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Overview

W. Keith Campbell is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their primary field of study is psychology, with a strong focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, and related subfields such as sociology and political science, marketing, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The research mainly explores several key topics including personality traits and psychology, psychedelics and drug studies, personality disorders and psychopathology, consumer behavior in brand consumption and identification, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, cultural differences and values, and chemical synthesis and alkaloids.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Campbell include:

  • Underestimating digital media harm, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Country-level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries, 2020, Journal of Personality
  • Examining changes in personality following shamanic ceremonial use of ayahuasca, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Age and gender differences in narcissism: A comprehensive study across eight measures and over 250,000 participants, 2023, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Prospective examination of the therapeutic role of psychological flexibility and cognitive reappraisal in the ceremonial use of ayahuasca, 2022, Journal of Psychopharmacology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Brandon Weiss
  • Joshua D. Miller
  • Jean M. Twenge
  • Patrick Charles Doyle
  • Jonathan Haidt

Key publication venues where Campbell's work has appeared are:

  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Journal of Research in Personality
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Journal of Personality

Campbell's output spans multiple aspects of psychology, integrating personality-related research with studies on psychedelics and psychopathology. The intersection of personality disorders, consumer behavior, and psychological well-being also forms a considerable part of their research portfolio. Their work encompasses both theoretical and applied dimensions of these areas.

Best Publications

  • The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement

    Jean M. Twenge;W. Keith Campbell

  • Narcissism and Social Networking Web Sites

    Laura E. Buffardi;W. Keith Campbell

  • Psychological entitlement: interpersonal consequences and validation of a self-report measure.

    W Keith Campbell;Angelica M Bonacci;Jeremy Shelton;Julie J Exline

  • Egos inflating over time: a cross-temporal meta-analysis of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory.

    Jean M. Twenge;Sara Konrath;Joshua D. Foster;W. Keith Campbell

  • Parenthood and Marital Satisfaction: A Meta-Analytic Review.

    Jean M. Twenge;W. Keith Campbell;Craig A. Foster

  • A Multilab Preregistered Replication of the Ego-Depletion Effect

    Martin S. Hagger;Nikos L. D. Chatzisarantis

  • Self-threat magnifies the self-serving bias: A meta-analytic integration.

    W. Keith Campbell;Constantine Sedikides

  • Narcissism, Self-Esteem, and the Positivity of Self-Views: Two Portraits of Self-Love

    W. Keith Campbell;Eric A. Rudich;Constantine Sedikides

  • “Isn’t It Fun to Get the Respect That We’re Going to Deserve?” Narcissism, Social Rejection, and Aggression

    Jean M. Twenge;W. Keith Campbell

  • Grandiose and vulnerable narcissism: a nomological network analysis.

    Joshua D. Miller;Brian J. Hoffman;Eric T. Gaughan;Brittany Gentile

  • Narcissism, Confidence, and Risk Attitude

    W. Keith Campbell;Adam S. Goodie;Joshua D. Foster

  • Self-Esteem, Narcissism, and Aggression Does Violence Result From Low Self-Esteem or From Threatened Egotism?

    Roy F. Baumeister;Brad J. Bushman;W. Keith Campbell

  • The role of mindfulness in romantic relationship satisfaction and responses to relationship stress.

    Sean Barnes;Kirk Warren Brown;Elizabeth Krusemark;W. Keith Campbell

  • Generational differences in young adults' life goals, concern for others, and civic orientation, 1966-2009.

    Jean M. Twenge;W. Keith Campbell;Elise C. Freeman

  • Mood-congruent recall of affectively toned stimuli: A meta-analytic review

    Georg E. Matt;Carmelo Vázquez;W.Keith Campbell

  • Associations between screen time and lower psychological well-being among children and adolescents: Evidence from a population-based study

    Jean M. Twenge;W. Keith Campbell

  • Individual differences in narcissism: Inflated self-views across the lifespan and around the world

    Joshua D. Foster;W. Keith Campbell;Jean M. Twenge

  • Comparing clinical and social-personality conceptualizations of narcissism.

    Joshua D. Miller;W. Keith Campbell

  • Age and Birth Cohort Differences in Self-Esteem: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis

    Jean M. Twenge;W. Keith Campbell

  • Narcissism in organizational contexts

    W. Keith Campbell;Brian J. Hoffman;Stacy M. Campbell;Gaia Marchisio

  • Self-control and accommodation in close relationships: an interdependence analysis.

    Eli J. Finkel;W. Keith Campbell

  • Self-Esteem and Socioeconomic Status: A Meta-Analytic Review

    Jean M. Twenge;W. Keith Campbell

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua D. Miller
Joshua D. Miller University of Georgia
Jean M. Twenge
Jean M. Twenge San Diego State University
Donald R. Lynam
Donald R. Lynam Purdue University West Lafayette
Joshua D. Foster
Joshua D. Foster University of South Alabama
Adam S. Goodie
Adam S. Goodie University of Georgia
Constantine Sedikides
Constantine Sedikides University of Southampton
James MacKillop
James MacKillop McMaster University
Brian J. Hoffman
Brian J. Hoffman University of Georgia
Joshua B. Grubbs
Joshua B. Grubbs Bowling Green State University
Eli J. Finkel
Eli J. Finkel Northwestern University

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