Professional Activities
Publications/Presentations/Grants
Under Current Review
Sebby, R. A., & Fitts, S. D. Increasing the desire for closeness to god as a result of secure base schema activation.
Fitts, S. D., Sebby, R. A., & Zlokovich, M. S. Humor styles as mediators of the shyness-loneliness relationship.
Publications
Sebby, R. A. & Schaefer, L. (2008). Change in religious beliefs, parental pressure, and attitudes of college students toward higher education as related to religious fundamentalism, Psychological Reports, 102, 345-356.
Palmer, J. B. & Sebby, R. A. (2003). Intrinsic-extrinsic religious orientation and individual coping style. Psychological Reports, 93 , 395-398.
Braun, S.A. & Sebby, R.A. (1997). Female and male postformal reasoning in
relation to feminine and masculine characteristics.
Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2, 153-163.
Braun, S. A. & Sebby, R.A. (1997). Males’ resolution of conflict in relation
to reasoning and sex-role characteristics. Psi
Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2. 58-68.
Sebby, R. A., & Papini, D. R. (1994). Post-formal reasoning during adolescence and young adulthood: The influence of problem relevancy. Adolescence, 29, 389-400.
Witte, K. L., Freund, J. S., & Sebby, R. A.
(1990). Age differences in free
recall and subjective organization. Psychology
and Aging, 5, 307-309.
Finney, P., Snell, W., & Sebby, R. A. (1989)
Assessment of Academic, Personal, and Career Development of Alumni From
Southeast Missouri State University, Teaching of Psychology, 16, 173-177.
Papini, D. R., Sebby, R. A., & Clark, S. M.
(1989). Affective quality of family
relations and adolescent identity exploration. Adolescence,
24, 457-466.
Papini, D. R., & Sebby, R. A. (1987). Variations
in conflictual family issues by adolescent pubertal status, gender, and family member. Journal of Early Adolescence, 8, 1-15.
Papini, D. R., & Sebby, R. A. (1987). Adolescent pubertal status and affective family
relationships: A multivariate assessment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 16, 1-15.
Sebby, R. A. (1987). Use of Verbal
and imaginal mediators in a hypotheses-testing task. Journal of Human Behavior and
Learning, 4, 54-59.
Sebby, R. A., & Witte, K. L. (1980). The effects of labeling upon
hypothesis-testing behavior. Bulletin
of the Psychonomic Society, 15, 191-193.
Papini, D. R., Sebby, R.A. & Atwood, D.W. (1987).
Higher education and cognitive developmental changes in adulthood: An integration of logic and experience. (Report No. CG019766). Fayetteville, AR:
University of Arkansas, Department of Home Economics. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED
279 957).
Papini, D. R., & Sebby, R. A. (1986). Multivariate assessment of adolescent
physical maturation as a source of family conflict.
In P. Huston (Ed.), Proceedings of the XIV Changing Family Conference. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press
Papini, D. R., & Sebby, R. A. (1985). Multivariate assessment of adolescent physical maturation as a source of change in family relations. Cape Girardeau, MO: Southeast Missouri State University. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 256 480)
Sebby, R. A. (1994). Test Bank to Accompany Life-span Developmental
Psychology, Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt
Brace Publishers.
Sebby, R. A., & Snell, W. E. (1991). Effects of age, gender, and personality on
preventive health behaviors. In
R.H.L.
Feldman (Ed.) Advances in Health
Education: Current Research Vol. 4, New
York: Academic Press.
Sebby, R. A. & Papini, D. R. (1991). Perceived problem relevancy and its
relationship to reasoning on everyday problems. In
J.D. Sinnott and J. C. Cavanaugh (Eds.), Bridging Paradigms: Positive Cognitive Development in Adulthood and
Aging, New York: Praeger.
Sebby, R. A., & Papini, D. R. (1989). Problems
in everyday problem-solving research: A
framework for conceptualizing solutions to everyday problems. In J. D. Sinnott (Ed.), Everyday Problem
Solving: Theory and applications. New York: Praeger.
Sebby, R. A., & Papini, D. R. (1987). Perceived problem relevancy and its relationship to reasoning on everyday problems. Third Beyond Formal Operations Symposium at Harvard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, June 25-27.
Selected Presentations
at Recent Professional Meetings
Sebby, R. A. & Schaefer, L. (2005, May). College student anti-intellectualism as influenced by religious fundamentalism and scx. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Sebby. R. A. (1999, April). Parental
attachment and stress as factors influencing religious belief. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the
Southwestern Psychological Association, Albuquerque, NM
Veneziano,
L., Sebby, R., Clark, L., Overbey, G., & Pollina. L.
(1994, August). Differentiating gifted
from nongifted college students with the five-factor personality theory. Paper presented at the annual convention of the
American Psychological Society.
Sebby, R. A. (1994, February). Development
of identity from adolescence to adulthood: The
influence of age, gender, and postformal reasoning. Paper
presented at the Biannual Convention of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA
Sebby, R. A. (1993, November). Paper
presented at Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA.
Sebby, R. A. & Curtis, S. (1993,
June). Relationship of identity status and
postformal reasoning among adolescents and adults. Paper
presented at the Eighth Annual Adult Development Symposium, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst.
Kellogg
Foundation,
(1990)
Institute
for Gerontology, S. E. Missouri State University,
College
of Health and Human Services
Proposal
to provide comprehensive day care/health promotion services to
rural
elderly in S.E. Missouri & S. Illinois, 1990 (non-funded).
Retirement
Research Foundation,
(1986)
Proposal to study individual autonomy during the
process
of long-term care, 1986 (non-funded)
Graduate
School,
(Spring 1988)
S.E.
Missouri State University,
Graduate
School,
(1988)
S.E.
Missouri State University,
Grants
and Research Funding Committee,
(1985)
S.E.
Missouri State University,
$3500.
Research
Services Council,
(1981)
University
of Nebraska-Kearney, 1981, $3200.