Mark R. Leary, Garonzik Family Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Director of the Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research Center

Contact Info:

Office Location:	306 Soc/Psych, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-5750
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://sites.duke.edu/leary/

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Florida	1980
M.A.	University of Florida	1978
B.A.	West Virginia Wesleyan College	1976

Specialties:

Social Psychology

Research Interests: Social and Personality Psychology

At the most general level, my interests are in social and personality psychology, centering around topics involving self-awareness, interpersonal motivation and emotion, and interfaces of social and clinical psychology. I have been particularly interested in how people's behavior and emotion are affected by (a) their concerns about others' impressions, evaluations, and acceptance of them and (b) the ways in which they talk to themselves in their own minds. In the first vein, we have been investigating the fundamental human need for acceptance and belonging, how people go about seeking acceptance, and the emotional and interpersonal consequences of feeling inadequately accepted. In the second vein, we are studying the negative effects of excessive ego-involvement on emotion, performance, and interpersonal behavior, and the efficacy of hypo-egoic states in which people's egos exert minimal influence on their thoughts, feelings, and behavior.

Areas of Interest:

Social emotions
Interpersonal rejection
Impression management
Deleterious effects of ego-involvement

Curriculum Vitae

Postdocs Mentored

• Stephan Horvath (2010-2012)
• Meredith Terry (2008/07-present)

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Jongman-Sereno, KP; Leary, MR (2019). The Enigma of Being Yourself: A Critical Examination of the Concept of Authenticity. Review of General Psychology, 23(1), 133-142. [doi]  [abs]
2. Diebels, KJ; Leary, MR; Chon, D (2018). Individual differences in selfishness as a major dimension of personality: A reinterpretation of the sixth personality factor. Review of General Psychology, 22(4), 367-376. [doi]  [abs]
3. Martin, JL; Smart Richman, L; Leary, MR (2018). A lasting sting: Examining the short-term and long-term effects of real-life group rejection. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 21(8), 1109-1124. [doi]  [abs]
4. Stutts, LA; Leary, MR; Zeveney, AS; Hufnagle, AS (2018). A longitudinal analysis of the relationship between self-compassion and the psychological effects of perceived stress. Self and Identity, 17(6), 609-626. [doi]  [abs]
5. Parrish, MH; Inagaki, TK; Muscatell, KA; Haltom, KEB; Leary, MR; Eisenberger, NI (2018). Self-compassion and responses to negative social feedback: The role of fronto-amygdala circuit connectivity. Self and Identity, 17(6), 723-738. [doi]  [abs]