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Institution
University of Utah
Current Position
Associate Professor
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of California at Los Angeles, 1991
Research Interests
 | Emotion |
| Health |
| Interpersonal Processes |
| Motivation/Goal Setting |
| Social Cognition |
Courses Taught
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Lisa G. Aspinwall
Department of Psychology
University of Utah
380 S. 1530 E., Room 502
Salt Lake City, Utah 84105
U.S.A.
Home Page
Phone: (801) 587-9021
Fax: (801) 581-5841
Lisa G. Aspinwall received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1987 and her Ph.D. from UCLA in 1991. Her research interests include the study of self-regulation (how people plan, control, and revise their own actions) and the role of emotions and expectations in this process.
Specific areas of current interest include optimism, proactive coping, positive affect, and the processing of negative events and information. Her research examines these processes in the context of responses to health-risk information, including genetic testing and counseling among familial melanoma patients.
She is a member of the National Cancer Institute's Health Cognitions Working Group, the recipient of a research grant from the National Science Foundation, and a winner of the 2000 Templeton Positive Psychology Prize.
 Books:
 Aspinwall, L. G., & Staudinger, U. M. (Eds.). (2003). A psychology of human strengths: Fundamental questions and future directions for a positive psychology. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Journal Articles:
- Aspinwall, L. G. (1999). Persuasion for the purpose of cancer risk-reduction: Understanding responses to risk communications. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs, Cancer Risk Communication: What We Know and What We Need to Learn, 25, 88-93.
- Aspinwall, L. G. (1998). Rethinking the role of positive affect in self-regulation. Motivation and Emotion, 22, 1-32.
- Aspinwall, L. G., & Brunhart, S. M. (1996). Distinguishing optimism from denial: Optimistic beliefs predict attention to health threats. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 993-1003.
- Aspinwall, L. G., Hill, D. L., & Leaf, S. L. (2002). Prospects, pitfalls, and plans: A proactive perspective on social comparison activity. European Review of Social Psychology, 12, 267-298.
- Aspinwall, L. G., & Leaf, S. L. (2002). In search of the unique aspects of hope: Pinning our hopes on positive emotions, future-oriented thinking, hard times, and other people. Psychological Inquiry, 13, 276-288.
- Aspinwall, L. G., & MacNamara, A. (2005). Taking positive changes seriously: Toward a positive psychology of cancer survivorship and resilience. Cancer, 104(11 Suppl), 2549-2556.
- Aspinwall, L. G., & Richter, L. (1999). Optimism and self-mastery predict more rapid disengagement from unsolvable tasks in the presence of alternatives. Motivation and Emotion, 23, 221-245.
- Aspinwall, L. G., & Taylor, S. E. (1997). A stitch in time: Self-regulation and proactive coping. Psychological Bulletin, 121, 417-436.
- Diamond, L. M., & Aspinwall, L. G. (2003). Emotion regulation across the lifespan: Commentary and directions for future research, Motivation and Emotion, 27, 125-156.
- Reed, M. B., & Aspinwall, L. G. (1998). Self-affirmation reduces biased processing of health-risk information. Motivation and Emotion, 22, 99-132.
Other Publications:
- Aspinwall, L. G. (2001). Dealing with adversity: Self-regulation, coping, adaptation, and health. In A. Tesser & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Intraindividual Processes (pp. 591-614). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.
- Aspinwall, L. G., Richter, L., & Hoffman, R. R. (2001). Understanding how optimism "works": An examination of optimists’ adaptive moderation of belief and behavior. In E. C. Chang (Ed.), Optimism and pessimism: Theory, research, and practice (pp. 217-238). Washington: American Psychological Association.
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