Randall Larsen

Title: William R. Stuckenberg Professor of Human Values and Moral Title: Development
Title: Chair, Department of Psychology
Degree: PHD, University of Illinois
Degree: MA, Duquesne University
Degree: BA, Loras College
Dept: Psychology
Office: Psychology Building 206

Phone: (314) 935-8560
E-mail: rlarsen@wustl.edu

Courses Taught:
Psychology of Personality; Seminar in Positive Psychology

Research Interests:
Professor Larsen conducts research on emotion, primarily in terms of differences between people. Topics studied include mood variability, jealousy, attraction, depression, and strategies for the self-management of self-esteem and emotion. Methods of investigation have included psychophysiological techniques and experience sampling methods in addition to standard research methods. Other interests in circadian, and longer, rhythms in mood and social behavior have lead to a related interest in applied time-series statistics and the study of change over time.

Selected Publications:
Larsen, R.J. and Buss, D.M. (2002). Personality Psychology: Domains of knowledge about human nature. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Walker, M.S., Larsen, R.J., Zona, D.M., Govindan, R., Fisher, E.B. (2004). Smoking urges and relapse among lung cancer patients: Findings from a preliminary retrospective study. Preventive Medicine, 39, 449-457.

Larsen, R.J. (2003). Quantifying idiodynamics: A Process approach to personality psychology. Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies: Special Issue: Rosenzweig Jubilee, 5,405-423.

Shackelford, T.K. and Larsen, R.J. (2003). Do facial structural characteristics communicate information about health? Evolution of Communication 4, 183-210.

Zelenski, J.M., Rusting, C.L., and Larsen, R.J. (2003). Consistence in the time of experiment participation and personality correlates: A methodological note. Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 547-558.