Thanks for your interest in our work! Here you can find links to my published papers, organized by content area. If you do not have access to the journal a paper is published in, feel free to send me an email. The original version of the papers below are all available upon request.
General Socioecological Psychology
| Meagher, B. R., Goldammer, L., Hennessey, J. P., & Greenwald, M. O.(2026). Qualities of relationally restorative places. Journal of Environmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.103227 |
| Marsh, K. L., & Meagher, B. R. (2026). Social ecological psychology and interpersonal coordination. In T. Nonaka, V. C. Romero, M. Segundo-Ortin, M, & J. B. Wagman (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of ecological psychology (pp. 377-396). Routledge. |
| Meagher, B. R. (2025). A social relations model of interpersonal distance preference. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 49, 425-441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-025-00493-0 |
| Marsh, K. L., Meagher, B. R., & Burt, C. J. (2025). Designing meaningful environments post-Darwin: How spaces affect perceptions & behaviors. In T. Glass & L. T. Graham (Eds.), People and spaces: Experience, ethics, and intent (pp. 51-63). Routledge. |
| Meagher, B. R. (2025). Socio-ecological attunement: Social attitudes influence the detection of affordances. Ecological Psychology, 37(1), 7-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407413.2024.2365765 |
| Krause, A. N., Meagher, B. R., & Weisberg, S. M.(2024). Unlocking coherence: The lock-and-key metaphor in the psychology of place. Ecological Psychology, 36(4), 283-299. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407413.2024.2397772 |
| Maxwell, N. P., Huff, M. J., Hajnel, A., Namias, J. M., Blau, J. J. C., Day, B., Marsh, K. L., Meagher, B. R., Shelley-Tremblay, J. F., Thomas, G. F., & Wagman, J. B. (2024). Affordance norms for 2825 concrete nouns. Behavior Research Methods. 56. 8480-8491.https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02486-1 |
| Marsh, K. L., & Meagher, B. R. (2023). Humanizing ecological psychology: Heft’s incorporation of the sociohistorical into perceiving and acting. In M. Segundo-Ortin, M. Heras-Escribano, and V. Raja (Eds.), Places, sociality, and ecological psychology: Essays in honor of Harry Heft (pp. 125-137). Routledge. |
| Meagher, B. R. (2020). Ecologizing social psychology: The physical environment as a necessary constituent of social processes. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 24(1), 3-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868319845938 |
| Meagher, B. R. (2017). Judging the gender of the inanimate: Benevolent sexism and gender stereotypes guide impressions of physical objects. British Journal of Social Psychology, 56(3), 537-560. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12198 |
| Meagher, B. R., & Marsh, K. L. (2017). Seeking the safety of sociofugal space: Environmental design preferences following social ostracism. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 68, 192-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2016.07.004 |
| Marsh, K. L., & Meagher, B. R. (2016). Affordances and interpersonal coordination. In P. Passos, K. Davids, & J.Y. Chow (Eds.), Interpersonal coordination and performance in social systems (pp. 245-258). Routledge. |
| Meagher, B. R., & Marsh, K. L. (2015). Testing an ecological account of spaciousness in real and virtual environments. Environment and Behavior, 47(7), 782-815. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916514525039 |
| Meagher, B. R., & Marsh, K. L. (2014). The costs of cooperation: Action-specific perception in the context of joint action. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40(1), 429-444. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033850 |
| Meagher, B. R., & Fowler, C. A. (2014). Embedded articulation: shifts in location influence speech production. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 29(5), 561-567. https://doi.org/10.1080/01690965.2013.791704 |
The Psychology of Home
| Meagher, B. R. (2026). Bringing friendship home: Home interactions as a predictor of closer interpersonal relationships. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 110, 102903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102903 |
| Meagher, B. R. (2025). Gracious hosts and welcomed guests: Implicit theories of good hosts and good visitors. The Journal of Positive Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2025.2469517 |
| Meagher, B. R., Kraus, S., Alvarez-Gomez, A., Donahue, K., Kennedy, T. M., Kline, C., Miller, K. L., Moran, E., & Shampine, M. (2024). Predicting home attachment through its psychological costs and benefits: Restoration, space, and social relationships. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 98, 102404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102404 |
| Meagher, B. R., Cook, J., Silver, S. C., Van Doosselaere, M., Wint, J. I., & Zheng, X. (2023). Be our guest: The development of the Interpersonal Hospitality Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 105(2), 203-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2022.2052302 |
| Meagher, B. R. & Cheadle, A. D. (2020). Distant from others, but close to home: The relationship between home attachment and mental health during COVID-19. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 72, 101516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101516 |
| Meagher, B. R. (2016). There’s no place like a neurotic’s home: Neuroticism moderates the prioritization of restorative properties in home environments. Journal of Individual Differences, 37(4), 260-267. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000213 |
College & University Housing
College & University Housing
| Meagher, B. R., & Anderson, B. (2024). There’s no place like dorm: Actual-ideal dorm ambiance as a unique predictor of undergraduate mental health. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 37(4), 446-459. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2023.2265307 |
