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Jo-Ann Tsang

Jo-Ann Tsang

My research interests include the social psychological study of gratitude, forgiveness, moral rationalization and moral motivation, and the psychology of religion.

Primary Interests:

  • Attitudes and Beliefs
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Ethics and Morality
  • Helping, Prosocial Behavior
  • Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
  • Personality, Individual Differences
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping

Journal Articles:

  • Mak, H., & Tsang, J. (2008). Separating the "sinner" from the "sin": Religious orientation and prejudiced behavior toward sexual orientation and promiscuous sex. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 47, 379-392.
  • McCullough, M. E., Emmons, R. A., & Tsang, J. (2002). The grateful disposition: A conceptual and empirical topography. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 112-127.
  • McCullough, M. E., Fincham, F. D., & Tsang, J. (2003). Forgiveness, forbearance, and time: The temporal unfolding of transgression-related interpersonal motivations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 540-557.
  • McCullough, M. E., Tsang, J., & Emmons, R. A. (2004). Gratitude in "intermediate affective terrain": Grateful moods and their links to personality and daily life events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 295-309.
  • Rowatt, W. C., LaBouff, J. P., Johnson, M., Froese, P., & Tsang, J. (2009). Associations among religiousness, social attitudes, and prejudice in a national sample of American adults. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 1, 14-24.
  • Rowatt, W. C., Tsang, J., Kelly, J., LaMartina, B., McCullers, M., & McKinley, A. (2006). Personality, religion, and implicit homosexual prejudice. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 45, 397-406.
  • Tsang, J. (2007). Gratitude for small and large favors: A behavioral test. Journal of Positive Psychology, 2, 157-167.
  • Tsang, J. (2006). Gratitude and prosocial behavior: An experimental test of gratitude. Cognition and Emotion, 20, 138-148.
  • Tsang, J. (2006). The effects of helper intention on gratitude and indebtedness. Motivation and Emotion, 30, 198-204.
  • Tsang, J. (2002). Moral rationalization and the integration of situational factors and psychological processes in immoral behavior. Review of General Psychology, 6, 25-50.
  • Tsang, J., McCullough, M. E., & Fincham, F. D. (2006). The longitudinal association between forgiveness and relationship closeness and commitment. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 25, 448-472.
  • Tsang, J., McCullough, M. E., Hoyt, W. T. (2005). Psychometric and rationalization accounts for the religion-forgiveness discrepancy. Journal of Social Issues, 61, 785-805.
  • Tsang, J., & Rowatt, W. C. (2007). The relationship between religious orientation, right-wing authoritarianism, and implicit attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 17, 99-120.
  • Tsang, J., & Stanford, M. (2006). Forgiveness for intimate partner violence: The influence of victim and offender variables. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 653-664.

Other Publications:

  • Tsang, J., & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Measuring religious constructs: A hierarchical approach to construct organization and scale selection. In S. J. Lopez, & C. R. Snyder (Eds.), Positive psychological assessment: A handbook of models and measures (pp. 345-360). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Courses Taught:

  • Advanced Social Psychology
  • Introductory Psychology
  • Psychology of Religion
  • Social Psychology
  • Theories of Personality

Jo-Ann Tsang
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97334
Waco, Texas 76798-7334
United States of America

  • Phone: (254) 710-2259
  • Fax: (254) 710-3033

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