Mark R. Leary | Scholars@Duke

Mark R. Leary
Garonzik Family Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Garonzik Family Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2009
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2006

Contact Information

306 Soc/Psych, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90086, Durham, NC 27708-0085
leary@duke.edu (919) 660-5750
http://www.duke.edu/~leary

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Florida 1980
- M.A., University of Florida 1978
- B.A., West Virginia Wesleyan College 1976
Duke Appointment History
- Director of the Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research Center, Social Science Research Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2009 - 2017
- Director of Graduate Studies in Psychololgy and Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016
- Associate Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015
Recognition
In the News
- JUN 28, 2016 Aeon
  
  Mark Leary: Treating yourself compassionately helps ameliorate distress
- JUN 24, 2016 Aeon
  
  Don't Beat Yourself Up
- JAN 14, 2016
  
  Mark Leary: The Surprising Perks of Being Easily Embarrassed
- JAN 8, 2016 BBC News
  
  Mark Leary: The surprising perks of being easily embarrassed
- NOV 2, 2015 WRAL
  
  You're online. You're angry. Do this before hitting send
- AUG 30, 2015 Duke Magazine
  
  Two Views of Brain Power
- JUL 30, 2015 The Huffington Post
  
  Mark Leary on social butterflies: Born or bred?
- FEB 11, 2015 U.S. News Health
  
  Mark Leary: The anatomy of a broken heart
- AUG 1, 2014 Duke Magazine
  
  The Science Of Homesickness
- DEC 17, 2013 Politico
  
  Mark Leary, co-author: Superiority complex
- DEC 17, 2013 Politico
  
  Superiority Complex
Awards & Honors
- Fellow. Association for Psychological Science. 2013
- Lifetime Career Award. International Society for Self and Identity. January 2011
Research
Selected Grants
- The Embodiment of Worship: Relations Among Postural, Psychological, and Physiological Aspects of Religious Practice awarded by John Templeton Foundation 2017 - 2020
- Student Resilience awarded by Duke Endowment 2013 - 2016
- Self-compassion and Well-being in the Elderly awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2011
- MRI: Acquisition of a Mobile Behavioral Research Laboratory awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2010
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Leary, MR. "Self-awareness, hypo-egoicism, and psychological well-being." In Subjective Well-Being and Life Satisfaction, 392-408. December 15, 2017. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Bolino, MC. "An actor-perceiver model of impression management in organizations." In The Self at Work: Fundamental Theory and Research, 253-272. December 14, 2017. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Motivational and emotional aspects of interpersonal rejection: Twenty-five years of theory and research." In Ostracism, Exclusion, and Rejection, 46-60. January 1, 2016. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Jongman-Sereno, KP, and Diebels, KJ. "Measures of Concerns with Public Image and Social Evaluation." In Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Constructs, 448-473. January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Jongman-Sereno, KP. "Social Anxiety as an Early Warning System: A Refinement and Extension of the Self-Presentation Theory of Social Anxiety." In Social Anxiety: Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives: Third Edition, 579-597. July 11, 2014. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Jongman-Sereno, KP, and Diebels, KJ. "The pursuit of status: A self-presentational perspective on the quest for social value." In The Psychology of Social Status, 159-178. April 1, 2014. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Leary, MR, and Hoyle, RH. "To what extent is self-esteem influenced by interpersonal as compared with intra personal processes? What are these processes?What are the most pressing issues facing researchers?Self-Knowledge and self-esteem (PublishedPublishedPublished)." In Self-Esteem Issues and Answers: A Sourcebook of Current Perspectives, 195-200. January 1, 2013. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Functions of the self in interpersonal relationships: What does the self actually do?." In The Self and Social Relationships, 95-115. January 1, 2013. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR, Hoyle, RH, and Leary, MR. "Personality, Social Psychology, and Psychopathology: Reflections on a Lewinian Vision." In The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology. September 18, 2012. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Sociometer theory." In Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology, 141-159. January 1, 2012. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Guadagno, J. "The Role of Hypo-egoic Self-Processes in Optimal Functioning and Subjective Well-Being." In Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward. May 1, 2011. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Allen, AB. "Belonging motivation establishing, maintaining, and repairing relational value." In Social Motivation, 37-55. January 1, 2011. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Leder, S. "The nature of hurt feelings: Emotional experience and cognitive appraisals." In Feeling Hurt in Close Relationships, 15-33. January 1, 2009. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Toner, K. "Psychological theories of blushing." In The Psychological Significance of the Blush, 63-76. January 1, 2009. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "The Self We Know and the Self We Show: Self-esteem, Self-presentation, and the Maintenance of Interpersonal Relationships." In Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes, 457-477. December 13, 2007. Full Text
