Research
Overall, the Social Identity Theory and Health behavior research laboratory addresses
both basic and applied questions with a broad focus on: 1) influence processes within
and between groups; 2) the motivational role played by self-uncertainty in group behavior,
intergroup relations, and self-conception; 3) the structure of self-conception and
identity in group and intergroup contexts; 4) the role that group processes and intergroup
relations play in attitudes and persuasion; 5) on physiological and biological processes
related to group dynamics and attitude change; and 6) on health-related behaviors
as the main outcome of most studies.
Current projects within the group processes and integroup relations domain include investigating
how motivation to identify with a group (particularly from the uncertainty-identity
theory point of view) leads to various individual- and group-level health behaviors,
e.g., making risk-related health decisions to join a group. Other current and future
research within this domain focuses on how the level of self-categorization (personal,
interpersonal, or group) and social exclusion interact to impact people's risk taking,
pro-social and anti-social behaviors, and physiological and biological arousal.
Current projects within the attitudes and persuasion domain include exploring how
attitude ambivalence impacts physiological arousal (e.g., skin conductance, facial
EMG, and heart rate) and biological arousal (cortisol and alpha amylase concentrations)
and how providing social norms after ambivalence leads to changes in these physiological
and biological responses. This research has culminated in a collaboration with a faculty
members from the College of Media and Communication and the Department of Biological
Sciences. Together, we have created and are testing a bio-psycho-social model of persuasive
communication processing.
Recent Publications
PUBLICATIONS (* Graduate Student, ** Undergraduate Student, IF = 2022 impact factor)
Journals – Peer Reviewed
35. *Kuljian, O. R., Hohman, Z. P., & Gaffney, A. M. (2023). Who are we if we do not
know who our leader is? Perceptions of leaders' prototypicality affects followers
self-prototypicality and uncertainty. Social Psychological and Personality Science,
14, 599-609. doi: 10.1177/19485506221111237. IF = 5.7
34. *Kuljian, O. R., & Hohman, Z. P. (2023). Warmth, competence, and subtle dehumanization:
Comparing clustering patterns of warmth and competence with animalistic and mechanistic
dehumanization. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62,181-196. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12565.
IF = 5.4
33. Hohman, Z. P., *Peabody, J., & Neighbors, C. (2022). Personalized norm feedback
and ambivalence. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 16, 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100461
32. *Le, A., *Brown, J. K., & Hohman, Z. P. (2022). Social identity processes predicting
post-election 2020 ideological extremism. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy,
22, 1058-1071. IF = 1.5
31. Talley, A. E., Harris, B. N., Le, T. H., & Hohman, Z. P. (2022). Aversive self-focus
and alcohol consumption behavior in women with sexual identity-uncertainty: Changes
in salivary cortisol stress response among those who drink-to-cope. Chronic Stress,
6, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/24705470221118308
30. *Brown, J. K., & Hohman Z. P. (2022). Extreme Party Animals: Relationship between
Identification and Extremity on Americans'. Journal of Applied Social Psychology,
52, 351-362. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12863. IF = 2.5
29. *Brown, J. K., Hohman, Z. P., Niedbala, E., & Stinnett, A. (2021). Sweating the
big stuff: Arousal and stress as functions of self-uncertainty and identification.
Psychophysiology, 58, 1-13. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13836. IF = 3.7
28. Hackett, J. D., Hohman, Z. P., & Rast, D. E. III (2020). Identification with the
American south and anti-Muslimism attitudes. Journal of Social Psychology, 160, 150-163.
doi: 10.1080.00224545.2019.1634506. IF = 2.1
27. Ouyang, Y., Rast, D. E., Hackett, J., & Hohman, Z. P. (2020). The American South:
Explorations on southern attachments and personal values. Journal of Social Psychology,
160, 137-149. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2019.1629866. IF = 2.1
26. Hohman, Z. P., Hudson, D., Williams, R., Harris, B. N., Alquist, J., Mitchell,
D., Niedbala, E., & Price, M. (2019). The impacts of stress on economic decisions.
Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 3, 330-367.
