ONGOING
RESEARCH
The information below details projects and publications from the lab.
Publications
Harrington, E. E., & Bock, J. E. (2026). Honor culture and cognitive aging: Honor endorsement and deficits in memory aging and Alzheimer’s Disease knowledge. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. https://doi.org/10.1177/13872877261441602
Foster, S., Bock, J. E., & Herrell, C. (2026). Healthcare communication may be diminished for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the U.S. culture of honor. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2026.202899
Foster, S., Jones, K., & Bock, J. E. (2025). Honor norms predict lower support for opioid harm reduction policies in the U.S. Psychological Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251383505
Bock, J. E., Brown, R. P., Johns, N. E., Closson, K., Cunningham, M., Foster, S., & Raj, A. (2025). Is honor culture linked with depression? Examining the replicability and robustness of a disputed association at the state- and individual-Levels. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221251348586
Dey, A. K., Closson, K., Bock, J. E., Brown, R. P., Kakande, P., Nyegenye, W., Raj, A. (2025). Are traditional honour ideologies associated with fertility goals and contraceptive use? Findings from a cross-sectional study with a national sample of women and men in Uganda. African Journal of Reproductive Health. https://doi.org/10.29063/ajrh2025/v29i4.9
Foster, S., Bishay, A., & Bock, J. E. (2025). Honor endorsement predicts both negative beliefs about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and support for negative ASD treatment outcomes. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100216
Foster, S., Bock, J. E., & Gul, P. (2025). Culture of honour and the stigma of abortion. Psychology and Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2024.2449005
Bock, J. E., Brown, R. P., Tucker, R. P., & Foster, S. (2024). To honor and defend: State- and individual-level analysis of the relationship between culture of honor and military service. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241293553
Harrington, E. E. & Bock, J. E. (2024). Risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in U.S. honor cultures. Social Science and Medicine—Population Health, 101732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101732
Tucker, R. P., Bock, J. E., Gerner, J. L., Albury, E. A., Osgood, J., Daruwala, S. E., Bozzay, M. L., Dretsch, M. N., Anestis, M. D., Bryan, C. J., & Trachik, B. (2024). Honor ideology and private firearm ownership in active-duty soldiers. Injury Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045256
Lopez, H. N., Bock, J. E., Brown, R. P., & Cross, S. E. (2024). Beyond the dichotomy: Creation and validation of a continuous statewide index of U.S. honor culture. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241255494
Bock, J. E., Daruwala, S. E., Tucker, R. P., Foster, S. D., Bandel, S. L., Gunn, J., & Anestis, M. D. (2024). Honor endorsement and increased firearm purchasing behavior and intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241255323
Foster, S., Albright, A., & Bock, J. E. (2024). The role of emotional suppression and emotional beliefs in explaining the honor-suicide link. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. http://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13079
Foster, S., & Bock, J. E. (2024). Honor concerns moderate the link between perceived reputation and depressive symptoms. Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2024.2334036
Rubinstein, R. S., & Bock, J. E. (2024). The effects of counterstereotypical social vs. economic ideology information on explicit and implicit political person perception. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 12(1), 38-56. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.11879
Foster, S., Bock, J. E., & Carvallo, M. (2024). Making the world a more hostile place: Honor endorsement and the hostile attribution bias. Psychology of Violence, 14(2), 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000493
Bock, J. E., Brown, R. P., Pomerantz, A. L., & Raj, A. (2024). Preliminary validation of the single-item masculine and feminine honor prototype scales. Journal of Personality Assessment, 106(4), 522-531. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2023.2291688
Ko, A., Bock, J. E., Ko, J., & Krems, J. A. (2023). Contagious or prosocial? Perceptions of mask-wearers toward Whites and Asians: A cross-cultural comparison during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(11), e12880. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12880
Foster, S., Bock, J. E., & Carvallo, M. (2023). No boys allowed: An investigation into the role of honor concerns, stigma, and views of HPV vaccinations for men. Sex Roles, 89, 475-491. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-023-01404-7
Bock, J. E., Tucker, R. P., Brown, R. P., Foster, S., & Anestis, M. D. (2023). Veteran suicide rates mirror, but do not account for, elevated suicide rates among the general population in U.S. cultures of honor. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 53(4), 692-701. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12974
Foster, S., & Bock, J. E. (2023). Feminine honor concerns heighten reactivity to femininity threats in U.S. women. Current Psychology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04875-9
Harrington, E. E., Reese-Melancon, C., & Bock, J. E. (2023). Sometimes they show, sometimes they don’t: Appointment attendance as a naturalistic prospective memory task. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37(3), 590-599. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4066
Krems, J. A., & Bock, J. E. (2023). The role of women’s and men’s body shapes in explicit and implicit fat stigma. Obesities, 3(2), 97-118. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities3020009
Foster, S. D., Gul, P., & Bock, J. E. (2023). Masculine honor endorsement is linked with stigmatization of men who have been sexually assaulted. Psychology of Men & Masculinities. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000425
Foster, S., Bock, J. E., Carvallo, M., *Pollet, C. L., & Stern, W. (2022). Honor-endorsing women and relational aggression: Evidence for the presence of feminine aggression norms in Southern U.S. women. Personality and Individual Differences, 194, 111668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111668
Bock, J. E., Tucker, R. P., Brown, R. P., Harrington, E. E., Bauer, B. W., Daruwala, S. E., Capron, D. W., & Anestis, M. D. (2021). Factors contributing to honor-endorsing men’s suicide capability: Firearm ownership, practical capability, and exposure to painful and provocative events. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 51(6), 1247-1258. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12807
Rubinstein, R. S., Jussim, L., Bock, J. E., & Loh, B. (2021). Unobservable stereotypes are more malleable than observable stereotypes in implicit person perception. Journal of Theoretical and Social Psychology, 5(4), 318-337. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.96
Bock, J. E., & Brown, R. P. (2021). To be liked or feared: Honor-oriented men’s sensitivity to masculine reputation concerns depends on status-seeking strategy. Personality and Individual Differences, 173, 110615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110615
Bock, J. E., Brown, R. P., & Green, K. (2019). Aging with honor: Examining ambivalent ageism and interpersonal risk-factors for suicide as explanations for the honor-suicide link. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 38(9), 721-750. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2019.38.9.721
Bell, A. C., Burkley, M., & Bock, J. (2019). Examining the asymmetry in judgments of racism in self and others. Journal of Social Psychology, 159(5), 611-627. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2018.1538930
Bock, J., & Burkley, M. (2019). On the prowl: Examining the impact of the men-as-predators and women-as-prey metaphors on attitudes that perpetuate sexual violence. Sex Roles, 80, 262-276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-018-0929-1
Bock, J., Byrd-Craven, J., & Burkley, M. (2017). The role of sexism in voting in the 2016 presidential election. Personality and Individual Differences, 119, 189-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.07.026
Burkley, M., Andrade, A., Bell, A. C., & Bock, J. (2016). You’re smart, for a woman: Examining stereotypic backhanded compliments. In A. M. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research (Vol. 118, pp. 51-68). New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.