- Journal Articles
  - Shumway, M, Mangurian, C, Carraher, N, Momenzadeh, A, Leary, M, Lee, EK, and Dilley, JW. "Increasing HIV Testing in Inpatient Psychiatry." Psychosomatics (October 2017). Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Diebels, KJ, Davisson, EK, Jongman-Sereno, KP, Isherwood, JC, Raimi, KT, Deffler, SA, and Hoyle, RH. "Cognitive and Interpersonal Features of Intellectual Humility." Personality & social psychology bulletin 43, no. 6 (June 2017): 793-813. Full Text
  - Robinson, KJ, Mayer, S, Allen, AB, Terry, M, Chilton, A, and Leary, MR. "Resisting self-compassion: Why are some people opposed to being kind to themselves?." Self and Identity 15, no. 5 (September 2, 2016): 505-524. Full Text
  - Gohar, D, Leary, MR, and Costanzo, PR. "Self-Presentational Congruence and Psychosocial Adjustment: A Test of Three Models." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 35, no. 7 (September 2016): 589-608. Full Text
  - Cheng, JE, Shumway, M, Leary, M, and Mangurian, CV. "Patient Factors Associated with Extended Length of Stay in the Psychiatric Inpatient Units of a Large Urban County Hospital." Community mental health journal 52, no. 6 (August 2016): 658-661. Full Text
  - Deffler, SA, Leary, MR, and Hoyle, RH. "Knowing what you know: Intellectual humility and judgments of recognition memory." Personality and Individual Differences 96 (July 2016): 255-259. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Hoyle, RH, Davisson, EK, Diebels, KJ, and Leary, MR. "Holding specific views with humility: Conceptualization and measurement of specific intellectual humility." Personality and Individual Differences 97 (July 2016): 165-172. Full Text
  - Jongman-Sereno, KP, and Leary, MR. "Self-perceived Authenticity is Contaminated by the Valence of One’s Behavior." Self and Identity 15, no. 3 (May 3, 2016): 283-301. Full Text
  - Mitsuishi, F, Young, JQ, Leary, M, Dilley, J, and Mangurian, C. "The Systems SOAP Note: A Systems Learning Tool." Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry 40, no. 1 (February 2016): 164-171. Full Text
  - Crosskey, LB, Curry, JF, and Leary, MR. "Role Transgressions, Shame, and Guilt Among Clergy." Pastoral Psychology 64, no. 6 (December 2015): 783-801. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Emotional responses to interpersonal rejection." Dialogues in clinical neuroscience 17, no. 4 (December 2015): 435-441. (Review)
  - Leary, MR, Diebels, KJ, Jongman-Sereno, KP, and Fernandez, XD. "Why Seemingly Trivial Events Sometimes Evoke Strong Emotional Reactions: The Role of Social Exchange Rule Violations." The Journal of social psychology 155, no. 6 (November 2015): 559-575. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Raimi, KT, Jongman-Sereno, KP, and Diebels, KJ. "Distinguishing Intrapsychic From Interpersonal Motives in Psychological Theory and Research." Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science 10, no. 4 (July 2015): 497-517. (Review) Full Text
  - Raimi, KT, and Leary, MR. "Belief superiority in the environmental domain: Attitude extremity and reactions to fracking." Journal of Environmental Psychology 40 (December 2014): 76-85. Full Text
  - Vanhalst, J, and Leary, MR. "Sociotropic differentiation: Differential anticipatory reactions to rejection by close versus distal others predict well-being." Personality and Individual Differences 68 (October 2014): 176-182. Full Text
  - Allen, AB, and Leary, MR. "Self-compassionate responses to aging." The Gerontologist 54, no. 2 (April 2014): 190-200. Full Text
  - Brion, JM, Leary, MR, and Drabkin, AS. "Self-compassion and reactions to serious illness: the case of HIV." Journal of health psychology 19, no. 2 (February 2014): 218-229. Full Text
  - Leary, M. "The Interpersonal Basis of Self-Esteem: Death, Devaluation, or Deference?." 9781315800516 (January 1, 2014): 143-159. (Chapter) Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Jongman-Sereno, KP. "When Rejection Kills: The Central Role of Low Relational Value in School Violence." International Journal of Developmental Sciences 8, no. 1-2 (January 1, 2014): 25-27. Full Text
  - Keng, S-L, Robins, CJ, Smoski, MJ, Dagenbach, J, and Leary, MR. "Reappraisal and mindfulness: a comparison of subjective effects and cognitive costs." Behav Res Ther 51, no. 12 (December 2013): 899-904. Full Text Link to Item
  - Toner, K, Leary, MR, Asher, MW, and Jongman-Sereno, KP. "Feeling superior is a bipartisan issue: extremity (not direction) of political views predicts perceived belief superiority." Psychol Sci 24, no. 12 (December 2013): 2454-2462. Full Text Link to Item
  - Terry, ML, Leary, MR, Mehta, S, and Henderson, K. "Self-compassionate reactions to health threats." Pers Soc Psychol Bull 39, no. 7 (July 2013): 911-926. Full Text Link to Item
  - Herbst, KC, Leary, MR, and McColskey-Leary, CP. "Social-evaluative influences moderate the relationship between price and perceived quality." Social Influence 8, no. 1 (2013): 54-69. Full Text
  - Kemppainen, JK, Brion, JM, Leary, M, Wantland, D, Sullivan, K, Nokes, K, Bain, CA, Chaiphibalsarisdi, P, Chen, W-T, Holzemer, WL, Eller, LS, Iipinge, S, Johnson, MO, Portillo, C, Voss, J, Tyer-Viola, L, Corless, IB, Nicholas, PK, Rose, CD, Phillips, JC, Sefcik, E, Mendez, MR, and Kirksey, KM. "Use of a brief version of the self-compassion inventory with an international sample of people with HIV/AIDS." AIDS Care 25, no. 12 (2013): 1513-1519. Full Text Link to Item
