Why interventions to influence adolescent behavior often fail but could succeed

DS Yeager, RE Dahl, CS Dweck - … on Psychological Science, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
We provide a developmental perspective on two related issues:(a) why traditional
preventative school-based interventions work reasonably well for children but less so for …

Understanding social hierarchies: The neural and psychological foundations of status perception

JE Koski, H Xie, IR Olson - Social neuroscience, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Social groups across species rapidly self-organize into hierarchies, where members vary in
their level of power, influence, skill, or dominance. In this review, we explore the nature of …

The “why” and “how” of narcissism: A process model of narcissistic status pursuit

S Grapsas, E Brummelman, MD Back… - Perspectives on …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
We propose a self-regulation model of grandiose narcissism. This model illustrates an
interconnected set of processes through which narcissists (ie, individuals with relatively high …

Social and emotional learning programs for adolescents

DS Yeager - The future of children, 2017 - JSTOR
Adolescents may especially need social and emotional help. They're learning how to handle
new demands in school and social life while dealing with new, intense emotions (both …

Loss of institutional trust among racial and ethnic minority adolescents: A consequence of procedural injustice and a cause of life‐span outcomes

DS Yeager, V Purdie‐Vaughns, SY Hooper… - Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This research tested a social‐developmental process model of trust discernment. From sixth
to eighth grade, White and African American students were surveyed twice yearly (ages 11 …

The dark side of scarcity promotions: How exposure to limited-quantity promotions can induce aggression

K Kristofferson, B McFerran… - Journal of Consumer …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Marketers frequently use scarcity promotions, where a product or event is limited in
availability. The present research shows conditions under which the mere exposure to such …

Approach–avoidance motivation and emotion: Convergence and divergence

AJ Elliot, AB Eder, E Harmon-Jones - Emotion Review, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
In this concluding piece, we identify and discuss various aspects of convergence and, to a
lesser degree, divergence in the ideas expressed in the contributions to this special section …

Exogenous testosterone rapidly increases aggressive behavior in dominant and impulsive men

JM Carré, SN Geniole, TL Ortiz, BM Bird, A Videto… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Although traditional wisdom suggests that baseline levels of testosterone (T)
promote aggressive behavior, decades of research have produced findings that have been …

Testosterone and reproductive effort in male primates

MN Muller - Hormones and Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
Considerable evidence suggests that the steroid hormone testosterone mediates major life-
history trade-offs in vertebrates, promoting mating effort at the expense of parenting effort or …

Laughing with me or laughing at me? The differential effects of leader humor expressions on follower status and influence at work

JB Carnevale, L Huang, KC Yam… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although research suggests that leader humor shapes followers' perceptions of their
leaders' status, questions remain as to whether and how leader humor can shape followers' …