Stephen D. Short, Ph.D.

Publications

(* indicates student author)

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Robertson, S. M. C., Short, S. D., Auger, L.*, & Murray, M.* (2023). The effect of COVID-Focused expressive writing on symptoms of               depression, anxiety and distress in college students:  Randomized controlled trial. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 42,              238-266.

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Robertson, S. M. C., Short, S. D., McSween, D.*, Medlen, S.*, & Schneider, K*. (2022). Randomized controlled trial assessing the                      efficacy of expressive writing in reducing symptoms of anxiety: Wait-List control design. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology,              41, 54-78.

 

Reid, C. A., Green, J. D., Short, S. D., Willis, K. D., Moloney, J. M., Collison, E. A., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., & Gramling, S. (2021). The              past as a resource for the bereaved: Nostalgia predicts declines in distress. Cognition and Emotion, 35, 256-268.

 

Robertson, S. M. C., Short, S. D., Sawyer, L.*, & Sweazy, S.* (2021). Expressive writing as a mechanism for reducing anxiety in first-                year college students: The role of writing quality. Psychology and Health, 36, 1041-1065.

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Short, S. D., Lastrapes, K.A.*, Natale, N. E.*, & McBrady, E. E*. (2019). Rational engagement buffers the effect of conservatism on                   one’s reported relevance of the theory of evolution. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 56, 1384-1405.

 

Robertson, S. M. C., Short, S. D., Asper, A*., Venezia, K.*, Yetman, C.*, Connelly, M.*, & Trumbull, J.* (2019). The effect of expressive              writing on symptoms of depression in college students: Randomized controlled trial. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology,                38, 427-450.

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Jorgensen, T. D., Kite, B. A., Chen, P.-Y., & Short, S. D. (2018). Permutation randomization methods for testing measurement                            equivalence and detecting differential item functioning in multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis. Psychological                                  Methods, 23, 708-728.

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Schoemann, A. M., Boulton, A. J., & Short, S. D. (2017). Determining power and sample size for simple and complex mediation                      models. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 8, 379-386.

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Sakaluk, J. K., & Short, S. D. (2017). A methodological review of exploratory factor analysis in sexuality research: Used                      

practices, best practices, and data analysis resources. Journal of Sex Research, 54, 1-9.

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Ross, L. T., Short, S. D., & Garofano, M. (2016). The Scale of Unpredictability Beliefs:  Reliability and validity.  Journal of Psychology:                 Interdisciplinary and Applied, 150, 976-1003.

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Ross, L. T., Hood, C. O., & Short, S. D. (2016). Unpredictability and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Journal of Social and      

Clinical Psychology, 33, 371-385.

 

Campione-Barr, N., Lindell, A. K., Short, S. D., Basset-Greer, K., & Drotar, S. D. (2015). First- and second-born adolescents’              

behavioral autonomy throughout adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 46, 250-262.

 

Ross, T. P., Ross, L T., Short, S. D., & Cataldo, S.  (2015). The multidimensional health locus of control scale: Psychometric                        

properties and form equivalence. Psychological Reports, 116, 889-913.

 

Short, S. D., & Hawley, P. H. (2015). The effects of evolution education: Examining attitudes toward and knowledge of evolution in      

college courses. Evolutionary Psychology, 15, 48-69. 

 

Lee, S. A., Reid, C. A., Short, S. D., Gibbons, J. A., Yeh, R., & Campbell, M. L. (2013). Fear of Muslims: Factorial and construct validity        

of the Islamophobia Scale, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 5, 157-171.

 

Short, S. D., & Hawley, P. H. (2012). Evolution Attitudes and Literacy Survey (EALS): Development and validation of a short form.        

Evolution: Education and Outreach, 5, 419-428.

 

Hawley, P. H., Short, S. D., McCune, L. A., Osman, M. R., & Little, T. D. (2011). What’s the matter with Kansas?: The development            

and confirmation of the Evolutionary Attitudes and Literacy Survey (EALS). Evolution: Education and Outreach, 4, 117-132.

 

Lee, S. A., Guajardo, N. R., Short, S. D., & King, W. (2010). Individual differences in ocular level empathic accuracy ability: The              

predictive power of fantasy empathy. Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 68-71.

 

Lee, S. A., Gibbons, J. A., & Short, S. D. (2010).  Sympathetic reactions to a film on dog fighting: The influence of personality and            

gender. Society and Animals, 18, 107-125.