James Pennebaker

     
Institution
University of Texas at Austin

Current Position
Bush Regents Professor and Chair

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Psychology from University of Texas Austin, 1977

Research Interests
Applied Social Psychology
Close Relationships
Communication
Emotion
Group Processes
Health
Interpersonal Processes
Personality
Psychophysiology
Research Methods/Assessment
Social Cognition

Courses Taught
Introductory Psychology

 
James Pennebaker
Department of Psychology
University of Texas
Austin, Texas 78712
U.S.A.

Home Page
Phone: (512) 232-2781


James Pennebaker
James W. Pennebaker and his students are exploring the links between traumatic experiences and physical and mental health. His most recent research focuses on the nature of language, personality, and emotion in the real world. Author or editor of 8 books and over 200 articles, Pennebaker has received numerous awards and honors.


Books:

  • Pennebaker, J.W. (2004). Writing to heal: A guided journal for recovering from trauma and emotional upheaval. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Press.
  • Pennebaker, J. W. (1997). Opening up: The healing power of expressing emotions. New York: Guilford Press.
  • Pennebaker, J. W., Paez, D., & Rimé, B. (Eds.). (1997). Collective memory of political events: Social psychological perspectives. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Journal Articles:

  • Chung, C.K., & Pennebaker, J.W. (2007). The psychological functions of function words. In K. Fiedler (Ed.), Social communication (pp. 343-359). New York: Psychology Press.
  • Cohn, M.A., Mehl, M.R., & Pennebaker, J.W. (2004). Linguistic markers of psychological change surrounding September 11, 2001. Psychological Science, 15, 687-693.
  • Mehl, M.R., Vazire, S., Ramirez-Esparza, N., Slatcher, R.B., & Pennebaker, J.W. (2007). Are women really more talkative than men? Science, 317, 82.
  • Pennebaker, J. W. (1997). Writing about emotional experiences as a therapeutic process. Psychological Science, 8, 162-166.
  • Pennebaker, J.W., & Chung, C.K. (2007). Expressive writing, emotional upheavals, and health. In H. Friedman and R. Silver (Eds.), Handbook of health psychology (pp. 263-284). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Pennebaker, J.W., Groom, C.J., Loew, D., & Dabbs, J. (2004). Testosterone as a social inhibitor: Two case studies of the effect of testosterone treatment on language. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113, 172-175.
  • Pennebaker, J. W., & King, L. A. 1999). Linguistic styles: Language use as an individual difference. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology., 77, 1296-1312.
  • Pennebaker, J.W., Mehl, M.R., & Niederhoffer, K. (2003). Psychological aspects of natural language use: Our words, our selves. Annual Review of Psychology, 54, 547-577.
  • Pennebaker, J.W., Paez, D., Deschamps, J.C., Rentfrow, J., Davis, M., Techio, E.M., Slawuta, P., Zlobina, A., & Zubieta, E. (2006). The social psychology of history: Defining the most important events of the last 10, 100, and 1000 years. Psicologia Politica, 32, 15-32.
  • Richards, J. M., Beal, W. E., Seagal, J., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2000). The effects of disclosure of traumatic events on illness behavior among psychiatric prison inmates. Journal of Abnormal Psychology., 109, 156-160.
  • Slatcher, R.B. & Pennebaker, J.W. (2006). How do I love thee? Let me count the words: The social effects of expressive writing. Psychological Science, 17, 660-664.

Other Publications:

  • Pennebaker, J. W., Booth, R.J., & Francis, M. E. (2007). Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC2007): A text analysis program. Austin, TX: LIWC.net.

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