• PhD, Ohio State University

My research examines the factors that predict whether or not people's mental contents (i.e., thoughts, feelings, attitudes, beliefs) will have impact in guiding judgment and behavior. Some of this work examines different metacognitive aspects of the mental contents themselves, such as attitude certainty, ambivalence, or self-concept clarity that predict the impactfulness of those mental contents to which they refer.  Other work examines general mindsets that can affect reliance on one's mental contents more generally, such as trait and state levels or confidence and mindfulness-related concepts like decentering.

• DeMarree, K. G., Petty, R. E., Briñol, P., & Xia, J. (in press). Documenting individual differences in the propensity to hold attitudes with certainty. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
• Weng, J., & DeMarree, K. G. (2019). An examination of whether mindfulness can predict the relationship between objective and subjective attitudinal ambivalence. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 854.
• DeMarree, K. G., Naragon-Gainey, K., & Giancola, A. (2019). Decentering constructs predict experience and tolerance of pain: Evidence from a cold pressor study. International Journal of Social Psychology, 34(3), 535-562.
• Light, A. E., Rios, K., & DeMarree, K. G. (2018). Self-uncertainty and the influence of alternative goals on self-regulation. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(1), 24-36.
• Itzchakov, G., DeMarree, K. G., & Kluger, A. N. (2018). The listener sets the tone: High-quality listening increases attitude clarity and behavior-intention consequences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(5), 762-778.
• DeMarree, K. G., Clark, C. J., Wheeler, S. C., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2017). On the pursuit of desired attitudes: Wanting a different attitude affects information processing and behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 129-142.
• Naragon-Gainey, K., & DeMarree, K. G. (2017). Decentering attenuates the associations of negative affect and positive affect with psychopathology. Clinical Psychological Science, 5(6), 1027-1047.
• Naragon-Gainey, K., & DeMarree, K. G. (2017). Structure and validity of measures of decentering and defusion. Psychological Assessment, 29(7), 935-954.
• Lodi-Smith, J., & DeMarree, K. G. (Eds.). (2017). Self-concept clarity: Perspectives on assessment, research, and applications. New York, NY: Springer.
• DeMarree, K. G., & Bobrowski, M. E. (2017). Structure and Validity of Self-Concept Clarity Measures. In J. Lodi-Smith & K. G. DeMarree (Eds.), Self-concept clarity: Perspectives on assessment, research, and applications (pp. 1-17). New York, NY: Springer.
• Serra, M. J., & DeMarree, K. G. (2016). Unskilled and unaware in the classroom: College students’ desired grades bias their grade predictions. Memory & Cognition, 44(7), 1127-1137.
• DeMarree, K. G., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2015). Reducing subjective ambivalence by creating doubt: A metacognitive approach. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6(7), 731-739.
• Rios, K., DeMarree, K. G., & Statzer, J. (2014). Attitude certainty and conflict style: Divergent effects of correctness and clarity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(7), 819-830.
• DeMarree, K. G., Wheeler, S. C., Briñol, P., & Petty, R. E. (2014). Wanting other attitudes: Actual–desired attitude discrepancies predict feelings of ambivalence and ambivalence consequences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 53(1), 5-18.
• DeMarree, K. G., & Rios, K. (2014). Understanding the relationship between self-esteem and self-clarity: The role of desired self-esteem. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 50, 202-209.