Research Interests

My research interests mainly fall in the realm of personality.  Specifically, I am interested in the study of darker personality traits (e.g., narcissism) as well as aggression.  I am also interested in methodologies used to understand implicit personality such as conditional reasoning tests.  I use these general interests to provide a framework for understanding how these personality characteristics relate to counterproductive work behaviors.

Publications

Foster, J. D., Jonason, P. K., Shrira, I., Keith Campbell, W., Shiverdecker, L. K., & Varner, S. C. (2014). What do you get when you make somebody else’s partner your own? An analysis of relationships formed via mate poaching. Journal of Research in Personality, 52, 78-90. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2014.07.008

Presentations

Shiverdecker, L. (March, 2015). Does Narcissism Moderate the Influence of Sexual Activity on Pair-Bonding? University of South Alabama’s 2nd Annual 3MT® Competition.

Shiverdecker, L. & Foster, J. (February, 2014). Individual Differences in Explicit and Implicit Self-Esteem and Their Relation to Depressive Symptoms: A Dual Process Model Account. Poster presented at the Mid-Winter Conference: Alabama Psychological Association in Birmingham, Alabama.