June P Tangney

June P Tangney

June P Tangney

Distinguished University Professor

Clinical, Social, and Personality Psychology: Moral Emotions (shame and guilt) and Criminogenic Cognitions, Helpful and Harmful Psychotherapy, Values and Virtues (e.g., humility, forgiveness, self-compassion), Self-Control, Emotion Regulation, Substance Misuse, Motivational Interviewing, Computer-Assisted Jail-based Interventions

June Price Tangney received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA. After teaching for two years at Bryn Mawr College, she joined the Psychology Department at George Mason University in 1988. Recipient of International Society for Self and Identity’s Distinguished Lifetime Career Award and Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science and of APA’s Division of Personality and Social Psychology, Professor Tangney is coauthor (with Ronda Dearing) of Shame and Guilt, coeditor (with Ronda Dearing) of Shame in the Therapy Hour, coeditor (with Jess Tracy and Richard Robins) of The self-conscious emotions: Theory and research, and coeditor (with Mark Leary) of the Handbook of Self and Identity. She has served as Editor for Self & Identity, Associate Editor for the American Psychologist, and Consulting Editor for numerous other journals. Her research has been funded by NIDA, NICHD, NSF, and the John Templeton Foundation. Currently, her work focuses on moral emotions (shame and guilt), helpful and harmful psychotherapy, self-control, and emotion regulation.  

 

Current Research

Moral Emotions and Cognitions, Self-Control, Helpful and Harmful Psychotherapy, Computer-Assisted Jail-based Interventions, Substance Misuse

Selected Publications

*Schrader, S. W., & Tangney, J. P. (2024). Rethinking the measurement of self-control: Distinguishing among self-control capacity, urge intensity, and behavior outcomes. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 47(1), 37–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2024.2415920

*Webb, M. A., & Tangney, J. P. (2024). Too good to be true: Bots and bad data from Mechanical Turk. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 19(6), 887-890.  https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221120027

*Blalock, D.V., *Schrader, S.W., Stuewig, J., Tangney, J.P, Masicampo, E.J. (2022). Resisting vs persisting: Different types of self-control predict different outcomes following incarceration. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 41(5), 444-462.  https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2022.41.5.444

Tangney, J. P., *Folk, J. B., **Graham, D. M., Stuewig, J. B., *Blalock, D. V., **Salatino, A., Blasko, B. L., & *Moore, K. E. (2016). Changes in inmates’ substance use and dependence from pre-incarceration to one year post-release. Journal of Criminal Justice, 46, 228-238. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.05.002    

Stuewig, J., Tangney, J. P., Kendall, S., *Folk, J. B., Meyer, C. R., & Dearing, R. L. (2015). Children’s proneness to shame and guilt predict risky and illegal behaviors in young adulthood. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 46, 217-227.                            doi: 10.1007/s10578-014-0467-1

Martinez, A. G., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P. (2014). Can perspective-taking reduce crime? Examining a pathway through empathic-concern and guilt-proneness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 1659-1667. doi: 10.1177/0146167214554915

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., & Martinez, A. G. (2014). Two faces of shame: The roles of shame and guilt in predicting recidivism. Psychological Science, 25, 799-805. doi: 10.1177/0956797613508790

*Furukawa, E., Tangney, J. P., & Higashibara, F. (2012).  Cross-cultural continuities and discontinuities in shame, guilt, and pride:  A study of children residing in Japan, Korea and the USA. Self and Identity, 11, 90-113. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2010.512748

Leary, M., & Tangney, J. P.  (Eds.)  (2012).  Handbook of self and identity, second edition.  New York:  Guilford Press.

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., *Furukawa, E., **Kopelovich, S., *Meyer, P., & Cosby, B. (2012).  Reliability, validity, and predictive utility of the 25-item Criminogenic Cognitions Scale (CCS).  Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39, 1340-1360. doi: 10.1177/0093854812451092

Dearing, R. L., & Tangney, J. P.  (Eds.)  (2011).  Shame in the therapy hour.  Washington DC:  American Psychological Association.  

