Research

• Social anxiety, interpersonal perception, and self-regulatory depletion
• Outcomes of social change in small groups
• Group identification and self-evaluations
• Analysis of non-independent data

Complete Vita

Current Extramural Funding

        Title: Social Anxiety Disorder and Self-Regulatory Depletion

        Role: Principal Investigator

        Agency: National Institute of Mental Health

        Type: R15 AREA award

        Dates: 2006-2009

        Total award: $188,000

Recent Publications

Christensen, P. N. (In press). Social relations model. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Prislin, R., Levine, J., & Christensen, P. N. (In press). When reasons matter: Attributions for conversion moderate the effect of change within groups. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Christensen, P. N., & Wood, W. (2006). Effects of media violence on viewer's aggression in unconstrained social interaction: An updated meta-analysis (2006). In R. Preiss, M. Allen, B. M. Gayle, & N. Burrell (Eds.), Media effects research: Advances through meta-analysis. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Prislin, R., & Christensen, P. N. (2005). Social change in the aftermath of successful minority influence. European Review of Social Psychology.

Prislin, R., & Christensen, P. N. (2005). The effects of social change on group membership: To leave or not to leave? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Christensen, P. N., Boldry, J., & Kashy, D. A. (2004). Group-based self-evaluation outside of the laboratory: Effects of global versus status. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 985-994.

Christensen, P. N., Cohan, S., & Stein, M. (2004). The relationship between functioning levels in post-traumatic stress disorder and interpersonal perception: A social relations model analysis. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 33, 151-160.

Christensen, P. N., Rothgerber, H., Wood, W., & Matz, D. (2004). Social norms and identity relevance: A motivational model of normative behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1295-1309.

Gangestad, S. W., Simpson, J. A., Cousins, A. J., Garver-Apgar, C. E., & Christensen, P. N. (2004). Women's preferences for male behavioral displays change across the menstrual cycle. Psychological Science, 15, 203-206.

Wood, W., & Christensen, P. N. (2004). Quantitative Research Synthesis: Examining Study Outcomes Over Settings, Samples, and Time. In C. Sansone, C. Morf, & A. Panter (Eds.), Handbook of methods in social psychology (pp. 335-356). New York: Sage.

Christensen, P. N., Stein, M., & Means-Christensen, A J. (2003). Social anxiety and interpersonal perception: A social relations model analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, 1355-1371.

Prislin, R., & Christensen, P. N. (2002). Group conversion versus group expansion as modes of change in majority and minority positions: All losses hurt but only some gains gratify. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1095-1102.