Names of past or present team members are in bold font.
Vaughn, L. A., & Ruddy, G. (2024, February). Judged usefulness of promotion and prevention focus in culturally tighter and looser “pink moon” worlds. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Brody, R., Filbert, D., Lilley, E., Olsen, R., DeVett, I., Lill, G., Finn, D., Kelley, C., Dunn, S., Farber, M., Grossman, H., & Vaughn, L. A. (2023, October). State-level cultural tightness and perceived usefulness of promotion and prevention focus. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Northeastern Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.
Kelley, C., Dairinn Finn, D., DeVett, I., Lill, G., Filbert, D., Dunn, S., Brody, R., Grossman, H., Lilley, E., Farber, M., Olsen, R. & Vaughn, L. A. (2023, October). Neighborhoods and companies: Which regulatory focus fits looser or tighter cultural contexts? Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Northeastern Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.
Lill, G., Dunn, S., Grossman, H., Farber, M., Brody, R., Filbert, D., Lilley, E., Olsen, R., Finn, D., DeVett, I., Kelley, C., & Vaughn, L. A. (2023, October). Imaging usefulness of promotion and prevention focus in tighter and looser worlds. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Northeastern Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.
DeVett, I., Kimerling, A., Chun, D., Schroeder, A., Guarino, N., Ibarra, V., Konatsotis, J., Dunn, S., Ruddy, G., Olsen, R., Mosely, E., Grossman, H., Lilley, E., & Vaughn, L. A. (2023, March). How believing the pandemic is over relates to desire for cultural tightness. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Dunn, S., Ruddy, G., Ibarra, V., Mosely, E., Schroeder, A., Chun, D., DeVett, I., Olsen, R., Grossman, H., Kimerling, A., Konatsotis, J., Guarino, N., Lilley, E., & Vaughn, L. A. (2023, March). When "have to" motivation seems more useful than "want to" motivation. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Grossman, H., Olsen, R., Guarino, N., Konatsotis, J., Kimerling, A., Ibarra, V., Mosely, E., DeVett, I., Dunn, S., Ruddy, G., Schroeder, A., Chun, D., Lilley, E., & Vaughn, L. A. (2023, March). Which seems more useful for task performance: Thinking about gains or nonlosses? Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Vaughn, L. A., Chun, D., & Ruddy, G. (2023, February). Beliefs about the power of positive thinking. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Ruddy, G., Konatsotis, J., Guarino, N., Ibarra, V., Tice, J., Farrar, M., Feeley, E., Chun, D., Schroeder, A., Knapp, S., & Vaughn, L. A. (2022, October). How do people get themselves in the right frame of mind to be creative or careful? Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Northeastern Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.
Schroeder, A., Chun, D., Knapp, S., Feeley, E., Farrar, M., Ibarra, V., Konatsotis, J., Ruddy, G., Tice, J., Guarino, N., & Vaughn, L. A. (2022, October). How useful is high self-esteem for various tasks? Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Northeastern Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.
Feeley, E., Ibarra, V., Schroeder, A., Olsen, R., Loyko, A., Newkirk, M., Konatsotis, J., Chun, D., Tice, J., Knapp, S., & Vaughn, L. A. (2022, March). Relationships between regulatory focus and seeing anyone face-to-face on Thanksgiving, 2020. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Newkirk, M., Chun, D., Knapp, S., Schroeder, A., Konatsotis, J., Olsen, R., Tice, J., Loyko, A., Ibarra, V., Feeley, E., & Vaughn, L. A. (2022, March). How regulatory focus in April 2021 related to expectations about that summer. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Tice, J., Konatsotis, J., Loyko, A., Ibarra, V., Knapp, S., Chun, D., Schroeder, A., Feeley, E., Newkirk, M., Olsen, R., & Vaughn, L. A. (2022, March). Relationships between regulatory focus and psychological need satisfaction on Thanksgiving 2020. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Vaughn, L. A., Burkins, P. G., Chalachan, R. D., Judd, J. K., Garvey, C. A., & Luginsland, J. W. (2021, February). Feeling socially connected and focusing on growth: Relationships with well-being during a major holiday in the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster session presented in person at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Francisco, CA.
Amidon, M., Rodriguez, L., Barrett, C., Newkirk, M., Burkins, P., Chalachan, R., Nance, E., Tice, J., Matyi, O., Garvey, C., Judd, J., Walsh, B., & Vaughn, L. A. (2021, March). Attention to physical feelings, biology, body, and health in responding to COVID-19. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, online.
Chalachan, R., Nance, E., Tice, J., Burkins, P., Judd, J., Walsh, B., Newkirk, M., Amidon, M., Matyi, O., Barrett, C., Garvey, C., Rodriguez, L., & Vaughn, L. A. (2021, March). Attention to motion and home in responding to COVID-19: A linguistic analysis. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, online.
