Sobering stories: Narratives of self-redemption predict behavioral change and improved health among recovering alcoholics.

The autobiography of addiction: Autobiographical reasoning and psychological adjustment in abstinent alcoholics.

Cross-Cultural Evidence that the Nonverbal Expression of Pride is an Automatic Status Signal

Joey T. Cheng

I’m interested in the social functions of status hierarchies, the psychological, and, especially, emotional, underpinnings of leadership and followership (e.g., pride, humility, admiration, respect), and the implications of status hierarchies on individual motivation and collective performance.

Joey T. Cheng

I’m interested in the social functions of status hierarchies, the psychological, and, especially, emotional, underpinnings of leadership and followership (e.g., pride, humility, admiration, respect), and the implications of status hierarchies on individual motivation and collective performance.

Shamed into taking a drink? Nonverbal displays of shame predict relapse and worsening health among recovering alcoholics.

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In the Emotion and Self Lab at the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, we study the process, structure, expression, and regulation of emotions and self. Much of our research is focused on self-conscious emotions (pride, shame,…

Shamed into taking a drink? Nonverbal displays of shame predict relapse and worsening health among recovering alcoholics.

Shamed into taking a drink? Nonverbal displays of shame predict relapse and worsening health among recovering alcoholics.