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Selected Publications: Brenda N. Major Jost, J. T. & Major, B. (Eds.) (2001). The Psychology of Legitimacy: Emerging Perspectives on Ideology, Power, and Intergroup Relations, (pp. 3-30). Cambridge University Press. Deaux, K., & Major, B. (1987). Putting gender into context: An interactive model of gender-related behavior. Psychological Review, 94, 369-389. (Recipient of 1986 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from SPSSI). Crocker, J., & Major, B. (1989). Social stigma and self-esteem: The self-protective properties of stigma. Psychological Review, 96, 608-630. (Recipient of 1988 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from SPSSI). Major, B. (1994). From social inequality to personal entitlement: The role of social comparisons, legitimacy appraisals, and group membership. In M. Zanna (Ed.) Advances in experimental social psychology, (Vol. 26, pp. 293-355). NY: Academic Press. Crocker, J., Major, B., & Steele, C. (1998). Social stigma. In S. Fiske, D. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (Vol 2, pp. 504-553). Boston, MA: McGraw Hill. Major, B., Spencer, S., Schmader, T., Wolfe, C. & Crocker, J. (1998). Coping with negative stereotypes about intellectual performance: The role of psychological disengagement. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 34-50. Major, B., Richards, M. C., Cooper, M. L., Cozzarelli, C. & Zubek, J. (1998). Personal resilience, cognitive appraisals, and coping: An integrative model of adjustment to abortion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 735-752. Major, B. & Gramzow, R. (1999). Abortion as stigma: Cognitive and emotional implications of concealment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 77, 735-746. Major, B., Cozzarelli, C., Cooper, M. L., Zubek, J., Richards, C., Wilhite, M., & Gramzow, R. (2000). Psychological responses of women following first trimester abortion. Archives of General Psychiatry, 57, 777-784. Major, B., Gramzow, R., McCoy, S., Levin, S., Schmader, T., Sidanius, J. (2002). Attributions to discrimination: The role of group status and legitimizing ideology. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 82, 269-282. (Honorable Mention for the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize from SPSSI). Major, B., Kaiser, C. R. & McCoy, S. K. (2003). It’s not my fault: When and why attributions to prejudice protect self-esteem. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 772-781. Major, B., Quinton, W. J. & Schmader, T. (2003). Attributions to discrimination and self-esteem: Impact of group identification and situational ambiguity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 220-231. McCoy, S. K. & Major, B. (2003). Group identification moderates emotional responses to perceived prejudice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1005-1017. Major, B. & O’Brien, L.T. (2005). The social psychology of stigma. Annual Review of Psychology, 56, 393-421. Major, B. & Kaiser, C. R. (2005). Perceiving and claiming discrimination. In Nielsen,.L. B. and Nelson, R. L. (Eds.) The Handbook of Research on Employment Discrimination: Rights and Realities (pp. 279-293). New York: Springer. O’Brien, L. T. & Major, B. (2005). System justifying beliefs and psychological well-being: The roles of group status and identity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1718-1729. Kaiser, C.R., Vick, S.B., & Major, B. (2006). Prejudice expectations moderate preconscious attention to social identity threatening cues. Psychological Science, 17, 332-338. Major, B., Kaiser, C.R, O’Brien, L. & McCoy, S. (in press). Perceived discrimination as worldview threat or worldview confirmation: Implications for self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
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