Cathy R. Cox, Ph.D.

Cox, C. R., & Kersten, M. (2016). Mortality salience increases language style matching and well-being. Self and Identity, 15, 452-467.

Kersten, M., Cox, C. R., & Van Enkevort, E. A. (2016). An exercise in nostalgia: Nostalgia promotes health optimism and physical activity. Psychology & Health, 31, 1166-1181

Cox, C.R., Eaton, S., Ekas, N.V., & Van Enkevort, E.A. (2015). Death concerns and psychological well-being in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 45-46, 229-238.

Cox, C. R., Kersten, M., Routledge, C., Brown, E. M., & VanEnkevort, E. A. (2015). When past meets present: The relationship between website-induced nostalgia and well-being. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 45, 282-299.

Cox, C. R., & Arndt, J. (2012). How sweet it is to be loved by you: Toward an understanding of why close relationships buffer existential fear. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 616-632.

Cox, C. R., Reid-Arndt, S. A., Arndt, J., & Moser, R. P. (2012). Considering the unspoken: The role of death cognition in quality of life among women with and without breast cancer. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 30, 128-139.

Cox, C. R., Cooper, D. P., Vess, M., Arndt, J., Goldenberg, J. L., & Routledge, C. (2009). Bronze is beautiful but pale can be pretty: The effects of appearance standards and mortality salience on sun-tanning outcomes. Health Psychology, 28, 746-752.

Cox, C. R., Arndt, J., Pyszczynski, T., Greenberg, J., Abdollahi, A., & Solomon, S. (2008). Terror management and adult’s attachment to their parents: The safe haven remains. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 696-717.

 

• International Society for Self and Identity
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• Southwest Psychological Association

• Director of the Human Subjects Pool, Psychology
• Department Review Committee, Member
• College of Science and Engineering SERC research grant committee, member
• Institutional Review Board, Member
• Graduate Council, Member