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Stanley O. Gaines, Jr.

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My primary areas of interest are in the field of close relationships and ethnic studies. I am especially interested in the impact of personality characteristics (e.g., attachment styles, cultural values) and demographic characteristics (e.g., gender, ethnicity) on personal relationship processes (e.g., accommodation, interpersonal resource exchange).

Primary Interests:

  • Close Relationships
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Gender Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Personality, Individual Differences
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Research Methods, Assessment
  • Close Relationships
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Gender Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Personality, Individual Differences
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Research Methods, Assessment

Books:

  • Gaines, S. O., Jr. (1997). Culture, ethnicity, and personal relationship processes. New York: Routledge.

Journal Articles:

  • Agnew, C. R., Thompson, V. D., & Gaines, S. O., Jr. (2000). Incorporating proximal and distal influences on prejudice: Testing a general model across outgroups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 403-418.
  • Bunce, D., Handley, R., & Gaines, S. O., Jr. (2008). Depression, anxiety, and within-person variability in adults aged 18 to 85 years. Psychology and Aging, 23, 848-858.
  • Gaines, S. O., Jr. (2004). Color-line as fault-line: Teaching interethnic relations in California in the 21st century. Journal of Social Issues, 60, 175-193.
  • Gaines, S. O., Jr. (2001). Coping with prejudice: Romantic partners as sources of socioemotional support for stigmatized individuals. Journal of Social Issues, 57, 113-128.
  • Gaines, S. O., Jr., Marelich, W. D., Bledsoe, K. L., Steers, W. N., Henderson, M. C., Granrose, C. S., Barajas, L., Hicks, D., Lyde, M., Takahashi, Y., Yum, N., Rios, D. I., Garcia, B. F., Farris, K., & Page, M. S. (1997). Links between race/ethnicity and cultural values as mediated by racial/ethnic identity and moderated by gender. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 1460-1476.
  • Gaines, S. O., Jr., Panter, A. T., Lyde, M. C., Steers, W. N., Rusbult, C. E., Cox, C. L., & Wexler, M. O. (1997). Evaluating the circumplexity of interpersonal traits and the manifestation of interpersonal traits in interpersonal trust. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 610-623.
  • Gaines, S. O., Jr. & Reed, E. S. (1995). Prejudice: From Allport to Du Bois. American Psychologist, 50, 96-103.

Other Publications:

  • Gaines, S. O., Jr. (2009). Psychiatry + social psychology = intergroup relations? PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 54, Release 40, Article 4.
  • Gaines, S. O., Jr. (2001). Review of Interpersonal Relationships. Contemporary Psychology, 46, 480-481.

Courses Taught:

  • Cross-Cultural Variations in Psychological Findings
  • Experimental Methods in the Human Sciences
  • Individual and Social Processes
  • Individual Differences
  • Methods in Cross-Cultural Research
  • Personality and Social Context
  • Research Methods in the Human Sciences
  • Social Psychology
  • Cross-Cultural Variations in Psychological Findings
  • Experimental Methods in the Human Sciences
  • Individual and Social Processes
  • Individual Differences
  • Methods in Cross-Cultural Research
  • Personality and Social Context
  • Research Methods in the Human Sciences
  • Social Psychology

Stanley O. Gaines, Jr.
School of Social Sciences
Brunel University
Kingston Lane
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 189-526-5485
Fax: +44 189-526-9724

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