Selected Publications
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Zhang, J.W., Snell, A.N., Howell, R.T., Bailis. D. (2022). Daily self-compassion protects Asian Americans/Canadians after experiences of COVID-19 discrimination: Implications for subjective well-being and health behaviors. Self and Identity 21 (8), 891-913
Zhang, JW., Howell, R.T., Januchowski, J.A., Ramis, T., Mello, Z., Monroy, M. (2002). Awe, curiosity, and multicultural experience. Journal of Personality.
Okabe-Miyamoto, K., Durnell, E., Howell, R.T., M Zizi, M., (2022). Video conferencing during emergency distance learning impacted student emotions during COVID-19. Computers in Human Behavior Reports 7, 100199
Zhang, J.W., Howell, R.T., Chen, S., Goold, A.R., Bilgin, B., Chai, W.J., Ramis, T. (2022). ‘I have high self‐compassion’: A face‐valid single‐item self‐compassion scale for resource‐limited research contexts. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy 29 (4), 1463-1474
Mello, Z.R., Barber, S.J., Vasilenko, S.A., Chandler, J., Howell, R.T. (2022). Thinking about the past, present, and future: Time perspective and self‐esteem in adolescents, young adults, middle‐aged adults, and older adults. British Journal of Developmental Psychology 40 (1), 92-111
Okabe‐Miyamoto, K., Durnell, E., Howell, R.T., Zizi, M. (2021). Did Zoom bomb? Negative video conferencing meetings during COVID‐19 undermined worker subjective productivity. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies 3 (5), 1067-1083
Donnelly, G.E., Guge, P.M., Howell, R.T., John, L.K. (2021). A Salient Sugar Tax Decreases Sugary-Drink Buying. Psychological Science 32 (11), 1830-1841
Zhang, J.W., Howell, R.T., Razavi, P., Shaban-Azad, H., Chai, W.J., Ramis, T., Mello, Z., Anderson, C.L., Monroy, M., Keltner, D. (2021). Awe is associated with creative personality, convergent creativity, and everyday creativity. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
Assylkhan, K., Moon, J., Tate, C.C., Howell, R.T., Mello, Z.R. (2021). Time beyond traits: Time perspective dimensions, personality traits, and substance use in adolescents. Personality and individual differences 179, 110926
Walls, A., Martin, D.S., Howell, R.T. (2021). Happily Exploring Consumer Satisfaction: Revisiting the Traditional Business Model of Satisfaction in Sports. International Journal of Sport & Society 12 (2)
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Durnell, E., Okabe-Miyamoto, K., Howell, R.T., Zizi, M. (2020). Online privacy breaches, offline consequences: Construction and validation of the concerns with the protection of informational privacy scale
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction 36 (19), 1834-1848
Razavi, P., Shaban-Azad, H., Chai, W.J., Zhang, J.W., Nguyen, N.H., Howell, R.T. (2020). Benefits associated with experiential and material purchases may depend on culture. Social Psychological and Personality Science 11(5), 626-637
Sanders, C.A., Schueller, S.M., Parks AC, Howell, R.T. (2019). Understanding Long-Term Trajectories in Web-Based Happiness Interventions: Secondary Analysis From Two Web-Based Randomized Trials. Journal of Medical Internet Research 21(6)
Leonard, S., Zhang, J.W., R Howell (2019). Spending well: How time perspectives impact consumer values and financial decisions among middle-aged adults. Research in Human Development 16 (2), 135-155
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Zhang, J. W., Howell, R. T., & Iyer, R.. (2014). Engagement with natural beauty moderates the positive relation between connectedness with nature and psychological well-being. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 38, 55-63.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.