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
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
In the Media
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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)