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Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale – II (2016)
Journal Article
Zalta, A. K., Allred, K. M., Jayawickreme, E., Blackie, L. E., & Chambless, D. L. (2017). Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale – II. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 73(10), 1327-1342. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22416

Objective: To develop a more reliable and comprehensive version of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale (PFMS). Method: In Study 1, 387 undergraduates completed an expanded PFMS (PFMS-II) and measures of parenting, perceived control, responses... Read More about Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale – II.

Can people experience post-traumatic growth after committing violent acts? (2016)
Journal Article
Blackie, L. E., Roepke, A. M., Hitchcott, N., & Joseph, S. (2016). Can people experience post-traumatic growth after committing violent acts?. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 22(4), 409-412. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000218

The concept of post-traumatic growth refers to the positive psychological changes that some people experience as a result of their struggle with highly stressful and often traumatic circumstances. Research into post-traumatic growth has typically foc... Read More about Can people experience post-traumatic growth after committing violent acts?.

Specific and individuated death reflection fosters identity integration (2016)
Journal Article
Blackie, L. E., Cozzolino, P. J., & Sedikides, C. (2016). Specific and individuated death reflection fosters identity integration. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0154873. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154873

Identity integration is the process wherein a person assimilates multiple or conflicting identities (e.g., beliefs, values, needs) into a coherent, unified self-concept. Three experiments examined whether contemplating mortality in a specific and ind... Read More about Specific and individuated death reflection fosters identity integration.

Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: developing a measure to assess within-person variability (2016)
Journal Article
Blackie, L. E., Jayawickreme, E., Tsukayama, E., Forgeard, M. J., Roepke, A. M., & Fleeson, W. (in press). Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: developing a measure to assess within-person variability. Journal of Research in Personality, 69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.04.001

Earlier work has defined post-traumatic growth (PTG) as positive personality change, but measurement of this construct has relied almost exclusively on cross-sectional and retrospective assessments. The aim of this study was to use an experience-samp... Read More about Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: developing a measure to assess within-person variability.