Publications
  Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2010). Red fish, blue fish: Biological and psychosocial responses to discrimination. In J. Jetten, S.A. Haslam, & C. Haslam (Eds.), The social cure. Forthcoming.
  Anisman, H., Merali, Z., Matheson, K., & Abizaid, A. (2009). Stress, trauma and substance abuse/dependence. In F. Vaccarino (Ed). Substance Abuse in Canada, forthcoming.
  Bombay, A., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2009). Intergenerational Trauma among First Nations: Communities in Crisis. Invited review paper. National Aboriginal Health Organization: Ottawa, ON. in press
  Jorden, S., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2009). Supportive and unsupportive social interactions in relation to cultural adaptation and psychological symptoms among Somali refugees. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, in press.
  Matheson, K., Wohl, M., & Anisman, H. (2009). Appraisals, coping styles, and depressive symptoms among young male and female gamblers. Social Psychology, in press.
  Ysseldyk, R., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2009). Forgiveness and the appraisal-coping process in response to relationship conflicts: Implications for depressive affect. Stress, in press.
  Ysseldyk, R., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2009). Religiosity as identity: Toward an understanding of religion from a social identity theory perspective. Personality and Social Psychology Review, in press.
  Anisman, H., Matheson, K., & Hayley, S. (2008). Neurochemical and transmitter models of depression. In K.S. Dobson, & D. Dozois (Eds.), Risk factors for depression (pp. 63-90). NY: Elsevier Science.
  Matheson, K. (2008). Moving mountains: How universities can enable social innovation. Open Source Business Review.
  Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2008). Anger and shame elicited by discrimination: Moderating role of coping on action endorsements and salivary cortisol. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 1-23.
  Matheson, K., Gill, R., Kelly, O., & Anisman, H. (2008). Cortisol and cardiac reactivity in the context of sex discrimination: The moderating effects of mood and perceived control. The Open Psychology Journal, 1, 1-10.
  Matheson, K., Jorden, S., & Anisman, H. (2008). Relations between trauma experiences and psychological, physical and neuroendocrine functioning among Somali refugees: Mediating role of coping with acculturation stressors. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 10, 291-304.
  Michaud, K., Kelly, O. Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2008). Impact of stressors in a natural context on release of cortisol in healthy adult humans: A meta-analysis. Stress, 11, 177-197.
  Wohl, M. J. A., Lyon, M., Young, M. M., Donnelly, C., Matheson, M., & Anisman, H. (2008). Episodic cessation of Gambling: A Numerically Aided Phenomenological Analysis. International Gambling Studies, 8, 249-264.
  Wohl, M., Matheson, K., Young, M., & Anisman, H. (2008). Morning cortisol elevations among problem gamblers: Dissociation from comorbid symptoms of depression and impulsivity. Journal of Gambling Studies, 24, 79-90.
  Young M.M., Wohl, M.J., Matheson, K., Baumann, S., & Anisman, H. (2008). The desire to gamble: the influence of outcomes on the priming effects of a gambling episode. Journal of Gambling Studies, 24, 275-93.
  Ysseldyk, R., & Matheson, K. (2007). Forgiveness and coping. In W. Malcolm, N. DeCourville, & K. Belick (Eds.), Women's reflections on the complexities of forgiveness. New York: Routledge.
  Cole, B., Matheson, & Anisman, H. (2007). Academic performance and well-being: The moderating role of ethnic identity and social support. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 592-615.
  Kelly, O., Matheson, K., Martinez, A., Merali, Z., Anisman, H. (2007). Psychosocial stress evoked by a virtual audience: Relation to neuroendocrine activity. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 10, 655-662.
  Kelly, O., Matheson, K., Ravindrun, A., Merali, Z. & Anisman, H. (2007). Ruminative coping and dysthymia. Depression and Anxiety, 24, 233-234.
  Matheson, K., Skomorovsky, A., Fiocco, A., & Anisman, H. (2007). The limits of 'adaptive' coping: Well-being and affective reactions to stressors among women in abusive dating relationships. Stress, 10, 75-92.
  Ysseldyk, R., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2007). Rumination: Bridging a gap between forgivingness, vengefulness, and psychological health. Personality and Individual Differences, 42, 1573-1584.
  Gill, R., & Matheson, K. (2006). Responses to discrimination: The role of emotion and expectations for emotional regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 149-161.
  Goldenberg, I., Matheson, K., & Mantler, J. (2006). The assessment of emotional intelligence: A comparison of performance-based and self-report methodologies. Journal of Personality Assessment, 86, 23-35.
