Education

Ph.D., McGill University, 1978

Research Interests

My interests are in the areas of emotion regulation and gender identity. Studies are conducted on the effects of arousal, cognitive processes, and attendant affect on self-defeating behavior. Relationships among these processes and personality traits are investigated, and effects of gender identity, gender role stress, and sexual prejudice on behavior are also studied in my laboratory.

Dr. Zeichner is not accepting new Graduate students.

Selected Publications

Oshri, A., Carlson, M.W., Bord, S., & Zeichner, A. (2016). Alcohol-impaired Driving: The influence of adverse rearing environments, alcohol, cannabis use, and the moderating role of anxiety. Substance Use and Misuse. doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2016.1245336

Hyatt, C. S., Berke, D.S., Miller, J.D., & Zeichner, A. (2016). Do Beliefs about Gender Roles Moderate the Relationship between Exposure to Misogynistic Song Lyrics and Men’s Female-Directed Aggression?Aggressive Behavior. Doi:10.1002/ab.21668

Reidy, D.E., Lilienfeld, S. O., Berke, D.S., Gentile, B., Zeichner, A. (2016). Psychopathy traits and violent assault among men with and without history of arrest. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI: 10.1177/0886260516660972

Berke, D.S., Reidy, D.E., Gentile, B., Zeichner, A. (2016). Masculine Discrepancy Stress, Emotion Dysregulation, and Intimate Partner Violence:  In Search of Modifiable Risk and Protective Factors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI:10.1177/0886260516650967

Oshri, A., Kwon, J.A., Carlson, M.W., Zeichner, A., & Wickrama, K.A.S. (2016). Developmental growth trajectories of self-esteem in adolescence: Associations with child neglect and drug use and abuse in young adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescents. DOI 10.1007/s10964-016-0483-5

Berke, D.S., Zeichner, A. (2016).  Testing the Opposing Process Model of Benevolent Sexism: A Laboratory Application to Gender-Based Violence. Violence and Victims, 31, 200-214. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-14-00060

 Reidy, D.E., Brookmeyer, K.A., Gentile, B., Berke, D.S., & Zeichner, A. (2016). Gender Role Discrepancy Stress, High-risk Sexual Behavior, and Sexually Transmitted Disease. Archives of Sexual Behavior,45, 459-465. DOI 10.1007/s10508-014-0413-0

Berke, D.S, Miller, J.D., Reidy, D., Zeichner, A. (2016). Take it Like a Man: Gender Threatened Men's Experience of Gender Role Discrepancy, Emotion Activation, and Pain Tolerance. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. doi.org/10.1037/men0000036

Berke, D.S. & Zeichner, A. (2015). Man’s Heaviest Burden: A Review of Contemporary Paradigms and New Directions for Understanding Masculine Aggression. Personality and Social Psychology – Compass. 1–9, 10.1111/spc3.12238

Reidy, D.E., Berke, D.S., Gentile, B., & Zeichner, A. (2015). Masculine Discrepancy Stress, Substance Use, Assault, and Injury in a Survey of U.S. Men. Injury Prevention. doi:10.1136/ injuryprev-2015-04159

Miller, J.D., Wilson, L.F., Hyatt, C.S. & Zeichner, A. (2015). Psychopathic traits and aggression: Which trait components predict aggressive responding in a laboratory task? Personality and Individual Differences, 87, 180-184; doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.008

Berke, D.S., Wilson, L.F., Mouilso, E., Speir, Z., & Zeichner, A. (2015).  Isolating the Gendered Component of Men's Physical Aggression: The Role of Conformity to Masculine Norms, Gender Role Conflict, and Trait Agreeableness. Sex Roles. DOI 10.1007/s11199-015-0488-7

Wilson, L.F., Mouilso, E., Gentile, B., Calhoun, K.S., & Zeichner, A. (2015). How is Sexual Aggression related to Nonsexual Aggression? A Meta-analytic Review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 24, 199-213. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2015.04.010

Sloan, C.A., Berke, D.S., & Zeichner, A. (2015) Bias-motivated Aggression against Men: Gender Expression and Sexual Orientation as Risk Factors for Victimization. Sex Roles, 72, 140-149.