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., & **Hafez, L.  (2011).  Shame, guilt and remorse: Implications for offender populations.  Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 22, 706-723. doi: 10.1080/14789949.2011.617541

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., Mashek, D., & Hastings, M. (2011).  Assessing jail inmates’ proneness to shame and guilt: Feeling bad about the behavior or the self?   Criminal Justice and Behavior, 38, 710-734. doi: 10.1177/0093854811405762

Stuewig, J., Tangney, J. P., *Heigel, C., **Harty, L. & McCloskey, L. A. (2010).  Shaming, blaming, and maiming:  Functional links among the moral emotions, externalization of blame, and aggression.  Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 91-102. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.12.005

Tangney, J. P. (2009).  Humility.  In S. J. Lopez & C. R. Snyder (Eds.), Oxford handbook of positive psychology, 2nd Edition (pp. 483-490).  New York:  Oxford University Press.

Tracy, J. L., Robins, R. W, & Tangney, J. P. (Eds.) (2007).  The self-conscious emotions:  Theory and research.   New York:  Guilford Press.  

Tangney, J. P., Mashek, D., & Stuewig, J. (2007).  Working at the social-clinical-community-criminology interface:  The George Mason University Inmate Study.  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 1-21. doi: 10.1521/jscp.2007.26.1.1

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., & Mashek, D. J. (2007). Moral emotions and moral behavior. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 345-372. doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.56.091103.070145

 

 

 

 

Expanded Publication List

PUBLICATIONS 2007-PRESENT

 

*Current or Former Graduate Student Co-Author    

**Undergraduate Student Co-Author

 

*Schrader, S. W., & Tangney, J. P. (2024). Rethinking the measurement of self-control: Distinguishing among self-control capacity, urge intensity, and behavior outcomes. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 47(1), 37–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2024.2415920

 

*Webb, M. A., & Tangney, J. P. (2024). Too good to be true: Bots and bad data from Mechanical Turk. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 19(6), 887-890.  https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221120027

 

*Yasmeen, S., Stuewig, J. B., Wilson, J., Tangney, J. P., *Schrader, S. W., *Loya, J. M., Barboza, S. E., Berry, D., & **Wiser, A.  (2023).  Escalation of suicidal spectrum behaviors during incarceration. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 50(5), 766-782. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548231162109

 

*Blalock, D.V., *Schrader, S.W., Stuewig, J., Tangney, J.P, Masicampo, E.J. (2022). Resisting vs persisting: Different types of self-control predict different outcomes following incarceration. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 41(5), 444-462.  https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2022.41.5.444

 

*Loya, J. M., Tangney, J. P., & Stuewig, J. B. (2022). Are borderline personality disorder features differentially related to pre-incarceration alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, and opioid dependence among people recently incarcerated in jail?  Journal of personality disorders, 36(5), 623-640.  https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2022.36.5.623.

 

*Malouf, E.T., Tangney, J.P., *Monfort, S.S., *Yarbro, J.L., *Youman, K., *Schrader, S.W. (2022). Mindfulness Inventory: Nine Dimensions (MI:ND). In: Medvedev, O.N., Krägeloh, C.U., Siegert, R.J., Singh, N.N. (eds) Handbook of Assessment in Mindfulness Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77644-2_26-1

 

*Yasmeen, S., Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J. B., **Hocter, C., & **Weimer, L. (2022). The implications of borderline personality features for jail inmates’ institutional misconduct and treatment-seeking. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 13(5), 505-515. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000518

 

Tangney, J. P. (2020).  Always late:  Causes and consequences far and wide.  In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), My biggest research mistake:  Adventures and misadventures in psychological research (pp. 150-153).  Thousand Oaks CA:  Sage Publications.

 

*Daylor, J. M., *Blalock, D. V., **Davis, T., **Klauberg, W. X., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P. (2019). Who tells the truth? Former inmates' self-reported arrests vs. official records. Journal of Criminal Justice, 63, 49-57. doi:10.1016./j.jcrimjus.2019.04.002

 

*Folk, J. B., **Enriquez, K., **Cebas, L., Stuewig, J., Tangney, J. P., & Mashek, D. (2019). The comparability of the visual and verbal versions of the Inclusion of Community in Self Scale. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(8), 1449-1461. doi:10.1002/jcop.22196

 

