Carolin Showers
Department of Psychology
University of Oklahoma
455 W. Lindsey Street, #705
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
U.S.A.
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Carolin Showers studies the content and structure of the self-concept with implications for mood and self-esteem. Her model of self-organization distinguishes compartmentalized versus integrative styles of organizing self-knowledge. Current studies focus on the relation between self-structure and role conflict, change in self-structure with change in mood or life stress, and the organization of self-beliefs in clinical populations, including those with depression or eating disorders. Other areas of interest include personality theory, especially a cognitive strategies approach; the influence of motivational and emotional factors on cognitive processes; optimism, pessimism, and depression; stress and coping; close relationships (i.e., organization of knowledge about a relationship partner); and attitude conflict (i.e., integration of positive and negative attitudes).
- Showers, C. (1992). The motivational and emotional consequences of considering positive or negative possibilities for an upcoming event. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 474-484.
- Showers, C. J., Abramson, L. Y., & Hogan, M. E. (1998). The dynamic self: How the content and structure of the self-concept change with mood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 478-493.
- Showers, C. J., & Kevlyn, S. B. (1999). Organization of knowledge about a relationship partner: Implications for liking and loving. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 958-971.
- Showers, C. J., & Kling, K. C. (1996). Organization of self-knowledge: Implications for recovery from sad mood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 578-590.
- Showers, C. J., & Larson, B. E. (1999). Looking at body image: The organization of self-knowledge about physical appearance and its role in disordered eating. Journal of Personality, 4, 659-700.
- Showers, C. J., & Ryff, C. D. (1996). Self-differentiation and well-being in a life transition. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 448-460.
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