Walsh, B., Judd, J., Garvey, C., Matyi, O., Rodriguez, L., Amidon, M., Chalachan, R., Burkins, P., Barrett, C., Tice, J., Newkirk, M., Nance, E., & Vaughn, L. A. (2021, March). Attention to social processes in responding to COVID-19: A linguistic analysis. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, online.
Judd, J., Burkins, P., & Vaughn, L. A. (2021, February). The language of regulatory focus. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, online. https://osf.io/hwk9t/
Vaughn, L. A., Chalachan, R., & Garvey, C. (2021, February). Need support and regulatory focus in responding to COVID-19. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, online. https://osf.io/afu6k/
Burkins, T., Ramcharan, J., Judd, J., Lambert, R., Walsh, B., Nance, E., Koppikar, V., Ochiagha, J. & Vaughn, L. A. (2020, March). Self-exploration experiences provide more support for fundamental psychological needs than self-control experiences. Poster session for the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. (This poster was accepted but the conference was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.)
Walsh, B., Nance, E., Lambert, R., Koppikar, V., Ramcharan, J., Judd, J., Burkins, T., Ochiagha, J., & Vaughn, L. A. (2020, March). People believe optimism is better for pursuing self-exploration than for pursuing self-control Poster session for the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. (This poster was accepted but the conference was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.)
Flock, C., Stanford, S., Fisk, N., Coons, A., Lamoureux, S., & Vaughn, L. A. (2019, March). The language of self-exploration and self-control in key life scenes. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Lamoureux, S., Fisk, N., Coons, A., Stanford, S., Flock, C., & Vaughn, L. A. (2019, March). Self-exploration, self-control, and support of fundamental psychological needs. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Schmelkin, A., Levine, C., Zisa, F., Dorazio, S., Walters, A., Coons, A., Stanford, S., & Vaughn, L.A. (2018, March). The needs-based model of reconciliation: Do effects reproduce with culturally relevant scenarios? Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Walters, A., Coons, A., Stanford, S., Levine, C., Zisa, F., Dorazio, S., Schmelkin, A., & Vaughn, L.A. (2018, March). Enjoyment and usefulness of learning about one’s highest and lowest character strengths. Poster session presented at the Annual Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Dorazio, S., Liddick, N., Howard, I., Leon, X., Alvarez, G., & Vaughn, L. A. (2017, March). Meaning in life during stressful times. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Howard, I., Alvarez, G., Leon, X., Liddick, N., Dorazio, S., & Vaughn, L. A. (2017, March). When American college students contemplate their eventual death, how pro-U.S. are they? Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Vaughn, L. A., & Hayden, E. (2016, January). Psychological need support and self-compassion as predictors of self-compassion. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Hayden, E., Kambe, K., Paquette, H., Hill, C., Herrmann, P., Kane-Gerard, A., & Vaughn, L. A. (2015, March). The interaction of age and number of siblings predicts social value orientation. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Herrmann, P., Hill, C., Kane-Gerard, A., Paquette, H., Kambe, K., Hayden, E., & Vaughn, L. A. (2015, March). The local-ladder effect on subjective well-being in an undergraduate psychology sample. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Vaughn, L. A., Hill, C., & Mooney, K. (2015, February). Evidence of fit between promotion and autonomous orientations and prevention and controlled orientations. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
Towle, S., Herrmann, P., Hill, C., Vega, K., Udokwu, C., Grandel, E., Mooney, E., Carey, B., Savage, S., & Vaughn, L. A. (March, 2014). Did Washington or Bin Laden say it? Quote attribution is still relevant. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Udokwu, C., Grandel, G., Carey, B., Towle, S., Mooney, K., Vega, K., Hill, C., Savage, S., Herrmann, P., & Vaughn, L. A. (March, 2014). Imagined contact with Muslims can increase intentions for contact in the US. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Vega, K., Mooney, K., Savage, S., Grandel, E., Towle, S., Udokwu, C., Carey, B., Herrmann, P., Hill, C., & Vaughn, L. A. (March, 2014). The effect of motivational orientations on self-compassion and psychological vitality. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Bevan, J., Velte, A., Vega, K., Grandel, E., Gehris, M., Carey, B., Held, J., & Vaughn, L. A. (2013, March). How global versus local processing affects self-compassion. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Gehris, M., Held, J., Carey, B., Velte, A., Vega, K., Bevan, J., Grandel, E., & Vaughn, L. A. (2013, March). Regulatory focus and sensation seeking. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Vaughn, L. A., Dubovi, A., & Niño, N. P. (2013, January). Mindfulness moderates the effects of processing fluency on continuing tasks for enjoyment. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Manganiello, A., Bloss, A., Heisler, B., Stein, K., Smaletz, V., & Vaughn, L. A. (2012, March). Mindfulness and emotional intelligence as predictors of conscientiousness. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Smaletz, V., Stein, K., Bloss, A., Manganiello, A., Heisler, B., & Vaughn, L. A. (2012, March). The effect of regulatory focus on the motivational importance of dreams. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
Vaughn, L. A., O’Malley, E., Dubovi, A., Saldo, M., Ellenberger, A., & Manganiello, A. (2012, January). “That Riley”: Regulatory fit, metacognition, and target likeability interact to affect impression formation. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Ellsworth, R., Maschinski, Ellenberger, A., Manganiello, A., Saldo, M., Dubovi, A., Niño, N. P., Aspis, R., & Vaughn, L. A. (2011, March). “That Riley...”: How personal relevance and regulatory fit affect impression formation. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Cambridge, MA.