  - Leary, MR, Kelly, KM, Cottrell, CA, and Schreindorfer, LS. "Construct validity of the need to belong scale: mapping the nomological network." J Pers Assess 95, no. 6 (2013): 610-624. Full Text Link to Item
  - Leary, MR, Kelly, KM, Cottrell, CA, and Schreindorfer, LS. "Construct validity of the need to belong scale: Mapping the nomological network." Journal of Personality Assessment 95, no. 6 (2013): 610-624. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "To what extent is self-esteem influenced by interpersonal as compared with intra personal processes? What are these processes?." Self-Esteem Issues and Answers: A Sourcebook of Current Perspectives (2013): 195-200. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "What are the most pressing issues facing researchers?." Self-Esteem Issues and Answers: A Sourcebook of Current Perspectives (2013): 421-429. Full Text
  - Terry, ML, Leary, MR, and Mehta, S. "Self-compassion as a Buffer against Homesickness, Depression, and Dissatisfaction in the Transition to College." Self and Identity 12, no. 3 (2013): 278-290. Full Text
  - Teo, AR, Holley, SR, Leary, M, and McNiel, DE. "The relationship between level of training and accuracy of violence risk assessment." Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 63, no. 11 (November 2012): 1089-1094. Full Text
  - Allen, AB, Goldwasser, ER, and Leary, MR. "Self-Compassion and Well-being among Older Adults." Self Identity 11, no. 4 (October 2012): 428-453. Full Text Link to Item
  - Toner, KM, Gan, M, and Leary, MR. "The impact of individual and group feedback on environmental intentions and self-beliefs." Environment and Behavior (August 2012). (Academic Article)
  - Wren, AA, Somers, TJ, Wright, MA, Goetz, MC, Leary, MR, Fras, AM, Huh, BK, Rogers, LL, and Keefe, FJ. "Self-compassion in patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain: relationship of self-compassion to adjustment to persistent pain." J Pain Symptom Manage 43, no. 4 (April 2012): 759-770. Full Text Link to Item
  - Leary, MR. "Toward a Conceptualization of Interpersonal Rejection." (March 22, 2012). (Chapter) Full Text
  - Shumway, M, Alvidrez, J, Leary, M, Sherwood, D, Woodard, E, Lee, EK, Hall, H, Catalano, RA, and Dilley, JW. "Impact of capacity reductions in acute public-sector inpatient psychiatric services." Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 63, no. 2 (February 2012): 135-141. Full Text
  - Gebauer, JE, Leary, MR, and Neberich, W. "Unfortunate First Names: Effects of Name-Based Relational Devaluation and Interpersonal Neglect." Social Psychological and Personality Science 3, no. 5 (2012): 590-596. Full Text
  - Gebauer, JE, Leary, MR, and Neberich, W. "Big Two Personality and Big Three Mate Preferences: Similarity Attracts, but Country-Level Mate Preferences Crucially Matter." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 38, no. 12 (2012): 1579-1593. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Interpersonal Rejection." Interpersonal Rejection (2012): 1-346. Full Text
  - Rubin, DC, Hoyle, RH, and Leary, MR. "Differential predictability of four dimensions of affect intensity." Cogn Emot 26, no. 1 (2012): 25-41. Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Toner, , Gan, , and Leary, . "The impact of individual and group feedback on environmental attitudes and intentions." Environment & Behavior (2012). (Academic Article) Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Allen, AB. "Personality and persona: personality processes in self-presentation." J Pers 79, no. 6 (December 2011): 1191-1218. Full Text Link to Item
  - Leary, MR, and Allen, AB. "Personality and persona: Personality processes in self-presentation." Journal of Personality 79, no. 6 (December 1, 2011): 889-916. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Allen, AB. "Self-presentational persona: simultaneous management of multiple impressions." J Pers Soc Psychol 101, no. 5 (November 2011): 1033-1049. Full Text Link to Item
  - Unick, GJ, Kessell, E, Woodard, EK, Leary, M, Dilley, JW, and Shumway, M. "Factors affecting psychiatric inpatient hospitalization from a psychiatric emergency service." General hospital psychiatry 33, no. 6 (November 2011): 618-625. Full Text
  - Eisenberger, NI, Inagaki, TK, Muscatell, KA, Haltom, KEB, and Leary, MR. "The neural sociometer: Brain mechanisms underlying state self-esteem." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 23, no. 11 (2011): 3448-3455. Full Text
  - Leary, M. "Why are (some) scientists so opposed to parapsychology?." Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing 7, no. 5 (2011): 275-277. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Allen, AB, and Terry, ML. "Managing social images in naturalistic versus laboratory settings: Implications for understanding and studying self-presentation." European Journal of Social Psychology 41, no. 4 (2011): 411-421. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Toner, K, and Gan, M. "Self, identity, and reactions to distal threats: The case of environmental behavior." Psychological Studies 56 (2011): 159-166. (Academic Article) Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Allen, AB. "Personality and persona: personality processes in self-presentation." Journal of personality 79, no. 6 (2011): 1191-1218. Full Text
  - Terry, ML, and Leary, MR. "Self-compassion, self-regulation, and health." Self and Identity 10, no. 3 (2011): 352-362. Full Text
  - Allen, AB, and Leary, MR. "Self-Compassion, Stress, and Coping." Soc Personal Psychol Compass 4, no. 2 (February 1, 2010): 107-118. Full Text Link to Item
  - Leary, MR, Adams, CE, and Tate, EB. "Hypo-egoic Self-Regulation." (January 15, 2010): 474-497. (Chapter) Full Text
