Dr. Joshua Hicks

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia (2009)

Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235

Office: 224 Psychology Building
email: joshua.hicks@tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 845-2581
Fax: (979) 845-4727
Web: http://sites...huahicks/

Broadly, my research has focused on bringing rigorous methods to bear on classic and applied questions in social and personality psychology. Although the specific research question has varied, these lines of investigation are unified by their focus on understanding the dynamic interplay of individual differences, situational factors, and cognitive processes in important outcomes such as meaning in life, substance use and abuse, magical beliefs and behaviors, and personality development. See below for selected publications.

King, L. A. Hicks, J. A., & Abdelkhalik, J. (in press). Death, Life, Scarcity, and Value: An alternative perspective on the meaning of death. Psychological Science.

Hicks, J. A, & King, L. A. (in press). Relatedness and positive mood as information about meaning in life. Journal of Positive Psychology.

Hicks, J. A., Schlegel, R. J., Friedman, R. S., & McCarthy, D. M. (in press). Alcohol primes, expectancies, and the working self concept. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

King, L. A. & Hicks, J. A. (in press). The detection and construction of meaning in life events. Journal of Positive Psychology.

Hicks, J. A., Pedersen, S. P., & McCarthy, D. M, & Friedman, R. S. (2009). Marijuana primes, marijuana expectancies, and arithmetic efficiency. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

King, L. A. & Hicks, J. A. (2009). Positive affect, intuition, and referential thinking. Personality and Individual Differences.

Friedman, R. S., McCarthy, D. M., Pedersen, S. L., & Hicks J. A. (2009). Alcohol expectancy priming and drinking behavior: The role of compatibility between prime and expectancy content. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Schlegel, R. J., Hicks, J. A., Arndt, J. & King, L. A. (2008). Thine own self: True self-concept accessibility and meaning in life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Hicks, J. A., & King, L.A. (2008). Religious commitment and positive mood as information about meaning in life. Journal of Research in Personality, 64, 139-152.

King, L. A., & Hicks, J. A. (2007). Whatever happened to “what might have been?” Regret, happiness, and maturity. American Psychologist, 62, 625 -636.

Hicks, J. A., & King, L.A. (2008). Religious commitment and positive mood as information about meaning in life. Journal of Research in Personality, 64, 139-152.

King, L. A., Burton, C. B., Hicks, J. A., & Dragotis, S. (2007). Ghosts, UFOs, and magic: Positive affect and the experiential system. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 905-919.

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