*Folk, J. B., Stuewig, J., Mashek, D., Tangney, J. P., & *Grossmann, J. (2019). Behind bars but connected to family: Evidence for the benefits of family contact during incarceration. Journal of Family Psychology, 33, 453-464. doi:10.1037/fam0000520

 

*Gebhard, K. T., Cattaneo, L. B., Tangney, J. P., *Hargrove, S., & *Shor, R. (2019). Threatened-masculinity shame-related responses among straight men: Measurement and relationship to aggression. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 20, 429-444. doi:10.1037/men0000177

 

*Salatino, A., Tangney, J.P., Stuewig, J., & Chrosniak, L. (2019). Are Borderline

Personality Symptoms and Psychopathy Differentially Related to Drinking Motives or Former Jail Inmates? Journal of Personality Disorders, 33(6), 776-791.  doi:10.1521/pedi_2018_32_377

 

*Boren, E. A., *Folk, J. B., *Loya, J. M., Tangney, J. P., Barboza, S. E., & Wilson, J. S. (2018). The suicidal inmate: A comparison of inmates who attempt versus complete suicide. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 48, 570-579. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12374

 

*Folk, J. B., *Loya, J. M., *Boren, E. A., Tangney, J. P., Wilson, J. S., & Barboza, S. E. (2018). Differences between inmates who attempt suicide and who die by suicide: Staff-identified psychological and treatment-related risk factors. Psychological Services, 15, 349-356. doi:10.1037/ser0000228

 

*Folk, J. B., Mashek, D., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P., *Moore, K. E., & Blasko, B. L. (2018). Changes in jail inmates' community connectedness across the period of incarceration. Deviant Behavior, 1-15. doi: 10.1080/01639625.2018.1442652

 

*Folk, J. B., Stuewig, J. B., Blasko, B. L., Caudy, M., Martinez, A., Maass, S., Taxman, F. S., & Tangney, J.P. (2018). Do demographic factors moderate how well criminal thinking predicts recidivism? International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62, 2045 –2062. doi: 10.1177/0306624X17694405

 

*Moore, K. E., *Folk, J. B, *Boren, E. A., Tangney, J. P., Fischer, S., & *Schrader, S. W. (2018). Pilot study of a brief dialectical behavior therapy skills group for jail inmates.  Psychological Services, 15, 98-108. doi: 10.1037/ser0000105 

 

*Moore, K. E., *Gregorian, M. J., Tangney, J. P., *Folk, J. B., Stuewig, J. B., & **Salatino, A. C. (2018). Changes in community integration from pre- to post-incarceration: The influence of psychological and criminal justice factors. Crime & Delinquency, 64, 975–1000. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128718756037

 

*Moore, K. E., **Milam, K. C., *Folk, J. B., & Tangney, J. P. (2018). Self-stigma among criminal offenders: Risk and protective factors. Stigma and Health, 241-252. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sah0000092

 

*Malouf, E.T., *Youman, K., Stuewig, J., Witt, E. A., & Tangney, J. P. (2017). A pilot RCT of a values-based mindfulness group intervention with jail inmates: Evidence for reduction in post-release risk behavior. Mindfulness, 8(3), 603-614. doi:10.1007/s12671-016-0636-3

 

*Moore, K. E., & Tangney, J. P.  (2017). Managing the concealable stigma of criminal justice system involvement: A longitudinal examination of anticipated stigma, social withdrawal, and post-release adjustment. Journal of Social Issues, 73, 322-340. 

doi: 10.1111/josi.12219

 

**Schrader, S. W., Tangney, J. P., & Stuewig, J. B. (2017).  Does psychopathy differentially predict treatment-seeking during incarceration versus postrelease?  Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 57, 207-221. doi: 10.1080/10509674.2017.1400487

 

**Schrader, S. W., & Tangney, J. P. (2017). Assessing humility is a humbling experience:

Commentary on Nadelhoffer and Wright. In W. Sinnott-Armstrong & C. B. Miller (Eds.), Moral psychology: Virtue and character (Vol. 5 pp. 343-350). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 

 

Tangney, J. P., **Dobbins, A. E., Stuewig, J. B., & *Schrader, S. W. (2017). Is there a dark side to mindfulness? Relation of mindfulness to criminogenic cognitions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 1415-1426. doi: 10.1177/0146167217717243

 

