B Ann Bettencourt
Biographic Data
| ID | 171872 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B Ann Bettencourt |
| GIVEN NAMES | B Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Bettencourt |
| SIGNATURE | BETTENCOURT B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3319-5927 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 310 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Establishing the Cross‐Cultural Validity of the Immune Status Questionnaire Using Rasch Analysis
Reliable assessment of self‐reported immune function is essential for identifying at‐risk populations, monitoring public health interventions and informing global health strategies. Yet, current instruments are imprecise and lack cross‐cultural validity. This study aimed to assess the cross‐cultural validity of the 7‐item Immune Status Questionnaire (ISQ). The Partial Credit Rasch model was applied to analyse responses to the ISQ ( N = 1250) from…
The Impact of Awe on Existential Isolation: Evidence for Contrasting Pathways
We propose that awe has multifaceted relations with existential isolation, a feeling of separation between the self and others or the world. Three studies examined the relation between awe and existential isolation via feelings of small self (vastness, self-size, self-perspectives) and a sense of connectedness. Awe (vs. a control topic) was induced either using virtual reality (Study 1) or a recall task (Studies 2 and 3) and was indirectly associ…
Evaluating depression anxiety and stress assessment before and during the Covid ‐19 pandemic using generalisability theory
The current study investigated the assessment of depression, anxiety, and stress during normal and COVID‐19 pandemic conditions. Generalisability theory (G‐theory) was applied to examine stable and dynamic aspects of psychological distress and the overall reliability of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS‐21), using data from two independent samples collected on three occasions with 2‐ to 4‐week intervals. The US data ( n = 115) was c…
Trait Mindfulness Decouples the Association Between System Justification and Racial Outgroup Attitudes
Mindfulness and intergroup bias: A systematic review
People’s proclivity for favoring their ingroups over outgroups has negative consequences for individuals, groups, and societies. Social psychologists have explored a variety of techniques to reduce these intergroup biases. Emerging research suggests that mindfulness may be effective for this purpose. Mindfulness is defined as present-moment attention and awareness with an accepting attitude, and it is often cultivated through meditation. Our syst…
Negatively valenced expectancy violation predicts emotionality: A longitudinal analysis
We hypothesized that negatively valenced expectancy violations about the quality of 1's life would predict negative emotionality. We tested this hypothesis in a 4-wave longitudinal study of breast cancer survivors. The findings showed that higher levels of negatively valenced expectancy violation, at earlier time points, were associated with greater negative emotionality, at later time points. Implications of the findings are discussed. (PsycINFO…
Personality and aggressive behavior under provoking and neutral conditions: A meta-analytic review
The authors conducted a comprehensive review to understand the relation between personality and aggressive behavior, under provoking and nonprovoking conditions. The qualitative review revealed that some personality variables influenced aggressive behavior under both neutral and provocation conditions, whereas others influenced aggressive behavior only under provocation. Studies that assessed personality variables and that directly measured aggre…
Numerical representation and cross-cut role assignments: Majority members’ responses under cooperative interaction
Psychological need‐satisfaction and subjective well‐being within social groups
Five candidate measures of psychological need‐satisfaction were evaluated as predictors of high positive and low negative mood within the group, intrinsic motivation for group activities, and high commitment to the group. Consistent with self‐determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1991), personal autonomy and interpersonal relatedness both predicted positive outcomes. Consistent with optimal distinctiveness theory (Brewer, 1991), feeling included wit…
Introduction of the 2000 Kurt Lewin Memorial Award Recipient, Norman Miller
Social roles as mechanism for psychological need satisfaction within social groups
The authors explored ways in which needs for autonomy and relatedness can be simultaneously met within the context of group life. Specifically, it was hypothesized that social role performances provide means of both expressing the self and connecting with group members. Consistent with the assumption that autonomy and relatedness are complementary rather than conflictual, these needs were positively correlated in all 5 studies. Consistent with th…
Status differences and in-group bias: A meta-analytic examination of the effects of status stability, status legitimacy, and group permeability
This work examines the moderating effects of status stability, legitimacy, and group permeability on in-group bias among high- and low-status groups. These effects were examined separately for evaluative measures that were relevant as well as irrelevant to the salient status distinctions. The results support social identity theory and show that high-status groups are more biased. The meta-analysis reveals that perceived status stability, legitima…
Benefits of Allocentrism for the Subjective Well-Being of African Americans
This study examines the relationship between allocentrism and subjective well-being among African Americans and European Americans. In addition, for these groups we tested the relationship between idiocentrism and subjective well-being. Eighty-four African Americans and 122 European Americans completed measures of allocentrism, idiocentrism, self-esteem, extraversion, life satisfaction, and general positive affect. The results show that the relat…
