Thomas W. Britt
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Thomas Britt is a Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Clemson University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1994 before entering active duty as a research psychologist in the U.S. Army. Dr. Britt left active duty in 1999 (he received an honorable discharge as a Major) and spent a year at King College before moving to Clemson University in 2000.
He currently serves as an editorial board member of Military Psychology and the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. He has published over 40 empirical articles and multiple book chapters, and has been an editor for a book and four-volume series in areas of Military Psychology. His research focuses on the predictors and consequences of self engagement in life activities, the search for factors that predict morale and resiliency for soldiers participating in different military operations, and the stigma of admitting psychological problems to different audiences.
Primary Interests:
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Health Psychology
- Organizational Behavior
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
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- Britt, T. W. (2005). The effects of identity-relevance and task difficulty on task motivation, stress, and performance. Motivation and Emotion, 29, 189-202.
- Britt, T. W. (1993). Metatraits: Evidence relevant to the validity of the construct and its implications. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 554-562.
- Britt, T. W. (1992). The Self-Consciousness Scale: On the stability of the three factor structure. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 18, 748-755.
- Britt, T.W., Adler, A.B., Bliese, P.D., & Moore, D. (in press). Morale as a moderator of the combat exposure-PTSD symptom relationship. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
- Britt, T. W., & Bliese, P. B. (2003). Testing the stress-buffering effects of self engagement among soldiers on a military operation. Journal of Personality, 72, 245-265.
- Britt, T. W., Castro, C. A., & Adler, A. B. (2005). Self engagement, stressors, and health: A longitudinal study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1475-1486.
- Britt, T.W., Dickinson, J.M., Moore, D.M., Castro, C.A., & Adler, A.B. (2007). Correlates and consequences of morale versus depression under stressful conditions. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 12, 34-47.
- Britt, T. W., & Garrity, M.J. (2006). The role of attributions and personality in the road rage response. British Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 127-147.
- Britt, T.W., McKibben, E.S. Greene-Shortridge, T.M., Beeco, A., Bodine, A. Calcaterra, J., Evers, T., McNab, J., & West, A. (2010). Self engagement as a predictor of performance and emotional reactions to performance outcomes. British Journal of Social Psychology, 49, 237-257.
- Britt, T.W., McKibben, E.S., Greene-Shortridge, T.M., Odle-Dusseau, H.N., & Herleman, H.A. (2012). Self engagement moderates the mediated relationship between organizational constraints and organizational citizenship behaviors via rated leadership. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42, 1830-1846.
- Britt, T.W., Millard, M. R., Sundareswaran, P.T., & Moore, D. (2009). Personality variables predict strength-related attitude dimensions across objects. Journal of Personality, 77, 859-882.
- Britt, T.W., Pusilo, C., McKibben, E.S., Kelley, C., Baker, A.N., & Nielson, K.A. (2011). Personality and strength-related attitude dimensions: Between and within-person relationships. Journal of Research in Personality, 45, 586-596.
- Britt, T. W., & Shepperd, J. A. (1999). Trait relevance and trait assessment. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 3, 108-122.
- Britt, T.W., Wright, K.M., & Moore, D. (2012). Leadership as a predictor of stigma and practical barriers toward receiving mental health treatment: A multilevel approach. Psychological Services, 9, 26-37.
- Odle-Dusseau, H.N., Britt, T.W., & Greene-Shortridge, T.M. (2012). Organizational work-family policies as resources as predictors of job performance and attitudes: The process of work-family conflict and enrichment. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 17, 28-40.
- Schlenker, B. R., & Britt, T. W. (1999). Beneficial impression management: Strategically controlling information to help friends. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 559-573.
- Schlenker, B. R., Britt, T. W., Pennington, J., Murphy, R., & Doherty, K. (1994). The triangle model of responsibility. Psychological Review, 101, 632-652.
- Wood, C., & Britt, T. W. (2006). The interactive effects of homosexual speech and sexual orientation on the stigmatization of men: Evidence for expectancy violation theory. Journal of Language and Social Psychology,25, 437-456.
- Wood, M.D., Britt, T.W., Wright, K.M., Thomas, J.L., & Bliese, P.D. (2012). Benefit finding at war: A matter of time. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 25, 307-314.
- Zinzow, H., Britt, T.W., McFadden, A., Burnette, C., Gillespie, S. (2012). Connecting active duty and returning veterans to mental health treatment: Interventions and treatment adaptations that may reduce barriers to care. Clinical Psychology Review, 32, 741-753.
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Experimental Psychology
- Advanced Social Psychology (graduate course)
- Attitude Theory (graduate course)
- Introduction to Psychology
- Organizational Stress (graduate course)
- Social Psychology
Thomas W. Britt
Department of Psychology
418 Brackett Hall
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina 29634
United States of America
- Phone: (864) 656-4979
- Fax: (864) 656-0358