Andrew H. Hales
Publications
Wood, N. R., & Hales, A. H. (in press). Basic psychological needs and extremism: Understanding theories through meta-analysis. Terrorism and Political Violence.
Hales, A. H. (in press). One-tailed tests: Let's do this (responsibly). Psychological Methods.
Wirth, J. H., Hales, A. H., & Buelow, M. T. (2024). Ostracism negatively impacts working self-perceptions of personality. European Journal of Social Psychology, 54(4), 911-932. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3058
Pfundmair, M., Wood, N. R., Hales, A. H., & Wesselmann, E. D. (2024). How social exclusion makes radicalism flourish. Journal of Social Issues, 80(1), 341-359. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12520
Leckfor, C. M., Wood, N. R., Slatcher, R. B., & Hales, A. H. (2023). From close to ghost: Examining the relationship between the need for closure, intentions to ghost, and reactions to being ghosted. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(8), 2422-2444. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221149955
Wicks, S. G., Hales, A. H., & Hennes, E. P. (2023). Does disseminating (mis)information restore social connection during a global pandemic? Social and Personality Psychology Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111.spc3.12825
(Materials)
Wood, N. R., Leckfor, C. M., Wicks, S. G., & Hales, A. H. (2023). Ghosting from the workplace: The impact of feedback (or lack thereof) on applicants' psychological needs satisfaction. Routledge Open Research, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.12688/routledgeopenres.17725.2
Freedman, G., Hales, A. H., Powell, D. N., Le, B. & Williams, K. D. (2022). The role of gender and safety concerns in romantic rejection decisions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 102, 1-12. Registered report. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104368
Fairbairn, C. E., Creswell, K. G., Hales, A. H., Williams, K. D., & Wilkins, K. V. (2022). Mixing misery and gin: The effect of alcohol-administration on ostracism response. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(8), 1269-1283. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211038450
Adams, G. S., Converse, B. A., Hales, A. H., & Klotz, L. (2021) People systematically
overlook subtractive changes. Nature, 592, 258-261. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03380-y
Rudert, S. C., Hales, A. H., & Büttner C. M. (2021). Stay out of our office (vs. our pub): Target personality and situational context affect ostracism intentions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104142
Hales, A. H., Wood, N. R., & Williams, K. D. (2021). Navigating COVID-19: Insights from research on social ostracism. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 24(2), 306-310. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220981408
Hales, A. H., McIntyre, M. M., Rudert, S. C., Williams, K. D. & Thomas, H. (2021).
Ostracized and observed: The presence of an audience effects the experience of being excluded. Self and Identity, 20(1), 94-115. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2020.1807403
Rudert, S. C., Keller, M. D., Hales, A. H., Walker. M., Greifeneder, R. (2020). Who gets ostracized? A personality perspective on risk and protective factors of ostracism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 118(6), 1247-1268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000271
Hales, A. H. & Williams, K. D. (2020). Extremism leads to ostracism. Social Psychology, 51(3), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000406
Sprunger, J. G., Hales, A. H., Maloney, M., Williams, K. D., & Eckhardt, C. I. (2020).
Alcohol, affect, and aggression: An investigation of alcohol’s effects following ostracism. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000341
Zhang, D., Li, S., Shao, L., Hales, A. H., Williams, K. D. (2019). Ostracism increases automatic aggression: The role of anger and forgiveness. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:2695. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02659
Hales, A. H., Wesselmann, E. D., & Hilgard, J. (2019). Improving psychological science through transparency and openness: An overview. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 42(1), 13-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-018-00186-8
Hales, A. H., Dvir, M., Wesselmann, E. D., Kruger, D., & Finkenauer, C. (2018). Cellphone-induced ostracism threatens fundamental needs. The Journal of Social Psychology, 158(4), 460-473. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2018.1439877
Hales, A. H., & Williams, K. D. (2018). Marginalized individuals and extremism: The role of ostracism in openness to extreme groups. Journal of Social Issues, 74(1), 75-92. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12257
Hales, A. H. (2018). Death as a metaphor for ostracism: Social invincibility, autopsy, necromancy, and resurrection. Mortality, 23(4), 366-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2017.1382462
Rudert, S. C., Hales, A. H., Greifeneder, R., & Williams, K. D. (2017). When silence is not golden: Why acknowledgment matters even when being excluded. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(5), 678-692. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217695554
Hales, A. H. (2016). Does the conclusion follow from the evidence? Recommendations for improving research. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 66, 39-46.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2015.09.011
Hales, A. H., Kassner, M. P., Williams, K. D., & Graziano, W. G. (2016). Disagreeableness as a cause and consequence of ostracism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(6), 782-797. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167216643933
Hales, A. H., Wesselmann, E. D., & Williams, K. D. (2016). Prayer, self-affirmation, and distraction improve recovery from short-term ostracism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 64, 8-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2016.01.002
Hales, A. H., Williams, K. D., & Eckhardt, C. I. (2015). A participant walks into a bar...: Subjective intoxication buffers ostracism’s negative effects. Social Psychology, 46(3), 157-166. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000235
Wesselmann, E. D., Williams, K. D., & Hales, A. H. (2013). Vicarious ostracism. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00153
Book Chapters and Other Publications
Wicks, S. G., Mohammadi, S., Wood, N. R., & Hales, A. H., (in press). Ostracism as an existential threat. In K. Vail, D. Van Tongeren, J. Greenberg, L. King, & R. M. Ryan (Eds.), Handbook of the Science of Existential Psychology.