The cognitive contents of social‐group identity: Values, emotions, and relationships
The cognitive contents of social-group identity: Values, emotions, and relationships
This paper investigates whether persons' cognitive representations of valued group identities differ in content from their representations of their personal identity. The results showed differences between participants' qualitative descriptions of their group identities and their personal identities. Values, emotions, and personal relationships were more often listed in group identity representations than in personal identity representations. Cop…
The Importance of Status Legitimacy for Intergroup Attitudes Among Numerical Minorities
This study investigated whether the legitimacy of the status structure influences the interactive effects of group status and numerical representation on intergroup attitudes. Participants were randomly assigned to conditions in a 2 (level of status; high, low) by 2 (legitimacy of status; legitimate, illegitimate) by 2 (numerical representation; majority, minority) between‐subjects design. The predicted three‐way interaction indicated that, when …
A meta-analysis of aggression in the presence of violent cues: Effects of gender differences and aversive provocation
Meta-analytically examines experimental studies that include violent cues in the setting and assesses the effects of aversive provocation on gender differences in aggression. The results show that when violent cues are present, men are more aggressive than women under neutral unprovoked conditions. However, when they are exposed to both violent cues and aversive provocation, men and women are equally aggressive. Differences in individual reactivi…
Evaluations of Ingroup and Outgroup Members: The Role of Category-Based Expectancy Violation
Numerical Representation of Groups in Cooperative Settings: Social Orientation Effects on Ingroup Bias
Grassroots Organizations: Recurrent Themes and Research Approaches
This concluding article outlines the themes related to successful grassroots organizing that were recurrent in the other articles of this journal issue. These themes include group dynamics, characteristics of grassroots activists, intergroup coalitions, leadership and other resources, and the role of technology. In addition, this paper highlights suggestions for methodological approaches to the study of grassroots organizing. Finally, practical i…
The Intragroup Dynamics of Maintaining a Successful Grassroots Organization: A Case Study
We suggest that key components of intragroup dynamics, including coordination, motivation, and group identification, are important for determining whether a grassroots group will function well, maintain itself over time, and regularly achieve “successes” as defined by the group. These processes were examined in a case study of a grassroots peace organization. The evaluation was carried out via an interview with the director and a survey of the gr…
Gender differences in aggression as a function of provocation: A meta-analysis
In this article, we meta-analytically examine experimental studies to assess the moderating effect of provocation on gender differences in aggression. Convergent evidence shows that, whereas unprovoked men are more aggressive than women, provocation markedly attenuates this gender difference. Gender differences in appraisals of provocation intensity and fear of danger from retaliation (but not negative affect) partially mediate the attenuating ef…
Putting to rest some old notions about social science
Putting to rest some old notions about social science
Psychology Graduate Students as Research Mentors of Undergraduates: A National Survey
A survey of graduate chairpersons in psychology about the prevalence and value of mentoring relationships between psychology graduate and undergraduate students was conducted. Surveys were mailed to 235 chairpersons at colleges and universities, with 130 (55%) surveys returned. The results indicate that formal mentoring programs were rare (6%); however, a substantial percentage of respondents (75%) reported that graduate students interact informa…
Status differences and in-group bias: A meta-analytic examination of the effects of status stability, status legitimacy, and group permeability
This work examines the moderating effects of status stability, legitimacy, and group permeability on in-group bias among high- and low-status groups. These effects were examined separately for evaluative measures that were relevant as well as irrelevant to the salient status distinctions. The results support social identity theory and show that high-status groups are more biased. The meta-analysis reveals that perceived status stability, legitima…
Gender differences in aggression as a function of provocation: A meta-analysis
In this article, we meta-analytically examine experimental studies to assess the moderating effect of provocation on gender differences in aggression. Convergent evidence shows that, whereas unprovoked men are more aggressive than women, provocation markedly attenuates this gender difference. Gender differences in appraisals of provocation intensity and fear of danger from retaliation (but not negative affect) partially mediate the attenuating ef…
Cooperation and the reduction of intergroup bias: The role of reward structure and social orientation
Evaluations of Ingroup and Outgroup Members: The Role of Category-Based Expectancy Violation
Numerical Representation of Groups in Cooperative Settings: Social Orientation Effects on Ingroup Bias
Social roles as mechanism for psychological need satisfaction within social groups