  - Allen, AB, and Leary, MR. "Reactions to others' selfish actions in the absence of tangible consequences." Basic and Applied Social Psychology 32, no. 1 (2010): 26-34. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Social Anxiety as an Early Warning System: A Refinement and Extension of the Self-Presentation Theory of Social Anxiety." Social Anxiety (2010): 471-486. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Terry, ML, Batts Allen, A, and Tate, EB. "The concept of ego threat in social and personality psychology: is ego threat a viable scientific construct?." Pers Soc Psychol Rev 13, no. 3 (August 2009): 151-164. Full Text Link to Item
  - Smart Richman, L, and Leary, MR. "Reactions to discrimination, stigmatization, ostracism, and other forms of interpersonal rejection: a multimotive model." Psychol Rev 116, no. 2 (April 2009): 365-383. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Leary, MR, Estrada, M-J, and Allen, AB. "The analogue-I and the analogue-Me: The avatars of the self." Self and Identity 8, no. 2-3 (2009): 147-161. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Losing perspective: Emotion, ego, and overreactions to undesired events." Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law (2009). (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Leary, MR, Oermann, MH, and Heinrich, KT. "PrefaceInterpersonal RejectionPreface (PublishedPublishedPublished)." Annual Review of Nursing Education 5 (December 1, 2007).
  - Leary, MR. "The Curse of the Self: Self-Awareness, Egotism, and the Quality of Human Life." The Curse of the Self: Self-Awareness, Egotism, and the Quality of Human Life (September 1, 2007): 1-237. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Tate, EB, Adams, CE, Allen, AB, and Hancock, J. "Self-compassion and reactions to unpleasant self-relevant events: the implications of treating oneself kindly." J Pers Soc Psychol 92, no. 5 (May 2007): 887-904. Full Text Link to Item
  - Adams, CE, and Leary, MR. "Promoting self-compassionate attitudes toward eating among restrictive and guilty eaters." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 26, no. 10 (2007): 1120-1144. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Tate, EB. "The multi-faceted nature of mindfulness." Psychological Inquiry 18, no. 4 (2007): 251-255.
  - Leary, MR. "Motivational and emotional aspects of the self." Annu Rev Psychol 58 (2007): 317-344. Full Text Link to Item
  - Leary, MR. "Sociometer theory and the pursuit of relational value: Getting to the root of self-esteem." European Review of Social Psychology 16 (2007): 75-111. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Adams, CE, and Tate, EB. "Hypo-egoic self-regulation: exercising self-control by diminishing the influence of the self." J Pers 74, no. 6 (December 2006): 1803-1831. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Leary, MR. "The bridge between social and clinical psychology: Wide but sparsely traveled." (January 19, 2006): 307-311. (Chapter) Full Text
  - Ginis, KAM, and Leary, MR. "Single, physically active, female: The effects of information about exercise participation and body weight on perceptions of young women." Social Behavior and Personality 34, no. 8 (2006): 979-990. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Twenge, JM, and Quinlivan, E. "Interpersonal rejection as a determinant of anger and aggression." Personality and Social Psychology Review 10, no. 2 (2006): 111-132. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Nuggets of social psychological wisdom." Psychological Inquiry 16, no. 4 (2005): 176-179. Full Text
  - MacDonald, G, and Leary, MR. "Why does social exclusion hurt? The relationship between social and physical pain." Psychological Bulletin 131, no. 2 (2005): 202-223. Full Text
  - MacDonald, G, and Leary, MR. "Roles of social pain and defense mechanisms in response to social exclusion: Reply to Panksepp (2005) and Corr (2005)." Psychological Bulletin 131, no. 2 (2005): 237-240. Full Text
  - Quinlivan, E, and Leary, MR. "Women's perceptions of their bodies: Discrepancies between self-appraisals and reflected appraisals." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 24, no. 8 (2005): 1139-1163. Full Text
  - Carpenter, S, Rowatt, T, Brooks, L, Magid, V, Stage, R, Wydro, P, Cramer, S, Walker, M, Wolfe, C, Singleton, R, Sigall, H, Eichelberger, A, Jordan, J, Leaf, S, Grahe, J, Brown, RP, Swim, J, Pearson, NB, Wetzel, C, Pezzo, M, Gosling, S, MacLin, K, Reifman, A, Awbrey, B, Wright, C, Jerzak, P, Samuels, SM, Lemmond, G, Leary, M, and Seta, C. "Measuring School Spirit: A National Teaching Exercise." Teaching of Psychology 31, no. 1 (December 1, 2004): 18-21.
  - Buckley, KE, Winkel, RE, and Leary, MR. "Reactions to acceptance and rejection: Effects of level and sequence of relational evaluation." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 40 (2004): 1428-. (Academic Article)
  - Buckley, KE, Winkel, RE, and Leary, MR. "Reactions to acceptance and rejection: Effects of level and sequence of relational evaluation." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 40, no. 1 (2004): 14-28. Full Text
  - Carpenter, S, Rowatt, T, Brooks, L, Magid, V, Stage, R, Wydro, P, Cramer, S, Walker, M, Wolfe, C, Singleton, R, Sigall, H, Eichelberger, A, Jordan, J, Leaf, S, Grahe, J, Brown, RP, Swim, J, Pearson, NB, Wetzel, C, Pezzo, M, Gosling, S, MacLin, K, Reifman, A, Awbrey, B, Wright, C, Jerzak, P, Samuels, SM, Lemmond, G, Leary, M, and Seta, C. "Measuring School Spirit: A National Teaching Exercise." Teaching of Psychology 31, no. 1 (2004): 18-21.
