Laura Blackie

Contact

• workRoom B52 School of Psychology
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 95 15307
• Laura.Blackie@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I received my PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Essex. Before joining the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham, I was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Wake Forest University (USA) and a Research Fellow in the School of Cultures, Languages, and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham.

Research Summary

I am interested in understanding how people adjust and find meaning from challenging life events. My research into post-traumatic growth investigates when and how positive personality change can… read more

Recent Publications

• BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA., TSUKAYAMA, ELI., FORGEARD, MARIE. J. C. and ROEPKE, ANN MARIE., 2017. Post-Traumatic Growth as Positive Personality Change: Developing a Measure to Assess Within-Person Variability. Journal of Research in Personality. 69, 22-32
• ZALTA, ALYSON. K., ALLRED, KELLY. M., JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA., BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R. and CHAMBLESS, DIANNE. L., 2017. Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale – II Journal of Clinical Psychology. 73(10), 1327-1342
• JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA., BROCATO, NICOLE, W. and BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., 2017. Wisdom Gained? Assessing Relationships between Adversity, Personality and Well-Being among a Late Adolescent Sample Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 46(6), 1179-1199
• BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., HITCHCOTT, NICKI. and JOSEPH, STEPHEN., 2017. Looking for Post-Traumatic Growth in Perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda: A Discussion of Theoretical and Ethical Issues Journal of Perpetrator Research.

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Current Research

I am interested in understanding how people adjust and find meaning from challenging life events. My research into post-traumatic growth investigates when and how positive personality change can occur in the wake of significant trauma and adversity. I have examined this question in community samples in the UK and USA and in genocide-affected and civil war-affected populations in Rwanda and Sri Lanka. My experimental research into death reflection is focused on isolating the social conditions and personality characteristics that enable healthy individuals to respond to reminders of their mortality in a non-defensive and life-affirming manner.

• BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA., TSUKAYAMA, ELI., FORGEARD, MARIE. J. C. and ROEPKE, ANN MARIE., 2017. Post-Traumatic Growth as Positive Personality Change: Developing a Measure to Assess Within-Person Variability. Journal of Research in Personality. 69, 22-32
• ZALTA, ALYSON. K., ALLRED, KELLY. M., JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA., BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R. and CHAMBLESS, DIANNE. L., 2017. Validation of the Parental Facilitation of Mastery Scale – II Journal of Clinical Psychology. 73(10), 1327-1342
• JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA., BROCATO, NICOLE, W. and BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., 2017. Wisdom Gained? Assessing Relationships between Adversity, Personality and Well-Being among a Late Adolescent Sample Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 46(6), 1179-1199
• BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., HITCHCOTT, NICKI. and JOSEPH, STEPHEN., 2017. Looking for Post-Traumatic Growth in Perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda: A Discussion of Theoretical and Ethical Issues Journal of Perpetrator Research.
• BLACKIE, LAURA E. R., COZZOLINO, PHILIP J. and SEDIKIDES, CONSTANTINE, 2016. Specific and Individuated Death Reflection Fosters Identity Integration PLOS ONE. 11(5),
• BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., ROEPKE, ANN MARIE., HITCHCOTT, NICKI. and JOSEPH, STEPHEN., 2016. Can People Experience Posttraumatic Growth After Committing Violent Acts? Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. 22(4), 409-412
• BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA., HITCHCOTT, NICKI. and JOSEPH, STEPHEN., 2016. Distinguishing Post-Traumatic Growth from Psychological Adjustment among Rwandan Genocide Survivors. In: CARR, DAVID., ARTHUR, JAMES. and KRISTJANSSON, KRISTJAN, eds., Varieties of Virtue Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan. 299-317
• JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA. and BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., 2016. Exploring the Psychological Benefits of Hardship: A Critical Reassessment of Posttraumatic Growth Springer.
• STAGNARO, E., BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., HELZER, ERIK. G. and JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA., 2016. Making Meaning in the Context of Ethnopolitical Warefare: Secondary Control as a Resource. In: RUSSO-NETZER, R., SCHULENBERG, S. E. and BATTHYANY, A., eds., Clinical Perspectives on Meaning: Positive and Existential Psychotherapy 1. Springer International Publishing. 89-110
• BLACKIE, LAURA E. R., JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA, FORGEARD, MARIE J. C. and JAYAWICKREME, NUWAN, 2015. The Protective Function of Personal Growth Initiative Among a Genocide-Affected Population in Rwanda PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY. 7(4), 333-339
• JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA, FORGEARD, MARIE J. C. and BLACKIE, LAURA E. R., 2015. Personality science, resilience, and posttraumatic growth BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES. 38, 333-339
• BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R. and JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA., 2015. An example of adverse life experiences as unique situations EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY. 29(3), 385-386
• BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA., HELZER, ERIK. G., FORGEARD, MARIE. J. C. and ROEPKE, ANN MARIE., 2015. Investigating the veracity of self-reported post-traumatic growth: A profile analysis approach Social Psychological and Personality Science. 6(7), 788-796
• COZZOLINO, PHILIP. J., BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R. and MEYERS, LAWRENCE. S, 2014. Self-related consequences of death fear and death denial Death Studies. 38, 418-422
• JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA and BLACKIE, LAURA E. R., 2014. Post-traumatic Growth as Positive Personality Change: Evidence, Controversies and Future Directions EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY. 28(4), 312-331
• BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., ROEPKE, ANN MARIE, FORGEARD, MARIE. J. C., JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA and FLEESON, WILLIAM, 2014. Act well to be well: The promise of changing personality states to promote well-being. In: PARKS, ACACIA. C. and SCHUELLER, STEPHEN. M., eds., Handbook of Positive Psychological Interventions Wiley-Blackwell. 462-474
• BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R. and JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA, 2014. Promoting Change in Post-Traumatic Growth Research: Response to Commentaries European Journal of Personality. 351-361
• HELZER, ERIK. G., FURR, MICHAEL. R., HAWKINS, ASHLEY., BARRANTI, MAXWELL., BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R. and FLEESON, WILLIAM., 2014. Visible virtues: Agreement on the perception of moral character Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 17, 1-13
• SCHUELLER, STEPHEN. M., JAYAWICKREME, ERANDA., BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., FORGEARD, MARIE. J. C. and ROEPKE, ANN MARIE., 2014. Finding character strengths through loss: An extension of Peterson and Seligman (2003) The Journal of Positive Psychology. 10(1), 53-63
• COZZOLINO, PHILIP. J. and BLACKIE, LAURA. E. R., 2013. I Die, Therefore I Am: The Pursuit of Meaning in the Light of Death. In: HICKS, JOSHUA. A and ROUTLEDGE, CLAY, eds., The experience of meaning in life: Classical perspectives, emerging themes, and controversies Springer. 31-46
• BLACKIE, LAURA E. R. and COZZOLINO, PHILIP J., 2011. Of Blood and Death: A Test of Dual-Existential Systems in the Context of Prosocial Intentions PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 22(8), 998-1000