
Alex Benson
@alexjbenson1
Team and role dynamics. Social and organizational psychology. Associate Prof @westernuPsych
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http://www.iopsychwestern.com/benson-lab 19-10-2017 19:14:10
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SPECIAL ISSUE: CALL FOR PAPERS AT SEPP -- ‘Methodological advances in sport, exercise, and performance psychology’. Details can be found here apa.org/pubs/journals/…. Please circulate widely. APA Journals APA Division 47 Alex Benson

We use lots of exercises/teaching games in our classes. Kudos to Noelle Baird, jennifer robertson & Matthew Mclarnon for validating their use of the "reflected best self" exercise for increasing students' interview self-efficacy in an experimental study journals.aom.org/doi/epub/10.54…


Having trouble staying motivated to exercise? Group fitness activities may be a good solution. Alex Benson, professor in Psychology @ Western said when you see other people doing the same things with you, it can help boost your own sense of confidence. buzzfeednews.com/article/lorenc…

My (first) editorial for SEPP APA Journals. Advancing open science and methodological rigor in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. doi.org/10.1037/spy000… Hope its of interest to authors looking to submit to the journal.

When subordinates do not follow: A typology of subordinate resistance as perceived by leaders This article also serves as a great example for how to do qualitative research in a replicable and reproducible way using topic modeling doi.org/10.1016/j.leaq… Fabiola H. Gerpott



New paper with Alex Benson showing how antagonistic (but not agentic) qualities of narcissistic leaders can result in negative interpersonal perceptions, tainting their reputation. IO Psych Western

Dynamic fit index cutoffs now support 1) categorical data 2) non-normal continuous data 3) missing data 4) second-order models 5) any estimator so that you can replace traditional cutoffs (RMSEA <. 06, CFI > .95) with custom cutoffs tailored to your model/data Melissa G Wolf


We are hiring a tenure-track position in Clinical Psych Western University ! Spread the word and feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the position etc. 🇨🇦


SEPP will now publish Registered Reports. Editorial (Feb '24) explains how RRs will be handled at SEPP. osf.io/preprints/psya… Submission info to appear on journal website in Jan ’24. Particular thanks to Chris Chambers @_ap_hill Alex Benson Katherine Tamminen Zachary Zenko APA Journals




Very proud of this paper with Andreas Stenling ! Take a look if you are designing/reviewing longitudinal research studies. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi…

NEW: Special Issue in SEPP -- Methodological Advances in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES/j… Alex Benson