  - Ginis, KAM, and Leary, MR. "Self-Presentational Processes in Health-Damaging Behavior." Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 16, no. 1 (2004): 59-74. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "The function of self-esteem in terror management theory and sociometer theory: Comment on pyszczynski et al. (2004)." Psychological Bulletin 130, no. 3 (2004): 478-482. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Digging deeper: The fundamental nature of "self-conscious" emotions." Psychological Inquiry 15, no. 2 (2004): 129-131.
  - Brown, JL, Sheffield, D, Leary, MR, and Robinson, ME. "Social support and experimental pain." Psychosomatic Medicine 65, no. 2 (2003): 276-283. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Gallagher, B, Fors, E, Buttermore, N, Baldwin, E, Kennedy, K, and Mills, A. "The invalidity of disclaimers about the effects of social feedback on self-esteem." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 29, no. 5 (2003): 623-636. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Gallagher, B, Fors, EH, Buttermore, N, Baldwin, E, Lane, KK, and Mills, A. "The invalidity of personal claims about self-esteem." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 29 (2003): 623-636. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Herbst, KC, and McCrary, F. "Finding pleasure in solitary activities: Desire for aloneness or disinterest in social contact?." Personality and Individual Differences 35, no. 1 (2003): 59-68. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Kowalski, RM, Smith, L, and Phillips, S. "Teasing, Rejection, and Violence: Case Studies of the School Shootings." Aggressive Behavior 29, no. 3 (2003): 202-214. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Buttermore, NR. "The Evolution of the Human Self: Tracing the Natural History of Self-Awareness." Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 33, no. 4 (2003): 365-404+447. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Interpersonal aspects of optimal self-esteem and the authentic self." Psychological Inquiry 14, no. 1 (2003): 52-54.
  - Leary, MR. "Commentary on Self-Esteem as an Interpersonal Monitor: The Sociometer Hypothesis (1995)." Psychological Inquiry 14, no. 3-4 (2003): 270-274.
  - MacDonald, G, Saltzman, JL, and Leary, MR. "Social approval and trait self-esteem." Journal of Research in Personality 37, no. 2 (2003): 23-40. Full Text
  - Culos-Reed, SN, Brawley, LR, Martin, KA, and Leary, MR. "Self-presentation concerns and health behaviors among cosmetic surgery patients." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 32, no. 3 (2002): 560-569.
  - Leary, MR. "The self as a source of relational difficulties." Self and Identity 1 (2002): 137-142. (Academic Article)
  - Nezlek, JB, and Leary, MR. "Individual differences in self-presentational motives in daily social interaction." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 28, no. 2 (2002): 211-223.
  - Bourgeois, KS, and Leary, MR. "Coping with rejection: Derogating those who choose us last." Motivation and Emotion 25, no. 2 (2001): 101-111. Full Text
  - Kurzban, R, and Leary, MR. "Evolutionary Origins of Stigmatization: The Functions of Social Exclusion." Psychological Bulletin 127, no. 2 (2001): 187-208.
  - Leary, MR, Cottrell, CA, and Phillips, M. "Deconfounding the effects of dominance and social acceptance on self-esteem." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 81, no. 5 (2001): 898-909. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Living in the minds of others without knowing it." Psychological Inquiry 12 (2001): 2830-. (Academic Article)
  - Martin, KA, Leary, MR, and O'Brien, J. "Role of self-presentation in the health practices of a sample of irish adolescents." Journal of Adolescent Health 28, no. 4 (2001): 259-262. Full Text
  - Martin, KA, and Leary, MR. "Self-presentational determinants of health risk behavior among college freshmen." Psychology and Health 15 (2001): 1-11. (Academic Article)
  - Martin, KA, and Leary, MR. "Self-presentational determinants of health risk behavior among college freshmen." Psychology and Health 16, no. 1 (2001): 17-27.
  - Rapp, SR, Cottrell, CA, and Leary, MR. "Social coping strategies associated with quality of life decrements among psoriasis patients." British Journal of Dermatology 145, no. 4 (2001): 610-616. Full Text
  - Snapp, CM, and Leary, MR. "Hurt feelings among new acquaintances: Moderating effects of interpersonal familiarity." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 18, no. 3 (2001): 315-326.
  - Leary, MR, Patton, KM, Orlando, AE, and Funk, WW. "The impostor phenomenon: Self-perceptions, reflected appraisals, and interpersonal strategies." Journal of Personality 68, no. 4 (2000): 725-756.
  - Leary, MR, and Baumeister, RF. "The nature and function of self-esteem: Sociometer theory." Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 32 (2000): 1-62.
  - Martin, KA, Leary, MR, and Rejeski, WJ. "Self-presentational concerns in older adults: Implications for health and well-being." Basic and Applied Social Psychology 22, no. 3 (2000): 169-179.
  - Leary, MR, and Cottrell, CA. "Evolution of the self, the need to belong, and life in a delayed-return environment." Psychological Inquiry 10 (1999): 229-232. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR. "Making sense of self-esteem." Current Directions in Psychological Science 8, no. 1 (1999): 32-35.
  - Martin, KA, and Leary, MR. "Would you drink after a stranger? The influence of self-presentational motives on willingness to take a health risk." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 25, no. 9 (1999): 1092-1100.
  - Leary, MR, Haupt, AL, Strausser, KS, and Chokel, JT. "Calibrating the sociometer: The relationship between interpersonal appraisals and state self-esteem." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 74, no. 5 (1998): 1290-1299.
