State and Trait Empathy Are Positively Correlated, Albeit Weakly, with Prosocial Learning
Motivation Science, accepted with minor revisions / PsyArXiv preprint
Research
Publications
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2026
Does Measurement Bias Explain Sex Differences in Self-Reported Empathy?
Under review / PsyArXiv preprint
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2024
Does Empathy Promote Helping by Activating Altruistic Motivation or Concern About Social Evaluation? A Direct Replication of Fultz et al. (1986)
Emotion, 24(8), 1868–1884
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2023
Comparing Bayesian Variable Selection to Lasso Approaches for Applications in Psychology
Psychometrika, 88(3), 1032–1055
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A Many-Analysts Approach to the Relation Between Religiosity and Well-Being
Religion, Brain & Behavior, 13(3), 237–283
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2022
Retrospective Self-Reported Childhood Experiences in Enriched Environments Uniquely Predict Prosocial Behavior and Personality Traits in Adulthood
Evolutionary Psychology, 20(3), 1–20
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An Evolutionary Psychology View of Forgiveness: Individuals, Groups, and Culture
Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 275–280
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2021
Syndemics and Salivary Inflammation in People Living with HIV/AIDS
Psychology & Health, 36(4), 496–510
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The Sex Premium in Religiously Motivated Moral Judgment
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120(6), 1621–1633
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2020
Searching for Prosociality in Qualitative Data: Comparing Manual, Closed-Vocabulary, and Open-Vocabulary Methods
European Journal of Personality, 34(5), 903–916
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Perceived Goal Instrumentality Is Associated with Forgiveness: A Test of the Valuable Relationships Hypothesis
Evolution and Human Behavior, 41(1), 58–68
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Forgiveness Takes Place on an Attitudinal Continuum from Hostility to Friendliness: Toward a Closer Union of Forgiveness Theory and Measurement
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119(4), 861
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Improving Practices for Selecting a Subset of Important Predictors in Psychology: An Application to Suicide Risk
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2018
Treatment Processes and Demographic Variables as Predictors of Dropout from Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for Youth
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 107, 10–18
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2017
Constructive and Unproductive Processing of Traumatic Experiences in Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Youth
Behavior Therapy, 48(2), 166–181
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2016
In-Session Caregiver Behavior Predicts Symptom Change in Youth Receiving Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84(12), 1066