Scholarly Contributions per year
Scholarly Contributions per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Existential psychology; Social psychology; Adult development.
Teaching interests
Introduction to Psychology; Introduction to the Psych Major; Research Methods; Social psychology; Existential Psychology.
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
Teaching
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Pain-Related Disability, PTSD Symptoms, and Mood among a Comorbid Chronic Pain and PTSD Sample Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Reed, D. E., Cobos, B., Lehinger, E., Nabity, P., Vail, K. E. & McGeary, D., 2021, In: Journal of Health Psychology. 34689654Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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This mortal life: Covid-19, terror management theory, and existential concerns
Vail, K. E., 2020Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Anxiety Buffer Disruption: Worldview Threat, Death Thought Accessibility, and Worldview Defense Among Low and High Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Samples
Vail, K. E., Goncy, E. A. & Edmondson, D., Jan 1 2019, In: Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 11, 6, p. 647-655 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Opinion: Researching coping strategies for PTSD
Vail, K. E., 2018Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Self-affirmation attenuates death-thought accessibility after mortality salience, but not among a high-traumatic stress sample
Vail, K. E., Morgan, A. & Kahle, L., 2018, In: Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Projects
- 1 Finished
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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