Andy Martens
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My research examines:
(1) the escalation of aggression and killing.
(2) the role of death/existential fears in behavior.
(3) the relationship between physiology and self-esteem/stress.
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Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Health Psychology
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
Journal Articles:
- Martens, A., Greenberg, A., & Allen, J. J. B. (2008). Self-esteem and autonomic physiology: Parallels between self-esteem and cardiac vagal tone as buffers of threat. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 12, 370-389.
- Martens, A., Greenberg, J., Schimel, J., & Landau, M. J. (2004). Ageism and death: Effects of mortality salience and perceived similarity to elders on reactions to elderly people. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1524-1536.
- Martens, A., Kosloff, S., & Eckstein-Jackson, L. (2010). Evidence that initial obedient killing fuels subsequent volitional killing beyond effects of practice. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 268-273.
- Martens, A., Kosloff, S., Greenberg, J., Landau, M. J., & Schmader, T. (2007). Killing begets killing: Evidence from a bug-killing paradigm that initial killing fuels subsequent killing. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1251-1264.
Courses Taught:
- Personality
- Psychology of the Self
- Social Psychology
Andy Martens
Department of Psychology
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
- Phone: 64 3 364 2987, x4947
- Email: andy.martens@canterbury.ac.nz