Leary, M. R., Jenkins, T. B., & Shepperd, J. A. (1984). The growth in clinical-relevant research among social psychologists, 1965-1983. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 2, 333-338.
Falbo, T., & Shepperd, J. A. (1986). Self-righteousness: Cognitive, power, and religious correlates. Journal of Research in Personality, 20, 145-157.
Leary, M. R., Shepperd, J. A., McNeil, M. S., Jenkins, T. B., & Barnes, B. D. (1986). Objectivism in information utilization: Theory and measurement. Journal of Personality Assessment, 50, 32-43.
Leary, M. R., & Shepperd, J. A. (1986). Self-handicapping: A conceptual note. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1265-1268.
Kashani, J. H., Kunig, P., Shepperd, J. A., Wilfley, D., & Morris, D. (1988). Psychopathology and self-concept in asthmatic children. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 13, 509-520.
Kashani, J. H., Kunig, P., Morris, D., Wilfley, D., & Shepperd, J. A. (1988). Psychological concomitants of cystic fibrosis in children and adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 23, 873-880.
Ramirez, A. G., & Shepperd, J. A. (1988). The use of focus groups in health research. Scandinavian Journal of Health Care, Suppl 1, 81-90.
Arkin, R. M., & Shepperd, J. A. (1989). Self-presentational styles in organizations. In R. A. Giacalone & P. Rosenfeld (Eds.), Impression Management in the Organization, (pp. 125-139). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Shepperd, J. A., & Arkin, R. M. (1989). Determinants of self-handicapping: Task importance and the absence of environmental handicaps. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 15, 101-112.
Shepperd, J. A., & Arkin, R. M. (1989). Self-Handicapping: The moderating roles of public self-consciousness and task importance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 15, 252-265.
Shepperd, J. A., & Strathman, A. J. (1989). Attractiveness and height: The role of stature in dating preference, frequency of dating, and perceptions of attractiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 15, 617-627.
Shepperd, J. A., & Wright, R. A. (1989). Individual contributions to a collective effort: An incentive analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 15, 141-149.
Arkin, R. M., & Shepperd, J. A. (1990). Strategic self-presentation: An overview. In M. J. Cody & M. L. McLaughlin, (Eds.), The Psychology of Tactical Communication, (pp. 179-193). Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters, Ltd.
Kashani, J. H., & Shepperd, J. A. (1990). Predicting violent aggression in adolescents: The role of social support and personality. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 35, 311-315.
Shepperd, J. A., & Arkin, R. M. (1990). Shyness as self-presentation. In R. Crozier (Ed.), Shyness and Embarrassment: Perspectives From Social Psychology, (pp. 287-314). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Shepperd, J. A. (1991). Cautions in assessing spurious "moderator effects". Psychological Bulletin, 110, 315-317.
Shepperd, J. A., & Arkin, R. M. (1991). Behavioral other-enhancement: Strategically obscuring the link between performance and evaluation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60, 79-88.
Shepperd, J. A., & Kashani, J. H. (1991). The relationship of hardiness, gender, and stress to health outcomes in adolescents. Journal of Personality, 59, 747-768.
Shepperd, J. A. (1993). Productivity loss in groups: A motivation analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 113, 67-81.
Shepperd, J. A. (1993). Developing a prediction model for reduce a growing number of psychology majors. Teaching of Psychology, 20, 97-101.
Shepperd, J. A. (1993). Student derogation of the SAT: Biases in perceptions and presentations of college board scores. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 14, 455-473.
Shepperd, J. A., Arkin, R. M., Strathman, A., & Baker, S. M. (1994). Dysphoria as a moderator of the relationship between perceived effort and ability. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 559-569.
Shepperd, J. A., Arkin, R. M., & Slaughter, J. (1995). Constraints on excuse making: The deterring effects of shyness and anticipated retest. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 1061-1072.
Shepperd, J. A. (1995). Remedying motivation and productivity loss in collective settings. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 4, 131-134.
Shepperd, J. A., Ouellette, J. A., & Fernandez, J. K. (1996). Abandoning unrealistic optimism: Performance estimates and the temporal proximity of self-relevant feedback. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 844-855.
Shepperd, J. A. (1996). The antecedents, consequences, and purpose of self-esteem. [Review of Michael H. Kernis's Efficacy, Agency, and Self-Esteem]. Contemporary Psychology, 41, 816-817.
Shepperd, J. A., Morato, J. J., & Pbert, L. A. (1996). Dispositional optimism as a predictor of health changes among cardiac patients. Journal of Research in Personality, 30, 517-534.
Taylor, K. M., & Shepperd, J. A. (1996). Probing suspicion among participants in deception research. American Psychologist, 51, 651-652.
Shepperd, J. A., & Soucherman, R. (1997). On the manipulative behavior of low Machiavellians: Feigning incompetence to "sandbag" an opponent's effort. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 1448-1459.
Fernandez, J. K., & Shepperd, J. A. (1997). Biases in the assessment of performance handicaps. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 16, 420-439.
Taylor, K. M., & Shepperd, J. A. (1998). Bracing for the Worst: Severity, Testing and Feedback as Moderators of the Optimistic Bias. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 915-926.
Britt, T., & Shepperd, J.A. (1999). Trait relevance and trait assessment. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 3, 108-122.
Shepperd, J. A., & Kwavnick, K. (1999). Maladaptive image maintenance. In M. R. Kowalski & R. M. Leary (Eds.), The social psychology of behavioral and emotional problems, pp. 249-277. Washington, DC: APA press.
