Doctor Cindy Harmon-Jones

Journal Articles

• Harmon-Jones, E., Matis, S., Angus, D. and Harmon-Jones, C. (2024), '[In Press] Does effort increase or decrease reward valuation? : considerations from cognitive dissonance theory', Psychophysiology, .
• Harmon-Jones, E. and Harmon-Jones, C. (2022), 'Individual differences in dissonance arousal/reduction relate to physical exercise : testing the action-based model', PLoS One, vol 17, no 10 .
• Harmon-Jones, E. and Harmon-Jones, C. (2021), 'On defining positive affect (PA) : considering attitudes toward emotions, measures of PA, and approach motivation', Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, vol 39 , pp 46 - 51.
• Harmon-Jones, E., Harmon-Jones, C. and Denson, T. (2020), 'A novel way of responding to dissonance evoked by belief disconfirmation : making the wrongdoing of an opponent salient', Social Influence, vol 15, no 1 , pp 34 - 45.
• Harmon-Jones, E., Willoughby, C., Paul, K. and Harmon-Jones, C. (2020), 'The effect of perceived effort and perceived control on reward valuation : using the reward positivity to test a dissonance theory prediction', Biological Psychology, vol 154 .
• Summerell, E., Harmon-Jones, C., Denson, T. and Harmon-Jones, E. (2020), 'Humility is associated with less aggressive motivation', Personality and Individual Differences, vol 158 .
• Harmon-Jones, E., Clarke, D., Paul, K. and Harmon-Jones, C. (2020), 'The effect of perceived effort on reward valuation : taking the reward positivity (RewP) to dissonance theory', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol 14 .
• Harmon-Jones, E. and Harmon-Jones, C. (2020), 'Cognitive dissonance processes serve an action-oriented adaptive function', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol 43 .
• Harmon-Jones, C., Hinton, E., Tien, J., Summerell, E. and Bastian, B. (2019), 'Pain offset reduces rumination in response to evoked anger and sadness', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, .
• Harmon-Jones, C. and Harmon-Jones, E. (2019), 'A broad consideration of motivation, with a focus on approach motivation', Psychological Inquiry, vol 30, no 3 , pp 132 - 135.
• Summerell, E., Harmon-Jones, C., Kelley, N., Peterson, C., Krstanoska-Blazeska, K. and Harmon-Jones, E. (2019), 'Does cognitive broadening reduce anger?', Frontiers in Psychology, vol 9 .
• Harmon-Jones, C. and Harmon-Jones, E. (2018), 'Toward an increased understanding of dissonance processes : a response to the target article by Kruglanski et al.', Psychological Inquiry, vol 29, no 2 , pp 74 - 81.
• Muhlberger, C., Angus, D., Jonas, E., Harmon-Jones, C. and Harmon-Jones, E. (2017), 'Perceived control increases the reward positivity and stimulus preceding negativity', Psychophysiology, vol 54, no 2 , pp 310 - 322.
• Blake, K., Yih, J., Zhao, K., Sung, B. and Harmon-Jones, C. (2017), 'Skin-transmitted pathogens and the heebie jeebies : evidence for a subclass of disgust stimuli that evoke a qualitatively unique emotional response', Cognition and Emotion, vol 31, no 6 , pp 1153 - 1168.
• Harmon-Jones, E., Harmon-Jones, C. and Summerell, E. (2017), 'On the importance of both dimensional and discrete models of emotion', Behavioral Sciences, vol 7, no 4 .
• Harmon-Jones, C., Bastian, B. and Harmon-Jones, E. (2016), 'The Discrete Emotions Questionnaire : a new tool for measuring state self-reported emotions', PLoS One, vol 11, no 8 .
• Harmon-Jones, C., Bastian, B. and Harmon-Jones, E. (2016), 'Detecting transient emotional responses with improved self-report measures and instructions', Emotion, vol 16, no 7 , pp 1086 - 1096.
• Harmon-Jones, E., Harmon-Jones, C. and Levy, N. (2015), 'An action-based model of cognitive-dissonance processes', Current Directions in Psychological Science, vol 24, no 3 , pp 184 - 189.
• Harmon-Jones, E., Price, T. and Harmon-Jones, C. (2015), 'Supine body posture decreases rationalizations : testing the action-based model of dissonance', Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, vol 56 , pp 228 - 234.
• Harmon-Jones, E., Harmon-Jones, C. and Price, T. (2013), 'What is approach motivation?', Emotion Review, vol 5, no 3 , pp 291 - 295.
• Harmon-Jones, E. and Harmon-Jones, C. (2012), 'Feeling better or doing better? : on the functions of inconsistency reduction (and other matters)', Psychological Inquiry, vol 23, no 4 , pp 350 - 353.
• Harmon-Jones, C., Schmeichel, B., Mennitt, E. and Harmon-Jones, E. (2011), 'The expression of determination : similarities between anger and approach-related positive affect', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol 100, no 1 , pp 172 - 181.
• Harmon-Jones, C., Schmeichel, B., Inzlicht, M. and Harmon-Jones, E. (2011), 'Trait approach motivation relates to dissonance reduction', Social Psychological and Personality Science, vol 2, no 1 , pp 21 - 28.
• Harmon-Jones, E. and Harmon-Jones, C. (2011), 'Dissonance and distress', Religion, Brain and Behavior, vol 1, no 3 , pp 225 - 227.
• Harmon-Jones, E. and Harmon-Jones, C. (2010), 'On the relationship of trait PANAS positive activation and trait anger : evidence of a suppressor relationship', Journal of Research in Personality, vol 44, no 1 , pp 120 - 123.
• Schmeichel, B., Harmon-Jones, C. and Harmon-Jones, E. (2010), 'Exercising self-control increases approach motivation', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol 99, no 1 , pp 162 - 173.
• Harmon-Jones, E., Harmon-Jones, C., Abramson, L. and Peterson, C. (2009), 'PANAS positive activation is associated with anger', Emotion, vol 9, no 2 , pp 183 - 196.
• Harmon-Jones, C., Schmeichel, B. and Harmon-Jones, E. (2009), 'Symbolic self-completion in academia : evidence from department web pages and email signature files', European Journal of Social Psychology, vol 39, no 2 , pp 311 - 316.