*Adams, L. M., Stuewig, J. B., & Tangney, J. P. (2016). Relation of borderline personality features to preincarceration HIV risk behaviors of jail inmates: Evidence for gender differences? Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 7, 40-49. 

doi: 10.1037/per0000124

 

*Disabato, D. J., *Folk, J. B., Wilson, J., Barboza, S., *Daylor, J. M., & Tangney, J. P. (2016). Psychometric validation of a simplified form of the PICTS for low-reading level populations. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 38, 456 – 464. doi: 10.1007/s10862-015-9533-7

 

*Folk, J. B., Blasko, B. L., Warden, R., *Schaefer, K., *Ferssizidis, P., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P. (2016). Feasibility and acceptability of an impact of crime group intervention with jail inmates. Victims & Offenders, 11, 436-454. doi: 10.1080/15564886.2014.982777

 

*Folk, J. B., *Disabato, D. J., *Daylor, J. M., Tangney, J. P., Barboza, S., Wilson, J. S., Bonieskie, L., & Holwager, J. (2016). Effectiveness of a self-administered intervention for criminal thinking: Taking a chance on change. Psychological Services, 13, 272-282. doi: 10.1037/ser0000079 

 

*Folk, J. B., Mashek, D., Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., & Moore, K. E. (2016). Connectedness to the criminal community and the community at large predicts 1-year post-release outcomes among felony offenders. European Journal of Social Psychology, 46, 341-355. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2155 

 

Griffin, B. J., Moloney, J. M., Green, J. D., Worthington, E. L., Jr., Cork, B., Tangney, J. P., Van Tongeren, D. R., Davis, D. E., & Hook, J. N. (2016). Perpetrators' reactions to perceived interpersonal wrongdoing: The associations of guilt and shame with forgiving, punishing, and excusing oneself. Self and Identity, 15, 650-661.

doi: 10.1080/15298868.2016.1187669 

 

*Moore, K. E., **Christian, M. A., *Boren, E. A., & Tangney, J. P.  (2016).  A clinical psychological perspective on hyper- and hypo-egoicism: Symptoms, treatment, and therapist characteristics. In K. W. Brown & M. R. Leary (Eds.), The oxford handbook of hypo-egoic phenomena (pp. 95-105). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 

 

*Moore, K. E., Stuewig, J. B., & Tangney, J. P. (2016). The effect of stigma on criminal offenders’ functioning: A longitudinal mediational model. Deviant Behavior, 37, 196-218. doi: 10.1080/01639625.2014.1004035

 

*Moore, K. E., Tangney, J. P., & Stuewig, J. B. (2016). The self-stigma process in criminal offenders. Stigma and Health, 1, 206-224. doi: 10.1037/sah0000024 

 

*Schaefer, K. E., Esposito-Smythers, C., & Tangney, J. P. (2016). Suicidal ideation in a United States jail: Demographic and psychiatric correlates. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 27, 698-704. doi: 10.1080/14789949.2016.1193886

 

Tangney, J. P., *Blalock, D. V., *Folk, J. B., & Stuewig, J. (2016). Evil persons or evil deeds? What we’ve learned about incarcerated offenders. In A. G. Miller (Ed.), The social psychology of good and evil (2nd ed., pp. 298-321). New York: The Guilford Press. 

 

Tangney, J. P., *Folk, J. B., **Graham, D. M., Stuewig, J. B., *Blalock, D. V., **Salatino, A., Blasko, B. L., & *Moore, K. E. (2016). Changes in inmates’ substance use and dependence from pre-incarceration to one year post-release. Journal of Criminal Justice, 46, 228-238. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.05.002    

 

*Weingarden, H., Renshaw, K. D., Tangney, J. P., & Wilhelm, S. (2016). Development and validation of the body-focused shame and guilt scale. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 8, 9-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2015.11.001

 

*Weingarden, H., Renshaw, K. D., Wilhelm, S., Tangney, J. P., & *DiMauro, J. (2016). Anxiety and shame as risk factors for depression, suicidality, and functional impairment in body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 204, 832-839. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000498

            

**Becker, A., *Mandell, A. R., Tangney, J. P., Chrosniak, L. D., & Shaw, T. H. (2015). The effects of self-control on cognitive resource allocation during sustained attention: A transcranial Doppler investigation. Experimental Brain Research, 233, 2215-2223. doi:10.1007/s00221-015-4291-z 

 

Caudy, M. S., *Folk, J. B., Stuewig, J. B., *Wooditch, A., Martinez, A., *Maass, S., Tangney, J. P., & Taxman, F. S. (2015). Does substance misuse moderate the relationship between criminal thinking and recidivism? Journal of Criminal Justice, 43, 12-19. 

