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General Interests
"I am interested in well-being among adults and adolescents, happiness interventions, autonomous motivation, internalization of behavior, cross-cultural/ethnic differences in well-being, maximizing, and satisfaction."
Years at Knox: 2010 to present
Education
Ph.D., Psychological Sciences (Social-Personality), 2010, University of Missouri-Columbia.
M.A., Psychological Sciences (Social-Personality), 2007, University of Missouri-Columbia.
B.A., Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, 2004, Knox College.
Honors/Grants
Robert S. Daniel Teaching Fellowship, 2007, 2008.
Travel Award, University of Missouri, 2007, 2008, 2009.
Robert S. Harper Prize for graduate study in psychology, 2004.
Phi Beta Kappa, 2004.
Richter Fellowship, 2003.
Ronald E. McNair Fellowship, 2002.
Publications
"Differences in well-being among adolescents from three cultures: The role of percieved autonomy support." Ferguson, Y. L., Kasser, T., & Jahng, Seungmin. To appear in the Journal of Adolescent Research.
"Measuring childhood materialism: Refining and validating Schor's (2004) consumer involvement scale." Bottomley, P. A., Nairn, A., Kasser, T., Ferguson, Y. L., & Ormrod, J. To appear in Psychology and Marketing.
"Should goal-strivers think about 'why' or 'how' to strive? It depends on their skill level." Co-authored with Sheldon, K. M. Motivation and Emotion 34 (2010): 253-265.
"Persistent pursuit of need-satisfying goals leads to increased happiness: A 6-month experimental longitudinal study." Sheldon, K. M., Abad, N., Ferguson, Y., Gunz, A., Houser-Marko, L., & Nichols, C. Motivation and Emotion 34 (2010): 39-48.
"Extrinsic value orientation and affective forecasting: Over-estimating the rewards, under-estimating the costs." Sheldon, K. M., Gunz, A., Nichols, C. P., & Ferguson, Y. Journal of Personality 78 (2010): 149-178.
"Motivational influences on school-prompted interest." Ciani, K. D., Ferguson, Y., Bergin, D., & Hilpert, J. Educational Psychology 30 (2010): 377-393.
"Why do adolescent girls idolize male celebrities?" Co-authored with Kasser, T. Journal of Adolescent Research 20 (2005): 263-283.
Presentations
"Commitment to one's ethnic identity and well-being: The role of autonomy support from friends." With Abad, N., & Sheldon, K. M. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV, January, 2010.
"Psychological Health." Health Psychology, University of Missouri, Fall, 2009.
"Social Influence." Social Psychology, University of Missouri, Spring, 2006.
"Self-Determination Theory." Social Psychology, University of Missouri, Summer, 2005.
"Psychological Authenticity: Concordance of the social self and the 'real' self." With Hill, L., Gunz, A., Schachtman, T. R., & Sheldon, K. M. Poster presentation at the annual Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago, Illinois, May, 2009.
"Too much choice? Maximizing, ego depletion, and disappointment." With Sheldon, K. M. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, Florida, February, 2009.
"Too much choice? Maximizing, ego depletion, and disappointment." With Sheldon, K. M. Paper presentation at the Research and Creative Arts Forum, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, May, 2008.
"Writing your way to goal success: Expressive writing as an intervention for goal internalization." With Sheldon, K. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February, 2008.
"Extrinsic value orientation and its relation to affective forecasts of the consequences of extrinsic and intrinsic goals." With Nichols, C. P., Sheldon, K. M., & Gunz, A. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February, 2008.
"Predicting School and Life Satisfaction from Autonomy Support and Autonomous Regulation Among High School Students in Three Cultures." With Kasser, T., & Jahng, S. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, Tennessee, 2007.
"Cultural orientations & autonomy: Positive outcomes of percieved autonomy support among Danish, Korean, & American Students." With Kasser, T. Presentation at The Second International Conference on Self-Determination Theory, Ottawa, Canada, May, 2004.
"Why do girls idolize celebrities?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Ronald E. McNair Fellowship Conference, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, July, 2002.
Contact
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