Reidy, D.E., Berke, D.S., Gentile, B., Zeichner, A. (2014). Man enough? Masculine Discrepancy Stress and Intimate Partner Violence. Personality and Individual differences, 68, 160-164. 

Miller, J.D., Hyatt, C.S., Rausher, S., Maples, J., Zeichner, A. (2014). A test of the construct validity of the Elemental Psychopathy Assessment scores in a community sample of adults. Psychological Assessment, 26, 555-562. Doi.org/10.1037/a0035952

Miller, J.D., Rausher, S., Hyatt, C.S., Maples, J., & Zeichner, A. (2014). Examining the relationships among pain tolerance, psychopathic traits, and violent and nonviolent antisocial behavior. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 205-213.  doi: 10.1037/a0035072

Research Interests

Animal Cognition

Brain & Behavior

History: Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience

Research Interests

Social Psychology

Attitudes and attitude change, close relationships, extralegal influences on juridic decisions

Developmental Psychology

Development of self-concept and self-esteem, family caregiving, sex-typing and sex-role development, psychological contributors to elder abuse

Selected Publications

Articles (Recent and Selected)

Morse, J. Q., Shaffer, D. R., Williamson, G. M., Dooley, W. K., & Schulz, R. (2012). Models of self and others and their relation to positive and negative caregiving responses. Psychology and Aging, 27, 211-218.

Dooley, W. K., Shaffer, D. R., & Williamson, G. M. (2007). Informal care can be better than adequate: Development and evaluation of the Exemplary Care Scale. Rehabilitation Psychology.

Shaffer, D. R., Dooley, W. K., & Williamson, G. W. (2007). Endorsement of proactively aggressive caregiving strategies moderates the relationship between caregiver mental health and potentially harmful caregiver behavior. Psychology and Aging, 22, 494-504.

Shaffer, D. R., & Williamson, G. M. (2006). Shall we select selective investment theory? A viewpoint from the informal care arena. Psychological Inquiry, 17, 51-55.

Shaffer, D. R., & Wittes, E. (2006). Women's precollege sports participation, enjoyment of sports, and self-esteem. Sex Roles, 55, 225-233.

Peck, S. R., Shaffer, D. R., & Williamson, G. M. (2004). Sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction in dating couples: The contributions of relationship communality and favorability of sexual exchanges. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 16, 17-37.

Shaffer, D. R., & Augustine, M. L. (2003). Affective mediation of homophobic reactions to homosexual males. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 14, 67-85.

Shaffer, D. R., & Collier, C. A. (2003). Activation and use of stereotyped beliefs in personnel decisions: A mock football draft. Advances in Psychology Research, 14, 185-196.

Morrison, M. M., & Shaffer, D. R. (2003). Gender-role congruence and self-referencing as determinants of advertising effectiveness. Sex Roles, 49, 265-275.

Williamson, G. M., Walters, A. S., & Shaffer, D. R. (2002). Caregiver models of self and others, coping and depression: Predictors of depression in children with chronic pain. Health Psychology, 21, 405-410.

Books (Recent and Selected)

Shaffer, D. R., & Kipp, K. (2014). Developmental psychology: Childhood and adolescence (9th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage.

Shaffer, D. R. (2009). Social and personality development (6th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage.

Williamson, G.M., Shaffer, D.R., & Parmelee, P.A. (2000). Physical illness and depression in older adults: A handbook of theory, research, and practice. New York: Plenum.

Chapters (Recent and Selected)

Shaffer, D. R., & Williamson, G. M. (2007). Age and cognitive functioning. In S. Ayers, A. Baum, C. McManus, S. Newman, K. Wallston, J. Weinman, & R. West (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of psychology, health, & medicine (2nd ed., pp. 15-20). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Williamson, G. M., & Shaffer, D. R. (2007). Age and physical functioning. In S. Ayers, A. Baum, C. McManus, S. Newman, K. Wallston, J. Weinman, & R. West (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of psychology, health, & medicine (2nd ed., pp. 10-14). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Selected Professional Activities

