STUDENT RESEARCH

PUBLICATIONS 1990-Present

Department of Psychology
University of Southern Maine
Note: Articles listed in order of year of publication and first author's last name. Students names are listed in red. List is not complete.
 
The role of practice and automaticity in temporal and nontemporal dual-task performance.
Brown, S. W., and Bennett, Elizabeth D.
Psychological Research, 66, 80-89. (2002).

 
An investigation of coaches' perceptions of the causes of home advantage.
Gayton, W. F., Broida, J. and Elgee, L.
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 92, 933-936 (2001).

 
Attitudes toward the metric system 15 years later.
Gayton, W. F., Hearns, J. H., Elgee, L., and Harvey, C.
Psychological Reports, 88, 489-490. (2001).

 
Information processing in the central executive: Effects of concurrent temporal production and memory updating tasks.
Brown, S. W., and Frieh, C. Tigg
In P. Desain & L. Windsor (Eds.), Rhythm perception and production (pp. 193-196). Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger. (2000).

 
Performance-Undermining Effects of Baseball Free Agent Contracts
Sturman, Ted S., and Thibodeau, Ryan.
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Vol. 23, 23-36. (2001).

 
Hallucinogenic drug use and personal belief in paranormal phenomenon.
Garthwaite, Melissa.,Miele, Joe., and Broida, John.
Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, Vol. 3, 170-174. (1998).

 
The effect of low levels of caffeine on the Stroop Effect of Selective Attention.
Owens, Jeremy., and J. Broida.
Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research , Vol.3,  69-73. (1998). 

 
Further Validation of the Sports Spectator Identification Scale.
Gayton, William F., Coffin, Julie L., and Hearns, Joseph.
Perceptual and Motor Skills, Vol. 87, 1137-1138, (1998).

 
Peer Mentors: Building Bridges from the Dormitory to the Department in a Nontraditional College Environment
Audesse, Robin., Bournival, Lisa., Kelleher, Jacqueline., Longpr, Andrea., Niemi, Jim, Johnson, Deborah F., and Gayton, William.
Peers and Preventions, Vol 1(2)  40-44, (1997).

 
Further validation of the Vengeance scale
Hutt, Michelle J., Iverson, Heidi L., Bass, Heather., and Gayton, William F.
Psychological Reports, Vol 80 (3, Pt 1) 744-746, (1997)
Familial dysfunction but not parental alcoholism reflected in psychopathology and attachment among college students.
Conway, K. Coro, M., Waldron, B., and Broida, J.
Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, Vol. 2, 69-76. (1997).

 
Psysique contrast effect: Adverse impact of idealized body images for women.
Thornton, B., and Maurice, Jason.
Sex Roles,  Vol 37, (1997)

 
Positive attitudes towards suntanning and reported tendency to engage in lifestyle behaviors that increase risk of skin cancer.
Hanley, Jayne M., Pierce, Jessica L., and Gayton, William F.
Psychological Reports. Vol 79 (2) 417-418, (1996)

 
Continued validation of the multidimensional Perfectionism Scale.
Clavin,Sherry L., Clavin, Raymond H., Gayton , William F., and Broida, John
Psychological Reports Vol 78 (3, Pt 1) 732-734, (1996)

 
Further validation of the Psychological Maltreatment Inventory.
Swift, Erika E., and Gayton, William F.
Journal of Clinical Psychology. Vol 52 (3) 325-327, (1996)
 
The home advantage in high school basketball
Gayton, William F., and Coombs, Robert
Perceptual and Motor Skills, Vol 82(3, Pt 2) 1344-1346, (1995)

 
Temporal-signal detection and individual differences in timing
Brown, Scott W., Newcomb, Damon C., and Kahrl, Kathleen G.
Perception. Vol 24 (5) 525-538, (1995)

 
Further validation of the Indecisiveness Scale
Gayton, William F., Clavin, Raymond H.,Clavin, Sherry L., and Broida, John
Psychological Reports. Vol 75 (3, Pt 2) 1631-1634, (1994).

 
Increasing awareness of sleep hygiene in rotating shift workers: Arming law-enforcement officers against impaired performance.
Holbrook, Mark, I., White, Melinda H., and Hutt, Michelle, J.
Perception and Motor Skills, Vol, 79 (1, Pt2) Spec Issue, 520-522, (1994).

 
Psychological momentum in team sports.
Gayton, William F.,Very, Michael., and Hearns, Joseph.
Journal of Sport Behavior. Vol 16 (3) 121-123, (1993)

 
Physical attractiveness contrast effect: Implications for self-esteem and evaluations of the social self.
Thornton, B., and Moore, Scott.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol 19, 474-480, (1993).

 
The attentional rquirments of timing: Evidence of mutual interference between concurrent temporal and nontemporal tasks.
Brown, S.W., and Johansson, P.N.
Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop of Rhythm Perception and Production, In . Auxiette, . Drake, and . Gerard (Eds.), 31-36, (1992).

 
 Home advantage: Does it exist in individual sports.
Gayton, William F., and Langevin, Guy
Perceptual and Motor Skills. Vol 74 (3, Pt1) 706 (1992)

 
 Gender typing, importance of multiple roles, and mental health effects for women.
Thornton, B., and Leo, Rachel.
Sex Roles, Vol. 27, 307-317, (1992) 

 
 Eating disorder potential" Influence of sex-role typing and adherence to the superwoman idea.
Thornton, B., Leo, Rachel.,and Alberg, Kim.
Sex Roles, Vol 25, 471-486,  (1991)

 
 Adult self-esteem and locus of control as a function of familial alcoholism and dysfunction.
Werner, Laura, J.and Broida, John, P.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol 52 (3), 249-252, (1991).

 
 Locus of control and self-esteem of adult children of alcoholics.
Churchill, Janet, C.,  Broida, John, P., and Nicholson, Nancy, L.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol 51 (4), 373-376, (1990)

 
 Locus of control and self-esteem of adult children of alcoholics.
Churchill, Janet C., Broida, John P., and Nicholson, Nancy L.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol 52(4) 373-376 , (1990)