Shelley Aikman, Ph.D.

Dr. Aikman’s research focuses on the influence of internal and external factors on attitudes, health, and well-being. Her primary interest is in the factors that impact health-related attitudes and behaviors, and her recent focus is on mindfulness and wellbeing. She is also interested in factors impacting prosocial attitudes. Dr. Aikman is a certified mindfulness teacher through the Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults.

• Ph.D., Applied Research Psychology w/emphasis in Health, University of Texas at El Paso, 2003
• B.A., Psychology, English & American Literature, University of Texas at El Paso, 1997

Karl, J. A., Verhaeghen, P., Aikman, S. N., Solem, S., Lassen, E., & Fischer, R. (2022). Misunderstood Stoicism: The negative association between stoic ideology and well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00563-w

Verhaeghen, P. & Aikman, S.N. (2022). The I in Mindfulness: How Mindfulness relates to Aspects of Self and Psychological Wellbeing. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000337

Verhaeghen, P. & Aikman, S.N. (2022). Police as threat: The influence of race and the summer of Black Lives Matter on implicit and explicit attitudes towards the police. Journal of Community Psychology, 50, 3354-3370. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22840

Verhaeghen, P. & Aikman, S.N. (2020). How the mindfulness manifold relates to the five moral foundations, prejudice, and awareness of privilege. Mindfulness, 11(1), 241-254. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-019-01243-2

McLaughlin, K. & Aikman, S.N. (2019). That is what a feminist looks like: Identification and exploration of the factors underlying the concept of feminism and predicting the endorsement of traditional gender roles. Gender Issues, 1-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-019-09240-4

Verhaeghen, P., Aikman, S. N., Doyle-Portillo, S., Bell, C. R., & Simmons, N. (2018). When I saw me standing there: First-person and third-person memories and future projections, and how they relate to the self. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2018.1454451

Aikman, S. N., Doyle-Portillo, S., Verhaeghen, P., & Simmons, N. (2017). The effect of instruction point of view on self-efficacy for performing breast self-exams. American Journal of Health Education, 48(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/19325037.2016.1250687

Verhaeghen, P., Trani, A. N., & Aikman, S. N. (2017). On being found: how habitual patterns of thought influence creative interest, behavior, and ability. Creativity Research Journal, 29(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2017.1263504

Faul, M., Aikman, S. N., & Sasser, S. M. (2016). Bystander intervention prior to the arrival of emergency medical services: Comparing assistance across types of medical emergencies. Prehospital Emergency Care, 20(3), 317-323. https://doi.org/10.3109/10903127.2015.1088605

Verhaeghen, P., Joormann, J., & Aikman, S. N. (2014). Creativity, mood, and the examined life: Self-reflective rumination boosts creativity, brooding breeds dysphoria. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 8(2), 211. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035594

Verhaeghen, P., Aikman, S.N., & Van Gulick, A.E. (2011). Prime and prejudice: Co-occurrence in the culture as a source of automatic stereotype priming. British Journal of Social Psychology, 50 (3), 501-518. https://doi.org/10.1348/014466610X524254

Zhang, P., Aikman, S., & Sun, H. (2008). Two types of attitudes in ICT acceptance and use. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 24(7), 628-648. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447310802335482

Aikman, S.N. & Crites, S.L., Jr. (2007). Structure of food attitudes: Replication of Aikman, Crites, & Fabrigar (2006). Appetite, 49, 516-520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2007.03.003

Hitlan, R.T., Carrillo, K., Zárate, M.A., & Aikman, S.N., (2007). Attitudes toward immigrant groups and the effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 13, 135-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/10781910701270970

Aikman, S.N., Min, K.E., & Graham, D. (2006). Food attitudes, eating behavior, and the information underlying food attitudes. Appetite, 47, 111-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2006.02.004

Aikman, S.N., Crites, S.L., Jr., & Fabrigar, L.R. (2006). Beyond affect and cognition: Identification of the informational bases of food attitudes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 340-382. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00011.x

Aikman, S.N. & Crites, S.L., Jr. (2005). Hash browns for breakfast, baked potatoes for dinner: Changes in food attitudes based on motivation and context. European Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 181-198. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.240

Crites, S. L., Jr., & Aikman, S. N. (2005). Impact of nutrition knowledge on food evaluations. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 59, 1191-1200. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602231

Crites, S.L., Jr. & Aikman-Eckenrode, S.N. (2001). Making inferences concerning physiological responses: A reply to Rossiter, Silberstein, Harris, & Nield. Journal of Advertising Research, 41, 23-25.

Lozano, D.I., Crites, S.L., & Aikman, S.N. (1998). Changes in food attitudes as a function of hunger. Appetite, 32, 207-218. https://doi.org/10.1006/appe.1998.0205