Recent Publications

Stress and cognition publications and presentations

2005

Boals, A. & Klein, K. (2005). Word use in emotional narratives about failed romantic relationships and subsequent mental health. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 24, 252-268.

Bratton, K. & Klein, K. (2005). Diminished attentional processing due to suppression of positive and negative intrusive thoughts. Talk presented at the Sandhills Regional Psychology Conference, Laurinburg, NC.

Carrier, K. (2005). The nicotine link to intrusive thoughts. Talk presented at the Sandhills Regional Psychology Conference, Laurinburg, NC.

Carrier, K. (2005). Nicotine and thought suppression. Talk presented at the Carolinas Psychology Conference, Raleigh, NC.

Horvath, M. (2005). Thought suppression: Are dieters more successful than non-dieters at suppressing food related thoughts? Poster presented at North Carolina Cognition Group Meeting, Wake Forest University.

Wrenn, S. C. (2005). BIS/BAS and outcome appraisal: Implications for individual differences in causal thinking. Talk presented at the Sandhills Regional Psychology Conference, Laurinburg, NC.

2004

Boals, A. & Klein, K. (in press). Cognitive-Emotional Distinctiveness: Separating
Emotions from Non-emotions in the Representation of a Stressful Memory. Memory

Boals, A. & Klein, K. (in press). Word Use in Emotional Narratives about Failed
Romantic Relationships and Subsequent Mental Health. Journal of Language and
Social Psychology

Horvath, M.H. & Klein, K. (2004, March). Effects of eating habits on working memory.
Poster* presented at the Third Annual Sandhills Regional Psychology
Conference, Wilmington, NC.

*Poster received award for runner-up best student poster at this meeting

2003

Boals, A.& Klein, K. (2003 February). Stress, memory, and cognitive-emotional distinctiveness. Presented at the Annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Durham, NC.

Bratton, K. M. & Klein, K. W. (2003 March) Suppression of negative thoughts: Cognitive costs. Presented at the Second Annual Sandhills Regional Psychology Conference, Fayetteville, NC

Bratton, K. M. (2003 February). The 'cognitive costs' of supressing negative experiences. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Durham, NC

*Grammer, J. & Sorenson, J. (2003 March) Negative experiences and their relations to intrusive thoughts. Poster presented at the Second Annual Sandhills Regional Psychology Conference, Fayetteville, NC

Hall, H. (2003 March) The Relationship between narrative coherence and today's popular songs. Poster presented at the Second Annual Sandhills Regional Psychology Conference, Fayetteville, NC

Hall, H. & Klein, K. (2003 February). Narrative coherence, causal connectors, and today's popular songs. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Durham, NC

Klein, K. (2003). Narrative construction, cognitive processing, and health. In D. Herman (Ed.). Narrative Theory and the Cognitive Sciences. Stanford Center for the Study of Language and Information: Palo Alto CA. (noted last year as in press)

Martin, E. W. (2003) Proposed revision of the need for cognition scale. Poster presented at the Second Annual Sandhills Regional Psychology Conference, Fayetteville, NC

Wrenn, S. C. (2003 February). BIS/BAS and the appraisal of social situations. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Durham, NC

*Poster received award for best student poster at this meeting

2002

Boals, A. & Klein, K. (2002 February). The cognitive representation of stressful memories. Presented at the Annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Chapel Hill, NC.

Bratton, K.M., Banks, J.B., Thakur, J. & Klein, K. (2002 February). Intrusive Thoughts and the Cost of Suppression. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Chapel Hill, NC.

*Bratton, K.M., & Klein, K. (2002 April). Working Memory Depletion Due to Suppression. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Psychological Foundation, Charlotte, NC.

Glasscock, N., Mirka, G., Sommerich, C. & Klein, K. (2002). The effect of personality type on assembly time and wrist kinematics during a laboratory task. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics 46th Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.

Klein, K. (2002). Stress, expressive writing and working memory. In S. Lepore & J. Smyth (Eds.) The Writing Cure: How expressive writing promotes health and emotional well-being (pp. 135-156). American Psychological Association: Washington, DC .

Klein, K. (2002). The effect of unwanted thoughts about stressful events on cognitive processes.(Abstract) Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 221

Klein, K. & Acevedo, C. (2002 February). Working memory and inattentional blindness. . Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Chapel Hill, NC.

Martinez, P., Klein, K. & Boals, A. (2002 February). Differences in language use between men and women while describing a stressful event . Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, Chapel Hill, NC.

Sorenson, J. & Grammer, J. (2002). Components of memory and intrusive thinking. Paper presented at North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium.

*Poster received award for best student poster at this meeting

2001

Banks, J. (2001, May). The Relationship between Decision Making, Working Memory, and Stress. Undergraduate Research Award Manuscript .

Banks, J., & Klein, K. (2001, March) The Relationship between Attitude Accessibility and Emotion Complexity. Poster presented at Southeastern Psychological Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Acevedo, C. Working Memory and Inattentional Blindness at the North Carolina Cognition Conference at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002.

Boals, A., Klein, K. &  Banas, A. (2001, March). The relationship of expressive writing, narrative type, and health. Poster presented at Southeastern Psychological Association Meetings, Atlanta GA.   

Klein, K. & Boals, A. (2001). Expressive writing can increase working memory capacity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 130, 520-533.

Klein, K. & Boals, A. (2001)  The relationship of life event stress and working memory capacity. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 15, 565-579.

Other related papers

Klein, K. & Fiss, W. H. (1999). The reliability and stability of the Turner and Engle working memory task. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and Computers, 31, 429-432.

Klein, K. (1995). Life stress and performance impairment: the role of off-task thinking. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2, 873-877.

Klein, K. & Barnes, D. (1994). The relationship of life stress to problem solving: Task complexity and individual differences. Social Cognition, 12, 187-204.

Baradell, J. G. & Klein, K. (1993). The relationship of life stress and body consciousness to hypervigilant decision making. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 267-273.

Klein, K. & Beith, B. (1985) A re-examination of residual arousal as an explanation of ftereffects: Frustration tolerance Vs response speed. Journal of Applied Psychology,70(4), 642-650.

Klein, K., Harris, B., & Michie, C. (1982) When information fails: Disruptive effects of expectancy confirmation on frustration tolerance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,8, 542-548.

Klein, K.W. & Harris, B. (1979). Disruptive effects of disconfirmed expectancies about crowding. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37, 769-777.