Research
Interests: Frank
T. McAndrew,
Ph.D.
Personality
It is difficult to do research in social psychology without also
studying
personality, at least occasionally.
Here are some studies where there is a strong personality overlap in
the variables that were studied.
Podstawska, N., &
McAndrew, F. T. (IN PROGRESS). Gender differences
in the perception of sexual interest in text messages. (In preparation
for publication and for presentation at the 2022 (July) meeting of the
Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Detroit.)
McAndrew, F. T. , & Sbai, Z. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS). Perceptions of
the personalities of namesaked children as a function of their gender
and birth order. (also presented as a poster at the 2022 (February)
meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP),
San Francisco.
McAndrew, F. T., Doriscar,
J. E., Schmidt, N. T., & Niebauer, C. (IN REVIEW). Explorations in
Creepiness:Tolerance for ambiguity
and susceptibility to not just right experiences predicts the ease of
getting creeped out. Journal of
Research in Personality,
McAndrew, F. T. (2021, November 9). Why intelligent men may not be as appealing as we thought. Essay in Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st
Century with a Stone-Aged Mind, Psychology Today
McAndrew, F. T. (2021, January 19). Why
does Tuesday have less
"Personality" than other days of the week? Essay in Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st
Century with a Stone-Aged Mind, Psychology Today
McAndrew, F. T. (2020,
September 18). Is
your personality stressing you out? The Minds Journal. Also appears in Psychology
Today.
McAndrew, F. T. (2019,
September 26). Why
Old people Hate New Music. Appeared in dozens of
media outlets, including The
Conversation, Psychology Today, LiveWire, Quartz, der Freitag, Actively
Learn, & The Citizen.
McAndrew, F. T. (2019,
August 21). Politicians
don't seem to laugh at themsleves as much
anymore. Essay published inover two dozen outlets, including The
Conversation, Intellectual
Takeout,
& The
Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research.
McAndrew, F. T. (2019, May
23). Could
a lack of humility be at the root of what ails America?
Essay published in more than three dozen different media outlets,
including Newsweek,
The
Conversation, Pennsylvania
Capital-Star, Government
Executive, Scroll
India, Towle
Road, Psychology
Today, Alternet,
Garn
Press, & The
Daily Miner.
Bird, A. E., & McAndrew,
F. T. (2019). Does
namesaking a Child Influence Attachment Style? North American Journal of Psychology, 21, 39-44.
(Also presented as a poster at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Portland, Oregon, February, 2019)
McAndrew, F. T. (2018, October 2). When
do personality traits
predict behavior? Essay in the blog Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st
Century with a Stone-Aged Mind, Psychology Today Magazine.
Goranson, A., &
McAndrew, F.
T. (2013, July). Does self-monitoring mediate interest in
different styles of gossip? Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Human Behavior and
Evolution Society (HBES), Miami, FL.
McAndrew, F. T., & Perilloux, C. (2011, June). The Gender and
personality Dynamics of Self-Sacrificial "Heroic" Behavior in Mixed-Sex
Groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society,
Montpellier, France.
McAndrew, F.T.(1998). The
Measurement of "Rootedness" and the
Prediction of Attachment to Hometowns in College Students. The Journal
of Environmental Psychology, 18, 409-417.
Soliman, D.R. & McAndrew, F.T. (1998). Self-Concept in Arabs and
Arab-Americans. Psi Chi Journal
of
Psychological Research, 3, 124-126.
McAndrew, F.T., and Thornton, B.G.(1987, April). Approach and avoidance
tendencies of screeners and nonscreeners. Paper presented at the
meeting of the Eastern Psychological
Association, Arlington, VA.
McAndrew, F.T., and Warner, J.E.(1986). Arousal
seeking and the
maintenance of mutual gaze in same and mixed-sex dyads. Journal of
Nonverbal Behavior, 10, 168-172.
Mitchell, J.L., and McAndrew, F.T.(1984, April). Predicted social
drinking and the need for social approval. Paper presented at the
meeting of the Eastern Psychological
Association, Baltimore.
McAndrew, F.T., and Clark, J.D.(1983, April). Situational preferences
of individuals differing in arousability. Paper presented at the
meeting of the Eastern Psychological
Association, Philadelphia.
