Dr. William Pedersen's Professional Presentations
Grosvenor, M., Pedersen, W.C., Hahm, A., Kirby, S., Matthews, L., Mendoza, S., Stephens, K., Vasquez, E.A., & Bartholow, B.D. (January 2010). The impact of alcohol priming and provocation ambiguity on aggressive behavior. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Hahm, A., Pedersen, W.C., Crowe, K., Fong, K., Renteria, Y., Sorauf, R., & Denson, T.F. (January 2010). Don’t dwell on it: The impact of rumination on ego depletion and aggression. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Kelley, N.J., Pedersen, W.C., Simons, D.J., Eifler, J., Fong, K., Kitabayashi, N., Garcia, C., Dosta, J., Grosvenor, M., Young, N., Matthews, L., & Pedram, C. (January 2010). Why some people kick the barking dog harder than others: The impact of trait displaced aggression, provocation intensity, and rumination on triggered displaced aggression. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Matthews, L.K., Pedersen, W.C., Castro, J., Drysdale, M., Eifler, J., Gomez, H., Grosvenor, M., Fong, K., Kitabayashi, N., Miranda, K., Renteria,Y., Sheldon, A., Truong, A., & Villapudua, A. (January 2010). The impact of provocation and social support on cardiovascular reactivity and displaced aggression. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Sheldon, A., Pedersen, W.C., Arenas, A., Chu, K., Crowe, K., Drysdale, M., Fields, K., Machado, E., Nieva, J., Romero, M., Sorauf, R., & Truong, A. (January 2010). Attenuating the effect of narcissism on aggression: Power restoration and its limitations. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Collins, T.J., Pedersen, W.C., & Gillath, O. (February 2009). Passionate love, arousal, and aggression: An exploration of excitation transfer. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Kelley, N.J., Pedersen, W.C., Vasquez, E.A., Eifler, J., Fong, K., Kitabayashi, N., Garcia, C., Dosta, J., Grosvenor, M., Young, N., Mathews, L., Pedram, C., Herrera, A., & Chua, I. (February 2009). The impact of public provocation and provocation intensity on aggressive behavior. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Boyce, A.S, Pedersen, W.C., Tzschatzsch, A., Chua, I., Harris, M., Matthews, L., & Patel, S. (February 2009). It’s written all over your face: The impact of Afrocentric facial features, gender, race, and explicit attitudes on implicit preferences. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Pedersen, W.C., Denson, T.F., & Walti, I.A. (March 2008). The impact of trait displaced aggression on social support, stress, and health. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Wellington, New Zealand.
Denson, T.F. & Pedersen, W.C. (March 2008). Separate neural mechanisms for trait general aggression and trait displaced aggression. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Wellington, New Zealand.
Walti, I.A., Zapata, C., Pedersen, W.C., Denson, T.F., & Miller N. (February 2008). Driving away family and friends: Trait displaced aggression and social support. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
Denson, T.F., Pedersen, W.C., & Ronquillo, J. (February 2008). Separate neural mechanisms for trait general aggression and trait displaced aggression. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
Rivera, N.M., Pedersen, W.C., Beck, H., Collins, T., Patel, S., Zapata, C., & Denson, T.F. (February 2008). When revenge is a dish best served warm: Individual and Situational Differences in Triggered Displaced Aggression. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
Jaffe, A., Fisher, D.G., Reynolds, G.L., Pedersen, W.C., Reise, S.P., & Bentler, P.M. (August 2007). Do drugs really produce violence? Drug use and partner violence: Astructural modeling approach within a drug using sample. Poster presented at the 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San-Francisco, CA.
Pedersen, W.C., Demeestere, P., Boyce, A., Collins, T., Eifler, J., Matthews, L., Sargent, E., Beck, H., Zapata, C., Denson, T.F., & Miller N. (January 2007). Lashing out after stewing over public insults: The effect of public provocation and rumination on aggressive behavior. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Denson, T.F., Spanovic, M., Pedersen, W.C., & Miller, N. (January 2007). Cognitive appraisals and emotions predict cortisol and immune responses: A meta-analysis of acute laboratory social stressors and emotion inductions. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Denson, T.F., Pedersen, W.C., & Miller, N. (June 2006). Trait displaced aggression: Implications for aggression research. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Long Beach, CA.
