Research Interests

Psychometrics: My research has been focused on refining current measurement techniques in the literature, substantively applying measurement to understand psychological processes, and how far we can push the assumptions of our statistical models without breaking them.
Occupational Health Psychology: Most people will spend as much as a third of their lives at work. Workplaces have a number of stressors and strains that cause both mental and physical damage. My work is focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying those processes and possible interventions and ameliorations.

Published Manuscripts

• Sliter, M. T., Withrow, S. A., & Jex, S. M. (In Press). It happened, or you thought it happened? Examining the “pure” perception of incivility. International Journal of Stress Management. doi:10.1037/a0038329
• Lake, C., Withrow, S. A., Zickar, M. J., & Wood, N. (2013). Understanding the relation between attitude involvement and response latitude using item response theory. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 73, 690-712. doi:10.1177/0013164413482920
• Sliter, M. T., Chen, Y., Withrow, S. A., & Sliter, K. A. (2013). Older and (emotionally) smarter? Emotional intelligence as a mediator in the relationship between age and emotional labor strategies. Experimental Aging Research, 39, 466-479. doi:10.1080/0361073X.2013.808105
• Sliter, K. A., Sliter, M. T., Withrow, S. A., & Jex, S. (2012). Employee obesity and exposure to incivility: Establishing the relationship, its demographic moderators, and its negative outcomes. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 17, 409-424. doi:10.1037/a0029862
• Dalal, D. K., Withrow, S., Gibby, R. E., & Zickar, M. J. (2010). Six questions that practitioners (might) have about idea-point response process items. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 3, 498-501.
• Lake, C., Gopalkrishnan, P., Sliter, M.T., & Withrow, S. (2010). The Job Descriptive Index: Newly updated and available for download. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 48, 47.
• Thorsteinson, T., & Withrow, S. (2009). Does unconscious thought outperform conscious thought on complex decisions? A further examination. Judgment and Decision Making, 4, 235-247. pdf

Professional Presentations

• Withrow, S. A., Sliter, M., & Berger, Y. (April, 2013). Psychometric focused strategies for shortening a scale. Poster presented at the 28th annual conference of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Houston, TX.
• Sliter, M. T., Withrow, S. A., & Jex, S. M. (May, 2012). Was it rude? Investigating perceptions of incivility and retaliatory behavior. Poster presented at the 27th annual conference of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
• Sliter, M. T., Withrow, S. A., Chen, Y., & Britton, A. R. (May, 2012). Age and emotional labor strategies: Mediating role of emotional intelligence. Poster presented at the 27th annual conference of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
• Carter, N. T., Withrow, S. A., & Whorton, R. P. (May, 2012). Individual differences and the use of an unfolding response process. Symposium presented at the 27th annual conference of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
• Lake, C., Withrow, S. A., Wood. N. L., Bochinski, J. J., Dalal, D. K., Wolford, K., & Zickar, M. J. (May, 2012). Considering response latitudes in attitude surveys: An IRT analysis. Poster presented at the 27th annual conference of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.
• Withrow, S. A., & Balzer, W. (May, 2012). Do people recognize and use within-person variability when making performance ratings? Poster presented at the 24th annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
• Whorton, R. P., & Withrow, S. A. (May, 2011). Counterproductive work behavior as a reaction to interpersonal injustice: An experimental study. Poster presented at the 9th annual Work, Stress, and Health Conference, Orlando, FL.
• Salter, N., Sliter, M. T., & Withrow, S. A. (May, 2011). Comparing emotional labor across service and professional jobs. Poster presented at the 9th annual Work, Stress, and Health Conference, Orlando, FL.
• Sliter, M. T., Withrow, S. A., Wolford, K. A., & Zickar, M. J. (April, 2011). Effects of journal title characteristics on citations in I/O journals. Poster presented at the 26th annual conference of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
• Sliter, M. T., Withrow, S. A., & Jex, S. (April, 2011). Positive workplace interactions scale: Examining a model of emotional labor. Poster presented at the 26th annual conference of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
• Kirkendall, S. R., Withrow, S. A., Kostek, J. A., & Highhouse, S. (November, 2010). A measure of self-presentation motives in decision making. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, St. Louis, MO.
• Jennifer, C., Withrow, S. A. (May, 2010). Comparison of three models of disability attitudes. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.
• Sliter, M. T., Withrow, S. A., Balzer, W. K., Brodke, M. H., Gillespie, J. Z., Gillespie, M. G., Gopalkrishna, P., Yankelevich, M. (April, 2010). Psychometric and normative focused reduction strategies for the 2009 aJDI. Poster presented at the 25th annual conference of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
• Withrow, S. A., Balzer, W. K., Sliter, M. T., Gopalkrishnan, P., Gillespie, J. Z., & Gillespie, M. G. (April, 2010). A practical approach to identifying and creating subgroup norms. Poster presented at the 25th annual conference of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
• Brodke, M. H., Gillespie, M. A., Withrow, S. A., Sliter, M. T., Gopalkrishnan, P., Gillespie, J. Z., & Balzer, W. K. (April, 2010) Industry membership and outcomes related to trust in management. Poster presented at the 25th annual conference of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
• Thorsteinson, T., & Withrow, S. (2008). Does unconscious thought outperform conscious thought on complex decisions? A further examination. Paper presented at the Association for Psychological Sciences, Chicago.

Applied Work, Technical Reports, and White Papers

• Dalal, D. K., Adams, J. E., Withrow, S. A. (2011) Non-cognitive computer adaptive testing for selection. White paper. Faculty Sponsor Zickar, M. J., Institute for psychological research and application, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
• Brodke, M. H., Sliter, M. T., Balzer, W. K., Gillespie, M., Gillespie, J. Z., Gopalkrishnan, P., Lake, C., Oyer, B., Withrow, S., & Yankelevich, M. (2010). The Job Descriptive Index and Job in General: Scoring quick reference guide. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
• Brodke, M. H., Gopalkrishnan, P., Oyer, B., Yankelevich, M., Withrow, S., Sliter, M. T., Lake, C., Gillespie, J. Z., Gillespie, M., & Balzer, W. K. (2010). The Stress in General Scale: Scoring quick reference guide. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
• Gillespie, M. A., Withrow, S., Kirkendall, S., Kostek, J. (2010-2011). BGeX program impact report follow-up study: Values recognition. Institute for psychological research and application, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.

Education

2008 – 2014 Ph.D., Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2007 – 2008 M.S., Applied Psychology (Unfinished), University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
2002 – 2007 B.S. Psychology and Communication Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

Last Updated: 2014-11-28