Recently, I've investigated the concept of psychological control from a cultural psychological perspective. I am interested in how people choose to adjust to environmental realities. My research focuses on cultural, subcultural, and role demands that influence people's control choices. I have investigated the impact of cultural (specifically, Japanese and North American) and individual variables on control.

Primary Interests:

Applied Social Psychology
Culture and Ethnicity
Person Perception
Personality, Individual Differences
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

Applied Social Psychology
Culture and Ethnicity
Person Perception

Personality, Individual Differences
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

Journal Articles:

Morling, B. (2000). "Taking" an aerobics class in the U.S. versus "entering" an aerobics class in Japan: Primary and secondary control in a fitness context. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 3, 73-85.
Morling, B., & Epstein, S. (1997). Compromises produced by the dialectic between self-verification and self-enhancement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 1268-1283.
Morling, B., & Evered, S. (2006). Secondary control reviewed and defined. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 269-296.
Morling, B., & Evered, S. (2007). The construct formerly known as secondary control: Reply to Skinner (2007). Psychological Bulletin, 133, 917-919.
Morling, B., & Fiske, S. T. (1999). Measuring individual differences in harmony (secondary) control. Journal of Research in Personality, 33, 379-414.
Morling, B., Kitayama, S., & Miyamoto, Y. (2003). American and Japanese women use different coping strategies during normal pregnancy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1533-1546.
Morling, B., Kitayama, S., & Miyamoto, Y. (2002). Cultural practices emphasize influence in the United States and adjustment in Japan. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 311-323.
Morling, B., & Lamoreaux, M. (2008). Measuring culture outside the head: A meta-analysis of cultural products. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 12, 199-221.

Courses Taught:

Cultural Psychology
Research Methods
Social Psychology

Cultural Psychology
Research Methods

Social Psychology

Beth Morling
Department of Psychology
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
United States

Phone: (302) 831-8377
Fax: (302) 831-3645


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