  - Leary, MR, Rapp, SR, Herbst, KC, Exum, ML, and Feldman, SR. "Interpersonal concerns and psychological difficulties of psoriasis patients: Effects of disease severity and fear of negative evaluation." Health Psychology 17, no. 6 (1998): 530-536. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Springer, C, Negel, L, Ansell, E, and Evans, K. "The causes, phenomenology, and consequences of hurt feelings." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 74, no. 5 (1998): 1225-1237.
  - Baumeister, RF, and Leary, MR. "Writing narrative literature reviews." Review of General Psychology 1, no. 3 (1997): 311-320.
  - Forsyth, DR, and Leary, MR. "Achieving the goals of the scientist-practitioner model: The seven interfaces of social and counseling psychology." Counseling Psychologist 25, no. 2 (1997): 180-200.
  - Haupt, AL, and Leary, MR. "The appeal of worthless groups: Moderating effects of trait self-esteem." Group Dynamics 1, no. 2 (1997): 124-132.
  - Leary, MR, Saltzman, JL, and Georgeson, JC. "Appearance motivation, obsessive-compulsive tendencies and excessive suntanning in a community sample." Journal of Health Psychology 2, no. 4 (1997): 493-499. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Schreindorfer, LS. "Unresolved issues with terror management theory." Psychological Inquiry 8 (1997): 26-29. (Academic Article)
  - Martin, KA, Rejeski, WJ, Leary, MR, McAuley, E, and Bane, S. "Is the social physique anxiety scale really multidimensional? Conceptual and statistical arguments for a unidimensional model." Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 19, no. 4 (1997): 359-367.
  - Moore, MA, Britt, TW, and Leary, MR. "Integrating social and counseling perspectives on the self." The Counseling Psychologist 25 (1997): 220-239. (Academic Article)
  - Moore, MA, Britt, TW, and Leary, MR. "Integrating social and counseling psychological perspectives on the self." Counseling Psychologist 25, no. 2 (1997): 220-239.
  - Nezlek, JB, Kowalski, RM, Leary, MR, Blevins, T, and Holgate, S. "Personality moderators of reactions to interpersonal rejection: Depression and trait self-esteem." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 23, no. 12 (1997): 1235-1244.
  - Leary, MR, Landel, JL, and Patton, KM. "The Motivated Expression of Embarrassment Following a Self-Presentational Predicament." Journal of Personality 64, no. 3 (1996): 619-636.
  - Leary, MR. "Social anxiety and couples: Self-presentational concerns in close relationships." The Family Digest: Bulletin of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors 9 (1996): 1-4. (Academic Article)
  - Baumeister, RF, and Leary, MR. "The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation." Psychological Bulletin 117, no. 3 (1995): 497-529.
  - Leary, MR, Schreindorfer, LS, and Haupt, AL. "The role of self-esteem in emotional and behavioral problems: Why is low self-esteem dysfunctional?." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 14 (1995): 297-314. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Tambor, ES, Terdal, SK, and Downs, DL. "Self-Esteem as an Interpersonal Monitor: The Sociometer Hypothesis." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 68, no. 3 (1995): 518-530.
  - Jones, JL, and Leary, MR. "Effects of Appearance-Based Admonitions Against Sun Exposure on Tanning Intentions in Young Adults." Health Psychology 13, no. 1 (1994): 86-90.
  - Leary, MR, Nezlek, JB, Downs, D, Radford-Davenport, J, Martin, J, and McMullen, A. "Self-Presentation in Everyday Interactions: Effects of Target Familiarity and Gender Composition." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 67, no. 4 (1994): 664-673.
  - Leary, MR, Nezlek, JB, Downs, DL, Radford Davenport, J, Martin, J, and McMullen, A. "Self-presentation in everyday interactions." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 67 (1994): 664-673. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Tchividjian, LR, and Kraxberger, BE. "Self-Presentation Can Be Hazardous to Your Health: Impression Management and Health Risk." Health Psychology 13, no. 6 (1994): 461-470.
  - Leary, MR. "How should we teach undergraduates about personality?." Dialogue (Bulletin of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology) (1994). (Academic Article)
  - II, WDC, and Leary, MR. "Anatomic and physiological bases of social blushing: Speculations from neurology and psychology." Behavioural Neurology 6, no. 4 (1993): 181-185.
  - Leary, MR, and Jones, JL. "The social psychology of tanning and sunscreen use: Self-presentational variables as a predictor of health risk." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 23 (1993): 1390-1406. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, and Kowalski, RM. "The Interaction Anxiousness Scale: construct and criterion-related validity." Journal of Personality Assessment 61, no. 1 (1993): 136-146.
  - Leary, MR, Britt, TW, II, WDC, and Templeton, JL. "Social blushing." Psychological Bulletin 112, no. 3 (1992): 446-460.
  - Leary, MR. "Self-presentational processes in exercise and sport." Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 14 (1992): 339-351. (Academic Article)
  - Tardy, CH, Allen, MT, Thompson, WR, and Leary, MR. "Social anxiety and cardiovascular responses to interpersonal communication." Southern Communication Journal 57, no. 1 (December 1991): 25-34. Full Text
  - Franke, R, and Leary, MR. "Disclosure of sexual orientation by lesbians and gay men: A comparison on private and public processes." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 10 (1991): 262-269. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, and Meadows, S. "Predictors, Elicitors, and Concomitants of Social Blushing." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 60, no. 2 (1991): 254-262.