Vasquez, E.A., Ensari, N., Pedersen, W.C., Tan, R.Y., & Miller, N. (June 2006). Personalization and differentiation as moderators of triggered displaced aggression. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Long Beach, CA.
Denson, T.F., Pedersen, W.C., Sargent, E., Kelley, N., Patel, S., Cruz, L., & Miller, N. (May, 2006). Trait displaced aggression, rumination, health outcomes, and life satisfaction. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Pedersen, W.C., Denson, T.F., Aguilar, H., Colbert, E., Collins, T., Edwards, J., Escobedo, M., Newvine, M., Rivera, N., Simons, D., & Miller, N. (January 2006). Validation of a Trait Measure of Displaced Aggression. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Denson, T.F., Aviles, F.E., Lamoreaux, J.J., Pedersen, W.C., Vasquez, E.A., Earleywine, M., Pollock, V.E., & Miller, N. (January, 2006). The effects of alcohol and the salience of aggressive cues on triggered displaced aggression. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Edwards, A.S., Reynolds, G.C., Fisher, D.G., Jaffe, A., & Pedersen, W.C. (November 2005). Correlates of alcohol dependence in illicit drug users in Long Beach, CA. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Edwards, J.W., Pedersen, W.C., Denson, T.F., Goss, J.R., Vasquez, E.A., Miller, N., Aguilar, H., & Walti, I. (May, 2005). The effect of rumination on aggressive thoughts and arousal levels. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, Oregon.
Denson, T.F., Pedersen, W.C., & Miller, N. (May 2005). Assessing Individual Differences in Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Dimensions of Displaced Aggression. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Stenstrom, D.M., Ensari, N., Pedersen, W.C., & Miller, N. (May 2005). The Role of Integral Affect and Category Relevance On Crossed Categorization. Poster presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Pedersen, W.C., Denson, T.F., Goss, R.J., Vasquez, E.A., Miller, N., Aguilar, H., Edwards, J., & Walti, I. (January 2005). The Impact of Rumination on Aggressive Thoughts, Feelings, and Behavior. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jaffe, A., Fisher, D.G., Pedersen, W.C., Reynolds, G.C., Branson, C.M., Edwards, A.S. (November 2004). Trait aggression in illicit drug users. Poster session presented at the meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.
Bonacci. A.M., Bushman, B.J., Pedersen, W.C., Vasquez, E.A., Miller, N. (May 2004). The effects of rumination on triggered displaced aggression. Paper presented at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Pedersen, W.C., & Miller, N. (February 2004). The impact of attributional processes on triggered displaced aggression. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, Texas.
Denson, T.F., Vasquez, E.A., Pedersen, W.C., Stenstrom, D., & Miller, N. (February 2004). The moderating effect of trigger intensity on triggered displaced aggression. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, Texas.
Pedersen W.C., Vasquez, E., & Miller, N. (May, 2003). The moderating effect of rumination on triggered displaced aggression. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Pedersen W.C., & Vasquez, E. (February, 2003). The effect of rumination and provocation intensity on triggered displaced aggression. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
Pedersen W.C., & Vasquez, E. (February, 2001). The Moderating Effect of Target Valence on Triggered Displaced Aggression. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Pedersen, W.C., Yang, Y., & Read, S.J. (May, 1999). Social Working Memory and Recall of Stereotypic and Individuating Information. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.
Pedersen, W.C., & Miller, N. (July, 1998). The moderating effect of trivial triggering provocation on displaced aggression. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, Mahwah, NJ.
Miller, N., Marcus-Newhall, A., & Pedersen, W.C. (July, 1998). Displaced aggression: A meta-analytic review. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, Mahwah, NJ.
La Voy, K., Brauch, A., Decker, K., Henning, L., Luxenberg, T., Nofsinger, C., Pedersen, W.C., Reitz, J., & Zammit, M. (May, 1994). Childrens drawings: A cross-cultural comparison. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Kona, HI.
Brauch, A., Decker, K., Henning, L., Luxenberg, T., Nofsinger, C., Pedersen, W.C., Reitz, J., & Zammit, M. (April, 1994). Childrens drawings: A cross-cultural comparison. Poster session presented at the meeting of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Kalamazoo, MI.