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2014.11.001

 

Stuewig, J., Tangney, J. P., Kendall, S., *Folk, J. B., Meyer, C. R., & Dearing, R. L. (2015). Children’s proneness to shame and guilt predict risky and illegal behaviors in young adulthood. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 46, 217-227.                            doi: 10.1007/s10578-014-0467-1

 

Tangney, J. P. (2015). Psychology of self-conscious emotions. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (2nd ed., Vol 21, pp. 475-480). Oxford: Elsevier. 

 

*Adams, L. M., Stuewig, J. B., Tangney, J. P., & Kashdan, T. B. (2014). Perceived susceptibility to AIDS predicts subsequent HIV risk: A longitudinal evaluation of jail inmates. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 37, 511-523.doi: 10.1007/s10865-013-9507-8

 

*Malouf, E. T., *Schaefer, K. E., Witt, E. A., *Moore, K. E., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P. (2014). The brief self-control scale predicts jail inmates’ recidivism, substance dependence, and post-release adjustment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 334-347. doi:10.1177/0146167213511666

 

Martinez, A. G., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P. (2014). Can perspective-taking reduce crime? Examining a pathway through empathic-concern and guilt-proneness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 1659-1667. doi: 10.1177/0146167214554915

 

*Meyer, C. R., Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., & *Moore, K. E. (2014). Why do some jail inmates not engage in treatment and services? International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 58, 914-930. doi: 10.1177/0306624X13489828

 

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., & Martinez, A. G. (2014). Two faces of shame: The roles of shame and guilt in predicting recidivism. Psychological Science, 25, 799-805. 

doi: 10.1177/0956797613508790

 

*Adams, L. M., *Kendall, S. J., *Smith, A. C., **Quigley, E. M., Stuewig, J. B., & Tangney, J. P. (2013). HIV risk behaviors of male and female jail inmates prior to incarceration and one year post-release. AIDS and Behavior, 17, 2685-2694. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-9990-2

 

*Malouf, E. T., *Youman, K., *Harty, L., *Schaefer, K., & Tangney, J. P. (2013). Accepting guilt and abandoning shame: A positive approach to addressing moral emotions among high-risk, multineed individuals. In T. B. Kashdan & J. Ciarrochi (Eds.), Mindfulness, acceptance, and positive psychology: The seven foundations of well-being (pp. 215-239). Oakland, CA: Context Press.

 

*Moore, K., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P. (2013). Jail inmates’ perceived and anticipated stigma: Implications for post-release functioning. Self & Identity, 12, 527-547. 

doi: 10.1080/15298868.2012.702425

 

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., *Malouf, E. T., & *Youman, K. (2013). Communicative functions of shame and guilt. In K. Sterelny, R. Joyce, B. Calcott, & B. Fraser (Eds.), Cooperation and its evolution (pp. 485-502). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

 

*Furukawa, E., Tangney, J. P., & Higashibara, F. (2012).  Cross-cultural continuities and discontinuities in shame, guilt, and pride:  A study of children residing in Japan, Korea and the USA. Self and Identity, 11, 90-113. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2010.512748

 

Leary, M., & Tangney, J. P.  (Eds.)  (2012).  Handbook of self and identity, second edition.  New York:  Guilford Press. Volume includes:

 

Leary, M., & Tangney, J. P.  (2012).  The self as an organizing construct in the behavioral and social sciences. In M. Leary, & J. P. Tangney (Eds.) Handbook of self and identity, second edition (pp. 1-18). New York: Guilford Press.  

 

Tangney, J. P., & Tracy, J. (2012).  Self-conscious emotions. In M. Leary, & J. P. Tangney (Eds.) Handbook of self and identity, second edition (pp. 446-478). New York:  Guilford Press.   