The authors explored ways in which needs for autonomy and relatedness can be simultaneously met within the context of group life. Specifically, it was hypothesized that social role performances provide means of both expressing the self and connecting with group members. Consistent with the assumption that autonomy and relatedness are complementary rather than conflictual, these needs were positively correlated in all 5 studies. Consistent with th…
Grassroots Organizations: Recurrent Themes and Research Approaches
This concluding article outlines the themes related to successful grassroots organizing that were recurrent in the other articles of this journal issue. These themes include group dynamics, characteristics of grassroots activists, intergroup coalitions, leadership and other resources, and the role of technology. In addition, this paper highlights suggestions for methodological approaches to the study of grassroots organizing. Finally, practical i…
The Intragroup Dynamics of Maintaining a Successful Grassroots Organization: A Case Study
We suggest that key components of intragroup dynamics, including coordination, motivation, and group identification, are important for determining whether a grassroots group will function well, maintain itself over time, and regularly achieve “successes” as defined by the group. These processes were examined in a case study of a grassroots peace organization. The evaluation was carried out via an interview with the director and a survey of the gr…
Benefits of Allocentrism for the Subjective Well-Being of African Americans
This study examines the relationship between allocentrism and subjective well-being among African Americans and European Americans. In addition, for these groups we tested the relationship between idiocentrism and subjective well-being. Eighty-four African Americans and 122 European Americans completed measures of allocentrism, idiocentrism, self-esteem, extraversion, life satisfaction, and general positive affect. The results show that the relat…
The Importance of Status Legitimacy for Intergroup Attitudes Among Numerical Minorities
This study investigated whether the legitimacy of the status structure influences the interactive effects of group status and numerical representation on intergroup attitudes. Participants were randomly assigned to conditions in a 2 (level of status; high, low) by 2 (legitimacy of status; legitimate, illegitimate) by 2 (numerical representation; majority, minority) between‐subjects design. The predicted three‐way interaction indicated that, when …
An evaluation of the American Lung Association's home video smoking cessation program
One hundred and one participants received In Control: A Home Video Freedom from Smoking Program. Of 53 completing self-treatment, 31 were verified by CO testing as abstinent one month after completion. Twenty-one per cent of the sample (40 per cent of those completing treatment) had not smoked in the past three months prior to 12 month follow-up and 16 per cent of the total sample (30 per cent of those completing treatment) had not smoked at all …
Cooperation and the reduction of intergroup bias: The role of reward structure and social orientation
Psychology Graduate Students as Research Mentors of Undergraduates: A National Survey
A survey of graduate chairpersons in psychology about the prevalence and value of mentoring relationships between psychology graduate and undergraduate students was conducted. Surveys were mailed to 235 chairpersons at colleges and universities, with 130 (55%) surveys returned. The results indicate that formal mentoring programs were rare (6%); however, a substantial percentage of respondents (75%) reported that graduate students interact informa…
Putting to rest some old notions about social science
Putting to rest some old notions about social science
Grassroots Organizations: Recurrent Themes and Research Approaches
This concluding article outlines the themes related to successful grassroots organizing that were recurrent in the other articles of this journal issue. These themes include group dynamics, characteristics of grassroots activists, intergroup coalitions, leadership and other resources, and the role of technology. In addition, this paper highlights suggestions for methodological approaches to the study of grassroots organizing. Finally, practical i…
The Intragroup Dynamics of Maintaining a Successful Grassroots Organization: A Case Study
We suggest that key components of intragroup dynamics, including coordination, motivation, and group identification, are important for determining whether a grassroots group will function well, maintain itself over time, and regularly achieve “successes” as defined by the group. These processes were examined in a case study of a grassroots peace organization. The evaluation was carried out via an interview with the director and a survey of the gr…
Gender differences in aggression as a function of provocation: A meta-analysis
In this article, we meta-analytically examine experimental studies to assess the moderating effect of provocation on gender differences in aggression. Convergent evidence shows that, whereas unprovoked men are more aggressive than women, provocation markedly attenuates this gender difference. Gender differences in appraisals of provocation intensity and fear of danger from retaliation (but not negative affect) partially mediate the attenuating ef…
A meta-analysis of aggression in the presence of violent cues: Effects of gender differences and aversive provocation
Meta-analytically examines experimental studies that include violent cues in the setting and assesses the effects of aversive provocation on gender differences in aggression. The results show that when violent cues are present, men are more aggressive than women under neutral unprovoked conditions. However, when they are exposed to both violent cues and aversive provocation, men and women are equally aggressive. Differences in individual reactivi…
Evaluations of Ingroup and Outgroup Members: The Role of Category-Based Expectancy Violation
