Selected Publications

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In Press:

Crocker, J., & Canevello, A. (in press). Creating and undermining social support in communal relationships: The role of compassionate and self-image goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. abstract

Niiya, Y., Ballantyne, R., North, M. S., & Crocker, J. (in press). Gender, contingencies of self-worth, and achievement goals as predictors of academic cheating in a controlled laboratory setting. Basic and Applied Social Psychology.

Park, L. E., Crocker, J., & Kiefer, A. K. (in press). Contingencies of self-worth, academic failure, and goal pursuit. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Park, L. E. & Crocker, J. (in press). Contingencies of self-worth and responses to negative interpersonal feedback. Self and Identity.

Crocker, J., & Garcia, J. A. (in press). Stigma and the social basis of the self: A synthesis. Chapter to appear in Levin, S., & van Laar, C. (Eds). Claremont Symposium: Stigma from the Target’s Perspective.
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2008

Crocker, J., Niiya,Y., & Mischkowski, D. (2008). Why does writing about important values reduce defensiveness? Self-affirmation and the role of positive, other-directed feelings. Psychological Science, 19 , 740-747. abstract

Garcia, J. A., & Crocker, J. (2008). Reasons for disclosing depression matter: The consequences of having egosystem and ecosystem goals. Social Science and Medicine, 67(3), 453-462. abstract

Breines, J. G., Crocker, J., &; Garcia, J. A. (2008). Self-objectification and well-being in women's daily lives. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 583-598. abstract

Crocker, J., Garcia, J. A., & Nuer, N. (2008). From egosystem to ecosystem in intergroup interactions: implications for intergroup reconciliation. Chapter in J. Fisher, A. Nadler, & T. Molloy, Social Psychology of Inter-group Reconciliation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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2006

Crocker, J., Brook, A. T., Niiya, Y., & Villacorta, M. (2006). The pursuit of self-esteem: Contingencies of self-worth and self-regulation. Journal of Personality, 74, 1749-1771. abstract

Sargent, J. T., Crocker, J., & Luhtanen, R. K. (2006). Contingencies of self-worth and symptoms of depression in college students. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 25, 628-646. abstract

Crocker, J. (2006). What is optimal self-esteem? Chapter to appear in M. Kernis (Ed.), Self-esteem issues and answers: A sourcebook of current perspectives. New York: Psychology Press. abstract

Crocker, J. (2006). 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. abstract

2005

Park, L. E., & Crocker, J. (2005). Interpersonal costs of seeking self-esteem. Personality and Social Psychological Bulletin, 31, 1587-1598. abstract

Crocker, J., & Knight, K. M. (2005). Contingencies of self-worth. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 200-203. abstract

Crocker, J., & Garcia, J. A. (2005). Self-esteem and the stigma of obesity. Chapter in Brownell, K., Puhl, R., Schwartz, M., & Rudd, L. (Eds.). Bias, discrimination, and obesity. New York: Guilford.
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Sanchez, D., & Crocker, J. (2005). Why investment in gender ideals affects well-being: The role of external contingencies. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 29, 63-77.  abstract

Luhtanen, R. K., & Crocker, J. (2005). Alcohol use in college students: Effects of level of self-esteem, narcissism, and contingencies of self-worth. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 19 (1), 99-103. abstract

2004

Park, L. E., Crocker, J., & Mickelson, K. D. (2004). Attachment styles and contingencies of self-worth. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30 (10) 1243-1254. abstract

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 (3), 430-434. abstract

Crocker, J., & Nuer, N. (2004). Do people need self-esteem? A comment on Pyszczynski, Greenberg, Solomon, Arndt, and Schimel (2004). Psychological Bulletin, 130 (3), 469-472. abstract

Quinn, D. M., Kahng, S., & Crocker, J. (2004). Discreditable: Stereotype threat effects of revealing a mental illness history. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30 (7), 803-815. abstract

Crocker, J., & Park, L. E. (2004). The costly pursuit of self-esteem. Psychological Bulletin, 130 (3), 392-414. abstract

Crocker, J., Lee, S., & Park, L. E. (2004). The pursuit of self-esteem: Implications for good and evil. In A. Miller (Ed.), The social psychology of good and evil: Understanding our capacity for kindness and cruelty (pp. 271-302). New York: Guilford. abstract

2003

Crocker, J., Luhtanen, R. K., Cooper, M. L., & Bouvrette, S. (2003). Contingencies of self-worth in college students: Theory and measurement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 894-908. abstract

Crocker, J., Karpinski, A., Quinn, D. M., & Chase, S. (2003). When grades determine self-worth: Consequences of contingent self-worth for male and female engineering and psychology majors. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 507-516. abstract

Crocker, J., & Luhtanen, R. K. (2003). Level of self-esteem and contingencies of self-worth: Unique effects on academic, social, and financial problems in college freshmen. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 29, 701-712. abstract

Crocker, J., & Nuer, N. (2003). The insatiable quest for self-worth. Psychological Inquiry, 14, 31-34. abstract

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. abstract

2002

Crocker, J., Sommers, S., & Luhtanen, R. (2002). Hopes dashed and dreams fulfilled: Contingencies of self-worth in the graduate school admissions process. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1275-1286. abstract

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. abstract

Crocker, J. (2002). The costs of seeking self-esteem. Journal of Social Issues, 58, 597-615. abstract

Crocker, J. (2002). Contingencies of self-worth: Implications for self-regulation and psychological vulnerability. Self and Identity, 1, 143-149. abstract

2001

Crocker, J., & Wolfe, C. T. (2001). Contingencies of self-worth. Psychological Review, 108, 593-623. abstract