Linda J. Skitka
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Psychology (M/C 285)
1007 West Harrison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607-7137
U.S.A.
Home Page
Phone: (312) 996-4464
Fax: (312) 413-4122
|
|
|
Professor Skitka is interested in the role of moral conviction in how people think about political issues and justice, as well as exploring how people's moral convictions differ from other kinds of strong attitudes; the cognitive (attributional) and motivational foundations of ideological disagreements and political psychology more generally; and questions relating to distributive and procedural justice.
Her research program is broadly devoted to investigating how people make various kinds of difficult decisions, what leads people to take a stand in the name of their beliefs, and the consequences of doing so. For example, what is the decision making calculus underlying how people decide whether to support various social policies, such as spending on the poor, and why do political liberals and political conservatives see these issues in fundamentally different ways? When can you get a liberal to behave like a conservative and vice versa? How do people decide whether something is just or unjust -- on the basis of decision making procedures or the outcomes those decisions yield? Are moral convictions different in important ways from other kinds of strong attitudes? Are people with strong moral convictions less likely to pay attention to procedural safeguards (e.g., the law) designed to protect civil society when they are in pursuit of morally mandated ends?
 Journal Articles:
 Mullen, E., & Skitka, L. J. (2006). Exploring the psychological underpinnings of the moral mandate effect: Motivated reasoning, group differentiation, or anger? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 629 - 643.
- Skitka, L. J. (2006). Patriotism or nationalism? Understanding post-September 11, 2001 flag display behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 1995-2011.
- Skitka, L. J. (2002). Do the means always justify the ends or do the ends sometimes justify the means? A value protection model of justice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 452-461.
- Skitka, L. J., & Bauman, C. W. (2008). Moral conviction and political engagement. Political Psychology, 29, 29-54.
- Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Mullen, E. (2004). Political tolerance and coming to psychological closure following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks: An integrative approach. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 743-756.
- Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Sargis, E. G. (2005). Moral conviction: Another contributor to attitude strength or something more? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 895-917.
- Skitka, L. J., & Mullen, E. (2002). Understanding judgments of fairness in a real-world political context: A test of the value protection model of justice reasoning. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 588-597.
- Skitka, L. J., Mullen, E., Griffin, T., Hutchinson, S., & Chamberlin, B. (2002). Dispositions, ideological scripts, or motivated correction? Understanding ideological differences in attributions for social problems. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 470-487.
- Skitka, L. J., Winquist, J., & Hutchinson, S. (2003). Are outcome fairness and outcome favorability distinguishable constructs? A meta-analytic review. Social Justice Research,16, 309-341.
Other Publications:
- Skitka, L. J., Aramovich, N., Lytle, B. L., & Sargis, E. (in press). Knitting together an elephant: An integrative approach to understanding the psychology of justice reasoning. In D. R. Bobocel, A. C. Kay, M. P. Zanna, & J. M. Olson (Eds.), The psychology of justice and legitimacy: The Ontario Symposium (11th Volume). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.
- Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Lytle, B. L. (in press). Morality as a foundation of leadership and a constraint on deference to authority. In D. Forsyth & C. Hoyt (Eds.), Social psychology and leadership, Westport, CN: Praeger Press.
- Skitka, L. J., Bauman, C. W., & Mullen, E. (2008). Morality and justice: An expanded theoretical perspective and review. In K. A. Hedgvedt & J. Clay-Warner (Eds.), Advances in Group Processes, Vol. 25 (pp. 1-27). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Skitka, L. J., & Bravo, J. (2005). An accessible identity approach to understanding fairness in organizational settings. In K. van den Bos, D. Steiner, D. Skarlicki & S. Gilliland (Eds.), What Motivates Fairness in Organizations? (pp. 105-128). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
- Skitka, L. J., & Morgan, G. S. (in press). The double-edged sword of a moral state of mind. In D. Narvaez & D. K. Lapsley (Eds.), Moral self, identity, and character: Prospects for new field of study, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Skitka, L. J., & Sargis, E. G. (2006). The Internet as psychological laboratory. Annual Review of Psychology, 57, 529-555.
|
| |