Personal profile
Research interests
Teaching interests
Education/Academic qualification
Social Psychology, Ph.D., Experimentally exploring how the awareness of existential freedom influences support for autocratic leadership styles among individuals high and low in neuroticism, University of Missouri
… → 2014
Social Psychology, M.A., Exploring the terror management function of basic need-satisfaction, University of Missouri
… → 2011
Psychology, B.A., University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
… → 2008
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Teaching
Service
- 30 Professional Service
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11 ISSEP Ad-Hoc Journal Establishment Committee Chair
Vail, K. E. (Participant)
2023 → 2026Activity: Other › Professional Service
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Aging, Authenticity, and the Religion-Mental Health Link: Age Moderates the Mediating Role of Authenticity
Vail, K. E., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Aging, Authenticity, and the Religiosity-Mental Health Link: A Moderated Mediation Analysis.
Vail, K. E., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Death awareness and religious faith
Vail, K. E., Galgali, M., Seeling, A. & Lapish, C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Handbook of the Science of Existential Psychology. Guilford PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Handbook of the Science of Existential Psychology
Vail, K. E., Van Tongeren, D., Schlegel, B., Greenberg, J., Ryan, R. & King, L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Guilford Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Many posters with many students and colleagues. Mostly stopped keeping track of these but I do put them on my CV when I remember; see CV for details.
Vail, K. E., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Continuing, expanding, and sustaining the impact of the International Society for the Science of Existential Psychology
Vail, K. E. (PI), Landau, M. (CoPI), Harvell-Bowman, L. (CoPI) & Heine, S. (CoPI)
Templeton World Charity Foundation
12/1/23 → 12/1/26
Project: Research
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Honoring the legacy of Ernest Becker through the continued advancement of the science of existential psychology
Vail, K. E. (PI), Landau, M. (CoPI) & Schlegel, B. (CoPI)
12/1/23 → 12/1/26
Project: Research
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International Society for the Science of Existential Psychology
Vail, K. E. (PI)
Templeton World Charity Foundation
01/1/21 → 06/1/23
Project: Research