Selected Publications
Vogels, E. A., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2020). Comparing the apple of my eye: Parental reactions to academic social comparisons of their elementary school aged children. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 50(1), 41–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12640
Schriver, J., Perunovic, W.Q.E., Brymer, K., & Hachey, T. (2019). Do relatives with greater reproductive potential get help first?: A test of the inclusive fitness explanation of kin altruism. Evolutionary Psychology, 17(3), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704919867094
Kam, C., Risavy, S.D., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2015). Using over-claiming technique to probe social desirability ratings of personality items: A validity examination. Personality and Individual Differences, 74, 177-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.017
Kifer, Y., Heller, D., Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Galinsky, A.D. (2013). The good life of the powerful: The experience of power and authenticity enhance subjective well-being. Psychological Science, 24(3), 280-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797612450891
Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Perunovic, M. (2012). Language and emotion: The case of bicultural individuals. In P. Wilson (Ed.), Łódź: studies in language: Dynamicity in emotion concepts., Vol. 27 (pp. 359-372). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers.
Perunovic, W.Q.E., Heller, D., Ross, M., & Komar, S. (2011) The within-person dynamics of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, affective states, and cultural identification: A diary study of bicultural individuals. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 635-641. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550611405071
Wood, J. V., Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Lee, J.W. (2009). Positive self-statements: Power for some, peril for others. Psychological Science, 20, 860-866. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02370.x
Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Wilson, A.E. (2008). Subjective proximity of future selves: Implications for current identity, future appraisal, and goal pursuit motivation. In K. Markman, W. M. P. Klein, & J. Suhr (Eds.), Handbook of imagination and mental simulation (pp. 347-358). New York: Psychology Press.
Molinsky, A., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2008). Training wheels for cultural learning: Poor language fluency and its shielding effect on the evaluation of culturally inappropriate behavior. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 27, 284-289. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X08317959
Perunovic, W.Q.E., Heller, D., & Rafaeli, E. (2007). Within-person changes in the structure of emotion: The role of cultural identification and language. Psychological Science, 18, 607-613. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01947.x
Perunovic, W.Q.E., Ross, M., & Wilson, A.E. (2005). Language, culture, and conceptions of the self. In R. M. Sorrentino, D. Cohen, J. M. Olson, & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), Culture and social behavior: The Ontario symposium, Vol. 10 (pp. 165-180). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Ross, M., Xun, W.Q.E., & Wilson, A.E. (2002). Language and the bicultural self. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1040-1050. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672022811003
Vogels, E. A., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2020). Comparing the apple of my eye: Parental reactions to academic social comparisons of their elementary school aged children. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 50(1), 41–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12640
Schriver, J., Perunovic, W.Q.E., Brymer, K., & Hachey, T. (2019). Do relatives with greater reproductive potential get help first?: A test of the inclusive fitness explanation of kin altruism. Evolutionary Psychology, 17(3), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704919867094
Kam, C., Risavy, S.D., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2015). Using over-claiming technique to probe social desirability ratings of personality items: A validity examination. Personality and Individual Differences, 74, 177-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.017
Kifer, Y., Heller, D., Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Galinsky, A.D. (2013). The good life of the powerful: The experience of power and authenticity enhance subjective well-being. Psychological Science, 24(3), 280-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797612450891
Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Perunovic, M. (2012). Language and emotion: The case of bicultural individuals. In P. Wilson (Ed.), Łódź: studies in language: Dynamicity in emotion concepts., Vol. 27 (pp. 359-372). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers.
Perunovic, W.Q.E., Heller, D., Ross, M., & Komar, S. (2011) The within-person dynamics of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, affective states, and cultural identification: A diary study of bicultural individuals. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 635-641. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550611405071
Wood, J. V., Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Lee, J.W. (2009). Positive self-statements: Power for some, peril for others. Psychological Science, 20, 860-866. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02370.x
Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Wilson, A.E. (2008). Subjective proximity of future selves: Implications for current identity, future appraisal, and goal pursuit motivation. In K. Markman, W. M. P. Klein, & J. Suhr (Eds.), Handbook of imagination and mental simulation (pp. 347-358). New York: Psychology Press.
Molinsky, A., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2008). Training wheels for cultural learning: Poor language fluency and its shielding effect on the evaluation of culturally inappropriate behavior. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 27, 284-289. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X08317959
Perunovic, W.Q.E., Heller, D., & Rafaeli, E. (2007). Within-person changes in the structure of emotion: The role of cultural identification and language. Psychological Science, 18, 607-613. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01947.x
Perunovic, W.Q.E., Ross, M., & Wilson, A.E. (2005). Language, culture, and conceptions of the self. In R. M. Sorrentino, D. Cohen, J. M. Olson, & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), Culture and social behavior: The Ontario symposium, Vol. 10 (pp. 165-180). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Ross, M., Xun, W.Q.E., & Wilson, A.E. (2002). Language and the bicultural self. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1040-1050. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672022811003
Recent Student Presentations
Nah, K., McWilliams, J., & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2023, June). Self-presentation strategies in Canadian and Korean online dating profiles: A thematic analysis. Presentation at the CPA Social/Personality Pre-conference Data Blitz session, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Young, V., Perunovic, W. Q. E., & Poulin, C. (2023, June). Navigating grief together: Discussing death with children after a family loss. 39th Qualitative Analysis Conference and Couch-Stone Symposium of the Socity for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Nah, K. & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2022, June). Valence and regulatory focus in Canadian and Korean nursing home websites: A content analysis. Paper presented at the 83rd annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Young, V., McWilliams, J., & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2022, April). Black women in engineering: The influence of race, gender, and education level on hiring decisions. Paper presented at University of New Brunswick Arts Matters Undergraduate Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Murphy, M., Young, V., & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2022, April). How do people express sympathy? A content analysis of American sympathy cards. Presentation delivered at University of New Brunswick Arts Matters Undergraduate Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Nah, K., Lister, B., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2021, February). Self-presentation strategies in Canadian and Korean online dating profiles: A thematic analysis. Poster presented at the Self and Identity Preconference of the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Virtual.