Niño, N. P., Dubovi, A., Saldo, M., Aspis, R., Ellsworth, R., Manganiello, A., Maschinski, C., Ellenberger, A., & Vaughn, L. A. (2011, March). Risky business: Imagined legitimacy of group power affects perceived advantage of risks. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Cambridge, MA.
Vaughn, L. A., Lormand, M., Ellsworth, R., Childs, K., Maschinski, C., Swan, S., Niño, N. P., Spirer, G., & O’Malley, E. (2011, January). Dreams are more important than conscious thoughts when in a promotion focus. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Lormand, M., Ellsworth, R., Childs, K., Maschinski, C., Swan, S., Niño, N. P., Spirer, G., O’Malley, E., & Vaughn, L. A. (2010, March). When dreams are more important than waking thoughts: The role of regulatory focus. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Swan, S., O’Malley, E., Spirer, G., Niño, N. P., Ellsworth, R., Lormand, M., Maschinski, C., Childs, K., & Vaughn, L. A. (2010, March). Optimism, mindfulness, promotion pride and prevention pride as predictors of subjective well-being. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Vaughn, L. A., Harkness, A. R., & Clark, E. K. (2009, February). When thinking about an acquaintance feels right: The effect of regulatory fit on trust. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Ball, M., Jackson, S., Meltzer, R., June, E., Ramirez, R., Gagne, E., Ozses, M., Harris, T., Spirer, G., Harkness, A., Clark, E., Schlessinger, L., & Vaughn, L. A. (2008, March). The Big Five as predictors of dispositional regulatory focus: Different relationships with different measures of regulatory focus. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Clark, E., Harris, T., Gagne, E., Ozses, M., June, E., Meltzer, R., Ramirez, R., Jackson, S., Spirer, G., Schlessinger, L., Ball, M., Harkness, A., & Vaughn, L. A. (2008, March). Discomfort with ambiguity and endorsement of entity theory. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA. Winner – Psi Chi Regional Research Award.
Harkness, A., Spirer, G., Ramirez, R., Schlessinger, L., Clark, E., June, E., Ball, M., Gagne, E., Ozses, M., Jackson, S., Meltzer, R., Harris, T., & Vaughn, L. A. (2008, March). When thinking about a person feels right: The effect of regulatory fit on trust. Poster presented at the 2008 Eastern Psychological Association in Boston, MA.
Vaughn, L. A., Baumann, J., Klemann, C., Weber, A., & Abshere, E. (2008, February). Mood and the concerns that direct one’s goal pursuit: Evidence of value from regulatory fit. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
Baum, N., Schlessinger, L., Rodgers, J., Nuzzetti, J., Ozses, B., Dosch, C., Weber, A., Klemann, C.,Baumann, J., Flynn, C., Abshere, E., & Vaughn, L. A. (2007, March). Regulatory focus and Openness to Experience. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Baumann, J., Klemann, C., Abshere, E., Weber, A., Nuzzetti, J., Dosch, C., Rodgers, J., Schlessinger, L., Flynn, C., Baum, N., Ozses, B., & Vaughn, L. A. (2007, March). Mood and regulatory focus: Evidence of value from fit. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Winner – Psi Chi Regional Research Award.
Flynn, C., Ozses, B., Dosch, C., Klemann, C., Baum, N., Abshere, E., Weber, A., Schlessinger, L., Rodgers, J., Nuzzetti, J., Baumann, J., & Vaughn, L. A. (2007, March). Processing fluency and mental transportation via narratives. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Vaughn, L. A., Petkova, Z., Trudeau, L., Hesse, S., McCaffrey, N., Smith, B., & Candeloro, L. (2007, January). Processing fluency and mental transportation via narratives: Effects of accessibility, regulatory fit, and font clarity. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Vaughn, L. A., Schwartz, S., Malik, J., Petkova, Z., Trudeau, L., & Graber, L. (2006, January). Regulatory fit feelings as input for stop rules. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Vaughn, L. A., O’Rourke, T., Schwartz, S., Malik, J., Petkova, Z., Trudeau, L., & Yogeeswaran, K. (2005, January). When feeling wrong helps you make your judgments right: Regulatory fit and correction of judgments. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Vaughn, L. A., O’Rourke, T., & Schwartz, S. (2004, May). Value transfer from regulatory nonfit motivates correction of judgments. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.