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Ladd Wheeler

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Professor Wheeler’s major substantive interests have been social comparison, behavioral contagion, physical attractiveness, and social interaction. He is a pioneer in the use of diary methods, such as the Rochester Interaction Record and the Social Comparison Record. He is a past President of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the founding editor of the Review of Personality and Social Psychology.

Primary Interests:

  • Close Relationships
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Persuasion, Social Influence
  • Self and Identity
  • Close Relationships
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Persuasion, Social Influence
  • Self and Identity

Books:

Journal Articles:

  • Gerber, J. & Wheeler, L. (2009). On being rejected: A meta-analysis of experimental research on rejection. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 5, 468-488.
  • Huguet, P., Dumas, F.,Marsh, H., Régner, I., Wheeler, L., Suls, J., Seaton, M., and Nezlek, J. (2009). Clarifying the Role of Social Comparison in the Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect (BFLPE): An Integrative Study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology., 97, 1, 156-170.
  • Johnco, C., Wheeler, L., & Taylor, A. (2010) They do get prettier at closing time: A repeated measures study of the closing- time effect and alcohol. Social Influence, 5, 4, pp. 261-271.
  • Suls, J., Martin, R., & Wheeler, L. (2002). Social comparison: Why, with whom, and with what effect. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11(5), 159-163.
  • Suls, J., Martin, R., & Wheeler, L. (2000). Three kinds of opinion comparison: The triadic model. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 4(3), 219-237.
  • Wheeler, L., Martin, R., & Suls, J. (1997). The proxy model of social comparison for self-assessment of ability. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 1, 54-61.
  • Wheeler, L., & Suls, J. (2007). Assimilation in social comparison: Can we agree on what it is? Revue Internationale De Psychologie Sociale, 20(1) 31-51.

Other Publications:

Ladd Wheeler
Department of Psychology
Macquarie University
Sydney
New South Wales 2109
Australia

Phone: 61-2-9850-6749
Fax: 61-2-9850-8062
Email: ladd.wheeler@mq.edu.au

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