Joshua D Foster
Biographic Data
| ID | 3826796 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joshua D Foster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joshua D |
| FAMILY NAME | Foster |
| SIGNATURE | FOSTER J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Alabama |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6391-1627 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 201 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Excessive Overdoses Where Treatment Centers Are Concentrated: A Case Study of Orange County, California
BACKGROUND: This study examines an unusual context in which a large drug treatment community may be associated with an increase in drug overdoses, in Orange County, California. The greater availability of treatment services attracts many non-local visitors to this county, particularly from other states, leading to the overrepresentation of those who use drugs in the local population. This, in addition to a recent rise in predatory practices in co…
Silver tongues, plastic pens: Modality-dependent persuasiveness in narcissists
Perceptions of Divine Forgiveness, Religious Comfort, and Depression in Psychiatric Inpatients: A Mixed Methods Study
The clashing nature of rebelliousness: Nontraditional attitudes and counter‐normative behaviors show divergent associations with intelligence
OBJECTIVE: Prior literature indicates that nontraditional attitudes are linked to higher intelligence. However, such attitudes in adolescence often accompany counter-normative, delinquent-type behaviors, which are themselves negatively linked with intelligence. This points to the possibility of suppression in the relationship between intelligence and nontraditional attitudes. METHOD: We analyzed a large community sample of 17 year olds (N = 3330)…
Gratitude and patience moderate meaning struggles and suicidal risk in a cross‐sectional study of inpatients at a Christian psychiatric hospital
Objective Suicidal behavior is a leading cause of injury and death, so research identifying protective factors is essential. Research suggests gratitude and life hardships patience are character strengths that might protect against the deleterious association of struggles with ultimate meaning and suicide risk. However, no studies have evaluated their utility among people experiencing acute/severe mental health concerns. Method We tested the prot…
Moral injury and ICD-11 complex PTSD (CPTSD) symptoms among treatment-seeking veterans in the United Kingdom
Overall, the two sets of findings suggest the special relevance of MI among veterans who are struggling with CPTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Understanding the roles of religious comfort and strain on depressive symptoms in an inpatient psychiatric setting
Understanding the role of religion in mental illness has always been complicated as some people turn to religion to cope with their illness, whereas others turn away. The overarching purpose of this study was to draw on quantitative and qualitative information to illuminate ways in which religiousness might be associated with changes in depressive symptomatology in a spiritually integrated inpatient treatment program. This repeated measures mixed…
Meaning, perceived growth, and posttraumatic stress among teachers in El Salvador: Assessing the impact of daily spiritual experiences
Entering adulthood in a recession tempers later narcissism – But only in men
Exposure to Violence, Posttraumatic Stress, and Burnout Among Teachers in El Salvador: Testing a Mediational Model
Community violence has reached concerning proportions in El Salvador, possibly affecting all sectors of society. To date, little attention has focused on the effects of violence exposure on educators in Central American countries. This study examined the relationships between lifetime community violence exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology, and burnout in 2 independent samples of elementary and high school teachers in El …
Attachment, Continuing Bonds, and Complicated Grief Following Violent Loss: Testing a Moderated Model
There is increasing consensus that mourners' general attachment security and ongoing sense of connectedness to the deceased figure prominently in adjustment to bereavement. However, the interplay between these variables has not been investigated thoroughly. We therefore studied 195 young adults who were bereaved by violent causes (homicide, suicide, and fatal accidents) in the previous 2 years, measuring their attachment-related insecurities (anx…
What do you get when you make somebody else’s partner your own? An analysis of relationships formed via mate poaching
Need for cognition is related to higher general intelligence, fluid intelligence, and crystallized intelligence, but not working memory
It did not mean anything (about me): Cognitive dissonance theory and the cognitive and affective consequences of romantic infidelity
Perpetrating romantic infidelity is discrepant with how most individuals see themselves and theoretically should produce cognitive dissonance. Accordingly, perpetrators of infidelity should experience symptoms of dissonance (e.g. self-concept discrepancy, psychological discomfort, poor affect) and employ tactics that reduce these symptoms (e.g. trivialization). These hypotheses were tested in four experiments. In each experiment, participants wer…
Birth Cohort Increases in Narcissistic Personality Traits Among American College Students, 1982–2009
Previous research produced conflicting results on whether narcissistic personality traits have increased among American college students over the generations. Confounding by campus may explain the discrepancy. Study 1 updates a nationwide meta-analysis of college students' scores on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) and controls for campus ( k = 107; N = 49,818). In Study 2, the authors examine NPI scores among the students on one univ…
