Shelia M Kennison
Biographic Data
| ID | 127635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shelia M Kennison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shelia M |
| FAMILY NAME | Kennison |
| SIGNATURE | KENNISON S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oklahoma State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9298-3152 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Gender differences in emoji use: Relationships with personality traits
Attitudes toward gender-neutral language in Spanish: Evidence from L1 Spanish speakers
Gender-neutral language is important for fostering inclusivity of gender-diverse individuals. Spanish grammar incorporates gender-based distinctions, making it challenging to achieve gender neutrality. The aim of the present research was to examine factors related to the acceptance of gender-neutral terms in Spanish. Previous research highlighted age, gender, exposure, and modern sexism's impact on gender-neutral language attitudes. No previous r…
Sensation Seeking Adjective Markers (SSAM): Development and validation of a new sensation seeking measure
The relationships among sleep quality, humor styles, and use of curse words
Humor and resilience: Relationships with happiness in young adults
Prior research has shown that more resilient individuals report higher levels of happiness. Other research also shows that those who use positive humor styles (i.e., self-enhancing and affiliative) more often and use negative humor styles (i.e., aggressive and self-defeating) less often report higher levels of happiness. Resilience research has characterized resilience as involving multiple protective factors that contribute to functioning better…
The Impact of L2 English Learners' Belief about an Interlocutor's English Proficiency on L2 Phonetic Accommodation
Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms, Perceived Stress, and Resilience in College Students
This research investigated the relationships among symptoms associated with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), perceived stress, and resilience in college students. In our study of 558 college students (175 men, 383 women), we confirmed the hypothesis that the relationship between ADHD symptoms and perceived stress is mediated by protective factors associated with resilience. The relationships were not significantly moderated by sex…
Childhood relationships with parents and attachment as predictors of resilience in young adults
Resilience researchers have shown that positive relationships function as protective factors, offsetting the negative effects of adverse life experiences. Relationships with parents may be among the most important protective factors of resilience in the development of children. Few studies have examined the extent to which childhood relationships with parents predict resilience in young adults. The present research tested the hypothesis that the …
Birth Spacing and Birth Order
Humor as social risk-taking: The relationships among humor styles, sensation-seeking, and use of curse words
The research investigated the view that using humor can be a form of social risk-taking, as the attempt at humor may not always be viewed positively by others. Prior research has shown that individuals’ levels of sensation-seeking, a personality variable related to risk-taking, was related to humor appreciation. Other research has shown that sensation-seeking also predicted the use of curse words, another form of verbal risk-taking. The present r…
Mother’s Brain Size Decrease During Pregnancy
Working Women
Analogical Transfer by Spanish–English Bilinguals: Implications for Educational and Employment Settings
The present research investigated analogical transfer during problem solving by bilinguals. In a study with 50 Spanish–English bilinguals, participants solved a target problem whose solution was similar to that of a preceding source problem. The source problem was always presented in the 2nd language; the target problem was always presented in the 1st language. The results showed that when participants understood a key structural feature shared b…
Comprehending pronouns in Chinese: Evidence for Cross-Language Differences in Referential Processing
The Roles of Semantic and Phonological Information in Word Production: Evidence from Spanish–English Bilinguals
The Role of Beliefs on Learning About Homosexuality in a College Course
The present research investigated how personal beliefs about homosexuality influence learning in a college course. We tested students in introductory psychology over material on the science of homosexuality by Simon LeVay (2010). All students reported information about their typical academic habits and the extent to which homosexuality was consistent with their beliefs and values. The results showed that students' personal beliefs were related to…
Hemispheric Differences in the Processing of Words Learned Early Versus Later in Childhood
The research investigated whether there are hemispheric differences in processing for words acquired early in childhood (early AoA) and words acquired later in childhood (late AoA). We hypothesized that because of recent evidence suggesting that there is a right hemisphere dominance in early childhood, early AoA words would be represented in the right hemisphere, and late AoA words would be represented in the left hemisphere. This hypothesis diff…
The Relationship between Personality Match and Pet Satisfaction among Dog Owners
