Psychology is the scientific study of behavior, cognition and emotion. The Santa Clara psychology department believesactions, thoughts and feelings are best understood as the result of psychological, neurological, developmental, social and cultural influences. The composition of the faculty reflects this broad approach, with members who specialize in clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology, health psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, learning, neuropsychology, and social psychology.
The psychology department places a strong emphasis on empirical methods of inquiry. All faculty members have active research programs, and we encourage undergraduates to get involved. Each year a large number of our majors present papers at professional conferences, and many students co-author articles in professional journals. Permanent laboratories maintained by the department include a health psychology lab, an animal lab, and a sleep lab.
Submissions from 2003
Priests behaving badly: What do we know about priest sex offenders, Thomas G. Plante
Might virtual reality promote the mood benefits of exercise?, Thomas G. Plante, Arianna Aldridge, Ryan Bogden, and Cara Hanelin
Does virtual reality enhance the management of stress when paired with exercise? An exploratory study., Thomas G. Plante, Arianna Aldridge, Denise Su, Ryan Bogdan, Martha Belo, and Kamran Kahn
Does virtual reality enhance the psychological benefits of exercise?, Thomas G. Plante, S. Frazier, A. Tittle, and E. Riggs
Submissions from 2002
Preference and resistance to change in concurrent variable-interval schedules, Matthew C. Bell and Ben A. Williams
The effects of cross-level conflict: the moderating effects of conflict culture on the group faultlines - performance link, Katerina Bezrukova and Karen A. Jehn
Exploring faultlines, conflict, satisfaction, and stress in groups of peacekeepers, Katerina Bezrukova, Karen A. Jehn, Martin Euwema, and Nicolien Kop
Persistence and visibility of group faultlines: a theoretical model of the effect of group culture and team identity on the group faultlines-organizational conflict link, Katerina Bezrukova, Karen A. Jehn, and Madhan Gounder
Celibacy and the child sexual abuse crisis, Thomas G. Plante
Stress and coping among displaced Bosnian refugees: An exploratory study, Thomas G. Plante, Azra Simicic, Erin N. Endersen, and Gerdenio Manuel
The development of a brief version of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire, Thomas G. Plante, Charlotte L. Vallaeys, Allen C. Sherman, and Kenneth A. Wallston
Successful conflict resolution between peacekeepers and NGOs: the role of training and preparation in international peacekeeping in Bosnia, Lakshmi Ramarajan, Katerina Bezrukova, Karen A. Jehn, Martin Euwema, and Nicolien Kop
Recruitment of engaged couples for premarital counseling: An empirical examination of the importance of program characteristics and topics to potential participants, Kieran T. Sullivan and Carmen Anderson
Submissions from 2001
Trichotillomania: An overview and guide to understanding, S Enos and Thomas G. Plante
Consciousness in dreaming: A metacognitive approach, Tracey L. Kahan
Faith and Health: What Do We Know?, Thomas G. Plante
Money doesn’t buy happiness – it rents it, Thomas G. Plante
Review of - Handbook of Religion and Health, Thomas G. Plante
The association between religious faith and coping with daily stress, Thomas G. Plante
Does exercising with another enhance the stress reducing benefits of exercise?, Thomas G. Plante, Laura Coscarelli, and Maire Ford
Religious faith and mental health outcomes, Thomas G. Plante and Naveen K. Sharma
Research on faith and health: new appoaches to old questions, Thomas G. Plante and Allen C. Sherman
Melatonin and sleep qualities in healthy adults: Pharmacological and expectancy effects, Daniel A. Rose and Tracey L. Kahan
Conclusions and future directions for research on faith and health, A. C. Sherman and Thomas G. Plante
Measuring religious faith in cancer patients: Reliability and construct validity of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire, Allen C. Sherman, Stephanie Simonton, Dawn C. Adams, Umaira Latif, Thomas G. Plante, S. Kaay Burns, and Tom Poling
Influence of competing distractors on response selection in Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, Julie C. Stout, Scott Wylie, Patricia M. Simone, and Eric R. Siemers
Understanding the relationship between religiosity and marriage: An investigation of the immediate and longitudinal effect of religiosity on newlywed couples, Kieran T. Sullivan
Submissions from 2000
One frog, two frog, red frog, blue frog: Factors affecting children’s syntactic choices in production and comprehension, Felicia Hurewitz, Sarah Brown-Schmidt, Kirsten Read, Lila R. Gleitman, and John C. Trueswell
The "problem" of dreaming in NREM sleep continues to challenge reductionist (two generator) models of dream generation (Commentary), Tracey L. Kahan
Effects of melatonin on dream bizarreness among male and female college students, Tracey L. Kahan, Jeanine Hays, Ben Hirashima, and Kimberly Johnston
Religious faith and spirituality in substance abuse recovery: Determining the mental health benefits, Dustin A. Pardini, Thomas G. Plante, Allen Sherman, and Jamie E. Stump
Perceived fitness and responses to laboratory induced stress, Thomas G. Plante, Deanna Caputo, and Lisay Chizmar
Perceived Fitness Predicts Daily Coping Better Than Physical Activity or Aerobic Fitness, Thomas G. Plante, Laura Coscarelli, Deanna Caputo, and Marily Oppezzo
The association between cardiovascular stress responsivity and perceived stress among subjects with irritable bowel syndrome and temporomandibular joint disorder: A preliminary analysis, Thomas G. Plante and Maire Ford
Perceived fitness predicts daily coping better than physical activity, Thomas G. Plante, Sara E. LeCaptain, and Heather C. McLain
The association between strength of religious faith and psychological functioning, Thomas G. Plante, Scott Yancey, Allen Sherman, and Mira Guertin
A multidimensional measure of religious involvement for cancer patients: The Duke Religious Index, A. C. Sherman, Thomas G. Plante, S. Simonton, D. C. Adams, C. Harbison, and S. K. Burris
Implementation of empirically validated interventions in managed care settings: The premarital relationship enhancement program (PREP), Kieran T. Sullivan and Dalia Goldschmidt
The uncertain domain of resistance to change, Ben A. Williams and Matthew C. Bell
Submissions from 1999
Pavlovian contingencies and resistance to change in multiple schedules of reinforcement, Matthew C. Bell
Discriminating memories for actual and imagined taste experiences: A reality monitoring approach, Tracey L. Kahan, Raania Mohsen, Jeanette Tandez, and Jennifer McDonald
A collaborative relationship between professional psychology and the Roman Catholic Church: A case example and suggested principles for success, Thomas G. Plante
Sexual abuse committed by Roman Catholic priests: Current status, future objectives., Thomas G. Plante
Ten strategies for psychology trainees and practicing psychologists interested in avoiding ethical and legal perils, Thomas G. Plante
What do we know about Roman Catholic priests who sexually abuse minors?, Thomas G. Plante
The contribution of perceived fitness to physiological and self reported responses to laboratory stress, Thomas G. Plante, Lisay Chizmar, and David Owen
Further validation for the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire, Thomas G. Plante, Scott Yancey, Allen Sherman, Mira Guertin, and Dustin Pardini
Effects of exogenous melatonin on sleep quality in healthy college students, Daniel A. Rose, Jeri L. Chase, Emily S. Blajez, and Tracey L. Kahan
Assessing religious faith in medical patients: Cross-validation of the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire, Allen C. Sherman, Thomas G. Plante, Stephanie Simonton, Dawn C. Adams, S. Kaay Burris, and Casey Harbison
Effect of a defining feature on negative priming across the life span, Patricia M. Simone and Eileen B. Mccormick
