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PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL VARIATION

Vallacher, R. R. (1993).  Mental calibration: Forging a working relationship between mind and action.  In D. M. Wegner & J. W. Pennebaker (Eds.), Handbook of mental control (pp. 443‑472). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice‑Hall.

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Markus, J., & Strauss, J. (1998).  Dynamics in the coordination of mind and action.  In M. Kofta, G. Weary, & G. Sedek (Eds.), Personal control in action: Cognitive and motivational mechanisms (pp. 27-59).  New York: Plenum.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (1999).  The dynamics of self-regulation.  In R. S. Wyer, Jr. (Ed.), Advances in social cognition (Vol. 12, pp. 241-259).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (2000).  Landscapes of self-reflection: Mapping the peaks and valleys of personal assessment.  In A. Tesser, R. Felson, & J. Suls (Eds.), Psychological perspectives on self and identity (pp. 35-65).  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Nowak, A. Vallacher, R. R., & Zochowski, M. (2002).  The emergence of personality: Personal stability through interpersonal synchronization.  In D. Cervone & W. Mischel (Eds.), Advances in personality science (Vol. 1, pp. 292-331).  New York: Guilford Publications.

Vallacher, R. R. (2006).  Self-concept.  In N. J. Salkind & K. DeRuyck (Eds.), The encyclopedia of human development.  New York: Sage Publications.

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Zochowski, M. (2007). Dynamics of social coordination: The synchronization of internal states in close relationships. In P. Hauf & F. Forsterling (Eds.), Making minds: The shaping of human minds through social context (pp. 31-46). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Journal Articles:

Seymour, G. E., Gunderson, E. K. E., & Vallacher, R. R. (1973).  Clustering 34 occupational groups by personality dimensions.  Educational and Psychological Measurement, 33, 267‑284.

Vallacher, R. R., Callahan‑Levy, C. M., & Messé, L. A. (1979).  Sex effects on bilateral bargaining as a function of interpersonal context. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 5, 104‑108.

Watts, B., Messé, L. A., & Vallacher, R. R. (1981).  Toward understanding sex differences in pay allocation: Agency, communion, and reward distribution behavior.  Sex Roles, 8, 1175‑1187.

Feldman‑Rotman, S., & Vallacher, R. R. (1982).  The dual‑career family and children's sex‑role preferences.  International Journal of Sociology of the Family, 12, 165‑173.

Wegner, D. M., Vallacher, R. R., & Dizadji, D. M. (1989).  Do alcoholics know what they're doing?  Identifications of the act of drinking.  Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 10, 197‑210.

Vallacher, R. R., & Wegner, D. M. (1989).  Levels of personal agency: Individual variation in action identification.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 660‑671.

Rudich, E. & Vallacher, R. R.  (1999).  To belong or to self-enhance?  The motivational bases for choosing interaction partners.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1387-1404.

Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., Tesser, A., & Borkowski, W. (2000).  Society of self: The emergence of collective properties in self-structure.  Psychological Review, 107, 39-61.

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Froehlich, M., & Rockloff, M. (2002).  The dynamics of self-evaluation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 370-379.

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Zochowski, M. (2005).  Dynamics of social coordination: The synchronization of internal states in close relationships.  Interaction Studies, 6, 35-52.

Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R. (2005).  The emergence of personality: Dynamic foundations of individual variation.  Developmental Review, 25, 351-385.

Nowak, A., Strawinska, U., Johnson, S., & Vallacher, R. R. (2005).  Malfunction of self-regulation in low self-esteem and depression.  Psychology Colloquia, 13, 67-83.

Murphy, S. M., Vallacher, R. R., Shackelford, T. K., Bjorklund, D. F., & Yunger, J. L. (2006). Relationship experience as a predictor of romantic jealousy. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 761-769.