Published Research

Howell, R. T., Ksendzova, M., Nestingen, E., Yerahian, C., & Iyer, R. (2017). Your personality on a good day: How trait and state personality predict daily well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 69, 250-263.

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Ksendzova, M., Donnelly, G. E., & Howell, R. T. (2017). A brief money management scale and its associations with personality, financial health, and hypothetical debt repayment. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 28(1).

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Razavi, P., Zhang, J. W., Hekiert, D., Yoo, S. H., Howell, R. T. (2016). Cross-cultural similarities and differences in the experience of awe. Emotion, 16(8), 1097-1101.

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Hsu, T., Tam, L., & Howell, R. T. (2017). Do you feel financially secured? The investigation of economic indicators and consequences of financial well-being. Atlantic Marketing Journal, 5(3), 15-34.

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Mello, Z. R., Zhang, J. W., Barber, S. J., Paoloni, V. C., Howell, R. T., Worrell, F. C. (2016). Psychometric properties of time attitude scores in young, middle, and older adult samples. Personality and Individual Differences, 101, 57-61.

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Donnelly, G. E., Ksendzova, M., Howell, R. T., Ohs, K. D., & Baumeister, R. F. (2016). Buying to blunt negative feelings: Materialistic escape from the self. Review of General Psychology, 20(3), 272-316.

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Zhang, J. W., Howell, R. T., Howell, C. J. (2016). Living in wealthy neighborhoods increases material desires and maladaptive consumption. Journal of Consumer Culture, 16(1), 297-316.

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Ksendzova, M., Iyer, R., Hill, G., Wojcik, S. P., & Howell, R. T.(2015). The portrait of a hedonist: The personality and ethics behind the value and maladaptive pursuit of pleasure.Personality and Individual Differences, 79, 68-74.

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Cunningham, K. F., Zhang, J. W., Howell, R. T. (2015). Time perspective and subjective well-being: A dual-pathway framework. In: Stolarski M., Fieulaine N., van Beek W. (eds) Time Perspective Theory; Review, Research and Application. Springer, Cham

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Guevarra, D. A. & Howell, R. T. (2015). To have in order to do: Exploring the effects of consuming experiential products on well-being. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 25(1), 28-41.

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Hill, G. & Howell, R. T. (2014). Moderators and mediators of pro-social spending and well-being: The influence of values and psychological need satisfaction. Personality and Individual Differences, 69, 69-74.

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Pchelin, P. & Howell, R. T. (2014). The hidden cost of value-seeking: People do not accurately forecast the economic benefits of experiential purchases. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(4), 322-334.

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Zhang, J. W., Howell, R. T., Caprariello, P. A., & Guevara, D. A. (2014). Damned if they do, damned if they don't: Material buyers are not happier from material or experiential consumption. Journal of Research in Personality, 50, 71-83.

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Zhang, J. W., Howell, R. T., & Caprariello, P. A. (2013). Buying life experiences for the "right" reasons: A validation of the Motivations for Experiential Buying Scale. Journal of Happiness Studies, 14(3), 817-842.

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Howell, R. T., Kurai, M , & Tam, L. (2013). Money buys financial security and psychological need satisfaction: Testing need theory in affluence. Social Indicators Research, 110, 17-29.

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Donnelly, G., Ksendzova, M., & Howell, R.T. (2013). Sadness, identity, and plastic in over-shopping: The interplay of materialism, poor-credit management, and emotional buying motivation in predicting compulsive buying. Journal of Economic Psychology, 39, 113-125.

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Donnelly, G., Iyer, R., & Howell, R.T. (2012). The Big Five personality traits, material values, financial well-being of self-described money managers. Journal of Economic Psychology, 33, 1129-1142.

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Howell, R. T., Pchelin, P, & Iyer, R. (2012). The preference for experiences over possessions: Measurement and construct validation of the experiential buying tendency scale. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 7, 57-71.

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Howell, R. T & Hill, G. (2009). The mediators of experiential purchases: Determining the impact of psychological needs satisfaction and social comparison. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 511 – 522.

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Howell, R. T., & Howell, C. J. (2008). The relation of economic status to subjective well-being in developing countries: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 134, 536 – 560. 

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Howell, C. J., Howell, R. T., & Schwabe, K. A. (2006). Is income related to happiness for the materially deprived? Examining the association between wealth and life satisfaction among indigenous Malaysian farmers. Social Indicators Research, 76, 499 – 524.

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Howell, R. T. & Rodzon, K.S. (2011). An exploration of personality-affect relations in daily life: Determining the support for the affect-level and affect-reactivity views. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 797-801.

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Zhang, J. & Howell, R. T. (2011). Do time perspectives predict unique variance in life satisfaction beyond personality traits? Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 1261 – 1266.

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Purvis, A., Howell, R. T., & Iyer, R. (2011). Exploring the role of personality in the relationship between maximization and well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 370 – 375.

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Howell, R. T., Chenot, D., Hill, G., & Howell, C. J. (2011). Momentary happiness: The role of psychological need satisfaction. The Journal of Happiness Studies, 1, 1-15. 

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Howell, R. T., Rodzon, K. S. Kurai, M., & Sanchez, A. H. (2010). A validation of well-being and happiness surveys for administration via the Internet. Behavior Research Methods, 42, 775-784.

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Howell, R. T., Kern, M. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2007). Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes. Health Psychology Review, 1, 83 – 136.