Social Psychology Network

Maintained by Scott Plous, Wesleyan University

P. Niels Christensen

P. Niels Christensen

  • Media Contact
  • SPN Mentor

My program of research investigates how individual difference variables influence how we perceive our interaction partners in dyads and groups. Examples include the influence of (1) social anxiety on self-control following stressful interactions, and (2) social identification on the experience of interaction partners from other ethnic groups. I am especially interested in statistical techniques for modeling the non-independence in these interactions. Currently, I am conducting research on strategies to circumvent limited self-control.

Primary Interests:

  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Causal Attribution
  • Group Processes
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Person Perception
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition

Note from the Network: The holder of this profile has certified having all necessary rights, licenses, and authorization to post the files listed below. Visitors are welcome to copy or use any files for noncommercial or journalistic purposes provided they credit the profile holder and cite this page as the source.

Image Gallery

Journal Articles:

  • Christensen, P. N., Boldry, J., & Kashy, D. A. (2004). Group-based self-evaluation outside of the laboratory: Effects of global versus situational status. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 985-994.
  • Christensen, P. N., Cohan, S., & Stein, M. (2004). The relationship between functioning levels in post-traumatic stress disorder and interpersonal perception: A social relations model analysis. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 33, 151-160.
  • Christensen, P. N., & Kashy, D. A. (1998). Perceptions of and by lonely people in initial social interaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 322-329.
  • Christensen, P. N., Prislin, R., & Jacobs, E. A. (in press). Motives for social Influence after social change: Are new majorities power hungry? Social Influence.
  • Christensen, P. N., Rothgerber, H., Wood, W., & Matz, D. (2004). Social norms and identity relevance: A motivational model of normative behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1295-1309.
  • Christensen, P. N., Stein, M., & Means-Christensen, A. J. (2003). Social anxiety and interpersonal perception: A social relations model analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, 1355-1371.
  • Graf, R. G., Yabko, B. A., & Christensen, P. N. (2009). Gender effects in the assessment of technical fouls among high school basketball officials. Journal of Sport Behavior, 32.
  • Jacobs, E. A., Christensen, P. N., & Prislin, R. (2009). On the fair treatment of factions within a group: Theoretical and empirical development of the fair group procedures scale. Journal of Social Issues, 65.
  • Prislin, R., & Christensen, P. N. (2005). The gain-loss asymmetry model of change in majority-minority positions. European Review of Social Psychology, 16, 43-73.
  • Prislin, R., Levine, J., & Christensen, P. N. (2006). When reasons matter: Attributions for conversion moderate the effect of change within groups. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 593-601.
  • Wood, W., Christensen, P. N., Hebl, M., & Rothgerber, H. (1997). Conformity to sex-typed norms, affect, and self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 523-535.

Other Publications:

  • Christensen, P. N. (2007). Social relations model. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Christensen, P. N., & Wood, W. (2006). Effects of media violence on viewer's aggression in unconstrained social interaction: An updated meta-analysis. In R. Preiss, M. Allen, B. M. Gayle, & N. Burrell (Eds.), Media effects research: Advances through meta-analysis. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Prislin, R., & Christensen, P. N. (2009). On becoming a majority: Former minorities’ reactions to change. In F. Butera & J. Levine (Eds.), Coping with minority status: Responses to exclusion and inclusion. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wood, W., & Christensen, P. N. (2004). Quantitative research synthesis: Examining study outcomes over settings, samples, and time. In C. Sansone, C. Morf, & A. Panter (Eds.), Handbook of methods in social psychology (pp. 335-356). New York: Sage.

Courses Taught:

P. Niels Christensen
Department of Psychology
Radford University
Radford, Virginia 24142-4611
United States of America

  • Phone: (540) 831-6643
  • Fax: (540) 831-6113

Send a message to P. Niels Christensen

Note: You will be emailed a copy of your message.

Psychology Headlines

From Around the World

News Feed (35,797 subscribers)