25. Harris, B. N., Hohman, Z. P., Campbell, C. M., King, K. S., Tucker, C. A., & The
Garrison Institute on Aging. (2019). FAAH genotype, CRFR1 genotype, and cortisol interact
to predict anxiety in an aging, rural Hispanic population. Neurobiology of Stress,
10, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2019.100154 IF = 5.0
24. *Niedbala, E. M., & Hohman, Z. P. (2019). Retaliation against the outgroup: The
role of self-uncertainty. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 22, 708-723. doi:
10.1177/1368430218767027. IF = 4.4
23. *Dahl, E., *Niedbala, E. M., & Hohman, Z. P. (2019). Loving the groups that denies
you first: Social identity effects of ostracism before inclusion. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 284-299. doi. 10.1177/0146167218784901. IF = 4.0
22. Gaffney, A. M., Sherburne, B., Hackett, J. D., Rast, D. E. III, & Hohman, Z. P.
(2019). The transformative and informative nature of elections: Representation, schism,
and exit. British Journal of Social Psychology, 58, 88-104. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12279.
IF = 5.4
21. *Niedbala, E., M., Hohman, Z. P., & **Elleby, J. (2018). When I'm right you're
wrong: Attitude correctness facilitates approach motivation toward opposing individuals.
Social Influence, 13, 150-162. doi. 10.1080/15534510.2018.1491888. IF = 1.7
20. Gaffney, A., Hackett, J. D., Rast, D. E. III, Hohman, Z. P., & **Jaurique, A.
(2018). The state of American protest: Shared anger and populism. Analyses of Social
Issues and Public Policy, 18, 11-33. doi: 10.1111/asap.12145. IF = 1.5
19. *Niedbala, E. M., Hohman, Z. P., Harris, B. N., & **Abide, A. (2018). Taking one
for the team: Physiological trajectories of painful intergroup retaliation. Physiology
and Behavior, 194, 277-284. doi. 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.06.011. IF = 2.9
18. *Dahl, E., Tagler, M. J., & Hohman, Z. P. (2018). Gambling and the reasoned action
model: Predicting past behavior, intentions, and future behavior. Journal of Gambling
Studies, 34, 101-118. doi:10.1007/s10899-017-9702-6. IF = 2.4
17. Hohman, Z. P., Keene, J. R., Harris, B. N., *Niedbala, E. M., & Berke, C. K. (2017).
A Biopsychological Model of Anti-Drug PSA Processing: Developing Effective Persuasive
Messages. Prevention Science, 18, 1006-1016. doi: 10.1007/s11121-017-0836-7. IF =
3.5
16. Hohman, Z. P., Gaffney, A. M., & Hogg, M. A. (2017). Who am I if I am not like
my group? Self-uncertainty and feeling peripheral in a group. Journal of Experimental
Social Psychology, 72, 125-132. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2017.05.002 . IF = 3.5
15. Hohman, Z. P., *Dahl, E., & **Grubbs, S. (2016). Social identity complexity and
entitativity: The relationship between group characteristics and personal characteristics
on group identification. Self & Identity, 15, 638-649. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2016.1185462.
IF = 2.0
14. Hohman, Z. P., Crano, W. D., & *Niedbala, E. M. (2016). Attitude ambivalence,
social norms, and behavioral intentions: Developing effective antitobacco persuasive
communications. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30, 209-219. doi: 10.1037/adb0000126.
IF = 3.4
13. Hohman, Z. P., & Hogg, M. A. (2015). Fearing the uncertain: Self-uncertainty plays
a role in mortality salience. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 57, 31-42.
doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.11.007. IF = 3.5
12. Hohman, Z. P., & Hogg, M. A. (2015). Mortality salience, self-esteem, and defense
of the group: Mediating role of ingroup identification. Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, 45, 80-89. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12277. IF = 2.5
11. De Dominicis, S., Crano, W. D., Cancelleri, U., Mosco, B., Bonnes, M., Bonaiuto,
M., & Hohman, Z. P. (2014). Vested interest and environmental risk communication:
Improving willingness to cope with impending disasters. Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, 44, 364-374. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12229. IF = 2.5
10. Siegel, J.T. Crano, W. D., Alvaro, E.A. Lac, A., Hackett, J.D., Hohman, Z. P.
(2014). Differentiating common predictors and outcomes of marijuana initiation: A
retrospective longitudinal analysis. Substance Use and Misuse, 49, 30-40. doi:10.3109/10826084.2013.817427.
