Anne D. Herlache
Social Scientist | Presidential Management Fellow
PROJECTS
On this page you can find an up-to-date list of my research projects. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me!
Mindfulness and Perceptions of Environmental Impacts
When a mindful state is induced, are people more open to noticing potential negative environmental impacts? If so, are they also more open to attempting to ameloriate those impacts? (Ongoing study)
Group Identity, Injunctive Norms, and Pro-environmental Behavior
When people are prompted to think in terms of their social group, how are their social injunctive norms impacted? What role do group identification and injunctive norms play in volunteer behavior? (Ongoing study)
Paranoia and Relational Aggression
When people who are prone to paranoid thinking are in a demanding situation, are they more likely to aggress against someone near them? (Manuscipt in preparation)
Art credit to: Nami-Tsuki
The Narcissism Spectrum Model: A Synthetic View of Narcissistic Personality
The Narcissism Spectrum Model synthesizes extensive personality, social-psychological, and clinical evidence to yield a new conceptualization of a complex trait. Click here to see the abstract from our recent paper.
Krizan, Z., & Herlache, A. D. (in press). The narcissism spectrum model: A synthetic view of Narcissistic Personality. Personality and Social Psychology Review.
Under-slept and Lashing Out: The Reciprocal Influences of Sleep and Aggression in Childhood
This paper provides novel evidence of insufficient sleep as a developmental risk-factor for aggression, underscores the reciprocal influences between sleep and aggression, and identifies at-risk populations.
Krizan, Z., Herlache, A. D., Gentile, D., & Abraham, T. (2017). Under-slept and lashing out: The reciprocal influences of sleep and aggression in childhood. (Manuscript under review.)
Sleep and Aggression
Zlatan Krizan and I have been considering the impact sleep disturbance may have on aggressive behavior. Click here to see the abstract from our recent paper.
Krizan, Z., & Herlache, A. D. (2016). Sleep disruption and aggression: Implications for violence and its prevention. Psychology of Violence, 6(4), 542-552. DOI: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.lib.iastate.edu/10.1037/vio0000018
Contingencies of Self-Worth
How do various contingencies of self-worth impact academic performance? It turns out, academic contingency of self-worth (but not competitive contingency) can circumvent the negative impact of anxiety on exam performance. Click here to see the abstract from my 2015 presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.