Director: Eric R. Dahlen, Ph.D.
Representative Publications
Current or former students are listed in bold.
Nocera, T. R., Dahlen, E. R., Poor, A., Strowd, J., Dortch, A., & Van Overloop, E. C. (2022). Moral disengagement mechanisms predict cyber aggression among emerging adults. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychological Research on Cyberspace, 16(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2022-1-6
Nocera, T. R., Dahlen, E. R., Mohn, R. S., Leuty, M. E., & Batastini, A. B. (2022). Dark personality traits and anger in cyber aggression perpetration: Is moral disengagement to blame? Psychology of Popular Media, 11(1), 24-34. https://doi.apa.org/doi/10.1037/ppm0000295 [accepted, pre-formatted version]
Nocera, T. R., & Dahlen, E. R. (2020). Dark triad personality traits in cyber aggression among college students. Violence and Victims, 35(4), 524-538. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-18-00058
Deason, D. L., Dahlen, E. R., Madson, M. B., & Bullock-Yowell, E. (2019). Five factor model of personality, social anxiety, and relational aggression in college students. Journal of College Student Development, 60,(1), 110-114. doi: 10.1353/csd.2019.0007
Dahlen, E. R., Mandracchia, J. T., & Zeigler-Hill, V. (2018). Studying the role of pathological personality traits in criminogenic thinking using survey research. SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi: 10.4135/9781526430632
Knight, N. M., Dahlen, E. R., Bullock-Yowell, E., & Madson, M. B. (2018). The HEXACO model of personality and Dark Triad in relational aggression. Personality and Individual Differences, 122,(1), 109-114. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.10.016
Zeigler-Hill, V., Dahlen, E. R., & Madson, M. B. (2017). Self-esteem and alcohol use: Implications for aggressive behavior. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 15,(5), 1103-1117. doi: 10.1007/s11469-017-9764-9
Zeigler-Hill, V., Mandracchia, J. T., Dahlen, E. R., Shango, R., & Vrabel, J. K. (2017). Pathological personality traits and criminogenic thinking styles. Personality and Individual Differences, 110, 41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.01.021
Clark, C. M., Dahlen, E. R., & Nicholson, B. C. (2015). The role of parenting in relational aggression and prosocial behavior among emerging adults. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 24,(2), 185-202. doi: 10.1080/10926771.2015.1002653
Boudreaux, D. J., Dahlen, E. R., Madson, M. B., & Bullock-Yowell, E. (2014). Attitudes toward anger management scale: Development and initial validation. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 47(1), 14-26. doi: 10.1177/0748175613497039
Dahlen, E. R., Czar, K. A., Prather, E., & Dyess, C. (2013). Relational aggression and victimization in college students. Journal of College Student Development, 54(2), 140-154. doi: 10.1353.csd.2013.0021 (download archived .pdf file)
Prather, E., Dahlen, E. R., Nicholson, B. C., & Bullock-Yowell, E. (2012). Relational aggression in college students’ dating relationships. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 21(7), 705-720. doi: 10.1080/10926771.2012.693151
Dahlen, E. R., Edwards, B. D., Tubré, T., Zyphur, M. J., & Warren, C. R. (2012). Taking a look behind the wheel: An investigation into the personality predictors of aggressive driving. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 45, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.11.012
Czar, K. A., Dahlen, E. R., Bullock-Yowell, E., Nicholson, B. C. (2011). Psychopathic personality traits in relational aggression among young adults. Aggressive Behavior, 37(2), 207-214. doi: 10.1002/ab.20381
Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2011). Angry thoughts and response to provocation: Validity of the Angry Cognitions Scale. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 29, 65-76. doi: 10.1007/s10942-009-0104-2
Pseekos, A. C., Bullock-Yowell, E., & Dahlen, E. R. (2011). Examining Holland’s person-environment fit, workplace aggression, interpersonal conflict, and job satisfaction. Journal of Employment Counseling, 48(2), 63-71. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2011.tb00115.x
Moore, M., & Dahlen, E. R. (2008). Forgiveness and consideration of future consequences in aggressive driving. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 40(5), 1661-1666. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.05.007
Dahlen, E. R. (2007). Cognitive therapy for clinically dysfunctional anger: A case study. Clinical Case Studies, 6, 493-507. doi: 10.1177/1534650107298707
Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2007). Anger response styles and reaction to provocation. Personality and Individual Differences, 43(8), 2083-2094. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.06.022
Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2007). The Angry Cognitions Scale: A new inventory for assessing cognitions in anger. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 25, 155-173. doi: 10.1007/s10942-006-0033-2
Dahlen, E. R., & Martin, R. C. (2006). Refining the Anger Consequences Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 41(6), 1021-1031. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.04.008
Dahlen, E. R., & White, R. P. (2006). The Big Five factors, sensation seeking, and driving anger in the prediction of unsafe driving. Personality and Individual Differences, 41(5), 903-915. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.016
Dahlen, E. R., & Martin, R. C. (2005). The experience, expression, and control of anger in perceived social support. Personality and Individual Differences, 39(2), 391-401. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.01.019
Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2005). Cognitive emotion regulation in the prediction of depression, anxiety, stress, and anger. Personality and Individual Differences, 39(7), 1249-1260. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.06.004
Dahlen, E. R., Martin, R. C., Ragan, K., & Kuhlman, M. M. (2005). Driving anger, sensation seeking, impulsiveness, and boredom proneness in the prediction of unsafe driving. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 37(2), 341-348. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.10.006
Dahlen E. R., Martin, R. C., Ragan, K., & Kuhlman, M. M. (2004). Boredom proneness in anger and aggression: Effects of impulsiveness and sensation seeking. Personality and Individual Differences, 37(8), 1615-1627. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.02.016
Dahlen, E. R., & Ragan, K. M. (2004). Validation of the Propensity for Angry Driving Scale. Journal of Safety Research, 35(5), 557-563. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2004.09.002
Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2004). Irrational beliefs and the experience and expression of anger. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 22(1), 3-20. doi: 10.1023/B:JORE.0000011574.44362.8f
Deffenbacher, J. L., Lynch, R. S., Filetti, L. B., Dahlen, E. R., & Oetting, E. R. (2003). Anger, aggression, risky behavior, and crash-related outcomes in three groups of drivers. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41(3), 333-349. doi: 10.1016/S0005-7967(02)00014-1
Deffenbacher, J. L., Filetti, L. B., Lynch, R. S., Dahlen, E. R., & Oetting, E. R. (2002). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of high anger drivers. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40(8), 895-910. doi: 10.1016/S0005-7967(01)00067-5
Dahlen, E. R., & Deffenbacher, J. L. (2001). Anger management. In W. J. Lyddon & J. V. Jones (Eds.), Empirically-supported cognitive therapies: Current status and future promise (pp. 163-181). New York: Springer.
Dahlen, E. R., & Deffenbacher, J. L. (2000). A partial component analysis of Beck’s cognitive therapy for the treatment of general anger. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 14(1), 77-95.
Deffenbacher, J. L., Dahlen, E. R., Lynch, R. S., Morris, C. D., & Gowensmith, W. N. (2000). An application of Beck's cognitive therapy to general anger reduction. Cognitive Therapy & Research, 24(6), 689-697. doi: 10.1023/A:1005539428336
Nocera, T. R., Dahlen, E. R., Poor, A., Strowd, J., Dortch, A., & Van Overloop, E. C. (2022). Moral disengagement mechanisms predict cyber aggression among emerging adults. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychological Research on Cyberspace, 16(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2022-1-6
Nocera, T. R., Dahlen, E. R., Mohn, R. S., Leuty, M. E., & Batastini, A. B. (2022). Dark personality traits and anger in cyber aggression perpetration: Is moral disengagement to blame? Psychology of Popular Media, 11(1), 24-34. https://doi.apa.org/doi/10.1037/ppm0000295 [accepted, pre-formatted version]
Nocera, T. R., & Dahlen, E. R. (2020). Dark triad personality traits in cyber aggression among college students. Violence and Victims, 35(4), 524-538. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/VV-D-18-00058
Deason, D. L., Dahlen, E. R., Madson, M. B., & Bullock-Yowell, E. (2019). Five factor model of personality, social anxiety, and relational aggression in college students. Journal of College Student Development, 60,(1), 110-114. doi: 10.1353/csd.2019.0007
Dahlen, E. R., Mandracchia, J. T., & Zeigler-Hill, V. (2018). Studying the role of pathological personality traits in criminogenic thinking using survey research. SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi: 10.4135/9781526430632
Knight, N. M., Dahlen, E. R., Bullock-Yowell, E., & Madson, M. B. (2018). The HEXACO model of personality and Dark Triad in relational aggression. Personality and Individual Differences, 122,(1), 109-114. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.10.016
Zeigler-Hill, V., Dahlen, E. R., & Madson, M. B. (2017). Self-esteem and alcohol use: Implications for aggressive behavior. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 15,(5), 1103-1117. doi: 10.1007/s11469-017-9764-9
Zeigler-Hill, V., Mandracchia, J. T., Dahlen, E. R., Shango, R., & Vrabel, J. K. (2017). Pathological personality traits and criminogenic thinking styles. Personality and Individual Differences, 110, 41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.01.021
Clark, C. M., Dahlen, E. R., & Nicholson, B. C. (2015). The role of parenting in relational aggression and prosocial behavior among emerging adults. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 24,(2), 185-202. doi: 10.1080/10926771.2015.1002653
Boudreaux, D. J., Dahlen, E. R., Madson, M. B., & Bullock-Yowell, E. (2014). Attitudes toward anger management scale: Development and initial validation. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 47(1), 14-26. doi: 10.1177/0748175613497039
Dahlen, E. R., Czar, K. A., Prather, E., & Dyess, C. (2013). Relational aggression and victimization in college students. Journal of College Student Development, 54(2), 140-154. doi: 10.1353.csd.2013.0021 (download archived .pdf file)
Prather, E., Dahlen, E. R., Nicholson, B. C., & Bullock-Yowell, E. (2012). Relational aggression in college students’ dating relationships. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 21(7), 705-720. doi: 10.1080/10926771.2012.693151