  - Rezek, PJ, and Leary, MR. "Perceived control, drive for thinness, and food consumption: anorexic tendencies as displaced reactance." Journal of personality 59, no. 1 (1991): 129-142.
  - Kowalski, RM, and Leary, MR. "Strategic self-presentation and the avoidance of aversive events: Antecedents and consequences of self-enhancement and self-depreciation." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 26, no. 4 (1990): 322-336.
  - Lamphere, RA, and Leary, MR. "Private and public self-processes: A return to James' constituents of the self." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 16 (1990): 717-725. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, and Kowalski, RM. "Impression management: A literature review and two-component model." Psychological Bulletin 107, no. 1 (1990): 34-47.
  - Leary, MR. "Responses to social exclusion: Social anxiety, jealousy, loneliness, depression, and low self-esteem." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 9 (1990): 221-229. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR. "Wanted: Half-baked ideas." Contemporary Social Psychology 14 (1990): 48-49. (Academic Article)
  - Rezek, PJ, and Leary, MR. "Evaluation apprehension, hypochondriasis, and the strategic use of symptoms." Basic and Applied Social Psychology 11 (1990): 233-242. (Academic Article)
  - Hart, EA, Leary, MR, and Rejeski, WJ. "The measurement of social physique anxiety." Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 11 (1989): 94-104. (Academic Article)
  - Barnes, BD, Mason, E, Leary, MR, Laurent, J, Griebel, C, and Bergman, A. "Reactions to social vs self-evaluation: Moderating effects of personal and social identity orientations." Journal of Research in Personality 22, no. 4 (1988): 513-524.
  - Leary, MR, Kowalski, RM, and Bergen, DJ. "Interpersonal information acquisition and confidence in first encounters." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 14 (1988): 68-77. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Kowalski, RM, and Campbell, CD. "Self-presentational concerns and social anxiety: The role of generalized impression expectancies." Journal of Research in Personality 22, no. 3 (1988): 308-321.
  - Leary, MR, and Jr, WES. "The relationship of instrumentality and expressiveness to sexual behavior in males and females." Sex Roles 18, no. 9-10 (1988): 509-522. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "A comprehensive approach to the treatment of social anxieties: The self-presentation model." Phobia Practice Research Journal 1 (1988): 48-57. (Academic Article)
  - Maddux, JE, Norton, LW, and Leary, MR. "Cognitive components of social anxiety: An investigation of the integration of self-presentation theory and self-efficacy theory." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 6 (1988): 180-190. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Barnes, BD, Griebel, C, Mason, E, and McCormack, D. "The impact of conjoint threats to social- and self-esteem on evaluation apprehension." Social Psychology Quarterly 50 (1987): 304-311. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Knight, PD, and Johnson, KA. "Social anxiety and dyadic conversation: A verbal response analysis." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 5 (1987): 34-50. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Kowalski, RM, Maddux, JE, and Stoltenberg, C. "Required reading at the interface of social, clinical, and counseling psychology." Contemporary Social Psychology 12 (1987): 68-70. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, and Kowalski, RM. "Manual for the Interaction Anxiousness Scale." Social and Behavioral Sciences Documents 16, no. 2 (1987). (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, and Maddux, JE. "Progress Toward a Viable Interface Between Social and Clinical-Counseling Psychology." American Psychologist 42, no. 10 (1987): 904-911. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "The three faces of social-clinical-counseling psychology." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 5 (1987): 168-175. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Atherton, SC, Hill, S, and Hur, C. "Attributional mediators of social inhibition and avoidance." Journal of Personality 54, no. 4 (December 1986): 704-716. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Atherton, SC, Hill, S, and Hur, C. "Attributional mediators of social inhibition and avoidance." Journal of Personality 54 (1986): 188-200. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Barnes, BD, and Griebel, C. "Cognitive, affective, and attributional effects of potential threats to self-esteem." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 4 (1986): 461-474. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Knight, PD, and Barnes, BD. "Ethical ideologies of the Machiavellian." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 12 (1986): 75-80. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Robertson, RB, Barnes, BD, and Miller, RS. "Self-Presentations of Small Group Leaders. Effects of Role Requirements and Leadership Orientation." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 51, no. 4 (1986): 742-748. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Rogers, PA, Canfield, RW, and Coe, C. "Boredom in Interpersonal Encounters. Antecedents and Social Implications." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 51, no. 5 (1986): 968-975. