University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Notable Publications

Marie-Louise Mares

  • Mares, M. L., Martins, N., McClain, A.M., *Booth, M., Chen, Y. A. (2024). Media as a locus for family ethnic-racial socialization: US youth report on discussions and mutual mediation. Media Psychology. Available online ahead of print publication https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2024.2410770
  • Mares, M. L., Chen, Y. A. & Bond, B. J. (2023) Mutual socialization during media moments: LGBTQ teens and their parents negotiate identity support. Journal of Communication, 73(2), 113-125.

Catalina Toma

  • Chen, Y. A., & Toma, C. L. (2024). To text or talk in person? Social anxiety, media affordances, and preferences for texting over face-to-face communication in dating relationships. Media Psychology, 27(3), 428-454.
  • Toma, C. L., Hwang, J., Kakonge, L., Morrow, E. L., Turkstra, L. S., Mutlu, B., & Duff, M. C. (2024). Does facebook use provide social benefits to adults with traumatic brain injury?. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 27(3), 214-220.
  • Toma, C. L. (2023). Social media self-presentation and emotion: Evidence of selective self-presentation, self-affirmation, and social sharing processes. In R. Nabi & J. Myrick (Eds.) Emotions in the Digital World: Exploring Affective Experience and Expression in Online Interactions (pp. 257-277), Oxford University Press.
  • Toma, C. L. (2022). Online dating and psychological wellbeing: A social compensation perspective. Current Opinion in Psychology, 46, 101331.

Lyn van Swol

  • van Swol, L. M., & Chang, C. T. (2023). Plain language formatting of health advice messages may help to increase accessibility and understanding through more elaboration and processing of the message. JAMA Pediatrics,177(9), 892–893.
  • Ahn, P. H., van Swol, L. M., Kim, S. J. Park, H. (2023). A reversed serial-order effect and a liberating cognitive constraint for innovative teams. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 36(4), e2312.
  • Ahn, P. H., van Swol, L. M., Kim, S. J. Park, H. (2022). Motivational gains from going hybrid and a systems model of brainstorming. Small Group Research, 53(3), 427-463.
  • van Swol, L. M., Bloomfield, E. F., Chang, C. T., & Willes, S. (2022). Fostering climate change consensus: The role of intimacy in group discussions. Public Understanding of Science, 31(1),103-118.
  • van Swol, L. M., Chang, C., & Gong, Z. (2023). The benefits of advice from outgroup members on decision accuracy and bias reduction. Decision, 10(1), 81–91.
  • Kane, A., van Swol, L. M., & Sarmiento-Lawerence, I. (2023). Emotional contagion in online groups as a function of valence and status. Computers in Human Behavior, 139, 107543.
  • van Swol, L. M., Polman, E., Paik, J. E., & Chang, C. T. (2022). Effects of frames on telling different kinds of lies. Cognition and Emotion, 36(7),1287-1298.
  • Paik, J. E., & van Swol, L. M. (2022). The effects of expertise, status power, and language use on perception of task partner. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 41(4), 396–427.

Lillie Williamson

  • Williamson, L.D., & †Prins, K. (2023). Uncertain and anxiously searching for answers: The roles of negative healthcare experiences and medical mistrust in intentions to seek information from online spaces. Health Communication, 39(6), 1082-1093. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2201976
  • Williamson, L.D. (2023). Testing vicarious experiences as antecedents of medical mistrust: A survey of Black and White Americans. Behavioral Medicine, 49(1), 40-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2021.1958740