4. Publications

Updated citations with links to full papers can be found on Dr. Rachel Smallman’s Google Scholar page or Scholars@TAMU page.
(*graduate student authors, ** undergraduate student authors)

2023​​

  • Arthur, K. M.*, Fields, S., Smallman, R. (2023). A mixed-method analysis of counterfactual thinking, negative event themes, and the transtheoretical model in a community sample of smokers. Journal of Health Psychology, 28(9), 846-860.
  • Fields, S., Arthur, K.*, Schueler, J.*, & Smallman, R. (2023). Using counterfactual-based intervention to change eating intentions: Results from Hispanic and non-Hispanic undergraduate and community samples. Appetite, 106460

2022​​​​​

  • Smallman, R., Summerville, A., & Lowe, J.C.* (2022). The spontaneous counterfactual inference task: Misremembering what might have been. ​Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 
  • Khoudary, M.*, O’Neill, K., Faul, L., Murray, S., Smallman, R., & De Brigard, F. (in press). Neural differences between dispositional and situational episodic counterfactual thoughts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 
  • Grundmann, F.*, Smallman, R., & Epstude, K. (2022). Grandiose narcissism shapes counterfactual thinking (and regret): Direct and indirect evidence. Journal of Research in Personality, 99, 104235.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104235
  • Smallman, R., Arthur, K. M.*, Dvorak, R. D., & Fields, S. A (2022). From If-Then to Here and Now: Using Personalized Counterfactuals from Past Negative Experiences to Reduce Future Alcohol Consequences. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology.                                   https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000568
  • Maitner, A. T. DeCoster, J., Andersson, P. A., Eriksson, K., Sherbaji, S., Giner-Sorolla, R., Mackie, D. M., Aveyard, M., Claypool, H. M., Crisp, R. J., Gritskov, V., Habjan, K., Hartanto, A., Kiyonari, T., Kuzminska, A. O., Manesi, Z., Molho, C., Munasinghe, A., Peperkoorn, L.S., Shiramizu, V., Smallman, R., Soboleva, N., Stivers, A.W., Summerville, A., Wu, B., & Wu, K. (2022). Perceptions of emotional functionality: Similarities and differences among dignity, face, and honor cultures. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 53, ​263-288.       https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221211065108

2021

  • Aram, M., Smallman, R., Fields, S. A., Larez, A., Glantz, N., & Kerr, D. (2021). Ethnicity, age and education influence perceptions of vegetables healthiness and macronutrient content. Nutrition and Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/02601060211051195
  • De Leon, A. N.*, Dvorak, R. D., Smallman, R., Arthur, K.*, & Piercey, C. (2021). Using counterfactual thinking theory to change alcohol protective behavioral strategy use intentions. British Journal of Health Psychology, 27, 159-178. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12535
  • Stanley, M. L.*, Cabeza, R., Smallman, R., & De Brigard, F. (2021). Memory and counterfactual simulations for past wrongdoings foster moral learning and improvement. Cognitive Science 45, e13007.  10.1111/cogs.13007

2020

  • Gamlin, J.*, Smallman, R., Epstude, K., & Roese, N. J. (2020). Dispositional optimism weakly predicts upward, rather than downward, counterfactual thinking: A prospective correlational study using episodic recall. Plos One, 15, e0237644.    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237644
  • He, Y.*, Payne, S. C., Yao, X., & Smallman, R. (2020). Improving workplace safety by thinking about what might have been: A first look at the role of counterfactual thinking. ​Journal of Safety Research​, 72, 153-164. 10.1016/j.jsr.2019.12.010
  • Smallman, R., Summerville, A., Walker, R. J.*, & Becker, B.* (2020). Counterfactual thought. In K. Sweeny & M. L. Robbins (Eds.), ​The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology: Volume II, The Social Bases of Health Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119057840.ch52

2018

  • ​Smallman, R., Ramos, A.*, Dickey, K.*, Dowd, S.*, & Fields, S. (2018). If only I wasn’t so impulsive: Counterfactual thinking and delay-discounting. ​Personality and Individual Differences​, 135, 212-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.07.023
  • Smallman, R., & Summerville, A. (2018). Counterfactual thought in reasoning and performance. ​Social and Personality Psychology Compass​, 12(4), e12376. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12376​

2017

  • Fields, S. A., Smallman, R., Hicks, J., Lange, K.*, & Thamotharan, S.* (2017). Narrowing of attention following food cue exposure in emerging adults: Does impulsivity matter? ​Personality and Individual Differences​, 108, 144-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.12.012​
  • ​Roese, N. J., Smallman, R., & Epstude, K. (2017). Do episodic counterfactual thoughts focus on controllable action?: The role of self-initiation. ​Journal of Experimental Social Psychology​, 73, 14-23.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2017.05.006​
  • Smallman, R., & Becker, B.* (2017). Motivational differences in seeking out evaluative categorization information. ​Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin​, 43(7), 1020-1032. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217704191​
  • Vermillion, S. D.*, Malak, R. J., Smallman, R., Becker, B.*, Sferra, M.*, & Fields, S. (2017). An investigation on using serious gaming to study human decision-making in engineering contexts. ​Design Science​, 3, 1-27. Open Access.

