Steven V Rouse
Biographic Data
| ID | 6097606 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven V Rouse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven V |
| FAMILY NAME | Rouse |
| SIGNATURE | ROUSE S V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pepperdine University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1080-5502 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Is beauty in the AI of the beholder? Exposure to human vs. virtual influencers and effects on appearance dissatisfaction and interest in cosmetic surgery
Social media influencers are online micro-celebrities who post niche content regarding their personal lives to their followers on social media. Recently, virtual influencers (digital creations designed to mimic humans) have been introduced to social media and are often used to interact with and influence social media users, yet little is known regarding their effects on followers. The current experimental study examined the effects of exposure to…
Nothing neutral about belonging
While much research on churches and the LGBTQ+ communities has been done in North America, little research has focused on this topic in Europe. Since 71% of European LGBTQ+ respondents agreed that better acceptance by religious leaders would allow them to live more comfortably as LGBTQ+ people, we investigated the types of messages and imagery that help and hinder Swiss LGBTQ+ Christians’ feelings of acceptance within churches. We also investigat…
Everyone Belongs Here
Most US churches are non-affirming toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and more (LGBTQ+) communities, but a few have developed affirming theologies. We investigate the causal link between church messages and imagery on the expectation that queer Christians would feel accepted in a church. We designed two church websites with affirming and non-affirming theology. We hypothesized that queer Christians who examined a…
The Sensitivity of the Bible Verse Selection Task to the Relationship between Christian Fundamentalism and Religious Outgroup Prejudice
Four different studies provide evidence to support the validity of the Bible Verse Selection Task (BVST) as a measure of the strength of Christian fundamentalist beliefs by showing correlations between BVST scores and measures of negativity toward people who often represent “outgroups” for Christians. That is, respondents who obtained high scores on the BVST (representing a greater tendency to select biblical passages associated with fundamentali…
Same Book, Different Bookmarks
The development and preliminary validation of a new measure of Christian fundamentalism required a multi-stage process. In an initial exploratory study, participants indicated which of a set of Bible verses were most central to their faith, and factor analysis was used to identify verses that appeared to tap a latent dimension of religious fundamentalism (Study 1). These relationships were retested with a new method in a new sample (Study 2), and…
Differences among religiously unaffiliated and Christians in the perceptions of the personality of Jesus
Previous research has demonstrated that Christians living in Korea and Christians living in the US differ in their perceptions of Jesus, in a manner that is aligned with cultural values. The present study examined differences in the perception of Jesus within the US, examining agnostics, atheists, Catholics and nondenominational Christians, specifically assessing perceptions of his personality traits and moral foundations. Differences were observ…
The Development and Validation of the Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale
A series of studies was conducted to create the 22-item Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale on the basis of theoretical descriptions of intellectual humility, expert reviews, pilot studies, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The scale measures 4 distinct but intercorrelated aspects of intellectual humility, including independence of intellect and ego, openness to revising one's viewpoint, respect for others' viewpoints, and l…
A reliability analysis of Mechanical Turk data
Validation of the Attitudes Regarding Bisexuality Scale
An important limitation of past research concerning discrimination toward nonheterosexual groups has been the lack of differentiation between attitudes toward homosexuality versus bisexuality. The current researchers addressed this limitation by validating a scale measuring attitudes toward bisexuality, the Attitudes Regarding Bisexuality Scale (ARBS). Two studies validated the male and female subscales of the measure. Participants included 57 in…
Exploring the accuracies and inaccuracies of personality perception following Internet-mediated communication
Assessing Resistance to Psychological Treatment
Scores on psychological tests reveal those individuals who are reluctant to seek or recommend psychotherapy and show a relationship between this unwillingness and gender
Validation of the Attitudes Regarding Bisexuality Scale
An important limitation of past research concerning discrimination toward nonheterosexual groups has been the lack of differentiation between attitudes toward homosexuality versus bisexuality. The current researchers addressed this limitation by validating a scale measuring attitudes toward bisexuality, the Attitudes Regarding Bisexuality Scale (ARBS). Two studies validated the male and female subscales of the measure. Participants included 57 in…