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, Shepperd, JA, McNeil, M, Jenkins, TB, and Barnes, BD. "Objectivism in information utilization: Theory and measurement." Journal of Personality Assessment 50 (1986): 32-43. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Wheeler, DS, and Jenkins, TB. "Aspects of identity and behavioral preference: Studies of occupational and recreational choice." Social Psychology Quarterly 49 (1986): 11-18. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, and Atherton, S. "Self-efficacy, anxiety, and inhibition in interpersonal encounters." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 4 (1986): 256-267. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, and Shepperd, JA. "Behavioral Self-Handicaps Versus Self-Reported Handicaps. A Conceptual Note." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 51, no. 6 (1986): 1265-1268. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "The impact of interactional impediments on social anxiety and self-presentation." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 22, no. 2 (1986): 122-135.
  - Forsyth, DR, Schlenker, BR, Leary, MR, and McCown, NE. "Self-Presentational Determinants of Sex Differences in Leadership Behavior." Small Group Behavior 16, no. 2 (May 1985): 197-210. Full Text
  - Altmaier, EM, Leary, MR, Halpern, S, and Sellers, JE. "Effects of stress inoculation and participant modeling on confidence and anxiety: Testing predictions of self-efficacy theory." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 3 (1985): 500-505. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR. "Teaching a course at the interface of social and clinical-counseling psychology." Contemporary Social Psychology 11 (1985): 120-123. (Academic Article)
  - McColskey, W, and Leary, MR. "Differential effects of norm-referenced and self-referenced feedback on performance expectancies, attributions, and motivation." Contemporary Educational Psychology 10, no. 3 (1985): 275-284.
  - Schlenker, BR, and Leary, MR. "Social anxiety and communication about the self." Journal of Language and Social Psychology 4 (1985): 171-192. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, Jenkins, TB, and Shepperd, JA. "The growth of interest in clinically-relevant research in social psychology." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 2 (1984): 333-338. (Academic Article)
  - Stokes, JM, and Leary, MR. "Evaluations of others' decisions by intellectually gifted and average children: Effects of decision consequences and decentering prompts." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 10 (1984): 564-573. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, and Dobbins, SE. "Social anxiety, sexual behavior, and contraceptive use." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 45, no. 6 (1983): 1347-1354. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Social anxiousness: The construct and its measurement." Journal of Personality Assessment 47, no. 1 (1983): 66-75.
  - Leary, MR. "A brief version of the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 9 (1983): 371-376. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR. "The conceptual distinctions are important: Another look at communication apprehension and related constructs." Human Communication Research 10 (1983): 305-312. (Academic Article)
  - Altmaier, EM, Ross, SL, Leary, MR, and Thornbrough, M. "Matching stress inoculation's treatment components to client's anxiety mode." Journal of Counseling Psychology 29, no. 3 (1982): 331-334. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Distorted hindsight and the 1980 Presidential election." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 8 (1982): 257-263. (Academic Article)
  - Schlenker, BR, and Leary, MR. "Audiences' reactions to self-enhancing, self-denigrating, and accurate self-presentations." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 18, no. 1 (1982): 89-104.
  - Schlenker, BR, and Leary, MR. "Social anxiety and self-presentation: A conceptualization model." Psychological Bulletin 92, no. 3 (1982): 641-669. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "The distorted nature of hindsight." Journal of Social Psychology 115 (1981): 25-29. (Academic Article)
  - Leary, MR, and Altmaier, EM. "Type I error in counseling research: A plea for multivariate analyses." Journal of Counseling Psychology 27, no. 6 (November 1, 1980): 611-615. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Altmaier, EM. "Type I error in counseling research: A plea for multivariate analyses." Journal of Counseling Psychology 27, no. 6 (1980): 611-615. Full Text
  - Leary, MR, and Schlenker, BR. "Self-presentation in a task-oriented leadership situation." Representative Research in Social Psychology 11 (1980): 152-159. (Academic Article)
  - Schlenker, BR, Forsyth, DR, Leary, MR, and Miller, RS. "Self-presentational analysis of the effects of incentives on attitude change following counterattitudinal behavior." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 39, no. 4 (1980): 553-577. Full Text
  - Altmaier, EM, Leary, MR, Forsyth, DR, and Ansel, JC. "Attribution therapy: Effects of locus of control and timing of treatment." Journal of Counseling Psychology 26, no. 6 (1979): 481-486. Full Text
  - Leary, MR. "Levels of discomfirmability and social psychological theory: A response to Greenwald." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 5 (1979): 149-153. (Academic Article)
  - Schlenker, BR, Miller, RS, Leary, MR, and McCown, NE. "Group performance and interpersonal evaluation as determinants of egotistical attributions in groups." Journal of Personality 47 (1979): 575-594. (Academic Article)
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