pennebaker.socialpsychology.orgJames W. Pennebaker

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He and his students are exploring natural language use, group dynamics, and personality in both laboratory and real world settings. His earlier work on expressive writing found that physical health and work performance can improve by simple writing and/or talking exercises. His cross-disciplinary research is related to linguistics, clinical and cognitive psychology, communications, medicine, and computer science. Author or editor of 12 books and over 300 articles, Pennebaker has received numerous research and teaching awards and honors. Primary Interests: Close Relationships Communication, Language Emotion, Mood, Affect Gender Psychology Group Processes Health Psychology Internet and Virtual Psychology Interpersonal Processes Personality, Individual Differences Political Psychology Research Methods, Assessment Online Studies: Various Personality, Behavior, and Language Surveys Note from the Network : This SPN member has certified having all necessary rights, licenses, and authorization to post the files listed below. Visitors are welcome to copy or use any files for noncommercial or journalistic purposes provided they credit the member and cite this page as the source.Note from the Network : The holder of this profile has certified having all necessary rights, licenses, and authorization to post the files listed below. Visitors are welcome to copy or use any files for noncommercial or journalistic purposes provided they credit the profile holder and cite this page as the source. Image Gallery James Pennebaker: Photo 1 0.1MB James Pennebaker: Photo 2 0.8MB James Pennebaker: Photo 3 2.56MB James Pennebaker: Photo 4 19.3KB James Pennebaker: Photo 5 67.2KB 1 of 6 ( 222 Goodreads ratings ) ( 270 Goodreads ratings ) ( 2703 Goodreads ratings ) ( 81 Goodreads ratings ) ( 253 Goodreads ratings ) ( 6 Goodreads ratings ) Books: Pennebaker, J. W. (2011). The secret life of pronouns: What our words say . New York: Bloomsbury Press. Pennebaker, J. W. (2004). Writing to heal: A guided journal for recovering from trauma and emotional upheaval. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Press. Pennebaker, J. W. (1997). Opening up: The healing power of expressing emotions. New York: Guilford Press. Pennebaker, J. W., & Evans, J. (2014). Expressive writing: Words that heal. Enumclaw, WA: Idyll Arbor Books. Pennebaker, J. W., Paez, D., & Rimé, B. (Eds.). (1997). Collective memory of political events: Social psychological perspectives. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Pennebaker, J. W., & Smyth, J. (2016). Opening up by writing it down: The healing power of expressive writing (3rd. ed.). New York: Guilford. Journal Articles: Boyd, R.L., & Pennebaker, J.W. (2015). Did Shakespeare write Double Falsehood? Identifying an individual’s mental world with text analysis. Psychological Science, doi:10.1177/0956797614566658. Ireland, M.E., & Pennebaker, J.W. (2010). Language style matching in writing: Synchrony in essays, correspondence, and poetry. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 549-571. Ireland, M. E., Slatcher, R. B., Eastwick, P. W., Scissors, L. E., Finkel, E. J., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2010). Language style matching predicts relationship initiation and stability. Psychological Science. Mehl, M. R., Vazire, S., Ramirez-Esparza, N., Slatcher, R. B., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2007). Are women really more talkative than men? Science, 317, 82. Pennebaker, J. W. (1997). Writing about emotional experiences as a therapeutic process. Psychological Science, 8, 162-166. Pennebaker, J. W., Groom, C. J., Loew, D., & Dabbs, J. (2004). Testosterone as a social inhibitor: Two case studies of the effect of testosterone treatment on language. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113, 172-175. Pennebaker, J. W., & King, L. A. (1999). Linguistic styles: Language use as an individual difference. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 1296-1312. Pennebaker, J. W., Mehl, M. R., & Niederhoffer, K. (2003). Psychological aspects of natural language use: Our words, our selves. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 547-577. Pennebaker, J. W., Paez, D., Deschamps, J. C., Rentfrow, J., Davis, M., Techio, E. M., Slawuta, P., Zlobina, A., & Zubieta, E. (2006). The social psychology of history: Defining the most important events of the last 10, 100, and 1000 years. Psicologia Politica, 32, 15-32. Slatcher, R. B., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2006). How do I love thee? Let me count the words: The social effects of expressive writing. Psychological Science, 17, 660-664. Tausczik, Y. R., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2010). The psychological meaning of words: LIWC and computerized text analysis methods. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 29, 24-54. Other Publications: Chung, C. K., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2007). The psychological functions of function words. In K. Fiedler (Ed.), Social communication (pp. 343-359). New York: Psychology Press. Pennebaker, J.W., Booth, R.J., Boyd, R.L., & Francis, M.E. (2015). Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count: LIWC 2015. Austin, TX: Pennebaker Conglomerates Inc (www.liwc.net) Pennebaker, J. W., Booth, R. J., & Francis, M. E. (2007). Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC2007): A text analysis program. Austin, TX: LIWC.net. Pennebaker, J. W., & Chung, C. K. (in press). Expressive writing: Connections to physical and mental health. In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), Oxford handbook of health psychology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Courses Taught: Eating Behavior and Disorders Health Psychology Introductory Psychology Language and Literature Language and Personality Language and Social Media Methodology Social and Political Institutions (1854-present) Social Physics Social Psychology Social Psychology of Language Social Psychology of Religion Stress and Psychosomatics Words and Social Processes Driving Directions Department of Psychology University of Texas 1 University Station A8000 Austin, Texas 78712 United States of America Phone: (512) 232-2781 Send a message to Your full name: Your email address: Subject of message: Send Message Note: You will be emailed a copy of your message. Last edited by user: June 24, 2020 Visits since June 9, 2001: 177,807 Return to Top© 1996-2024, S. Plous Psychology Headlines From Around the World OpenAI Launches GPT-o, With New Humanlike Capabilities Illness Took Away Her Voice. 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