Exploring the accuracies and inaccuracies of personality perception following Internet-mediated communication
Assessing Resistance to Psychological Treatment
Scores on psychological tests reveal those individuals who are reluctant to seek or recommend psychotherapy and show a relationship between this unwillingness and gender
Assessing Resistance to Psychological Treatment
Scores on psychological tests reveal those individuals who are reluctant to seek or recommend psychotherapy and show a relationship between this unwillingness and gender
Exploring the accuracies and inaccuracies of personality perception following Internet-mediated communication
Validation of the Attitudes Regarding Bisexuality Scale
An important limitation of past research concerning discrimination toward nonheterosexual groups has been the lack of differentiation between attitudes toward homosexuality versus bisexuality. The current researchers addressed this limitation by validating a scale measuring attitudes toward bisexuality, the Attitudes Regarding Bisexuality Scale (ARBS). Two studies validated the male and female subscales of the measure. Participants included 57 in…
A reliability analysis of Mechanical Turk data
The Development and Validation of the Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale
A series of studies was conducted to create the 22-item Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale on the basis of theoretical descriptions of intellectual humility, expert reviews, pilot studies, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The scale measures 4 distinct but intercorrelated aspects of intellectual humility, including independence of intellect and ego, openness to revising one's viewpoint, respect for others' viewpoints, and l…
Differences among religiously unaffiliated and Christians in the perceptions of the personality of Jesus
Previous research has demonstrated that Christians living in Korea and Christians living in the US differ in their perceptions of Jesus, in a manner that is aligned with cultural values. The present study examined differences in the perception of Jesus within the US, examining agnostics, atheists, Catholics and nondenominational Christians, specifically assessing perceptions of his personality traits and moral foundations. Differences were observ…
Same Book, Different Bookmarks
The development and preliminary validation of a new measure of Christian fundamentalism required a multi-stage process. In an initial exploratory study, participants indicated which of a set of Bible verses were most central to their faith, and factor analysis was used to identify verses that appeared to tap a latent dimension of religious fundamentalism (Study 1). These relationships were retested with a new method in a new sample (Study 2), and…
The Sensitivity of the Bible Verse Selection Task to the Relationship between Christian Fundamentalism and Religious Outgroup Prejudice
Four different studies provide evidence to support the validity of the Bible Verse Selection Task (BVST) as a measure of the strength of Christian fundamentalist beliefs by showing correlations between BVST scores and measures of negativity toward people who often represent “outgroups” for Christians. That is, respondents who obtained high scores on the BVST (representing a greater tendency to select biblical passages associated with fundamentali…
Everyone Belongs Here
Most US churches are non-affirming toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and more (LGBTQ+) communities, but a few have developed affirming theologies. We investigate the causal link between church messages and imagery on the expectation that queer Christians would feel accepted in a church. We designed two church websites with affirming and non-affirming theology. We hypothesized that queer Christians who examined a…
Nothing neutral about belonging
While much research on churches and the LGBTQ+ communities has been done in North America, little research has focused on this topic in Europe. Since 71% of European LGBTQ+ respondents agreed that better acceptance by religious leaders would allow them to live more comfortably as LGBTQ+ people, we investigated the types of messages and imagery that help and hinder Swiss LGBTQ+ Christians’ feelings of acceptance within churches. We also investigat…
Is beauty in the AI of the beholder? Exposure to human vs. virtual influencers and effects on appearance dissatisfaction and interest in cosmetic surgery
Social media influencers are online micro-celebrities who post niche content regarding their personal lives to their followers on social media. Recently, virtual influencers (digital creations designed to mimic humans) have been introduced to social media and are often used to interact with and influence social media users, yet little is known regarding their effects on followers. The current experimental study examined the effects of exposure to…
Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Feeling (3 works) · Personality (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychometrics (3 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (3 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (3 works)