, A. (2010). The costly pursuit of self-esteem: Implications for self-regulation. In R. Hoyle (Ed.), Handbook of Personality and Self-Regulation (pp 403-429). New York: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Crocker, J., & Nuer, N. (2004). Do people need self-esteem? Comment on Pyszczynski, et al. (2004). Psychological Bulletin, 130, 469-472.
• Crocker, J., & Park, L. E. (2004). Reaping the benefits of pursuing self-esteem without the costs? Response to comments on Crocker & Park (2004). Psychological Bulletin, 130, 430-434.
• Crocker, J., & Park, L. E. (2004). The costly pursuit of self-esteem. Psychological Bulletin, 130, 392-414.
• Crocker, J., Lee, S., & Park, L. E. (2004). The pursuit of self-esteem: Implications for good and evil. Chapter to appear in A. Miller (Ed.), The social psychology of good and evil: Understanding our capacity for kindness and cruelty (pp. 271-302). New York: Guilford.
• Crocker, J., & Nuer, N. (2003). The insatiable quest for self-worth. Psychological Inquiry, 14, 31-34.
• Crocker, J., & Park, L. E. (2003). Seeking self-esteem: Construction, maintenance, and protection of self-worth. In M. Leary and J. Tangney (Eds.), Handbook of self and identity (pp. 291-313). New York: Guilford.
• Wolfe, C. T., & Crocker, J. (2002). What does the self want? Contingencies of self-worth and goals. In S. Spencer and Z. Kunda (Eds.), The Ontario Symposium: Goals and Motivated Cognition (pp. 147-170). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Crocker, J. (2002). The costs of seeking self-esteem. Journal of Social Issues, 58, 597-615.
• Niiya, Y., Crocker, J., & Bartmess, E. (in press). From vulnerability to resilience: Learning orientations buffer contingent self-esteem from failure. Psychological Science
• Crocker, J., Sommers, S., & Luhtanen, R.K. (in press). Contingencies of self-worth: Progress and prospects. European Review of Social Psychology.
• Crocker, J. (in press). What is optimal self-esteem? Chapter to appear in M. Kernis (Ed.), Self-esteem issues and answers: A source book of current perspectives. New York: Psychology Press.
• Crocker, J. (in press). Having vs. pursuing self-esteem: Costs and benefits. Chapter to appear in M. Kernis (Ed.), Self-esteem issues and answers: A source book of current perspectives. New York: Psychology Press.
• Jiang, T., Canevello, A., Gore, J., & Crocker, J. (in press). The association between compassionate goals and relational-interdependent self-construal. Self and Identity.
• Crocker, J., Canevello, A., & Brown, A. (in press). Social motivation: Costs and benefits of selfishness and otherishness. Annual Review of Psychology.

Note: Dr. Crocker’s work on self-esteem has been referred to in the article of the New York Times article, Deflating Self-Esteem’s Role in Ills of Society, by Erica Goode.

Dr. Martin Davidson:  Diversity

• Davidson, Martin N. (2011) The End of Diversity as We Know It:  Why Diversity Efforts Fail and How Leveraging Difference Can Succeed, Berrett-Koehler Press, San Francisco, CA.
• Davidson, M. N., & James, E. H. (2007). The engines of positive relationships across difference: Conflict and learning. In J. Dutton & B. R. Ragins (Eds.), Exploring Positive Relationships at Work: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation (pp. 137-158). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Ely, R. J., Meyerson, D.A., & Davidson, M.N. 2006. “Rethinking Political Correctness,” Harvard Business Review, 84, no. 9 September, pp 78-87.