  Matheson, K., Kelly, O., Cole, B., Tannenbaum, B., Dodd, C., & Anisman, H. (2005). Parental bonding and depressive affect: The mediating role of coping resources. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 371-395.
  Anisman, H., & Matheson, K. (2005). Anhedonia and depression: Caveats of animal models. Neuroscience Biobehavioral Reviews, 29, 525-546.
  Goldenberg, I., & Matheson, K. (2005). The relation between inner representations and coping in recovering from traumatic experiences. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 27, 361-369.
  Kress, P., & Matheson, K. (2005). Understanding sadomasochism: An examination of current perspectives. Journal of Homosexuality, 50 (2/3), 133-166.
  Mantler, J., Matejicek, A., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2005). Coping with employment uncertainty: Strategies of employed and unemployed workers. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 10, 200-209.
  Offman, A., & Matheson, K. (2005). Sexual compatibility and sexual functioning in intimate relationships. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 14, 21-29.
  Matheson, K., & Cole, B. (2004). Coping with a threatened group identity: Psychological and neuroendocrine responses. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 777-786.
  Offman, A., & Matheson, K. (2004). Women's sexual identity as a function of the quality of their relationship. Sex Roles, 51, 551-560.
  Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2003). Systems of coping associated with dysphoria, anxiety, and depressive illness: A multivariate profile perspective. Stress, 6, 223-234.
  Matheson, K., Cole, B., & Majka, K. (2003). Dissidence from within: Examining intragroup reactions to attitudinal opposition. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 161-169.
  Terrance, C., & Matheson, K. (2003). The effects of posttraumatic stress disorder nomenclature on the success of the plea of battered women who kill. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 27, 37-45.
  Ravindran, A.V., Matheson, K., Griffiths, J., Merali, Z., & Anisman, H. (2002). Stress, coping, uplifts, and quality of life in subtypes of depression: A conceptual frame and emerging data. Journal of Affective Disorders, 71, 121-130.
  Dobreva-Martinova, T., Villeneuve, M., Strickland, L., & Matheson, K. (2002). Occupational role stress in the Canadian Forces: Its association with individual and organizational well-being. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 34, 111-121.
  Anisman, H. Griffiths, J., Matheson, K., Ravindran, A,.& Merali, Z. (2001). Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Salivary Cortisol Following a Severe Ice-Storm. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 1509-1511.
  Matheson, K., & Dursun, S. (2001). Biased responses to an unbiased media: The media war in the Bosnian conflict. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 4, 117-126.
  Matheson, K., Warren, K., Foster, M., & Painter, C. (2000). Reactions to affirmative action: Seeking the bases for resistance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 1013-1038.
  Terrance, C., Matheson, K., & Spanos, N. (2000). Effects of judicial instructions and case characteristics in a mock jury trial of battered women who kill. Journal of Law and Human Behavior, 24(2), 207-229.
  Terrance, C., Matheson, K., Allard, C., & Schnarr, J. (2000). The role of social context and memory retrieval techniques on the false construction of memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 14, 361-378.
  Foster, M. D., & Matheson, K. (1999). Perceiving and responding to the personal/group discrimination discrepancy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1319-1329.
  Foster, M. D., & Matheson, K. (1998). Perceiving and feeling personal discrimination: Motivation or inhibition for collective action? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 1, 165-174.
  Foster, M., & Matheson, K. (1995). Double relative deprivation: Combining the personal and political. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 1167-1177.
  Matheson, K., Echenberg, A., Taylor, D.M, Rivers, R., & Chow, I. (1994). Women's attitudes toward affirmative action: Putting action into context. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24, 2075-2096.
  Foster, M., & Matheson, K., & Poole, M. (1994). Coping with discrimination: The effects of societal versus self blame. Journal of Social Psychology, 134, 743-754.
  Matheson, K. (1992) Women and computer technology: Communicating for herself. In M. Lea (ed.) Contexts of computer-mediated communication. UK: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
  Matheson, K., Holmes, J.G., & Kristiansen, C.M. (1991). The impact of observational goals on cognitions and behavior in a computerized negotiation context. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 27, 138-160.
  Matheson, K. (1991). Social cues in computer-mediated negotiations: Gender makes a difference. Computers in Human Behavior, 7, 137-145.
  Kristiansen, C.M., & Matheson, K. (1990). Value justification, integrative complexity, and attitudes toward nuclear weapons. Journal of Social Psychology, 130, 665-675.
  Matheson, K., & Zanna, M.P. (1990). Computer-mediated communication: The focus is on me. Social Science Computer Review, 8, 1-12.
