Ariana Orvell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4638074 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ariana Orvell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ariana |
| FAMILY NAME | Orvell |
| SIGNATURE | ORVELL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bryn Mawr College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2574-2951 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
One Country, One People? Racial Ethnic Minorities in the United States Perceive Their Community Norms Stronger Than European Americans
The United States is characterized as having relatively weak social norms compared to other countries. However, this characterization may be an oversimplification due to the cultural diversity that exists within the country. Four studies ( N = 1,537) examined whether and why U.S. racial minorities (East Asian, Latinx, and African Americans) perceive their racial community’s norms to be significantly stronger than European Americans and White immi…
Managing emotions in everyday life
Emerging research indicates that people use multiple strategies to manage their emotions in everyday life. Yet, we know little about what these strategy combinations look like, how they function, or how individual differences influence these phenomena. We addressed these issues in two, 2-week daily diary studies performed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic ( N = 422; data collected April and September 2020). Each evening, participants rat…
A Developmental Perspective on the Racial Socialization of White Children
While there is growing consensus that it is important to talk about race and racism with children (a process called racial socialization)—particularly with White children—what to say when having these discussions is less clear. Here, we argue that how parents have these discussions (in addition to what they say) is important to consider because children might interpret messages differently depending on specific linguistic features. Specifically, …
Learning the rules of the game
A critical skill of childhood is learning social norms. We examine whether the generic pronouns “you” and “we,” which frame information as applying to people in general rather than to a specific individual, facilitate this process. In one pre-registered experiment conducted online between 2020 and 2021, children 4- to 9-year-old primarily living in the midwestern U.S. (N = 146, 75 girls, 71 boys, Mage = 7.14, SD = 1.69, 82% White) interpreted act…
Smarter, Not Harder
According to common sense, successful self-control requires “willpower.” Psychology often models willpower as the effortful inhibition of temptation impulses—a process theorized to require sufficient motivation and resources. This article challenges the centrality of willpower in self-control. Instead, successful self-control relies on a variety of strategies beyond effortful inhibition: diminishing the influence of immediately available rewards …
When chatting about negative experiences helps—and when it hurts
Does talking to others about negative experiences improve the way people feel? Although some work suggests that the answer to this question is "yes," other work reveals the opposite. Here we attempt to shed light on this puzzle by examining how people can talk to others about their negative experiences constructively via computer-mediated communication, a platform that people increasingly use to provide and receive social support. Drawing from pr…
You” and “I” in a foreign land
When chatting about negative experiences helps—and when it hurts
Does talking to others about negative experiences improve the way people feel? Although some work suggests that the answer to this question is "yes," other work reveals the opposite. Here we attempt to shed light on this puzzle by examining how people can talk to others about their negative experiences constructively via computer-mediated communication, a platform that people increasingly use to provide and receive social support. Drawing from pr…
You” and “I” in a foreign land
Smarter, Not Harder
According to common sense, successful self-control requires “willpower.” Psychology often models willpower as the effortful inhibition of temptation impulses—a process theorized to require sufficient motivation and resources. This article challenges the centrality of willpower in self-control. Instead, successful self-control relies on a variety of strategies beyond effortful inhibition: diminishing the influence of immediately available rewards …
Learning the rules of the game
A critical skill of childhood is learning social norms. We examine whether the generic pronouns “you” and “we,” which frame information as applying to people in general rather than to a specific individual, facilitate this process. In one pre-registered experiment conducted online between 2020 and 2021, children 4- to 9-year-old primarily living in the midwestern U.S. (N = 146, 75 girls, 71 boys, Mage = 7.14, SD = 1.69, 82% White) interpreted act…
Managing emotions in everyday life
Emerging research indicates that people use multiple strategies to manage their emotions in everyday life. Yet, we know little about what these strategy combinations look like, how they function, or how individual differences influence these phenomena. We addressed these issues in two, 2-week daily diary studies performed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic ( N = 422; data collected April and September 2020). Each evening, participants rat…
A Developmental Perspective on the Racial Socialization of White Children
While there is growing consensus that it is important to talk about race and racism with children (a process called racial socialization)—particularly with White children—what to say when having these discussions is less clear. Here, we argue that how parents have these discussions (in addition to what they say) is important to consider because children might interpret messages differently depending on specific linguistic features. Specifically, …
One Country, One People? Racial Ethnic Minorities in the United States Perceive Their Community Norms Stronger Than European Americans
The United States is characterized as having relatively weak social norms compared to other countries. However, this characterization may be an oversimplification due to the cultural diversity that exists within the country. Four studies ( N = 1,537) examined whether and why U.S. racial minorities (East Asian, Latinx, and African Americans) perceive their racial community’s norms to be significantly stronger than European Americans and White immi…
Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (2 works)