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D-Index
35
Citations
8578
World Ranking
9707
National Ranking
5124

Overview

Wade C. Rowatt is affiliated with Baylor University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences and psychology. Their research spans several subfields, including sociology and political science, social psychology, health, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their work addresses a variety of topics, with particular emphasis on social and intergroup psychology, religion, spirituality, and psychology, forgiveness and related behaviors, religion and society interactions, death anxiety and social exclusion, emotions and moral behavior, and conflict management and negotiation.

Among recent notable publications are:

  • "Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life" (2024) published in International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
  • "Protecting America's borders: Christian nationalism, threat, and attitudes toward immigrants in the United States" (2021) published in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
  • "Dimensions of religiousness and their connection to racial, ethnic, and atheist prejudices" (2020) published in Current Opinion in Psychology
  • "Christian no more: Christian Americans are threatened by their impending minority status" (2021) published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
  • "Intellectual humility in conversation: Distinct behavioral indicators of self and peer ratings" (2020) published in The Journal of Positive Psychology

Wade C. Rowatt collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, with frequent coauthors including Rosemary L. Al-Kire, Jo-Ann Tsang, Joseph Leman, Sarah A. Schnitker, and Jordan R. Marr.

Their research has appeared in multiple publication venues, with repeated contributions in The Journal of Positive Psychology, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, SLEEP, International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, and Group Processes & Intergroup Relations.

Best Publications

  • The Geographic Distribution of Big Five Personality Traits Patterns and Profiles of Human Self-Description Across 56 Nations

    David P. Schmitt;Jüri Allik;Robert R. McCrae;Verónica Benet-Martínez

  • Two Dimensions of Attachment to God and Their Relation to Affect, Religiosity, and Personality Constructs

    Wade C. Rowatt;Lee A. Kirkpatrick

  • Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions Are Models of Self and of Other Pancultural Constructs

    David P. Schmitt;Lidia Alcalay;Melissa Allensworth;Jüri Allik

  • Development and initial validation of an implicit measure of humility relative to arrogance

    Wade C. Rowatt;Christie Powers;Valerie Targhetta;Jessamy Comer

  • Priming Christian Religious Concepts Increases Racial Prejudice

    Megan K. Johnson;Wade C. Rowatt;Jordan LaBouff

  • Religiosity and prejudice revisited: In-group favoritism, out-group derogation, or both?

    Megan K. Johnson;Wade C. Rowatt;Jordan P. LaBouff

  • Patterns and Personality Correlates of Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Christians and Muslims

    Wade C. Rowatt;Lewis M. Franklin;Marla Cotton

  • Associations Among Religiousness, Social Attitudes, and Prejudice in a National Random Sample of American Adults

    Wade C. Rowatt;Jordan LaBouff;Megan Johnson;Paul Froese

  • A new trait on the market: Honesty–Humility as a unique predictor of job performance ratings

    Megan K. Johnson;Wade C. Rowatt;Leo Petrini

  • Associations Between Religious Personality Dimensions and Implicit Homosexual Prejudice.

    Wade C. Rowatt;Jo-Ann Tsang;Jessica Kelly;Brooke LaMARTINA

  • Links between intellectual humility and acquiring knowledge

    Elizabeth J. Krumrei-Mancuso;Megan C. Haggard;Jordan P. LaBouff;Wade C. Rowatt

  • Humble persons are more helpful than less humble persons: Evidence from three studies

    Jordan Paul LaBouff;Wade C. Rowatt;Megan K. Johnson;Jo-Ann Tsang

  • RESEARCH: Christian Orthodoxy, Religious Fundamentalism, and Right-Wing Authoritarianism as Predictors of Implicit Racial Prejudice

    Wade C. Rowatt;Lewis M. Franklin

  • Deception to Get a Date

    Wade C. Rowatt;Michael R. Cunninghan;Perri B. Druen

  • Associations Between Religious Orientation and Varieties of Sexual Experience

    Wade C. Rowatt;David P. Schmitt

  • Differences in Attitudes Toward Outgroups in Religious and Nonreligious Contexts in a Multinational Sample: A Situational Context Priming Study

    Jordan P. LaBouff;Wade C. Rowatt;Megan K. Johnson;Callie Finkle

  • The Relationship Between Religious Orientation, Right-Wing Authoritarianism, and Implicit Sexual Prejudice

    Jo-Ann Tsang;Wade C. Rowatt

  • On Being Holier-Than-Thou or Humbler-Than-Thee: A Social-Psychological Perspective on Religiousness and Humility

    Wade C. Rowatt;Alison Ottenbreit;K. Paul Nesselroade;Paige A. Cunningham

  • Finding middle ground between intellectual arrogance and intellectual servility: Development and assessment of the limitations-owning intellectual humility scale

    Megan Haggard;Wade C. Rowatt;Joseph C. Leman;Benjamin Meagher

  • A mediational analysis of the role of right-wing authoritarianism and religious fundamentalism in the religiosity-prejudice link

    Megan K. Johnson;Wade C. Rowatt;Lucy M. Barnard-Brak;Julie A. Patock-Peckham

  • Exploring the Relevance and Implications of Humility in Organizations

    Bradley P. Owens;Wade C. Rowatt;Alan L. Wilkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Fergus
Thomas A. Fergus Baylor University
Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham University of Louisville
Martin Voracek
Martin Voracek University of Vienna
Karl Grammer
Karl Grammer University of Vienna
Ine Vanwesenbeeck
Ine Vanwesenbeeck Utrecht University
Maryanne L. Fisher
Maryanne L. Fisher Saint Mary's University
Astrid Schütz
Astrid Schütz University of Bamberg
Willibald Ruch
Willibald Ruch University of Zurich
David P. Schmitt
David P. Schmitt Kansas State University
Phillip R. Shaver
Phillip R. Shaver University of California, Davis

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