Representative Conference Presentations

Erica Van Overloop at SEPA in 2023
Current or former students are listed in bold.

Boggs, S. M. & Dahlen, E. R. (2024, March 15). Social anxiety and relational aggression in the peer relationships of college women [Poster presentation]. 70th Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Orlando, FL, United States.

Strowd, J., Yang, Y., & Dahlen, E. R. (2023, September 28). You cheated and you schemed, you're the devil in disguise: How dark traits influence college students' academic misconduct [Poster presentation]. 74th Annual Convention of the Mississippi Psychological Association, Tupelo, MS, United States.

Van Overloop, E., Kollmann, N., Strowd, J., & Dahlen, E. R. (2023, April 5-8). Venturing into the darkness of academic dishonesty [Poster presentation]. 66th Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Merold, S., Dahlen, E. R., Madson, M. B., & Nicholson, B. C. (2020, September 24-October 9). Psychopathic traits as a moderator of the relationship between social intelligence and relational aggression [Poster session]. 71st Annual Convention of the Mississippi Psychological Association, Bay St. Louis, MS, United States.

Poor, A., Dahlen, E. R., Leuty, M. E., & Nicholson, B. C. (2020, September 24-October 9). Relational aggression and trait anger: The mediating role of anger rumination [Poster session]. 71st Annual Convention of the Mississippi Psychological Association, Bay St. Louis, MS, United States.

Nocera, T. R., Dahlen, E. R., Mohn, R. S., & Batastini, A. B. (2020, April 2-5). Moral disengagement in the perpetration of cyber aggression [Poster session]. Counseling Psychology Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States. (Conference canceled)

Buras, H. N., Lowe, M. J., Stoner, P. M., & Dahlen, E. R. (2019, August). Anxiety moderates the relationship between peer exclusivity and peer relational aggression among college students [Poster session]. 127th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, United States.

Stoner, P. M., Lowe, M. J., Buras, H. N., & Dahlen, E. R. (2019, August). Vulnerable narcissism, self-criticism, and self-injurious behavior: Emotion regulation as a moderator [Poster session] 127th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, United States.

Stoner, P. M., Battle, A., Dedeaux, A., & Dahlen, E. R. (2018, March). Anxious attachment and relationship satisfaction in romantic relational aggression [Poster session]. 64th Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Charleston, SC, United States.

Dedaux, A., Stoner, P. M., Bryant, A., & Dahlen, E. R. (2017, July). Relational aggression and cognitive jealousy moderated by relationship satisfaction [Poster session]. Mississippi State University's Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State, MS, United States.

Bolton, T., & Dahlen, E. R. (2017, March). Dark personality traits in cyber aggression among college students [Poster session]. 63rd Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Shango, R., Vrabel, J., Mandracchia, J., Dahlen, E. R., & Zeigler-Hill, V. (2016, May). Pathological personality traits and criminogenic thinking styles [Poster session]. 28th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL, United States.

Knight, N., & Dahlen, E. R. (2016, March). The "dark triad" of personality and relational aggression [Paper session]. 62nd Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Clark, C. M., Deason, D., Knight, N., Morrison, A., & Dahlen, E. R. (2015, September). Relational aggression among young adults [Symposium]. 66th Annual Convention of the Mississippi Psychological Association, Bay St. Louis, MS, United States.

Boudreaux, D., Dahlen, E. R., Madson, M. B., & Bullock-Yowell, E. (2013, August). Attitudes Toward Anger Management Scale: Development and Initial Validation [Poster session]. 121st Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI, United States.

Paulson, D., Boudreaux, D., Dahlen, E. R., & Leuty, M. (2013, March). Anger from a multicultural perspective [Poster session]. 59th Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Christopher, M., & Dahlen, E. R. (2012, November). Validation of the Young Adult Social Behavior Scale [Paper session]. Texas Psychological Association Annual Convention, Austin, TX, United States.

Christopher, M., & Dahlen, E. R. (2012, November). Correlates of relational aggression in college students [Poster session]. Texas Psychological Association Annual Convention, Austin, TX, United States.

Prather, E., & Dahlen, E. R. (2012, August). Relational aggression in college students' dating relationships [Poster session]. 120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL, United States.

Berman, M. E., Fanning, F. R., Marsic, A., Dahlen, E. R., & McCloskey, M. S. (2010, July). Pharmacological and psychosocial interventions reduce aggressive responses to provocation. In T. F. Denson (Chair), Controlling aggression: Experimental advances in the brain-behavior link [Symposium]. Meeting of the XIX International Society for Research on Aggression World Conference, Storrs, CT, United States.

Czar, K. A., & Dahlen, E. R. (2010, March). Psychopathic personality traits in relational aggression among young adults [Poster session]. 56th Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Chattanooga, TN, United States.

Morris, J. L., Dahlen, E. R., & Madson, M. B. (2009, February). Anger and substance use in a college population [Poster session]. 55th meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association. New Orleans, LA, United States.

Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2008, August). Response to provocation: Validity of the Angry Cognitions Scale [Poster session]. 116th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, United States.

Moore, M., & Dahlen, E. R. (2008, August). Understanding aggressive driving: Is there a role for positive psychology? [Poster session]. 116th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, United States.

Dahlen, E. R., & Martin, R. C. (2006, August). Refining the Anger Consequences Questionnaire [Poster session]. 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2006, August). Development and validation of the Angry Cognitions Scale [Poster session]. 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Dahlen, E. R., Martin, R. C., Kuhlman, M. M., & Ragan, K. (2003, August). Improving the prediction of risky and aggressive driving behavior [Poster session]. 111th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Dahlen, E. R., Martin, R. C., Ragan, K., & Kuhlman, M. M. (2003, August). Boredom proneness in anger and aggression: Effects of impulsiveness and sensation seeking [Poster session]. 111th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Ragan, K. M., & Dahlen, E. R. (2003, March). Validation of the Propensity for Angry Driving Scale [Poster session]. 49th Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Martin, R. C., & Dahlen, E. R. (2002, August). Relationship between irrational beliefs and state hostile thoughts [Poster session]. 110th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, United States.

Dahlen, E. R., & Deffenbacher, J. L. (2001, July). Empirically supported anger management: Overview and developing trends. In W. J. Lyddon (Chair), Empirically supported treatments: New developments and directions [Symposium]. World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Vancouver B.C., Canada.

Dahlen, E. R., & Robison, S. (2001, October). Trait driving anger, irrationality, and Type A personality traits in the prediction of state anger and hostile thoughts following a driving provocation. In E. R. Dahlen (Chair), Anger [Symposium]. Mississippi State Psychological Association Convention, Gulfport, MS, United States.
Anger and Personality Lab
The lab is directed by Dr. Eric R. Dahlen, and the content of this website represents his views (see disclaimer). Graduate students in Counseling Psychology and undergraduate Psychology majors at the University of Southern Mississippi study overt and relational aggression/victimization, dysfunctional anger, college student mental health, and related areas.