Cathy Cozzarelli
Department of Psychology
492 Bluemont Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas 66506-5302
U.S.A.
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Phone: (785) 532-6850
Fax: (785) 532-5401
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Dr. Cozzarelli conducts research on a wide variety of topics, including attachment styles, cultural estrangement, coping with stressful life events, and attitudes toward poor people. In her research on attachment styles, she has examined, among other things, the stability of adult attachment styles, how attachment styles impact coping with stressors, and whether individuals have both global and person-specific attachment styles.
Her research on cultural estrangement focuses on the characteristics of people who feel estranged and the psychological impact of this form of alienation. Future studies will focus on the relationship between cultural estrangement and consumerism/materialism among Americans.
Dr. Cozzarelli has also investigated the personal and situational factors that affect how individuals cope with stressful life events. Much of this research has been devoted to exploring factors that influence women's post-abortion adjustment, such as religiosity, self-esteem, social support, and exposure to anti-abortion picketing.
One last area of Dr. Cozzarelli's research focuses on attitudes toward poor people. She has recently begun to examine the content and affective tone of Americans' attitudes toward poor people, and the attributions that middle-class Americans make for poverty in men and women.
 Journal Articles:
- Cozzarelli, C., Hoekstra, S., & Bylsma, W. H. (2000). General versus specific mental models of attachment: Do they predict different outcomes? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 605-618.
- Cozzarelli, C., & Karafa, J. A. (1998). Cultural estrangement and terror management theory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 253-267.
- Cozzarelli, C., Sumer, N., & Major, B. (1998). Mental models of attachment and adjustment to abortion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 453-467.
- Cozzarelli, C. Wilkinson, A. V., & Tagler, M. J. (2001). Attitudes toward the poor and attributions for poverty. Journal of Social Issues, 57, 207-227.
- Major, B., Cozzarelli, C., Cooper, M. L., Zubek, J., Richards, C., & Wilhite, M. (2000). Psychological responses of women following first trimester abortion. Archives of General Psychiatry, 57, 777-784.
Other Publications:
 Cozzarelli, C. & Major, B. (1998). The impact of anti-abortion activities on women seeking abortions. In L. J. Beckman & S. M. Harvey (Eds.), The New Civil War: The Psychology, Culture, and Politics of Abortion (pp. 81-104). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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