Mark Seery
Department of Psychology
University at Buffalo, Park Hall
Buffalo, New York 14260-4110
U.S.A.
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On the broadest level, my research centers on stress and coping.
Potentially stressful situations that require active coping responses --
for example, test taking, job interviews, approaching possible romantic
partners -- are ubiquitous and often represent some of the most
important moments that people face in life. The research conducted in
my laboratory investigates these motivated performance situations
from several interrelated perspectives: (1) examining the determinants
of experiencing the motivational states of challenge (when personal
resources meet or exceed situational demands) vs. threat (when
demands exceed resources) during such situations; (2) exploring the
relationships between challenge and threat, cardiovascular responses,
quality of task performance, and other behaviors; and (3) using
cardiovascular responses as covert measures of challenge and threat in
order to understand the factors that contribute to resilience and
vulnerability to potential stress. My work in this domain emphasizes
aspects of the self and group membership. In addition to this
laboratory work, my research incorporates field approaches to
studying resilience and vulnerability in the context of coping with
traumatic life events.
 Journal Articles:
- Blascovich, J., Seery, M. D., Mugridge, C. A., Norris, R. K., & Weisbuch, M. (2004). Predicting athletic performance from cardiovascular indexes of challenge and threat. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 683-688.
- Chu, T. Q., Seery, M. D., Ence, W. A., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2006). Ethnicity and gender in the face of a terrorist attack: A national longitudinal study of immediate responses and outcomes two years after September 11. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 28, 291-301.
- Mendes, W. B., Blascovich, J., Major, B., & Seery, M. D. (2001). Challenge and threat responses during downward and upward social comparisons. European Journal of Social Psychology, 31, 477-497.
- Mendes, W. B., Reis, H., Seery, M. D., & Blascovich, J. (2003). Cardiovascular correlates of emotional expression and suppression: Do content and gender context matter? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 771-792.
- Seery, M. D., Blascovich, J., Weisbuch, M., & Vick, S. B. (2004). The relationship between self-esteem level, self-esteem stability, and cardiovascular reactions to performance feedback. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 133-145.
- Seery, M. D., Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., Ence, W. A., & Chu, T. Q. (2008). Expressing thoughts and feelings following a collective trauma: Immediate responses to 9/11 predict negative outcomes in a national sample. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 657-667.
- Seery, M. D., Weisbuch, M., & Blascovich, J. (in press). Something to gain, something to lose: The cardiovascular consequences of outcome framing. International Journal of Psychophysiology.
- Seery, M. D., Weisbuch, M., Hetenyi, M., & Blascovich, J. (in press). Cardiovascular measures independently predict performance in a university course. Psychophysiology.
- Seery, M. D., West, T. V., Weisbuch, M., & Blascovich, J. (2008). The effects of negative reflection for defensive pessimists: Dissipation or harnessing of threat? Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 515-520.
- Vick, S. B., Seery, M. D., Blascovich, J., & Weisbuch, M. (2008). The effect of gender stereotype activation on challenge and threat motivational states. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 624-630.
- Weisbuch, M., Seery, M. D., Ambady, N., & Blascovich, J. (2009). On the correspondence between physiological and nonverbal responses: Nonverbal behavior accompanying challenge and threat. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 33, 141-148.
- Weisbuch-Remington, M., Mendes, W. B., Seery, M. D., & Blascovich, J. (2005). The non-conscious influence of religious symbols in motivated performance situations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1203-1216.
Other Publications:
- Blascovich, J., Mendes, W. B., & Seery, M. D. (2002). Intergroup encounters and threat: A multi-method approach. In D. M. Mackie & E. R. Smith (Eds.), From prejudice to intergroup emotions: Differentiated reactions to social groups (pp. 89-109). New York: Psychology Press.
- Blascovich, J., & Seery, M. D. (2007). Visceral and somatic indexes of social psychological constructs: History, principles, propositions, and case studies. In A. W. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (pp. 19-38). New York: Guilford.
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