Research Publications

As a social and cultural psychologist, I have a broad interest in people's social behavior, especially as it is both common and distinctive across cultures. One area of substantive research centers on a general theme: identifying people's concerns about what is fair, just, and proper in both basic and applied settings. In a separate thread of research, my primary involvement in cultural and evolutionary psychology for several years had been as part of a large-scale cross-cultural study of marital satisfaction.

• Wendorf, C. A., & Lucas, T. (2018). Getting it right: Why invariance testing with respect to gender and culture is important. In G. Weisfeld, C. Weisfeld, & L. Dillon (Eds.), Psychology of marriage: An evolutionary and cross-cultural view (pp. 41-52). Lexington Books. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498541251/
• Lucas, T., Kamble, S. V., Wu, M. S., Zhdanova, L., & Wendorf, C. A. (2016). Distributive and procedural justice for self and others: Measurement invariance and links to life satisfaction in four cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47, 234–248. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0022022115615962
• Lucas, T., Zhdanova, L., Wendorf, C. A., & Alexander, S. (2013). Beliefs for self and others: Multilevel associations with life satisfaction and self-rated health. Journal of Happiness Studies, 14, 1325-1341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-012-9387-6
• Lucas, T., & Wendorf, C. A. (2012). Perceived justice and well-being at work: Why and for whom do unethical practices matter? In R. A. Giacalone and M. D. Promislo (Eds.), Handbook of unethical work behavior: Implications for individual well-being (pp. 237-252). M. E. Sharpe. https://www.routledge.com/p/book/9780765632562
• Wendorf, C. A., Lucas, T., İmamoğlu, E. O., Weisfeld, C. C., & Weisfeld, G. E. (2011). Marital satisfaction in three countries: Does the number of children have an impact after accounting for other marital demographics? Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42, 340-354. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0022022110362637
• Lucas, T., Parkhill, M. R., Wendorf, C. A., İmamoğlu, E. O., Weisfeld, C. C., Weisfeld, G. E., & Shen, J. (2008). Cultural and evolutionary components of marital satisfaction: A multidimensional assessment of measurement invariance. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39, 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0022022107311969
• Lucas, T., Wendorf, C. A., İmamoğlu, E. O., Shen, J., Parkhill, M. R., Weisfeld, C. C., & Weisfeld, G. E. (2004). Marital satisfaction in four cultures as a function of homogamy, male dominance, and female attractiveness. Sexualities, Evolution & Gender, 6, 97-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616660412331327518
• Franks, M. M., Wendorf, C. A., Gonzalez, R., & Ketterer, M. (2004). Aid and influence: Health promoting exchanges of older married partners. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 21, 431-445. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0265407504044839
• Wendorf, C. A., Alexander, S., & Firestone, I. J. (2002). Social justice and moral reasoning: An empirical integration of two paradigms in psychological research. Social Justice Research,15(1), 19-39. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016093614893
• Weisfeld, G. E., & Wendorf, C. A. (2000). The IDS and discrete emotions theory. In L. Sloman and P. Gilbert (Eds.), Subordination and defeat: An evolutionary approach to mood disorders and their therapy (pp. 121-146). Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Wendorf, C. A. (2001). History of American morality research, 1894-1932. History of Psychology, 4, 272-288. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1093-4510.4.3.272

I am interested in statistical methods quite generally. For instance, my research on married couples has led me to develop and compare structural equation modeling and multilevel modeling approaches to dyadic data. From a more teaching-oriented perspective, I am interested in developing statistical methods that facilitate the presentation of statistical material. This is evident in my work on structural equation modeling, multiple regression coding, and confidence intervals.

• Wendorf, C. A. (2012). Drawing inferences from multiple intervals in the single-factor design: Derivations, clarifications, extensions, and representations. Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 8, 125-133. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-2241/a000045
• Wendorf, C. A. (2004). Primer on multiple regression coding: Common forms and the additional case of repeated contrasts. Understanding Statistics, 3, 47-57. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15328031us0301_3
• Wendorf, C. A. (2002). Comparisons of structural equation modeling and hierarchical linear modeling approaches to couples' data. Structural Equation Modeling, 9, 126-140. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15328007SEM0901_7

I have a broad interest in the scholarship of teaching and learning, especially as relevant to psychology. As one example of applying psychological theory to teaching, I have adapted the psychology of fairness to an understanding of fairness dynamics in the classroom. Other studies have examined the psychology behind students' beliefs about grading and the psychology major as a whole.

• Gervasio, A. H., Wendorf, C. A., & Yoder, N. F. (2010). Validating a psychology as a helping profession scale. Teaching of Psychology, 37, 107-113. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00986281003609199
• Wendorf, C. A., & Alexander, S. (2005). The influence of individual and class-level fairness-related perceptions on student satisfaction. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 30, 190-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2004.07.003
• Wendorf, C. A. (2002). GPA and changes in (great) grade expectations. Teaching of Psychology, 29, 136-138. https://doi.org/10.1207%2FS15328023TOP2902_13