  Matheson, K., & Zanna, M.P. (1989). Persuasion as a function of self-awareness in computer-mediated communication. Social Behaviour, 4, 99-111.
  Matheson, K., & Zanna, M.P. (1988). Self-awareness in computer-mediated communication. Computers in Human Behavior, 4, 221-233.
  Matheson, K., & Kristiansen, C.M. (1987). Gender-biased pronoun use: A reflection of sexist attitudes or the social structure? Journal of Social Psychology, 4, 395-398.
  Matheson, K., & Strickland, L.S. (1986). The stereotype of the computer scientist. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 18, 15-24.
 
Recent Selected Conference Papers
  Bombay, A., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2009). Exaggerated stressor effects in offspring of Indian Residential School Survivors: Relation to depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, Florida.
  Bombay, A., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2009). Reactions to and Psychological Impacts of the Indian Residential Schools Apology: Perspectives of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Peoples. Invited talk at the Third Triennial Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.
  Raspopow, K., Abizaid, A., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2009). The development of emotional eating, and potential implications for obesity. Presentation accepted for the 1st Canadian National Obesity Summit in Kananaskis, AB.
  Raspopow, K., Abizaid, A., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2009). The role of the social network in eating behavior: Antecedents and consequences of emotional eating. Paper presented at 10th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference in Tampa, FL.
  Talebi, M., Ysseldyk, R., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2009, February). Religion and Forgiveness are Related After All: Evidence for a Religion-Forgiveness Link and Implications for Psychological Health. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
  Wayne, C., Danielson, W., Matheson, K. & Anisman, H. (2009) Dating Abuse: Appraisal and Coping Processes. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa Bay, FL.
  Ziebell, L., Matheson, K., Soberman H., & Anisman, H., (2009, February). Relations between Social Support, Loneliness and Psychological Abuse on Depression among Women in Dating Relationships. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, Florida.
  Bombay, A., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2008). Perceived discrimination, in-group rejection and depressive symptoms among offspring of Indian Residential School Survivors in Canada. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Nova Scotia.
  Bombay, A., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2008). The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools. Invited talk at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Ontario.
  Michaud, K., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2008). Effects of distress and cortisol levels following trauma reminders on memory recognition. Poster presented to the 69th Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). Annual Convention held in Halifax, June 13-15, 2008.
  Michaud, K., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2008). The effect of previous trauma history and coping strategies on subsequent stressor-related appraisal. Poster presented to 9th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference held in Alburque, New Mexico, Feb. 7-9, 2008.
  Raspopow, K., Matheson, K., Anisman, H. (2008). With friends like that, who needs enemies: The relevance of unsupportive social interactions on health pathologies. Poster presented at the 69th Annual Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) convention in Halifax, NS.
  Raspopow, K., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2008). With a little help from my friends: The role of portrayed victim emotions on ingroup member helping responses. Poster presented at 9th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) conference in Albuquerque, NM.
  Ysseldyk, R., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2008). Coping with a Threatened Identity: Implications for Affect and Actions Endorsed. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
  Hyde, S., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2007). Gender differences in types of psychological abuse experienced in dating relationships and impacts on well-being. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Canada.
  Kelly, O., Matheson, K., Davis, C., & Anisman, H. (2007). Loneliness, coping and depression: A longitudinal perspective. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Canada.
  Raspopow, K., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2007). The effect of victim shame following discrimination on ingroup member anger. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Canada.
  Ysseldyk, R., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2007). Religious identity and depressive affect: The role of appraisal-coping processes. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, Canada.
  Danielson, A.M., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2007). Recognizing psychological abuse: The role of (un)reciprocated aggression and abuse in women's own dating relationships. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
  Matheson, K., Ofleh, I., & Anisman, H. (2007). Experiences of collective vs. personal trauma among Somali refugees to Canada: The role of social support resources in relation to functional and psychological well-being. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
  Michaud, K., Anisman, H. & Matheson, K. (2007). The interfering effect of trauma-related pictures on recognition memory discriminability. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
  Raspopow, K., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2007). Witnessing discrimination: Acting out of empathy or anger. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
  Ysseldyk, R., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2007). Forgiveness and the appraisal-coping process in response to relationship conflicts: Implications for well-being. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
  Ysseldyk, R., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2006). Dispositions toward forgiveness and revenge in relation to stress appraisals, coping styles, and psychological well-being. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary, AB.
  Raspopow, K., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2006). Social support and advice reactions in response to discrimination: Same support, but different motives. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

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