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Associate Professor & Chair of Psychology
Phone: 905.648.2139 Ext 4254
Fax: 905.648.2134
Office: 219F
Email: chackne@redeemer.ca


Courses taught 2009:
PSY315  Personality
PSY332  Cognitive Psychology
PSY338  Forensic Psychology


EDUCATION

Ph.D. (2003), Social/Personality Psychology, University of Albany
Dissertation: "Individual differences in terror management: The role of worldview internalization and worldview type."

B.A. (1996), Psychology, George Fox College


RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Psychology of religion
  • Attachment theory
  • Terror management theory
  • Self-determination theory


RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Hackney, C. H. (2005). The motivational functions of humor in light of terror management theory. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Hackney, C. H.; & Sanders, G. S. (2003). Religiosity and mental health: A meta-analysis of recent studies. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 42, 43-55.

Hackney, C. H.; & Sanders, G. S. (2003, March). Correspondence vs. compensation: An attachment-theoretical perspective on maternal vs. paternal correlates of death anxiety among religiously-active college students. Poster presented at the APA Division 36 Mid-Winter Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality.

Hackney. C. H.; & Sanders, G. S. (2002, March). Christian and Muslim death anxiety: An examination of scriptural death references. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association.

 
 
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