Hales, A. H., Wood, N. R., Williams, K. D., & Van Hook, K. (in press). Emergent stigma: The collateral damage that “Karens” cause to people named Karen. Self and Identity.
Preregistration, data, script, and materials can be accessed here.
Wood, N. R., Wicks, S. G., Beam, A. J., Mudryk, E., Bray, E., & Hales, A. H. (2026). What could have been: Predicted and actual exclusion by potential romantic partners and platonic friends. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70066
Preregistration, data, script, and materials can be accessed here.
Leckfor, C. M., Wood, N. R., Slatcher, R. B., & Orehek, E. (2025). Not so fast friends? Examining the role of intimate conversation in texting interactions. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 42(11), 3272-3294. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075251367137
Preregistration can be accessed here. Data, script, and materials can be accessed here.
Wood, N. R., & Hales, A. H. (2025). Basic psychological needs and extremism: Understanding theories through meta-analysis. Terrorism and Political Violence, 37(6), 769-795. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2024.2373334
Data and script can be accessed here
Hales, A. H., Wicks, S. G., Wood, N. R., Mohammadi, S. (2024). Phubbing responses in real-time: Rapid recovery from a single phub, and declining affect with repeated phubs. Social Influence, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2024.2414958
Preregistration, data, script, and materials can be accessed here
Leckfor, C. M., Wood, N. R., Kwiatek, S. M., & Orehek, E. (2023). Expectations and experiences of screen time, social interaction, and solitude. The Journal of Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2023.2231617
Data, syntax, and materials can be accessed here
Wood, N. R., Leckfor, C. M., Wicks, S. G., & Hales, A. H. (2023). Ghosting from the workplace: The impact of feedback (or lack thereof) on applicants’ psychological needs satisfaction. Routledge Open Research, 2, 3. https://doi.org/10.12688/routledgeopenres.17725.2
Preregistration, data, script, and materials can be accessed here
Leckfor, C. M.*, Wood, N. R.*, Slatcher, R. B., & Hales, A. H. (2023). From close to ghost: Examining the relationship between the need for closure, intentions to ghost, and reactions to being ghosted. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(8), 2422-2444. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221149955
Preregistration, data, script, and materials can be accessed here
Pfundmair, M., Wood, N. R., Hales, A., & Wesselmann, E. D. (2022). How social exclusion makes radicalism flourish: A review of empirical evidence. Journal of Social Issues. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12520
Hales, A. H., Wood, N. R., & Williams, K. D. (2021). Navigating COVID-19: Insights from research on social ostracism. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(2), 306-310. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220981408
* Indicates authors who provided equal contributions
Book Chapters and Reports
Wicks, S. G., Mohammadi, S., Wood, N. R., & Hales, A. H. (2026). Ostracism as an existential threat. In K. Vail, D. Van Tongeren, J. Greenberg, L. King, & R. M. Ryan (Eds.), Handbook of the Science of Existential Psychology.
Wood, N. R., Hales, A. H., & Williams, K. D. (2025). Social ostracism and conflict. In S. A. Samoilenko & S. Simmons (Eds.), The Handbook of Social and Political Conflict Communication (pp. 151-164). Wiley.
Hales, A. H., Wood, N. R., & Williams, K. D. (2024). Ostracism and extremism: How extreme groups can address threatened needs. In M. Pfundmair, A. H. Hales, & K. D. Williams (Eds.), Exclusion and extremism: A psychological perspective (pp. 7-26). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009408165.002
Hales, A. H., & Wood, N. R. (2022). Statistical controversies in psychological science. In A. Masuda, & W. T. O’Donohue (Eds.). Handbook of questionable research practices in clinical psychology. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04968-2_9