 

*Malouf, E. T., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P.  (2012).  Self-control and jail inmates' substance misuse post-release: Mediation by friends’ substance use and moderation by age. Addictive Behaviors, 37, 1198-1204. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.05.013

 

Tangney, J. P., *Malouf, E. T., Stuewig, J., & Mashek, D. (2012). Emotions and morality: You don’t have to feel really bad to be good. In M. W. Eysenck, M. Fajkowska, & T. Maruszewski (Eds.), Warsaw lectures on personality and social psychology. Personality, cognition and emotion (Vol. 2, pp. 141-154).  New York:  Eliot Werner Publications.

 

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., *Furukawa, E., **Kopelovich, S., *Meyer, P., & Cosby, B. (2012).  Reliability, validity, and predictive utility of the 25-item Criminogenic Cognitions Scale (CCS).  Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39, 1340-1360. 

doi: 10.1177/0093854812451092

 

Dearing, R. L., & Tangney, J. P.  (Eds.)  (2011).  Shame in the therapy hour.  Washington DC:  American Psychological Association.  Volume includes:

 

Dearing, R. L., & Tangney, J. P.  (2011).  Shame: An inevitable challenge in the therapy hour.  In R. L. Dearing & J. P. Tangney, (Eds.)  Shame in the therapy hour (pp. 3-19).  Washington DC: American Psychological Association.  

 

Tangney, J. P., & Dearing, R. L. (2011).  Working with shame in the therapy hour:  Summary and integration.  In R. L. Dearing & J. P. Tangney, (Eds.)  Shame in the therapy hour (pp. 375-404).  Washington DC:  American Psychological Association.  

 

Hastings, M. E., *Krishnan, S., Tangney, J. P., & Stuewig, J.  (2011).  Predictive and incremental validity of Violence Risk Appraisal Guide scores with male and female jail inmates.  Psychological Assessment, 23, 174-183. doi: 10.1037/a0021290

 

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., & **Hafez, L.  (2011).  Shame, guilt and remorse: Implications for offender populations.  Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 22, 706-723. 

doi: 10.1080/14789949.2011.617541

 

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., Mashek, D., & Hastings, M. (2011).  Assessing jail inmates’ proneness to shame and guilt: Feeling bad about the behavior or the self?   Criminal Justice and Behavior, 38, 710-734. doi: 10.1177/0093854811405762

 

*Conn, C., *Warden, R., Stuewig, J., **Kim, E. H., **Harty, L., Hastings, M., & Tangney, J. P.  (2010).  Borderline Personality Disorder among jail inmates: How common, and how distinct?  Corrections Compendium, 4, 6-13. 

 

**Harty, L., * Forkner, R. D., *Thompson, A., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P. (2010).  Are inmates’ subjective sleep problems associated with borderline personality, psychopathy, and antisocial personality independent of depression and substance dependence?  Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 21, 23-38.

doi: 10.1080/14789940903194095

 

*Heigel, C. P., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P.  (2010). Self-reported physical health of inmates: Impact of incarceration and relation to optimism.  Journal of Correctional Health Care, 16, 106-116. doi: 10.1177/1078345809356523

 

Maddux, J. E. & Tangney, J. P. (Eds.)  (2010.) Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology. New York: Guilford Press.   Volume includes:

 

Tangney, J. P.  (2010).  Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology: Initial trends, current status and future directions.  In J. E. Maddux & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology (pp. 517-524). New York: Guilford Press. 

 

Tangney, J. P., & Salovey, P.  (2010).  Emotions of the imperiled ego:  Shame, guilt, jealousy, and envy.  In J. E. Maddux & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology (pp. 245-271). New York: Guilford Press. 

 

Stuewig, J., Tangney, J. P., *Heigel, C., **Harty, L. & McCloskey, L. A. (2010).  Shaming, blaming, and maiming:  Functional links among the moral emotions, externalization of blame, and aggression.  Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 91-102. 

doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.12.005

 

*Youman, K., *Drapalski, A., Stuewig, J., *Bagley, K., & Tangney, J. P.  (2010). Race differences in psychopathology and disparities in treatment seeking:  Community and jail-based treatment seeking patterns. Psychological Services, 7, 11-26.

doi: 10.1037/a0017864

 

*Drapalski, A., *Youman, K., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P.  (2009).  Gender differences in jail inmates’ symptoms of mental illness, treatment history and treatment seeking.  Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 19, 193-206. doi: 10.1002/cbm.733

 

Tangney, J. P., & *Heigel, C.  (2009).  Shame and guilt.  In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human relationships.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Tangney, J. P., *Youman, K., & Stuewig, J. (2009). Proneness to shame and proneness to guilt. In M. R. Leary & R. H. Hoyle (Eds.), Handbook of individual differences in social behavior (pp. 192-209). New York: Guilford Press. 