Associate Editor, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1975-1977

Associate Editor, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1978-1980

Associate Editor, Journal of Personality, 1981-1986

Consulting Editor, Review of Personality and Social Psychology, 1980-1988

Honors and Awards

Josiah Meigs Award for Instruction, University of Georgia, 1990

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, PSI CHI, The National Honorary Society in Psychology, 1990

Distinguished Alumnus, Humboldt State University, 1994

Honored as co-founder of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists (SSSP), 1998

Education

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Research Interests

My research focuses on the causes, consequences, and prevention of sexual aggression. This encompasses two general areas: 1) the victims of sexual aggression, especially consequences such as PTSD and risk of revictimization, and 2) the characteristics of sexually aggressive men, including personality, attitudes and social behavior. A major project recently completed evaluated a prevention program designed to reduce the risk of revictimization. Related work on prevention as well as basic processes such as memory and attention is underway.

Selected Publications

Bernat, J.A., Ronfeldt, H., Calhoun, K.S., & Arias, I. (1998) Prevalence of traumatic events and peritraumatic predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms in a nonclinical sample of college students. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 11, 645-663.

Bernat, J.A., Calhoun, K.S., & Stolp, S. (1998) Sexually aggressive men's responses to a date rape analogue: Alcohol as a disinhibiting factor. Journal of Sex Research, 35, 341-348.

Bernat, J.A., Wilson, A., & Calhoun, K.S. (1999) Sexual coercion history, calloused sexual beliefs and judgments of sexual coercion in a date rape analogue. Violence and Victims, 14, 1-14.

Wilson, A., Calhoun, K.S., & Bernat, J.A. (1999) Risk recognition and trauma-related symptoms among sexually re-victimized women. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 705-710.

Bernat, J.A., Calhoun, K.S., & Adams, H.E. (1999) Sexually aggressive and nonaggressive men: Sexual arousal and judgments in response to date rape and consensual analogues.Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 108, 662-673.

Kimerling, R., Calhoun, K.S., Forehand, R.L., Armistead, L., Morse, E., Simon, P., & Clark, R. (1999) Traumatic stress in HIV-infection in women. AIDS Education and Prevention, 11 (4), 321-330.

Clum, G.A., Calhoun, K.S., & Kimerling, R. (2000) Symptoms of depression and PTSD and associations among self-reported health in sexually assaulted women. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 188, 671-678.

Calhoun, K.S., & Wilson, A.E. (2000) Rape and sexual aggression. In L. Szuchman & F. Muscarella (Eds.), Psychological Perspectives on Human Sexually. New York: Wiley & Sons. 573-602.

Resick, P.A. & Calhoun, K.S. (2001) Posttraumatic stress disorder. In D.H. Barlow, (Ed.) Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders (Third Edition) New York: Guilford Press.

Marx, B.P., Calhoun, K.S., Wilson, A.E., & Meyerson, L. (2001) Sexual revictimization prevention: An outcome evaluation.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 25-32.

Corbin, W.R., Bernat, J.A., Calhoun K.S., McNair, L.D., & Seals, K. (2001) The role of alcohol expectancies and alcohol consumption among sexually victimized and nonvictimized college women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 16, 297-311.

Clum, G.A., Nishith, P., & Calhoun K.S. (2002) A preliminary investigation of alcohol use during trauma and peritraumatic reactions in female sexual assault victims. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 15, 321-338.

Wilson, A.E., Calhoun, K.S., & McNair, L.D. (2002) Alcohol consumption and expectancies among sexually coercive college men. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17, 1145-1159.

Mentoring Philosophy

Development of research skills is fostered through collaborative work with graduate students beginning with involving them in ongoing team projects in the first year and assisting them in developing increasingly independent projects. Research meetings are held weekly. Mentoring is aimed at giving students the skills they will need for success in academic and research careers. This includes writing for journal publication and grants. Almost all students are successful in publishing their work during their graduate tenure.

Clinical Interests

Clinical work is with a general adult population who have a wide variety of disorders. Victims of violence and abuse are a special focus. Clinical practicum training focuses on empirically supported treatment approaches and includes weekly team meetings, weekly individual supervision meetings, and extensive use of videotape and live observation.