Narcissism and unprovoked aggression
It is widely accepted that narcissists become aggressive when they experience ego‐threat. However, there is surprisingly little empirical research on the relationship between narcissism and aggression. Equivocal findings suggest that aggression in narcissists either occurs only in response to provocation, or regardless of provocation. One‐hundred and thirty‐seven collegiate men completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory followed by a sham a…
Narcissists are approach-oriented toward their money and their friends
Psychopathy, aggression, and emotion processing of violent imagery in women
Within-Person Relationships Among Daily Self-Esteem, Need Satisfaction, and Authenticity
This study examined the within-person relationships among daily self-esteem, felt authenticity (i.e., the operation of one's “true self”), and satisfaction of psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. We also included measures of affect to control for the variance these constructs might share with affect. Over a 2-week period, 116 participants responded daily to measures of these variables. Multilevel random-coefficients mode…
Further Evidence of an Increase in Narcissism Among College Students
Our meta‐analysis also finds no change over time in Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) scores among California college students, most likely due to the cultural and ethnic shifts at the University of California campuses over this time (especially the large increase in Asian‐American student enrollment). Students in the rest of the country, from 27 campuses, show an increase of d =0.41 in narcissism over 24 years. The finding that high schoo…
Egos Inflating Over Time: A Cross‐Temporal Meta‐Analysis of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory
A cross‐temporal meta‐analysis found that narcissism levels have risen over the generations in 85 samples of American college students who completed the 40‐item forced‐choice Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) between 1979 and 2006 (total n =16,475). Mean narcissism scores were significantly correlated with year of data collection when weighted by sample size (β=.53, p
Mapping the scale of the narcissism epidemic: Increases in narcissism 2002–2007 within ethnic groups
Incorporating personality into the investment model: Probing commitment processes across individual differences in narcissism
The investment model (Rusbult, 1980) proposes that commitment is maintained by three mechanisms: Satisfaction, perceived quality of alternatives, and investment. Research suggests that the influence of these mechanisms is largely constant across a variety of individual differences and relational contexts. However, no published research has tested this with respect to personality. The present study did so using the personality trait of narcissism.…
Linking adult attachment to self-esteem stability
Although it is known that adult attachment is associated with self-esteem level (i.e., whether individuals' typical feelings of self-worth are high or low), little is known about how the attachment system is connected to other important components of self-esteem. In the research reported here, we examined how aspects of the attachment system relate to stability of self-esteem (i.e., the extent to which individuals' current feelings of self-worth …
Theoretical models of narcissism, sexuality, and relationship commitment
The present research examines the link between narcissistic personality and sexuality. Additionally, it explores how sexuality may inform the operation of narcissism within the context of close relationships. Two theoretical models, each addressing one of these issues, were evaluated empirically. Our first proposed model suggests that the agentic nature of narcissism explains why narcissism is linked to less restricted forms of sexual attitudes a…
Narcissism, confidence, and risk attitude
The present research addresses whether narcissists are more overconfident than others and whether this overconfidence leads to deficits in decision making. In Study 1, narcissism predicted overconfidence. This was attributable to narcissists' greater confidence despite no greater accuracy. In Study 2, participants were offered fair bets on their answers. Narcissists lost significantly more points in this betting task than non‐narcissists, due bot…
Individual differences in narcissism: Inflated self-views across the lifespan and around the world
Theoretical models of narcissism, sexuality, and relationship commitment
The present research examines the link between narcissistic personality and sexuality. Additionally, it explores how sexuality may inform the operation of narcissism within the context of close relationships. Two theoretical models, each addressing one of these issues, were evaluated empirically. Our first proposed model suggests that the agentic nature of narcissism explains why narcissism is linked to less restricted forms of sexual attitudes a…
Attachment, Continuing Bonds, and Complicated Grief Following Violent Loss: Testing a Moderated Model
There is increasing consensus that mourners' general attachment security and ongoing sense of connectedness to the deceased figure prominently in adjustment to bereavement. However, the interplay between these variables has not been investigated thoroughly. We therefore studied 195 young adults who were bereaved by violent causes (homicide, suicide, and fatal accidents) in the previous 2 years, measuring their attachment-related insecurities (anx…
