Meara M. Habashi
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My primary research focus is in the area of personality and prosocial behavior. I am particularly interested in how both dispositional and situational factors interact to influence the decision to help a victim in need. I am also interested in the role of individual differences as predictors of interest in math and science in both children and adolescents. To date, my research has taken a traditional social cognitive person X situation approach to examine different domains of behavior, including helping behavior, occupational preference, social influence, and persuasion.
Primary Interests:
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Gender Psychology
- Helping, Prosocial Behavior
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Persuasion, Social Influence
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Journal Articles:
- Clark, J.K., Wegener, D.T., Habashi, M.M., & Evans, A.T. (in press). Source expertise and persuasion: The effects of perceived opposition or support on message scrutiny. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
- Graziano, W.G., & Habashi, M.M. (2010). Motivational Processes Underlying Both Prejudice and Helping. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 14, 313-331.
- Graziano, W. G., Habashi, M. M., Sheese, B. E., & Tobin, R. M. (2007). Agreeableness, empathy, and helping: A Person X Situation perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 583-599.
- Graziano, W.G., Habashi, M.M., Woodcock, A. (2011). Exploring and measuring differences in person-thing orientations. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 28-33.
Other Publications:
- Graziano, W. G., & Habashi, M. M. (in press). Agreeableness and relationships. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.
- Habashi, M. M., & Graziano, W. G. (2007). Agreeableness. In R. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 25-27). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.
Courses Taught:
- Elementary Psychology
- Elementary Statistics
- Introduction to Social Psychology
- Multi Level Modeling
- Personality
- Psychology of Gender
- Regression
- Structural Equation Modeling
Meara M. Habashi
UVA Engineering
University of Virginia
Virginia
United States of America
- Phone: (434) 297-8986