 

Stuewig, J., Tangney, J. P., Mashek, D., *Forkner, P., & Dearing, R. L.  (2009).  The moral emotions, alcohol dependence, and HIV risk behavior in an incarcerated sample.  Substance Use and Misuse, 44, 449-471. doi: 10.1080/10826080802421274

 

Tangney, J. P. (2009).  Humility.  In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of positive psychology (pp. 496-502).  Malden, MA:  Blackwell.

 

Tangney, J. P. (2009).  Humility.  In S. J. Lopez & C. R. Snyder (Eds.), Oxford handbook of positive psychology, 2nd Edition (pp. 483-490).  New York:  Oxford University Press.

 

Tangney, J. P.  (2009).  Guilt and depression.  In R. E. Ingram (Ed.), International encyclopedia of depression (pp. 300-302).  New York:  Springer.

 

Feshbach, S., & Tangney, J. P.  (2008).  Television viewing and aggression:  Some alternative perspectives.  Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3, 387-389. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00086.x

 

*Hastings, M., Tangney, J. P., & Stuewig, J.  (2008).  Psychopathy and identification of facial expressions of emotion.  Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 1474-1483. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.01.004

 

Tangney, J. P., Miller, R. S., **Flicker, L., & *Barlow, D. H.  (2008).  Are shame, guilt and embarrassment distinct emotions?  Reprinted in T. Manstead (Ed.), Psychology of emotions.  London:  Sage. 

 

Mashek, D., **Cannaday, L. W., & Tangney, J. P.  (2007). Inclusion of Community in Self Scale: A single-item pictorial measure of community connectedness.  Journal of Community Psychology, 35, 257-275. doi: 10.1002/jcop.20146
 
Tracy, J. L., Robins, R. W, & Tangney, J. P. (Eds.) (2007).  The self-conscious emotions:  Theory and research.   New York:  Guilford Press.  Volume includes:

 

Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J.P. (2007).  Shame and guilt in antisocial and risky behaviors. In J. L. Tracy, R. W. Robins, & J. P. Tangney (Eds.),  The self-conscious emotions:  Theory and research (pp. 371-388).   New York:  Guilford Press.

 

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., & Mashek, D. J. (2007).  What’s moral about the self-conscious emotions? In J. L. Tracy, R. W. Robins, & J. P. Tangney (Eds.),  The self-conscious emotions:  Theory and research (pp. 21-37).   New York:  Guilford Press.

 

Tangney, J. P. (2007).  Guilt.  In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social psychology (pp. 402-405).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Tangney, J. P. (2007).  Shame.  In K.D. Vohs & R.F. Baumeister (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social psychology (pp. 870-872).   Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Tangney, J. P., Mashek, D., & Stuewig, J. (2007).  Working at the social-clinical-community-criminology interface:  The George Mason University Inmate Study.  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 1-21. doi: 10.1521/jscp.2007.26.1.1

 

Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., & Mashek, D. J. (2007). Moral emotions and moral behavior. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 345-372. doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.56.091103.070145

 

 

 

 

Recent Presentations

*Schrader, S. W., & Tangney, J. P. (2024). Rethinking the measurement of self-control: Distinguishing among self-control capacity, urge intensity, and behavior outcomes. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 47(1), 37–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2024.2415920

*Webb, M. A., & Tangney, J. P. (2024). Too good to be true: Bots and bad data from Mechanical Turk. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 19(6), 887-890.  https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916221120027

*Yasmeen, S., Stuewig, J. B., Wilson, J., Tangney, J. P., *Schrader, S. W., *Loya, J. M., Barboza, S. E., Berry, D., & **Wiser, A.  (2023).  Escalation of suicidal spectrum behaviors during incarceration. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 50(5), 766-782. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548231162109

*Blalock, D.V., *Schrader, S.W., Stuewig, J., Tangney, J.P, Masicampo, E.J. (2022). Resisting vs persisting: Different types of self-control predict different outcomes following incarceration. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 41(5), 444-462.  https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2022.41.5.444

*Loya, J. M., Tangney, J. P., & Stuewig, J. B. (2022). Are borderline personality disorder features differentially related to pre-incarceration alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, and opioid dependence among people recently incarcerated in jail?  Journal of personality disorders, 36(5), 623-640.  https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2022.36.5.623.