We investigated the extent to which personality match between dog and owner is related to pet satisfaction. Prior research shows that owners relinquish dogs at a high rate, not only in the United States, but also in other countries. New procedures to match owners to future pets could reduce the problem of homeless pets. These were developed after examining the literature to determine all possible traits in dogs and conducting structured interview…
The Effect of Mortality Salience on Implicit Bias
Previous research in terror management theory has shown that when individuals are reminded of their mortality, negative evaluations of out-group members increase. This previous research has used a variety of methods to investigate the change in attitudes toward out-group members. These methods generally permit participants time to consciously reflect during responding In the present study, the authors hypothesized that reminding individuals of th…
The effect of mortality salience on weapon bias
The Role of Childhood Relationships With Older Adults in Reducing Risk-Taking by Young Adults
The research investigated whether young adults' relationships with older adults during childhood predicted their current risk-taking. We tested the hypothesis that those who experienced close, positive childhood relationships with older adults would be less likely to hold negative attitudes toward aging and be less likely to engage in risk-taking than would others. The results obtained in a study involving 473 participants confirmed the hypothesi…
Ageism and Risk-Taking in Young Adults: Evidence for a Link Between Death Anxiety and Ageism
The authors investigated the relationship between ageism and risk-taking in young adults. They hypothesized that young adults may attempt to distance themselves from their future older selves and from an awareness of their mortality by seeking out experiences that make them feel strong, energetic, and invulnerable (i.e., experiences involving risk-taking). We report a study whose results confirmed the hypothesis. Our study involved 408 undergradu…
The Role of Age of Acquisition in Bilingual Word Translation: Evidence from Spanish-English Bilinguals
Processing Differences for Anaphoric and Cataphoric Pronouns: Implications for Theories of Discourse Processing
The research demonstrated that there are differences in the processing of sentences containing anaphoric pronouns (e.g., “After Mark arrived, he used the phone.”) and cataphoric pronouns (e.g., “After he arrived, Mark used the phone.”). Reading time was measured on sentences containing 2 clauses; a pronoun appeared in 1 clause, and a proper name appeared in the other. The pronoun and name were either congruent or incongruent in gender. The result…
The Use of Verb Information in Parsing: Different Statistical Analyses Lead to Contradictory Conclusions
Comprehending Pronouns: A Role for Word-Specific Gender Stereotype Information
The Relationship between Personality Match and Pet Satisfaction among Dog Owners
We investigated the extent to which personality match between dog and owner is related to pet satisfaction. Prior research shows that owners relinquish dogs at a high rate, not only in the United States, but also in other countries. New procedures to match owners to future pets could reduce the problem of homeless pets. These were developed after examining the literature to determine all possible traits in dogs and conducting structured interview…
Comprehending referential expressions during reading: Evidence from eye tracking
Two eye‐tracking experiments investigated how referential expressions, consisting of proper names and pronouns, influence reading comprehension. Experiment 1 showed that repeated names caused elevated reading times compared to pronouns, a finding that has been called the repeated‐name penalty in studies using self‐paced reading (Gordon, Grosz, & Gilliom, 1993). Consistent with these previous studies, Experiment 1 also showed that the repeated‐nam…
The Role of Childhood Relationships With Older Adults in Reducing Risk-Taking by Young Adults
The research investigated whether young adults' relationships with older adults during childhood predicted their current risk-taking. We tested the hypothesis that those who experienced close, positive childhood relationships with older adults would be less likely to hold negative attitudes toward aging and be less likely to engage in risk-taking than would others. The results obtained in a study involving 473 participants confirmed the hypothesi…
Ageism and Risk-Taking in Young Adults: Evidence for a Link Between Death Anxiety and Ageism
The authors investigated the relationship between ageism and risk-taking in young adults. They hypothesized that young adults may attempt to distance themselves from their future older selves and from an awareness of their mortality by seeking out experiences that make them feel strong, energetic, and invulnerable (i.e., experiences involving risk-taking). We report a study whose results confirmed the hypothesis. Our study involved 408 undergradu…
The Effect of Mortality Salience on Implicit Bias
Previous research in terror management theory has shown that when individuals are reminded of their mortality, negative evaluations of out-group members increase. This previous research has used a variety of methods to investigate the change in attitudes toward out-group members. These methods generally permit participants time to consciously reflect during responding In the present study, the authors hypothesized that reminding individuals of th…
Processing Differences for Anaphoric and Cataphoric Pronouns: Implications for Theories of Discourse Processing
