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

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

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