Numerical Representation of Groups in Cooperative Settings: Social Orientation Effects on Ingroup Bias
The Importance of Status Legitimacy for Intergroup Attitudes Among Numerical Minorities
This study investigated whether the legitimacy of the status structure influences the interactive effects of group status and numerical representation on intergroup attitudes. Participants were randomly assigned to conditions in a 2 (level of status; high, low) by 2 (legitimacy of status; legitimate, illegitimate) by 2 (numerical representation; majority, minority) between‐subjects design. The predicted three‐way interaction indicated that, when …
The cognitive contents of social‐group identity: Values, emotions, and relationships
The cognitive contents of social-group identity: Values, emotions, and relationships
This paper investigates whether persons' cognitive representations of valued group identities differ in content from their representations of their personal identity. The results showed differences between participants' qualitative descriptions of their group identities and their personal identities. Values, emotions, and personal relationships were more often listed in group identity representations than in personal identity representations. Cop…
Benefits of Allocentrism for the Subjective Well-Being of African Americans
This study examines the relationship between allocentrism and subjective well-being among African Americans and European Americans. In addition, for these groups we tested the relationship between idiocentrism and subjective well-being. Eighty-four African Americans and 122 European Americans completed measures of allocentrism, idiocentrism, self-esteem, extraversion, life satisfaction, and general positive affect. The results show that the relat…
Social roles as mechanism for psychological need satisfaction within social groups
The authors explored ways in which needs for autonomy and relatedness can be simultaneously met within the context of group life. Specifically, it was hypothesized that social role performances provide means of both expressing the self and connecting with group members. Consistent with the assumption that autonomy and relatedness are complementary rather than conflictual, these needs were positively correlated in all 5 studies. Consistent with th…
Status differences and in-group bias: A meta-analytic examination of the effects of status stability, status legitimacy, and group permeability
This work examines the moderating effects of status stability, legitimacy, and group permeability on in-group bias among high- and low-status groups. These effects were examined separately for evaluative measures that were relevant as well as irrelevant to the salient status distinctions. The results support social identity theory and show that high-status groups are more biased. The meta-analysis reveals that perceived status stability, legitima…
Psychological need‐satisfaction and subjective well‐being within social groups
Five candidate measures of psychological need‐satisfaction were evaluated as predictors of high positive and low negative mood within the group, intrinsic motivation for group activities, and high commitment to the group. Consistent with self‐determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1991), personal autonomy and interpersonal relatedness both predicted positive outcomes. Consistent with optimal distinctiveness theory (Brewer, 1991), feeling included wit…
Introduction of the 2000 Kurt Lewin Memorial Award Recipient, Norman Miller
Personality and aggressive behavior under provoking and neutral conditions: A meta-analytic review
The authors conducted a comprehensive review to understand the relation between personality and aggressive behavior, under provoking and nonprovoking conditions. The qualitative review revealed that some personality variables influenced aggressive behavior under both neutral and provocation conditions, whereas others influenced aggressive behavior only under provocation. Studies that assessed personality variables and that directly measured aggre…
Numerical representation and cross-cut role assignments: Majority members’ responses under cooperative interaction
Negatively valenced expectancy violation predicts emotionality: A longitudinal analysis
We hypothesized that negatively valenced expectancy violations about the quality of 1's life would predict negative emotionality. We tested this hypothesis in a 4-wave longitudinal study of breast cancer survivors. The findings showed that higher levels of negatively valenced expectancy violation, at earlier time points, were associated with greater negative emotionality, at later time points. Implications of the findings are discussed. (PsycINFO…
Mindfulness and intergroup bias: A systematic review
People’s proclivity for favoring their ingroups over outgroups has negative consequences for individuals, groups, and societies. Social psychologists have explored a variety of techniques to reduce these intergroup biases. Emerging research suggests that mindfulness may be effective for this purpose. Mindfulness is defined as present-moment attention and awareness with an accepting attitude, and it is often cultivated through meditation. Our syst…
Evaluating depression anxiety and stress assessment before and during the Covid ‐19 pandemic using generalisability theory
The current study investigated the assessment of depression, anxiety, and stress during normal and COVID‐19 pandemic conditions. Generalisability theory (G‐theory) was applied to examine stable and dynamic aspects of psychological distress and the overall reliability of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS‐21), using data from two independent samples collected on three occasions with 2‐ to 4‐week intervals. The US data ( n = 115) was c…
Trait Mindfulness Decouples the Association Between System Justification and Racial Outgroup Attitudes
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