Erin M. O'Mara
My program of research examines: (a) how self-views impact individual and interpersonal functioning; (b) when self-processes traditionally defined in the literature as positive, such as overly positive self-evaluations (e.g., self-enhancement motivation), are indeed positive and when they are negative in regard to independent and interpersonal functioning; and (c) the human universality of self-processes and their association with psychological well-being.
Primary Interests:
- Interpersonal Processes
- Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Cai, H., Sedikides, C., Gaertner, L., Wang, C., Carvallo, M., Xu, Y., O’Mara, E. M., & Jackson, L. E. (2011). Tactical self-enhancement in China: Is modesty at the service of self- enhancement in East-Asian culture? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 59- 64.
- Gaertner, L., Iuzzini, J., & O'Mara E. M. (2008). When rejection by one fosters aggression against many: Multiple-victim aggression as a consequence of social rejection and perceived groupness. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 958-970.
- Gaertner, L., Sedikides, C., & O’Mara, E. M. (2008). On the motivational primacy of the individual self: "I" is stronger than "we." Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 1913-1929.
- McNulty, J. K., O'Mara, E. M., & Karney, B. R. (2008). Evaluating benevolent cognitions as a strategy of relationship maintenance: "Don’t sweat the small stuff... but it’s not all small stuff." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 631-646.
- O’Mara, E. M., Jackson, L. E., Batson, C. D., & Gaertner, L. (2011). Will moral outrage stand up? Distinguishing among emotional reactions to a moral violation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 173-179.
- O’Mara, E. M., McNulty, J. K., & Karney, B. R. (2011). Positively biased appraisals in everyday life: When do they benefit mental health and when do they harm it? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 415-432.
- Sedikides, C., Gaertner, L., & O'Mara, E. M. (2011). Individual self, relational self, collective self: Hierarchical ordering of the tripartite self. Psychological Studies, 56, 98-107.
- O’Mara, E. M., Gaertner, L., Sedikides, C., Hou, X., & Liu, Y. (2012). A longitudinal experimental test of the panculturality of self-enhancement: Self-enhancement promotes psychological well being both in the West and the East. Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 157-163.
- Sedikides, C., Gaertner, C., Luke, M. A., & O’Mara, E. M., Gebaur, J. (2013). A three tier hierarchy of motivational self-potency: Individual self, relational self, collective self. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology Volume 48, 235-295.
- Gaertner, L., Sedikides, C., Luke, M., O’Mara, E. M., Iuzzini, J., Eckstein Jackson, L., Cai, H., & Wu, Q. (2012). A motivational hierarchy within: Primacy of the individual self, relational self, or collective self? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 997-1013.
Courses Taught:
- Psychology Statistics
- Research Methods
- Social Psychology
Erin M. O'Mara
Department of Psychology
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, Ohio 45469-0143
United States of America
- Phone: (937) 229-2161