My ongoing research focuses on personality (e.g., dispositional humility), personal relationships (e.g., deception), and the psychology of religion (e.g., religion and prejudice).
Primary Interests:
Attitudes and Beliefs
Close Relationships
Evolution and Genetics
Helping, Prosocial Behavior
Interpersonal Processes
Personality, Individual Differences
Self and Identity
Attitudes and Beliefs
Close Relationships
Evolution and Genetics
Helping, Prosocial Behavior
Interpersonal Processes
Personality, Individual Differences
Self and Identity
Journal Articles:
Rowatt, W. C., Cunningham, M. R., & Druen, P. B. (1999). Lying to get a date: The effect of facial physical attractiveness on willing to deceive prospective dating partners. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 16, 211-225.
Rowatt, W. C., Cunningham, M. R., & Druen, P. B. (1998). Deception to get a date. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1228-1242.
Rowatt, W. C., & Franklin, L. (2004). Christian orthodoxy, religious fundamentalism, and right-wing authoritarianism as predictors of implicit racial prejudice. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 14, 125-138.
Rowatt, W. C., & Kirkpatrick, L. A. (2002). Two dimensions of attachment to God and their relation to affect, personality, and religiosity constructs. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 41, 637-651.
Rowatt, W. C., LaBouff, J. P., Johnson, M., Froese, P., & Tsang, J. (2009). Associations among religiousness, social attitudes, and prejudice in a national sample of American adults. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 1, 14-24.
Rowatt, W. C., Powers, C., Targhetta, V., Comer, J., Kennedy, S., & LaBouff, J. (2006). Development and initial validation of an implicit measure of humility relative to arrogance. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 198-211.
Rowatt, W. C., & Schmitt, D. (2003). Associations between religious orientation and varieties of sexual experience. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 42, 455-465.
Courses Taught:
Advanced Personality Psychology
Advanced Social-Organizational Psychology
Personality Theory and Research
Psychology of Religion
Social Psychology
Advanced Personality Psychology
Advanced Social-Organizational Psychology
Personality Theory and Research
Psychology of Religion
Social Psychology
Wade C. Rowatt Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
One Bear Place #97334
Baylor University
Waco, TX 76798-7334 United States