Mapping the scale of the narcissism epidemic: Increases in narcissism 2002–2007 within ethnic groups
Narcissism and unprovoked aggression
It is widely accepted that narcissists become aggressive when they experience ego‐threat. However, there is surprisingly little empirical research on the relationship between narcissism and aggression. Equivocal findings suggest that aggression in narcissists either occurs only in response to provocation, or regardless of provocation. One‐hundred and thirty‐seven collegiate men completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory followed by a sham a…
It did not mean anything (about me): Cognitive dissonance theory and the cognitive and affective consequences of romantic infidelity
Perpetrating romantic infidelity is discrepant with how most individuals see themselves and theoretically should produce cognitive dissonance. Accordingly, perpetrators of infidelity should experience symptoms of dissonance (e.g. self-concept discrepancy, psychological discomfort, poor affect) and employ tactics that reduce these symptoms (e.g. trivialization). These hypotheses were tested in four experiments. In each experiment, participants wer…
Narcissists are approach-oriented toward their money and their friends
Incorporating personality into the investment model: Probing commitment processes across individual differences in narcissism
The investment model (Rusbult, 1980) proposes that commitment is maintained by three mechanisms: Satisfaction, perceived quality of alternatives, and investment. Research suggests that the influence of these mechanisms is largely constant across a variety of individual differences and relational contexts. However, no published research has tested this with respect to personality. The present study did so using the personality trait of narcissism.…
Need for cognition is related to higher general intelligence, fluid intelligence, and crystallized intelligence, but not working memory
Narcissism and resistance to doubts about romantic partners
What do you get when you make somebody else’s partner your own? An analysis of relationships formed via mate poaching
Psychopathy, aggression, and emotion processing of violent imagery in women
Individual differences in narcissism: Inflated self-views across the lifespan and around the world
Narcissism, confidence, and risk attitude
The present research addresses whether narcissists are more overconfident than others and whether this overconfidence leads to deficits in decision making. In Study 1, narcissism predicted overconfidence. This was attributable to narcissists' greater confidence despite no greater accuracy. In Study 2, participants were offered fair bets on their answers. Narcissists lost significantly more points in this betting task than non‐narcissists, due bot…
Narcissism and resistance to doubts about romantic partners
Linking adult attachment to self-esteem stability
Although it is known that adult attachment is associated with self-esteem level (i.e., whether individuals' typical feelings of self-worth are high or low), little is known about how the attachment system is connected to other important components of self-esteem. In the research reported here, we examined how aspects of the attachment system relate to stability of self-esteem (i.e., the extent to which individuals' current feelings of self-worth …
Theoretical models of narcissism, sexuality, and relationship commitment
The present research examines the link between narcissistic personality and sexuality. Additionally, it explores how sexuality may inform the operation of narcissism within the context of close relationships. Two theoretical models, each addressing one of these issues, were evaluated empirically. Our first proposed model suggests that the agentic nature of narcissism explains why narcissism is linked to less restricted forms of sexual attitudes a…
Within-Person Relationships Among Daily Self-Esteem, Need Satisfaction, and Authenticity
This study examined the within-person relationships among daily self-esteem, felt authenticity (i.e., the operation of one's “true self”), and satisfaction of psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. We also included measures of affect to control for the variance these constructs might share with affect. Over a 2-week period, 116 participants responded daily to measures of these variables. Multilevel random-coefficients mode…
Further Evidence of an Increase in Narcissism Among College Students
Our meta‐analysis also finds no change over time in Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) scores among California college students, most likely due to the cultural and ethnic shifts at the University of California campuses over this time (especially the large increase in Asian‐American student enrollment). Students in the rest of the country, from 27 campuses, show an increase of d =0.41 in narcissism over 24 years. The finding that high schoo…
Egos Inflating Over Time: A Cross‐Temporal Meta‐Analysis of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory
A cross‐temporal meta‐analysis found that narcissism levels have risen over the generations in 85 samples of American college students who completed the 40‐item forced‐choice Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) between 1979 and 2006 (total n =16,475). Mean narcissism scores were significantly correlated with year of data collection when weighted by sample size (β=.53, p
Mapping the scale of the narcissism epidemic: Increases in narcissism 2002–2007 within ethnic groups
Incorporating personality into the investment model: Probing commitment processes across individual differences in narcissism