The research demonstrated that there are differences in the processing of sentences containing anaphoric pronouns (e.g., “After Mark arrived, he used the phone.”) and cataphoric pronouns (e.g., “After he arrived, Mark used the phone.”). Reading time was measured on sentences containing 2 clauses; a pronoun appeared in 1 clause, and a proper name appeared in the other. The pronoun and name were either congruent or incongruent in gender. The result…
Humor and resilience: Relationships with happiness in young adults
Prior research has shown that more resilient individuals report higher levels of happiness. Other research also shows that those who use positive humor styles (i.e., self-enhancing and affiliative) more often and use negative humor styles (i.e., aggressive and self-defeating) less often report higher levels of happiness. Resilience research has characterized resilience as involving multiple protective factors that contribute to functioning better…
Hemispheric Differences in the Processing of Words Learned Early Versus Later in Childhood
The research investigated whether there are hemispheric differences in processing for words acquired early in childhood (early AoA) and words acquired later in childhood (late AoA). We hypothesized that because of recent evidence suggesting that there is a right hemisphere dominance in early childhood, early AoA words would be represented in the right hemisphere, and late AoA words would be represented in the left hemisphere. This hypothesis diff…
American English Usage Frequencies for Noun Phrase and Tensed Sentence Complement-Taking Verbs
Processing Agentive By-Phrases in Complex Event and Nonevent Nominals
July 01 1999 Processing Agentive By-Phrases in Complex Event and Nonevent Nominals In Special Collection: CogNet Shelia M. Kennison Shelia M. Kennison University of Oklahoma Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Shelia M. Kennison University of Oklahoma Online Issn: 1530-9150 Print Issn: 0024-3892 © 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology1999 Linguistic Inquiry (1999) 30 (3): 502–508.…
Attitudes toward gender-neutral language in Spanish: Evidence from L1 Spanish speakers
Gender-neutral language is important for fostering inclusivity of gender-diverse individuals. Spanish grammar incorporates gender-based distinctions, making it challenging to achieve gender neutrality. The aim of the present research was to examine factors related to the acceptance of gender-neutral terms in Spanish. Previous research highlighted age, gender, exposure, and modern sexism's impact on gender-neutral language attitudes. No previous r…
The Impact of L2 English Learners' Belief about an Interlocutor's English Proficiency on L2 Phonetic Accommodation
Childhood relationships with parents and attachment as predictors of resilience in young adults
Resilience researchers have shown that positive relationships function as protective factors, offsetting the negative effects of adverse life experiences. Relationships with parents may be among the most important protective factors of resilience in the development of children. Few studies have examined the extent to which childhood relationships with parents predict resilience in young adults. The present research tested the hypothesis that the …
Humor as social risk-taking: The relationships among humor styles, sensation-seeking, and use of curse words
The research investigated the view that using humor can be a form of social risk-taking, as the attempt at humor may not always be viewed positively by others. Prior research has shown that individuals’ levels of sensation-seeking, a personality variable related to risk-taking, was related to humor appreciation. Other research has shown that sensation-seeking also predicted the use of curse words, another form of verbal risk-taking. The present r…
Comprehending pronouns in Chinese: Evidence for Cross-Language Differences in Referential Processing
The effect of mortality salience on weapon bias
The Role of Age of Acquisition in Bilingual Word Translation: Evidence from Spanish-English Bilinguals
Evidence for a Late-Occurring Effect of Phoneme Repetition During Silent Reading
Comprehending Noun Phrase Arguments and Adjuncts
Disambiguation of Segmental Dependencies by Extended Phonetic Context
This research investigated listeners' ability to recognize adjacent vowels and consonants that are conveyed in part by a common temporal cue – vowel duration. The stimuli consisted of a large sample of natural speech containing nonsense syllables made by combining four vowels that differed in inherent duration (/i/, /ε/, /i/, /e/) with two syllable-final consonants that differed in phonological voicing (/z/ and /s/), a distinction that is partial…
Comprehending referential expressions during reading: Evidence from eye tracking
Two eye‐tracking experiments investigated how referential expressions, consisting of proper names and pronouns, influence reading comprehension. Experiment 1 showed that repeated names caused elevated reading times compared to pronouns, a finding that has been called the repeated‐name penalty in studies using self‐paced reading (Gordon, Grosz, & Gilliom, 1993). Consistent with these previous studies, Experiment 1 also showed that the repeated‐nam…
American English Usage Frequencies for Noun Phrase and Tensed Sentence Complement-Taking Verbs
Processing Agentive By-Phrases in Complex Event and Nonevent Nominals
