Okun Lab
Research Area:
Developmental Psychology Research Focus:
Dr. Morris Okun's research interests involve applications of social psychological theories and concepts to several domains including volunteering, performance and persistence in college, and health and well-being.
Current Projects:
- Chronic pain and The enterprise of living: Self-Regulatory and Goal Mechanisms (1R21NR010752 - 01A2 (Karoly, PI), National Institute of Nursing Research, 7/1/09 - 6/30/11
- The influence of parental versus peer social control on exercise behavior (with John Pugliese)
- Promoting prosocial behaviour by cultivation of a benevolent God-concept (with Adam Cohen and Kathy Johnson), John Templeton Foundation, 2011- 2013
- Volunteering and mortality: A meta- analysis (with Ellen Young and Stephanie Brown)
- Understanding the Benefits of Volunteering: Application of the caregiver system model (with Stephanie Brown)
- A latent profile analysis of volunteer motivation (with Christian Geiser)
- Overcoming American Indian's difficulties with the Introduction to Psychology: The Role of Supplemental Instruction (with Anna Berlin and Kathryn Johnson)
- Socio-emotional classroom climate and institutional commitment among freshmen (with Barbara Huff)