The investment model (Rusbult, 1980) proposes that commitment is maintained by three mechanisms: Satisfaction, perceived quality of alternatives, and investment. Research suggests that the influence of these mechanisms is largely constant across a variety of individual differences and relational contexts. However, no published research has tested this with respect to personality. The present study did so using the personality trait of narcissism.…
Narcissists are approach-oriented toward their money and their friends
Psychopathy, aggression, and emotion processing of violent imagery in women
Birth Cohort Increases in Narcissistic Personality Traits Among American College Students, 1982–2009
Previous research produced conflicting results on whether narcissistic personality traits have increased among American college students over the generations. Confounding by campus may explain the discrepancy. Study 1 updates a nationwide meta-analysis of college students' scores on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) and controls for campus ( k = 107; N = 49,818). In Study 2, the authors examine NPI scores among the students on one univ…
Narcissism and unprovoked aggression
It is widely accepted that narcissists become aggressive when they experience ego‐threat. However, there is surprisingly little empirical research on the relationship between narcissism and aggression. Equivocal findings suggest that aggression in narcissists either occurs only in response to provocation, or regardless of provocation. One‐hundred and thirty‐seven collegiate men completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory followed by a sham a…
Need for cognition is related to higher general intelligence, fluid intelligence, and crystallized intelligence, but not working memory
It did not mean anything (about me): Cognitive dissonance theory and the cognitive and affective consequences of romantic infidelity
Perpetrating romantic infidelity is discrepant with how most individuals see themselves and theoretically should produce cognitive dissonance. Accordingly, perpetrators of infidelity should experience symptoms of dissonance (e.g. self-concept discrepancy, psychological discomfort, poor affect) and employ tactics that reduce these symptoms (e.g. trivialization). These hypotheses were tested in four experiments. In each experiment, participants wer…
Attachment, Continuing Bonds, and Complicated Grief Following Violent Loss: Testing a Moderated Model
There is increasing consensus that mourners' general attachment security and ongoing sense of connectedness to the deceased figure prominently in adjustment to bereavement. However, the interplay between these variables has not been investigated thoroughly. We therefore studied 195 young adults who were bereaved by violent causes (homicide, suicide, and fatal accidents) in the previous 2 years, measuring their attachment-related insecurities (anx…
What do you get when you make somebody else’s partner your own? An analysis of relationships formed via mate poaching
Exposure to Violence, Posttraumatic Stress, and Burnout Among Teachers in El Salvador: Testing a Mediational Model
Community violence has reached concerning proportions in El Salvador, possibly affecting all sectors of society. To date, little attention has focused on the effects of violence exposure on educators in Central American countries. This study examined the relationships between lifetime community violence exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology, and burnout in 2 independent samples of elementary and high school teachers in El …
Meaning, perceived growth, and posttraumatic stress among teachers in El Salvador: Assessing the impact of daily spiritual experiences
Entering adulthood in a recession tempers later narcissism – But only in men
Understanding the roles of religious comfort and strain on depressive symptoms in an inpatient psychiatric setting
Understanding the role of religion in mental illness has always been complicated as some people turn to religion to cope with their illness, whereas others turn away. The overarching purpose of this study was to draw on quantitative and qualitative information to illuminate ways in which religiousness might be associated with changes in depressive symptomatology in a spiritually integrated inpatient treatment program. This repeated measures mixed…
Gratitude and patience moderate meaning struggles and suicidal risk in a cross‐sectional study of inpatients at a Christian psychiatric hospital
Objective Suicidal behavior is a leading cause of injury and death, so research identifying protective factors is essential. Research suggests gratitude and life hardships patience are character strengths that might protect against the deleterious association of struggles with ultimate meaning and suicide risk. However, no studies have evaluated their utility among people experiencing acute/severe mental health concerns. Method We tested the prot…
Moral injury and ICD-11 complex PTSD (CPTSD) symptoms among treatment-seeking veterans in the United Kingdom
Overall, the two sets of findings suggest the special relevance of MI among veterans who are struggling with CPTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Perceptions of Divine Forgiveness, Religious Comfort, and Depression in Psychiatric Inpatients: A Mixed Methods Study
Psychology (27 works) · Social Psychology (23 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Personality Traits and Psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Narcissism (12 works) · Personality (9 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (8 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works)