Huang, X., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2021, February). Culture change in China from 1979 to 2018: Evidence from pop song lyrics. Presentation delivered at the data blitz session at the Cultural Psychology Preconference of the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Virtual.
Vogels, E., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2019, June). Comparing the apple of my eye: Parental reactions to social comparisons of their school-aged children. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the 80th Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Schriver, J., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2019, June). Sex differences and visible minority status on the perception of need and willingness to give acculturating help. Poster presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Schriver, J., & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2018, March). Online dating profiles in Japan and United States: Describing oneself in the past, present, and future. Paper presented at the Graduate Student Research Conference, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Schriver, J., & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2017, April). Manipulating reproductive potential of a family member leads to greater helping behaviour: Support for inclusive fitness theory. Paper presented at the Graduate Student Research Conference, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Lesmana, M. & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2015, April). Predicting biculturals’ life satisfaction: The role of emotional changes after recalling cultural memories. Paper presented at the Graduate Student Research Conference, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Schriver, J., Perunovic, W. Q. E., & Perunovic, M. (2015, March). The role of self-control in weight bias. Invited talk at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Eastern Psychological Association in Philadelphia, PENN, USA.
Schriver, J., Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Perunovic, M. (2015, February). Trying and failing or failing to try: The role of conscientiousness in judging people with perceived controllable stigmas. Poster presented at the 16th annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Long Beach, CA, USA.
Schriver, J., Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Perunovic, M. (2013, January). The effect of self-control on discrimination against various groups. Poster presented at the 14th annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in New Orleans, LA, USA.
McLaughlin, K.J., Hachey, T., Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Gbeleyi T. (2012, June). What is love? Content analysis of fairy tales in two cultures. Poster presented at the Social-Personality Psychology Preconference of the 73rd annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Young, V., Perunovic, W. Q. E., & Poulin, C. (2023, June). Navigating grief together: Discussing death with children after a family loss. 39th Qualitative Analysis Conference and Couch-Stone Symposium of the Socity for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Nah, K. & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2022, June). Valence and regulatory focus in Canadian and Korean nursing home websites: A content analysis. Paper presented at the 83rd annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Young, V., McWilliams, J., & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2022, April). Black women in engineering: The influence of race, gender, and education level on hiring decisions. Paper presented at University of New Brunswick Arts Matters Undergraduate Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Murphy, M., Young, V., & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2022, April). How do people express sympathy? A content analysis of American sympathy cards. Presentation delivered at University of New Brunswick Arts Matters Undergraduate Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Nah, K., Lister, B., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2021, February). Self-presentation strategies in Canadian and Korean online dating profiles: A thematic analysis. Poster presented at the Self and Identity Preconference of the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Virtual.
Huang, X., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2021, February). Culture change in China from 1979 to 2018: Evidence from pop song lyrics. Presentation delivered at the data blitz session at the Cultural Psychology Preconference of the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Virtual.
Vogels, E., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2019, June). Comparing the apple of my eye: Parental reactions to social comparisons of their school-aged children. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the 80th Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Schriver, J., & Perunovic, W.Q.E. (2019, June). Sex differences and visible minority status on the perception of need and willingness to give acculturating help. Poster presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Schriver, J., & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2018, March). Online dating profiles in Japan and United States: Describing oneself in the past, present, and future. Paper presented at the Graduate Student Research Conference, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Schriver, J., & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2017, April). Manipulating reproductive potential of a family member leads to greater helping behaviour: Support for inclusive fitness theory. Paper presented at the Graduate Student Research Conference, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Lesmana, M. & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2015, April). Predicting biculturals’ life satisfaction: The role of emotional changes after recalling cultural memories. Paper presented at the Graduate Student Research Conference, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Schriver, J., Perunovic, W. Q. E., & Perunovic, M. (2015, March). The role of self-control in weight bias. Invited talk at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Eastern Psychological Association in Philadelphia, PENN, USA.
Schriver, J., Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Perunovic, M. (2015, February). Trying and failing or failing to try: The role of conscientiousness in judging people with perceived controllable stigmas. Poster presented at the 16th annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Long Beach, CA, USA.
Schriver, J., Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Perunovic, M. (2013, January). The effect of self-control on discrimination against various groups. Poster presented at the 14th annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in New Orleans, LA, USA.
McLaughlin, K.J., Hachey, T., Perunovic, W.Q.E., & Gbeleyi T. (2012, June). What is love? Content analysis of fairy tales in two cultures. Poster presented at the Social-Personality Psychology Preconference of the 73rd annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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