July 01 1999 Processing Agentive By-Phrases in Complex Event and Nonevent Nominals In Special Collection: CogNet Shelia M. Kennison Shelia M. Kennison University of Oklahoma Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Shelia M. Kennison University of Oklahoma Online Issn: 1530-9150 Print Issn: 0024-3892 © 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology1999 Linguistic Inquiry (1999) 30 (3): 502–508.…
Two Assessments of American Usage Frequencies for Ninety-Seven Sentence Complement-Taking Nouns
Comprehending Noun Phrase Arguments and Adjuncts
Comprehending Pronouns: A Role for Word-Specific Gender Stereotype Information
Evidence for a Late-Occurring Effect of Phoneme Repetition During Silent Reading
The Effect of Phonemic Repetition on Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution: Implications for Models of Working Memory
Processing Differences for Anaphoric and Cataphoric Pronouns: Implications for Theories of Discourse Processing
The research demonstrated that there are differences in the processing of sentences containing anaphoric pronouns (e.g., “After Mark arrived, he used the phone.”) and cataphoric pronouns (e.g., “After he arrived, Mark used the phone.”). Reading time was measured on sentences containing 2 clauses; a pronoun appeared in 1 clause, and a proper name appeared in the other. The pronoun and name were either congruent or incongruent in gender. The result…
The Use of Verb Information in Parsing: Different Statistical Analyses Lead to Contradictory Conclusions
Ageism and Risk-Taking in Young Adults: Evidence for a Link Between Death Anxiety and Ageism
The authors investigated the relationship between ageism and risk-taking in young adults. They hypothesized that young adults may attempt to distance themselves from their future older selves and from an awareness of their mortality by seeking out experiences that make them feel strong, energetic, and invulnerable (i.e., experiences involving risk-taking). We report a study whose results confirmed the hypothesis. Our study involved 408 undergradu…
The Role of Age of Acquisition in Bilingual Word Translation: Evidence from Spanish-English Bilinguals
The Effect of Mortality Salience on Implicit Bias
Previous research in terror management theory has shown that when individuals are reminded of their mortality, negative evaluations of out-group members increase. This previous research has used a variety of methods to investigate the change in attitudes toward out-group members. These methods generally permit participants time to consciously reflect during responding In the present study, the authors hypothesized that reminding individuals of th…
The effect of mortality salience on weapon bias
The Role of Childhood Relationships With Older Adults in Reducing Risk-Taking by Young Adults
The research investigated whether young adults' relationships with older adults during childhood predicted their current risk-taking. We tested the hypothesis that those who experienced close, positive childhood relationships with older adults would be less likely to hold negative attitudes toward aging and be less likely to engage in risk-taking than would others. The results obtained in a study involving 473 participants confirmed the hypothesi…
Hemispheric Differences in the Processing of Words Learned Early Versus Later in Childhood
The research investigated whether there are hemispheric differences in processing for words acquired early in childhood (early AoA) and words acquired later in childhood (late AoA). We hypothesized that because of recent evidence suggesting that there is a right hemisphere dominance in early childhood, early AoA words would be represented in the right hemisphere, and late AoA words would be represented in the left hemisphere. This hypothesis diff…
The Relationship between Personality Match and Pet Satisfaction among Dog Owners
We investigated the extent to which personality match between dog and owner is related to pet satisfaction. Prior research shows that owners relinquish dogs at a high rate, not only in the United States, but also in other countries. New procedures to match owners to future pets could reduce the problem of homeless pets. These were developed after examining the literature to determine all possible traits in dogs and conducting structured interview…
The Roles of Semantic and Phonological Information in Word Production: Evidence from Spanish–English Bilinguals
The Role of Beliefs on Learning About Homosexuality in a College Course
The present research investigated how personal beliefs about homosexuality influence learning in a college course. We tested students in introductory psychology over material on the science of homosexuality by Simon LeVay (2010). All students reported information about their typical academic habits and the extent to which homosexuality was consistent with their beliefs and values. The results showed that students' personal beliefs were related to…
Comprehending pronouns in Chinese: Evidence for Cross-Language Differences in Referential Processing
Analogical Transfer by Spanish–English Bilinguals: Implications for Educational and Employment Settings
The present research investigated analogical transfer during problem solving by bilinguals. In a study with 50 Spanish–English bilinguals, participants solved a target problem whose solution was similar to that of a preceding source problem. The source problem was always presented in the 2nd language; the target problem was always presented in the 1st language. The results showed that when participants understood a key structural feature shared b…
Mother’s Brain Size Decrease During Pregnancy
Working Women
Birth Spacing and Birth Order
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