IF = 2.0
9. Hohman, Z. P., Crano, W. D., Alvaro, E. A., & Siegel, J. T. (2014). Attitudinal
ambivalence, friend norms, and adolescent drug use. Prevention Science, 15, 65-74.
doi:10.1007/s11121-013-0368-8. IF = 3.5
8. Alvaro, E. A., Crano, W. D., Siegel, J. T., Hohman, Z. P., Johnson, I., Nakawaki,
B. (2013). Adolescent attitudes toward anti-marijuana ads, use intentions, and actual
marijuana usage. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27, 1027-1035. doi: 10.1037/a0031960.
IF = 3.4
7. Miller, S. M., Siegel, J. T., Hohman, Z. P., & Crano, W. D. (2013). Factors Mediating
the Association of Parent's Marijuana Use and their Adolescent Children's Subsequent
Initiation. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27, 848-853. doi: 10.1037/a0032201.
IF = 3.4
6. Siegel, J.T., Alvaro. E.A., Crano, W.D., Lienemann, B., Hohman, Z. P., & O'Brien,
E. K. (2012). Increasing social support for depressed individuals: A cross-cultural
assessment of an affect-expectancy approach. Journal of Health Communication, 17,
713-732. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2011.635775. IF = 4.4
5. Siegel, J.T., Alvaro, E.A., Hohman, Z. P., & Mauer, D. (2011). “Can you spare an
organ?” Exploring Hispanic Americans' willingness to discuss living organ donation
with loved ones. Health Communication, 26, 754-764. doi:10.1080/10410236.2011.566831.
IF = 3.9
4. Hohman, Z. P., & Hogg, M. A. (2011). Fear and uncertainty in the face of death:
The role of life after death in group identification. European Journal of Social Psychology,
41, 751-760. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.818. IF = 3.9
3. Hogg, M. A., Siegel, J. T., & Hohman, Z. P. (2011). Groups can jeopardize your
health: Identifying with un-healthy groups to reduce self-uncertainty. Self and Identity,
10, 326-335. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2011.558762. IF = 2.0
2. Hohman, Z. P., Hogg, M.A., & Bligh, M. C. (2010). Identity and intergroup leadership:
Asymmetrical political and national identification in response to uncertainty. Self
and Identity, 9, 113-128. doi: 10.1080/15298860802605937. IF = 2.0
1. Hogg, M. A., Hohman, Z. P., & Rivera, J. E. (2008). Why do people join groups:
Three motivational accounts from social psychology. Social and Personality Psychology
Compass, 2/3, 1269-1280. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2008.00099.x. IF = 4.6
Book Chapters – Peer Reviewed
7. *Kuljian, O. R., & Hohman, Z. P. (accepted). Prototypicality threat and self-uncertainty
motivate group behavior. In P. J. Carroll, K. Rios, & K. C. Oleson (Eds.) Handbook
of the Uncertain Self (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
6. Crano, W. D., & Hohman, Z. P. (2023). Persuasion as a sop to insecurity. In J.
P. Forgas, W. D. Crano, & K. Fielder (Eds.) The Psychology of Insecurity: Seeking
Certainty Where None Can be Found (pp. 108-129). New York: NY: Taylor and Francis.
doi: 10.4324/9781003317623-9
5. Hohman, Z. P., & *Kuljian, O. R., (2021). Why people join groups. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.257
4. Hohman, Z. P., & *Brown, J., (2020). Self-esteem and self-enhancement. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.246
3. Hohman, Z. P., & Rivera, J. E. (2010). Need to belong. In M. A. Hogg & J. Levine (Eds.). Encyclopedia of the Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9781412972017
2. Rivera, J. E., & Hohman, Z. P. (2010). Self and Identity. In R. Jackson (Ed.). Encyclopedia of the Self and Identity, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
1. Siegel, J. T., Alvaro, E. M., & Hohman, Z. P. (2010). A dawning recognition of factors for increasing donor registration: The IIFF Model. In J. T. Siegel & E. M. Alvaro (Eds.), Understanding Organ Donation: Applied Behavioral Science Perspectives (pp. 313-330). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444317459.ch19
Books
1. Hudson, D., Perliger, A., Post, R., & Hohman, Z. P. (2020). The irrational terrorist and other persistent terrorism myths. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
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