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Research.

Web Lab currently has four major research programs:
  • Personality traits (Big Five, Dark Triad, aggression)
  • Personality perception of strangers & fictional characters
  • Romantic and sexual relationships
  • Heuristics and biases in perceptions of rare and random events such as natural disasters (e.g., hurricanes)
  • ​Novel applications of cutting-edge data collection and analytic methods to social–personality psychology:
    • Meta-analysis
    • Measurement models
    • Social network analysis
    • Advanced regression techniques
New articles

†Current or former UF undergraduate student
*Current or former UF graduate student

*Losee, J. E., Shepperd, J. A., & Webster, G. D. (2020). Financial resources and decisions to avoid information about environmental perils. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 50, 174–188. doi:10.1111/jasp.12648
 
*Mahar, E. A., Webster, G. D., & Markey, P. M. (2020). Partner-objectification in romantic relationships: A dyadic approach. Personal Relationships, 27, 4–26. doi:10.1111/pere.12303
 
†Rodriguez, L. M., & Webster, G. D. (in press). The Three-Item Thinking about Your Partner’s Drinking Scale (TPD-3): Item response theory, reliability, and validity. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. doi:10.1111/jmft.12399
 
Shepperd, J. A., *Pogge, G. C., *Lipsey, N. P., Miller, W., & Webster, G. D. (2019). Beliefs in a loving versus punitive God and behavior. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 29, 390–401. doi:10.1111/jora.12437
 
†Sietiņš, E., *Wongsomboon, V., & Webster, G. D. (in press). Brief report: Effects of internalized homonegativity and face visibility on HIV-risk-taking behavior in gay men who had casual sex using online-dating applications. International Journal of Sexual Health. doi:10.1080/19317611.2020.1739186
 
Smith, C. V., Øverup, C. S., & Webster, G. D. (2019). Sexy deeds done dark? Examining the relationship between dark personality traits and sexual motivation. Personality and Individual Differences, 146, 105–110. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2019.04.003
 
Webster, G. D., DeWall, C. N., †Xu, Y., *Orozco, T., *Crosier, B. S., Nezlek, J. B., Bryan, A. D., & Bator, R. J. (in press). Facultative formidability: Physical size shapes men’s aggressive traits and behaviors in sports. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences.
 
Webster, G. D., Smith, C. V., *Orozco, T., Jonason, P. K., *Gesselman, A. N., & †Greenspan, R. L. (in press). Missed connections and embarrassing confessions: Using big data to examine sex differences in sexual omission and commission regret. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. doi:10.1037/ebs0000199
 
Whitley, B. E., Jr., & Webster, G. D. (2019). The relationship of intergroup ideologies to ethnic prejudice: A meta-analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 23, 207–237. doi:10.1177/1088868318761423
 
*Wongsomboon, V., Burleson, M. H., & Webster, G. D. (2020). Women’s orgasm and sexual satisfaction in committed and casual sexual contexts: Links with sociosexual orientation, sexual assertiveness, and attitudes toward sex without orgasm. Journal of Sex Research, 57, 285–295. doi:10.1080/00224499.2019.1672036

Some brief scales we've helped develop over the years...

Brief Aggression Scale

The Brief Aggression Questionnaire (BAQ) is a 12-item scale with 4 three-items subscales assessing trait Anger, Hostility, Verbal Aggression, and Physical Aggression. We've published two papers on the BAQ's psychometric properties in Aggressive Behavior and the Journal of Personality Assessment. A copy of the BAQ items and how to score them can be found here. 

Dark Triad Dirty Dozen

The Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD) is a 12-item scale with 3 four-item subscales assessing subclinical Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, and Narcissism. We've published two papers on the DTDD's psychometric properties in Psychological Assessment and Personality and Individual Differences. A copy of the DTDD items and scoring instructions can be found here. In situations don't demand efficient assessment, we recommend using the newer Short Dark Triad (SD3).

Need to Belong

The Single-Item Need to Belong Scale is just that—an extremely efficient way to assess need to belong in situations that demand it. We've published one paper on it in Personality and Individual Differences. The item is simply "I have a strong need to belong" and scored on a scale from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree).
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