Shepperd, J. A., & Taylor, K. M. (1999). Ascribing advantages to comparison targets. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 21, 103-117.
Shepperd, J. A., & Taylor, K. M. (1999). Social loafing and expectancy-value theory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 215, 1147-1158.
Shepperd, J. A., Findley-Klein, C., Kwavnick, K. D., Walker, D., & Perez, S. (2000). Bracing for Loss. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 620-634.
Helweg-Larsen, M., & Shepperd, J. A. (2001). Do moderators of the optimistic bias affect personal or target risk estimates? A review of the literature. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 5, 74-95.
Shepperd, J. A. (2001). Performance among individuals and groups: The implications of parallel research traditions for social loafing. In S. G. Harkins (Ed.), Multiple Perspectives on the Effects of Evaluation of performance: Toward an Integration, pp. 133-154. Kluwer Publishers, New York, NY.
Shepperd, J.A. (2001). Social loafing and expectancy value theory. In S. G. Harkins (Ed.), Multiple Perspectives on the Effects of Evaluation of performance: Toward an Integration., pp. 1-24. Kluwer Publishers, New York, NY.
Shepperd, J.A. (2001). The desire to help and behavior in social dilemmas: Exploring responses to catastrophes. Group Dynamics, 5, 304-314.
Shepperd, J. A., Carroll, P., Grace, J., & Terry, M. (2002). Exploring the cause of comparative optimism. Psychologica Belgica, 42, 65-98.
Shepperd, J.A., & McNulty, J. (2002). The affective consequences of expected and unexpected outcomes. Psychological Sciences, 13, 84-87.
Shepperd, J. A., Helweg-Larsen, M., & Ortega, L. (2003). Are comparative judgments consistent over time and across events? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1169-1180.
Koch, E., & Shepperd, J. A. (2004). Is self-complexity linked to better coping? A review of the literature. Journal of Personality, 72, 727-760.
Shepperd, J. A., Grace, J., Cole, L., & Klein, C. T. F. (2005). Anxiety and outcome judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 267-275.
Shepperd, J. A., & Koch, E. (2005). Pitfalls in teaching judgment heuristics. Teaching of Psychology, 32, 43-46.
Carroll, P. J., Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2006). Forsaking optimism. Review of General Psychology, 10, 56-73.
Shepperd, J. A., Sweeny, K., & Carroll, P. J. (2006). Abandoning optimism in predictions about the future. In L. J. Sanna & E. Chang (Eds.), Judgments over time: The interplay of thoughts, feelings and behaviors, pp. 13-33. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sweeny, K., Carroll, P. J., & Shepperd, J. A. (2006). Is optimism always best? Future outlooks and preparedness. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 302-306.
Grace, J. L., & Shepperd, J. A. (2007). Social loafing. In R. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, Vol 2, pp. 909-910. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Carroll, P. J., Shepperd, J. A., Sweeny, K., Carlson, E., & Benigno, J. P. (2007). Disappointment for others. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 1565-1576.
Shepperd, J. A., Sweeny, K., & Cherry, L.C. (2007). Influencing audience satisfaction in others by prompting low expectations. Social Influence, 2, 98-111.
Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2007). Being the best bearer of bad tidings: The Bad news response Model. Review of General Psychology, 11, 235-257.
Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2007). Do people brace sensibly? Risk judgments and risk prevalence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1064-1075.
Terry, M., Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2007). Self-presentation. In R. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, Vol 2, pp. 335-838. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Hoorens, V., Smit, T., & Shepperd, J. A. (2008). Comparative optimism in the spontaneous generation of future life events. British Journal of Social Psychology, 47, 441-451.
Koch, E., & Shepperd, J. A. (2008). Testing competence and acceptance explanations of self-esteem. Self and Identity, 7, 54-74.
Shepperd, J. A., Carroll, P. J., & Sweeny, K., (2008). A Functional approach to explaining fluctuations in future outlooks: From self-enhancement to self-criticism. In E. Chang & L. Sanna (eds.), The complexities of self-criticism and self-enhancement: Theory, research and clinical implications, pp. 161-180. Washington, DC: APA press.
Shepperd, J. A., Grace, J. L., & Koch, E. (2008). Evaluating the electronic textbook: Is it time to dispense with the paper text? Teaching of Psychology, 35, 2-5.
Shepperd, J. A., Malone, W., & Sweeny, K. (2008). Exploring the causes of the self-serving bias. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 895–908.
Sweeny, K., Shepperd, J. A., & Carroll, P. J. (2009). Expectations for others’ outcomes: Do People Display Compassionate Bracing? Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 160-171.
Carroll, P. J., & Shepperd, J. A. (in press). Preparedness. In K. Markman, W. Klein, & J. Suhr (Eds.), The Handbook of Imagination and Mental Simulation. Psychology Press.
Carroll, P. J., Shepperd, J. A., & Arkin, R. M. (in press). Downward self-revision. Social Cognition.
Drace, S., DesRichard, O., Shepperd, J.A., & Hoorens, V. (in press). Does Mood Really Influence Comparative Optimism? Tracking an Elusive Effect. British Journal of Social Psychology.
Lipkus, I. M., & Shepperd, J. A. (in press). College smokers’ estimates of their probabilities of remaining a smoker in the near future. Psychology & Health.
Shepperd, J. A., & Melnyk, D. (in press). Social loafing. In H. Pashler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the mind. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (in press). Responding to negative health events: A test of the bad news response model. Psychology & Health.
Updated January 23, 2009.