Chen, Z., Tian, F. Y., Hales, A. H., & Williams, K. D., (in press). The uncertainty surrounding ostracism: A systematic review and future directions. In p. J. Carrol, K. Rios, & K. C. Oleson (Eds.), Handbook of the Uncertain Self (2nd Edition).
Wood, N. R., Hales, A. H., & Williams, K. D. (in press). Social Ostracism and Conflict. In S. A.
Samoilenko & S. Simmons (Eds.), The Handbook of Social and Political Conflict Communication
Hales, A. H., Wood, N. R., & Williams, K. D. (2024). Ostracism and extremism: How extreme
groups can address threatened needs. In M. Pfundmair, A. H. Hales, & K. D. Williams (Eds.), Exclusion and extremism: A psychological perspective. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009408165.002
Hales, A. H., Wood, N. R. (2022). Statistical controversies in psychological science. In W. C.
O’Donohue, A. Masuda, & S. O. Lilienfeld (Eds.), Avoiding questionable practices in applied psychology. (pp. 191 - 211). Springer.
Adams, G., S., Converse, B. A., Hales, A. H., & Klotz, L. (2022, February). When subtraction
adds value. Harvard Business Review.
Converse, B.A., Adams, G.S., Hales, A.H., & Klotz, L. (2021, April 15). We instinctively add on
new features and fixes. Why don’t we subtract instead? The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/15/psychology-innovation-subtractionaddition/
Hales, A. H. & Williams, K. D. (2021). Social ostracism: Theoretical foundations and basic
principles. In P. A. M. Van Lange, E. T. Higgins, & A. W. Kruglanski (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles. Third Edition. (pp. 337 - 349). New York: Guilford.
Wesselmann, E. D., Williams, K. D., Ren, D., & Hales, A. H. (2021). Ostracism and solitude.
In R. J. Coplan, J. C. Bowker, & L. J. Nelson (Eds.), The handbook of solitude: Psychological perspectives on social isolation, social withdrawal, and being alone (2nd Edition). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Williams, K. D. & Hales, A. H. (2020). Statelessness as social ostracism. In, The Institute of
Statelessness and Inclusion, The world’s stateless: Deprivation of nationality. ISBN:
9789082836660
Hales, A. H., Wesselmann, E. D., & Williams, K. D. (2020). Social ostracism, religion, and
existential concerns. In K. E. Vail, & Routledge, C. (Eds.), The science of religion, spirituality, and existentialism. (pp. 153 - 166). Sand Diego, CA: Elsevier.
Williams, K. D., Hales, A. H. & Michels, C. (2019). Social ostracism as a factor motivating
interest in extreme groups. In S. C. Rudert, R. Greifeneder, & Williams, K. D. (Eds.), Current directions in ostracism, social exclusion and rejection research. (pp. 17 - 30). Oxford, UK: Routledge.
Hales, A. H., Ren, D., & Williams, K. D. (2017). Protect, correct, and eject: Ostracism
as a social influence tool. In S. J. Harkins, J. M. Burger, & K. D. Williams (Eds.), The oxford handbook of social influence. (pp. 205 – 217). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Hales, A. H., Williams, K. D., Rector, J. (2017). Alienating the audience: How abbreviations
hamper scientific communication. APS Observer, 30.
Ren, D., & Hales, A. H., & Williams, K. D., (2017). Ostracism: Being ignored and excluded. In
K. D. Williams & S. A. Nida (Eds.), Handbook of ostracism, exclusion, and rejection. (pp. 10 – 28). New York, NY: Routledge.
Wesselmann, E. D., Hales, A. H., Ren, D., & Williams, K. D. (2015). Ostracism threatens
personal security: A temporal need threat framework. In P. J. Carroll, R. M. Arkin, A. L. Wichman (Eds.), The handbook of personal security (pp. 191–206). New York, NY: Psychological Press.
Wesselmann, E. D., Williams, K. D., Ren, D., & Hales, A. H. (2014). Ostracism and solitude. In
R. J. Coplan, & J. C. Bowker (Eds.), The handbook of solitude: Psychological perspectives on social isolation, social withdrawal, and being alone (pp. 224-241). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.