*Malouf, E.T., Tangney, J.P., *Monfort, S.S., *Yarbro, J.L., *Youman, K., *Schrader, S.W. (2022). Mindfulness Inventory: Nine Dimensions (MI:ND). In: Medvedev, O.N., Krägeloh, C.U., Siegert, R.J., Singh, N.N. (eds) Handbook of Assessment in Mindfulness Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77644-2_26-1

*Yasmeen, S., Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J. B., **Hocter, C., & **Weimer, L. (2022). The implications of borderline personality features for jail inmates’ institutional misconduct and treatment-seeking. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 13(5), 505-515. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000518

Tangney, J. P. (2020).  Always late:  Causes and consequences far and wide.  In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), My biggest research mistake:  Adventures and misadventures in psychological research (pp. 150-153).  Thousand Oaks CA:  Sage Publications.

*Daylor, J. M., *Blalock, D. V., **Davis, T., **Klauberg, W. X., Stuewig, J., & Tangney, J. P. (2019). Who tells the truth? Former inmates' self-reported arrests vs. official records. Journal of Criminal Justice, 63, 49-57. doi:10.1016./j.jcrimjus.2019.04.002

*Folk, J. B., **Enriquez, K., **Cebas, L., Stuewig, J., Tangney, J. P., & Mashek, D. (2019). The comparability of the visual and verbal versions of the Inclusion of Community in Self Scale. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(8), 1449-1461. doi:10.1002/jcop.22196

*Folk, J. B., Stuewig, J., Mashek, D., Tangney, J. P., & *Grossmann, J. (2019). Behind bars but connected to family: Evidence for the benefits of family contact during incarceration. Journal of Family Psychology, 33, 453-464. doi:10.1037/fam0000520

*Gebhard, K. T., Cattaneo, L. B., Tangney, J. P., *Hargrove, S., & *Shor, R. (2019). Threatened-masculinity shame-related responses among straight men: Measurement and relationship to aggression. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 20, 429-444. doi:10.1037/men0000177

*Salatino, A., Tangney, J.P., Stuewig, J., & Chrosniak, L. (2019). Are Borderline Personality Symptoms and Psychopathy Differentially Related to Drinking Motives or Former Jail Inmates? Journal of Personality Disorders, 33(6), 776-791.  doi:10.1521/pedi_2018_32_377

 

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Dissertations Supervised

Sajida Yasmeen , A Longitudinal Analysis of Lagged Relationships between Religiosity and Substance Dependence (2025)

Shannon W. Schrader, Incarcerated Individuals' Self-control: Changes Across Incarceration and Relation to Post-release Substance Dependence (2021)

Jennifer Loya, Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms and Substance Dependence Before and After Jail Incarceration (2021)

Jordan Daylor, A Longitudinal Investigation of Borderline Personality Disorder and Criminal Behavior (2019)

Johanna Folk, The Impact of Family Contact During Incarceration on Post-release Functioning: An Exploration of Explanatory Mechanisms and Group Differences (2017)

Kelly Moore, A Longitudinal Model of Internalized Stigma, Coping, and Post-Release Adjustment in Criminal Offenders (2015)

Elizabeth Taymans Malouf, Distress Driven Impulsivity as a Risk Factor and Treatment Target for Substance Use Disorder (2013)

Leah Maria Adams, Does Place Matter?: An Examination of Neighborhood Disadvantage and HIV Risk (2013)

Courtney Conn, Parental Separation and Long-Term Outcomes for Inmates: Unexplored Terrain (2011)

Shilpa Krishnan, Evaluating a Life History Strategy Model of Psychopathy (2011)