2016

  • Lench, H. C., Smallman, R., & Berg, L. A.* (2016). Moving toward a brighter future: The effects of desire on judgments about the likelihood of future events. ​Motivation Science​, 2(1), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000029​
  • Ramos, A.*, Becker, B.*, Biemer, J.**, Clark, L.**, Fields, S., & Smallman, R. (2016). The role of counterfactual thinking on attitudes toward ADHD medication use. ​Substance Use & Misuse​, 51(4), 508-516. 10.3109/10826084.2015.1126739
  • Smith, P., Smallman, R., & Rucker, D. (2016). Power and categorization: Power increases the number and abstractness of categories. ​Social Psychological and Personality Science​, 7(3), 281-289. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550615619760​
  • ​Walker, R. J.*, Smallman, R., Summerville, A., & Deska, J. C.* (2016). Motivated by us but not by them: Group membership influences the impact of counterfactual thinking on behavioral intentions. ​Social Cognition​, 34(4), 386-305. Open Access.

​2015​​

  • ​Lench, H. C., Domsky, D., Smallman, R., & Darbor, K. E.* (2015). Beliefs in moral luck: When and why blame hinges on luck. ​British Journal of Psychology​, 106(2), 272-287. 10.1111/bjop.12072
  • Seto, E.*, Hicks, J. A., Davis, W. E.*, & Smallman, R. (2015). Free will, counterfactual reflection, and the meaningfulness of life events. ​Social Psychology and Personality Science​, 6(3), 243-250. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550614559603​
  • Vermillion, S. D.*, Malak, R. J., Smallman, R., & Linsey, J. (2015). A study on outcome framing and risk attitude in engineering decisions under uncertainty. ​Journal of Mechanical Design​, 137(8).

2014​​

  • ​Lench, H. C., Smallman, R., Darbor, K. E.*, & Bench, S. W.* (2014). Motivated perception of probabilistic information. ​Cognition​, 133(2), 429-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2014.08.001​
  • McCullock, K. C., & Smallman, R. (2014). The implications of counterfactual mind-sets for the functioning of implementation intentions. ​Motivation and Emotion​, 38(5), 635-644. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-014-9408-3​
  • Smallman, R., Becker, B.*, & Roese, N. J. (2014). Preferences for expressing preferences: People prefer finer evaluative distinctions for liked than disliked objects. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 54, 217-217.​ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2013.12.004​
  • Vermillion, S.*, Malak, R. J., Smallman, R., & Fields, S. (2014). Serious gaming for design and systems engineering research. Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE). DETC2014-35219.
  • Vermillion, S.*, Malak, R. J., Smallman, R.,​​ & Fields, S. (2014). Studying the sunk cost effect in engineering decision making with serious gaming.  Proceedings of the 6th International Design Computing and Cognition (DCC) conference. 
  • Vermillion, S.*, Malak, R. J., Smallman, R.,​ & Fields, S. (2014). Linking normative and descriptive research with serious gaming. Procedia Computer Science: 2014 Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER14).

2013​​

  • ​Smallman, R. (2013). It’s what’s inside that counts: The role of counterfactual content in intention formation. ​Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,​ 49, 842-851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2013.05.004​

2012​

  • ​Smallman, R., & McCulloch, K. C. (2012). Learning from yesterday’s mistakes to fix tomorrow’s problems: When functional counterfactual thinking and psychological distance collide. ​European Journal of Social Psychology​, 42(3), 383-390. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.1858​

2009​​

  • Roese, N. J., Epstude, K., Fessel, F., Morrison, M., Smallman, R., Summerville, A., Galinsky, A. D., & Segerstrom, S. (2009). Repetitive regret, depression, and anxiety: Findings from a nationally representative survey. ​Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology​, 28(6), 671-688. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2009.28.6.671​
  • Smallman, R., & Roese, N. J. (2009). Counterfactual thinking facilitates behavioral intentions. ​Journal of Experimental Social Psychology​, 45(4), 845-852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2009.03.002​
  • ​Smallman, R., & Roese, N. J. (2009). Valence-dependent self-scrutiny in judgments of event impact. ​Social Cognition​, 27(6), 834-846.      https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2009.27.6.834​​

2008​​​

  • Roese, N. J., Park, S., Smallman, R., & Gibson, C. (2008). Schizophrenia involves impairment in the activation of intention by counterfactual thinking. ​Schizophrenia Research​, 103(1-3), 343. 10.1016/j.schres.2007.05.006​
  • Smallman, R., & Roese, N. J. (2008). Preference invites categorization. ​Psychological Science​, 19(12), 1228-1232.    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02229.x
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