Dahlen, E. R., Edwards, B. D., Tubré, T., Zyphur, M. J., & Warren, C. R. (2012). Taking a look behind the wheel: An investigation into the personality predictors of aggressive driving. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 45, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.11.012
Czar, K. A., Dahlen, E. R., Bullock-Yowell, E., Nicholson, B. C. (2011). Psychopathic personality traits in relational aggression among young adults. Aggressive Behavior, 37(2), 207-214. doi: 10.1002/ab.20381
Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2011). Angry thoughts and response to provocation: Validity of the Angry Cognitions Scale. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 29, 65-76. doi: 10.1007/s10942-009-0104-2
Pseekos, A. C., Bullock-Yowell, E., & Dahlen, E. R. (2011). Examining Holland’s person-environment fit, workplace aggression, interpersonal conflict, and job satisfaction. Journal of Employment Counseling, 48(2), 63-71. doi: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2011.tb00115.x
Moore, M., & Dahlen, E. R. (2008). Forgiveness and consideration of future consequences in aggressive driving. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 40(5), 1661-1666. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.05.007
Dahlen, E. R. (2007). Cognitive therapy for clinically dysfunctional anger: A case study. Clinical Case Studies, 6, 493-507. doi: 10.1177/1534650107298707
Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2007). Anger response styles and reaction to provocation. Personality and Individual Differences, 43(8), 2083-2094. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.06.022
Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2007). The Angry Cognitions Scale: A new inventory for assessing cognitions in anger. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 25, 155-173. doi: 10.1007/s10942-006-0033-2
Dahlen, E. R., & Martin, R. C. (2006). Refining the Anger Consequences Questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 41(6), 1021-1031. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.04.008
Dahlen, E. R., & White, R. P. (2006). The Big Five factors, sensation seeking, and driving anger in the prediction of unsafe driving. Personality and Individual Differences, 41(5), 903-915. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.016
Dahlen, E. R., & Martin, R. C. (2005). The experience, expression, and control of anger in perceived social support. Personality and Individual Differences, 39(2), 391-401. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.01.019
Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2005). Cognitive emotion regulation in the prediction of depression, anxiety, stress, and anger. Personality and Individual Differences, 39(7), 1249-1260. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.06.004
Dahlen, E. R., Martin, R. C., Ragan, K., & Kuhlman, M. M. (2005). Driving anger, sensation seeking, impulsiveness, and boredom proneness in the prediction of unsafe driving. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 37(2), 341-348. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.10.006
Dahlen E. R., Martin, R. C., Ragan, K., & Kuhlman, M. M. (2004). Boredom proneness in anger and aggression: Effects of impulsiveness and sensation seeking. Personality and Individual Differences, 37(8), 1615-1627. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.02.016
Dahlen, E. R., & Ragan, K. M. (2004). Validation of the Propensity for Angry Driving Scale. Journal of Safety Research, 35(5), 557-563. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2004.09.002
Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2004). Irrational beliefs and the experience and expression of anger. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 22(1), 3-20. doi: 10.1023/B:JORE.0000011574.44362.8f
Deffenbacher, J. L., Lynch, R. S., Filetti, L. B., Dahlen, E. R., & Oetting, E. R. (2003). Anger, aggression, risky behavior, and crash-related outcomes in three groups of drivers. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41(3), 333-349. doi: 10.1016/S0005-7967(02)00014-1
Deffenbacher, J. L., Filetti, L. B., Lynch, R. S., Dahlen, E. R., & Oetting, E. R. (2002). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of high anger drivers. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40(8), 895-910. doi: 10.1016/S0005-7967(01)00067-5
Dahlen, E. R., & Deffenbacher, J. L. (2001). Anger management. In W. J. Lyddon & J. V. Jones (Eds.), Empirically-supported cognitive therapies: Current status and future promise (pp. 163-181). New York: Springer.
Dahlen, E. R., & Deffenbacher, J. L. (2000). A partial component analysis of Beck’s cognitive therapy for the treatment of general anger. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 14(1), 77-95.
Deffenbacher, J. L., Dahlen, E. R., Lynch, R. S., Morris, C. D., & Gowensmith, W. N. (2000). An application of Beck's cognitive therapy to general anger reduction. Cognitive Therapy & Research, 24(6), 689-697. doi: 10.1023/A:1005539428336
Anger and Personality Lab
The lab is directed by Dr. Eric R. Dahlen, and the content of this website represents his views (see disclaimer). Graduate students in Counseling Psychology and undergraduate Psychology majors at the University of Southern Mississippi study overt and relational aggression/victimization, dysfunctional anger, college student mental health, and related areas.
The lab is directed by Dr. Eric R. Dahlen, and the content of this website represents his views (see disclaimer). Graduate students in Counseling Psychology and undergraduate Psychology majors at the University of Southern Mississippi study overt and relational aggression/victimization, dysfunctional anger, college student mental health, and related areas.