| Meagher, B. R. (2020). Seeing yourself in your room: The relationship between undergraduate flourishing and identification with student housing. Journal of College and University Student Housing, 47(1), 28-42. https://www.nxtbook.com/acuho-i/acuho/journal_vol47no1/index.php#/p/28 |
Religion & Spirituality
Religion & Spirituality
| Counted, V., Meagher, B. R., & Cowden, R. G. (2026). Spiritually significant places as adaptive psycho-spatial resources: Mattering struggles, spiritual ties to place, and mental well-being in US adults. Archive for the Psychology of Religion. https://doi.org/10.1177/00846724251408338 |
| Meagher, B. R., Cowden, R. G., Goldammer, L., Piazza, M., Aten, J., & Counted, V. (2025). The varieties of spiritual ties to place: A latent class analysis. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 17(4), 374-385. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000560 |
| Counted, V., Meagher, B. R., & Cowden, R. G. (2024). The nature of spiritual ties to place: A conceptual overview and research agenda. Ecopsychology, 16(1), 60-70. https://doi.org/10.1089/eco.2022.0078 |
| Meagher, B. R. (2024). Seeing God in this place: God concepts are associated with impressions of religious places. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 16(2), 173–181. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000482 |
| Meagher, B. R. (2023). Worship space attachment as a contributor to spiritual growth. In V. Counted, H. Ramkissoon, L. Capatari, & R. Cowden (Eds.), Place, spirituality, and well-being: A global and multidisciplinary approach (pp. 21-35). Springer. |
| Meagher, B. R. (2019). Moral representativeness and satisfaction with one’s religious community. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 29(1), 18-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2018.1544447 |
| Meagher, B. R. (2018). Deciphering the religious orientation of a sacred space: Disparate impressions of worship settings by congregants and external observers. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 55, 70-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.12.007 |
| Meagher, B. R. (2016). Judgments of religiosity following minimal interaction. Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 38(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1163/15736121-12341318 |
| Meagher, B. R. (2016). Perceiving sacred space: Religious orientation moderates impressions of religious settings. Environment and Behavior, 48(8), 1030-1048. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916515581626 |
| Meagher, B. R. (2015). The effects of interpersonal differences within religious communities: A Group Actor-Partner Interdependence Model of U.S. congregations. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 25(1), 74-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2013.864531 |
| Meagher, B. R., & Kenny, D. A. (2013). Judge, that ye shall be judged: Interpersonal judgments of religious characteristics within faith communities. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 5(2), 116-128. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030438 |
Individual Differences & Impression Formation
Individual Differences & Impression Formation
| Campbell, K., Meagher, B. R., Goetz, C. D., & Vaitayavijit, N. (2024). Mate preference dissimilarity predicts friendship attraction at zero-acquaintance for men, not women. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 41(7), 2023–2031. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075241230457 |
| Meagher, B. R. (2022). An assessment of self and informant data for measuring intellectual humility. Personality and Individual Differences, 184, 111218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111218 |
| Meagher, B. R., Leman, J. C., Heidenga, C. A., Ringquist, M. R., & Rowatt, W.C. (2021). Intellectual humility in conversation: Distinct behavioral indicators of self and peer ratings. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 16(3), 417-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1738536 |
| Meagher, B. R., Gunn, H., Sheff, N., & Van Tongeren, D. R. (2019). An intellectually humbling experience: Changes in interpersonal perception and cultural reasoning across a 5-week course. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 47(3), 217-229. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091647119837010 |
| Haggard, M., Rowatt, W. C., Leman, J. C., Meagher, B. R., Moore, C., Fergus, T., Whitcomb, D., Battaly, H., Baehr, J., & Howard-Snyder, D. (2018). Finding middle ground between intellectual arrogance and intellectual servility: Development and assessment of the Limitations-Owning Intellectual Humility Scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 124, 184-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.12.014 |
| Leman, J. C., Haggard, M. C., Meagher, B. R., & Rowatt, W. C.(2017). Personality predictors and correlates of humility. In E. L. Worthington, Jr., D. E. Davis, & J. N. Hook (Eds.), Handbook of humility: Theory, research, and application (pp. 137-149). Routledge. |
| Meagher, B. R., Leman, J. C., Bias, J. P., Latendresse, S. J., & Rowatt, W. C. (2015). Contrasting self-report and consensus ratings of intellectual humility and arrogance. Journal of Research in Personality, 58, 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2015.07.002 |
| Garcia, R. L., Meagher, B. R., Kenny, D. A. (2015). Analyzing the effects of group members’ characteristics: A guide to the Group Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 18(3), 315-328. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430214556370 |
| Hodges, B. H., Meagher, B. R., Norton, D., McBain, R., & Kimball, A. (2014). Speaking from ignorance: Not agreeing with others we believe are correct. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106(2), 218-234. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034662 |