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Overview

Joshua Wilt is a researcher affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their work spans multiple areas within psychology and social sciences, with a focus on intersecting subfields and a variety of related topics.

The main fields of study for Joshua Wilt include:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these, their subfields of specialization involve:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Neurology

The primary research topics covered by their publications comprise:

  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Personality Traits and Psychology

Joshua Wilt's publication record includes contributions to the following venues with notable frequency:

  • The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
  • Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Spirituality in Clinical Practice
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Significant recent papers by Joshua Wilt and frequent collaborators include:

  • "Does Personality Change Follow Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease Patients?" (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Supernatural Attributions: Seeing God, the Devil, Demons, Spirits, Fate, and Karma as Causes of Events" (2022) published in Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • "Supernatural operating rules: How people envision and experience God, the devil, ghosts/spirits, fate/destiny, karma, and luck." (2021) published in Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
  • "Psychedelic experiences and long-term spiritual growth: a systematic review" (2024) published in Current Psychology
  • "Mental illness, normal psychological processes, or attacks by the devil? Three lenses to frame demonic struggles in therapy." (2021) published in Spirituality in Clinical Practice

Key coauthors working frequently with Joshua Wilt are:

  • Julie J. Exline
  • Kathleen C. Pait
  • William A. Schutt
  • Nick Stauner
  • Kenneth I. Pargäment

Best Publications

  • Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence: An Integrative Model with a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Joshua B. Grubbs;Samuel L. Perry;Joshua A. Wilt;Rory C. Reid

  • The relevance of big five trait content in behavior to subjective authenticity: do high levels of within-person behavioral variability undermine or enable authenticity achievement?

    William Fleeson;Joshua Wilt

  • The General Factor of Personality: A General Critique

    William Revelle;Joshua Wilt

  • Affect, Behaviour, Cognition and Desire in the Big Five: An Analysis of Item Content and Structure

    Joshua Wilt;William Revelle

  • Do extraverts get more bang for the buck? Refining the affective-reactivity hypothesis of extraversion.

    Luke D. Smillie;Andrew J. Cooper;Joshua Wilt;William Revelle

  • Internet pornography use and sexual motivation: a systematic review and integration

    Joshua B. Grubbs;Paul J. Wright;Abby L. Braden;Joshua A. Wilt

  • Generativity, the big five, and psychosocial adaptation in midlife adults.

    Keith S. Cox;Joshua Wilt;Brad Olson;Dan P. McAdams

  • Individual Differences and Differential Psychology: A Brief History and Prospect

    William R Revelle;Joshua Wilt;David M Condon

  • The dynamic role of personality states in mediating the relationship between extraversion and positive affect.

    Joshua Wilt;Erik E. Noftle;William Fleeson;Jana S. Spain

  • Moral Disapproval and Perceived Addiction to Internet Pornography: A Longitudinal Examination

    Joshua B. Grubbs;Joshua A. Wilt;Julie J. Exline;Kenneth I. Pargament

  • Personality, religious and spiritual struggles, and well-being.

    Joshua A. Wilt;Joshua B. Grubbs;Julie J. Exline;Kenneth I. Pargament

  • Individual Differences in Cognition: New Methods for Examining the Personality-Cognition Link

    William Revelle;Joshua Wilt;Allen Rosenthal

  • Anxiety in personality

    Joshua Wilt;Katherine Oehlberg;William Revelle

  • The dynamic relationships of affective synchrony to perceptions of situations

    Joshua Wilt;Katharine Funkhouser;William Revelle

  • God’s role in suffering: Theodicies, divine struggle, and mental health.

    Joshua A. Wilt;Julie J. Exline;Joshua B. Grubbs;Crystal L. Park

  • Associations of Perceived Addiction to Internet Pornography with Religious/Spiritual and Psychological Functioning

    Joshua A. Wilt;Erin B. Cooper;Joshua B. Grubbs;Julie J. Exline

  • Velocity explains the links between personality states and affect

    Joshua A. Wilt;Wiebke Bleidorn;William Revelle

  • Self, struggle, and soul: Linking personality, self-concept, and religious/spiritual struggle

    Joshua B. Grubbs;Joshua B. Grubbs;Joshua Wilt;Nicholas Stauner;Julie J. Exline

  • The Big Five, Everyday Contexts and Activities, and Affective Experience.

    Joshua Wilt;William R Revelle

  • Analyzing dynamic data: A tutorial☆

    William Revelle;Joshua Wilt

  • Partnering with God: Religious coping and perceptions of divine intervention predict spiritual transformation in response to religious−spiritual struggle.

    Joshua A. Wilt;Nick Stauner;Valencia A. Harriott;Julie J. Exline

Frequent Co-Authors

Julie J. Exline
Julie J. Exline Case Western Reserve University
Kenneth I. Pargament
Kenneth I. Pargament Bowling Green State University
William Revelle
William Revelle Northwestern University
Joshua B. Grubbs
Joshua B. Grubbs Bowling Green State University
Dan P. McAdams
Dan P. McAdams Northwestern University
Shane W. Kraus
Shane W. Kraus University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Luke D. Smillie
Luke D. Smillie University of Melbourne
Crystal L. Park
Crystal L. Park University of Connecticut
Wiebke Bleidorn
Wiebke Bleidorn University of Zurich
Eric Racine
Eric Racine McGill University

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