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My primary research is now in the
area of hypercompetitive attitudes. In collaboration with
my colleague Rick Ryckman, I am presently carrying out studies
dealing with aspects of hypercompetition. These studies involve
the examination of the behaviors of individuals who have
been identified as being either hypercompetitive or not hypercompetitive
when those persons are put in situations where they illegitimately
can enhance their own scores or in situations where they
illegitimately can lower the scores of their opponents. I
am also working in the area of terror management theory.
In collaboration with my colleague Michele Alexander, we
are examining changes in authoritarian attitudes under the
terror management paradigm.
Recent
Publications
Ryckman,
R.M., Libby, C.R., van den Bourne, B., Gold, J.A., & Lindner,
M.A. (1997). Values of hypercompetitive and personal development competitive
individuals. Journal of Personality Assessment, 69 (2), 271-283.
Burkle,
M.A., Ryckman, R.M., Gold, J.A., Thornton, B., & Audesse,R.J.
(1999). Forms of competitive attitude and achievement orientation
in relation to disordered eating. Sex Roles, 40, 853-870.
Ryckman,
R.M., Thornton, B., Gold, J.A., & Burckle, M.A. (2002).
Romantic relationships of hypercompetitive individuals. Journal
of Social and Clinical Psychology, 5, 517-530.
Thompson,
S. A., Gold, J. A., & Ryckman, R.M. (2003). The Simulated
Video Interaction Technique: A New Method for Inducing Infatuation
in the Laboratory. Representative Research in Social Psychology,
27, 32-37.
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