Chelsea Reid
Associate Professor of Psychology
Education
Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
B.A. in Psychology, Christopher Newport University
Research Interests
The goal of my research is to enhance understanding of how individuals form and maintain relationships. My primary interest is nostalgia as a means through which individuals maintain social connection. A secondary interest is balance theory and attitude alignment, the tendency of individuals to shift their attitudes to more closely match the attitudes of a partner. I also apply my interests by collaborating on research that intersects the disciplines of social psychology and positive psychology (e.g., forgiveness, humility) to maintain relationships.
Courses Taught
- PSYC 103: Introduction to Psychological Science
- PSYC 223: Social Psychology
- PSYC 397: Internship Experience
- PSYC 423: Social Psychology: Advanced Topics - Interpersonal Relationships
- PSYC 462: Advanced Social Psychology with Lab
Selected Publications
Undergraduate student coauthors are marked with an asterisk.
Green, J. D., Reid, C. A., Kneuer, M. A., & Hedgebeth, M. V. (2023). The Proust effect: Scents, foods, and nostalgia. Current Opinion in Psychology, 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101562
Reid, C. A., Green, J. D., *Buchmaier, S., *McSween, D., K., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2023). Food-evoked nostalgia. Cognition and Emotion, 37(1), 34-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2022.2142525
Reid, C. A., *Shoemaker, H. L., & *Wallace, D. M. (2021). Do relationship- and self-oriented deceptions impact the effect of attitude alignment on attraction? The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 155(5), 505-521. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2021.1918046
Reid, C. A., Green, J. D., Short, S. D., Willis, K. D., Moloney, J. M., Collison, E. A., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., & Gramling, S. (2020). The past as a resource for the bereaved: Nostalgia predicts declines in distress. Cognition and Emotion, 35(2), 256-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2020.1825339
Cheung, W. Y., Hepper, E. G., Reid, C. A., Green, J. D., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2020). Anticipated nostalgia: Looking forward to looking back. Cognition and Emotion, 34(3), 511-525.
Reid, C. A., Davis, J. L., & Green, J. D. (2019). Whatever it takes: Attitude alignment among couples in the wake of third-party rejection. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57(4), 853-868. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12322
Reid, C. A., Green, J. D., & Davis, J. L. (2018). Attitude alignment increases trust, respect, and perceived reasoning ability to produce attraction. Personal Relationships, 25(2), 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12237
Reid, C. A., Worthington, E. L., Jr., Garthe, R. C., Davis, D. E., Hook, J. N., Van Tongeren, D. R., & Griffin, B. J. (2018). Actor-partner interdependence of humility and relationship quality among couples transitioning to parenthood. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 13(2), 122-132. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2016.1233349
Reid, C. A., Davis, J. L, Pollack, J. M., & Coughlan, R. S. (2017). Balance theory revisited: Relevance of issue to the relationship affects imbalance-induced tension in workplace relationships. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 151(6), 547-565. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2017.1372342
Reid, C. A., Green, J. D., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2015). Scent-evoked nostalgia. Memory, 23(2), 157-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2013.876048
Reid, C. A., Davis, J. L., & Green, J. D. (2013). The power of change: Interpersonal attraction as a function of attitude similarity and attitude alignment. The Journal of Social Psychology, 153(6), 700-719. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2013.824404