Dr Claire Hart BSc, PhD

Lecturer

Dr Claire Hart is Lecturer within Psychology at the University of Southampton.

I completed my PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Southampton in 2005. I then spent 4 years working as a research fellow, also at the University of Southampton. I left in April 2009 to become a lecturer at Southampton Solent University until September 2010, and returned to the University of Southampton as a lecturer in October 2010.

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Research interests

My research is located in the area of quantitative social/personality psychology. In particular, I conduct research on narcissistic dysfunction in the interpersonal domain.

Work in Progress

I am currently involved in projects investigating:

the buffering role of procedural fairness in organisational settings
the self-presentation of narcissists
nostalgia and narcissism
narcissism and social support
narcissism and empathy
narcissism and mimicry
narcissism and bullying
narcissism and prosocial behaviours
narcissism and crime
narcissism and parenting
narcissism and consumerism
narcissism and educational goals

Research group

Centre for Research on Self and Identity (CRSI)

Research project(s)

Narcissism and Empathy

Narcissism and consumer behaviour

Director of Undergraduate Programme.

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Articles

Eisenbarth, H., Hart, C., & Sedikides, C. (2018). Do psychopathic traits predict professional success? Journal of Economic Psychology, 64, 130-139. DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2018.01.002
Hart, C. M., Bush-Evans, R. D., Hepper, E. G., & Hickman, H. M. (2017). The children of narcissus: Insights into narcissists' parenting styles. Personality and Individual Differences, 117, 249-254. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.06.019
Millings, A., Hepper, E., Hart, C., Swift, L., & Rowe, A. (2016). Holding back the tears: individual differences in adult crying proneness reflect attachment orientation and attitudes to crying. Frontiers in Psychology, 1-37. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01003
Wildschut, T., Van Horen, F., & Hart, C. (2015). Accountability accentuates interindividual-intergroup discontinuity by enforcing parochialism. Frontiers in Psychology, 1-10. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01789
Hart, C., Ritchie, T., Hepper, E., & Gebauer, J. (2015). The balanced inventory of desirable responding short form (BIDR-16). SAGE Open, 1-9. DOI: 10.1177/2158244015621113
Hepper, E. G., Hart, C. M., & Sedikides, C. (2014). Moving narcissus: can narcissists be empathic? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 1079-1091. DOI: 10.1177/0146167214535812
Cisek, S. S., Sedikides, C., Hart, C. M., Godwin, H. J., Benson, V., & Liversedge, S. P. (2014). Narcissism and consumer behavior: a review and preliminary findings. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 232-[9pp]. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00232
Hepper, E. G., Hart, C. M., Meek, R., Cisek, S. S., & Sedikides, C. (2014). Narcissism and empathy in young offenders and non-offenders. European Journal of Personality, 28, 291-210. DOI: 10.1002/per.1929
Ritchie, T. D., Walker, W. R., Marsh, S., Hart, C. M., & Skowronski, J. J. (2014). Narcissism distorts the fading affect bias in autobiographical memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/acp.3082
Hepper, E. G., Hart, C. M., Gregg, A. P., & Sedikides, C. (2011). Motivated expectations of positive feedback in social interactions. Journal of Social Psychology, 151, 455-477. DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2010.503722
Hart, C. M., Sedikides, C., Wildschut, T., Arndt, J., Routledge, C., & Vingerhoets, A. J. J. M. (2011). Nostalgic recollections of high and low narcissists. Journal of Research in Personality, 45(2), 238-242. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.01.002
Routledge, C., Arndt, J., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., Hart, C. M., Juhl, J., ... Schlotz, W. (2011). The past makes the present meaningful: nostalgia as an existential resource. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101(3), 638-652. DOI: 10.1037/a0024292
Cisek, S. S., Hart, C. M., & Sedikides, C. (2008). Do narcissists use material possessions as a primary buffer against pain? Psychological Inquiry, 19(3-4), 205-207. DOI: 10.1080/10478400802608848
Gregg, A. P., Hart, C. M., Sedikides, C., & Kumashiro, M. (2008). Everyday conceptions of modesty: a prototype analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(7), 978 -992. DOI: 10.1177/0146167208316734
Sedikides, C., Hart, C. M., & De Cremer, D. (2008). The self in procedural fairness. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2(6), 2107-2124. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2008.00156.x
Sedikides, C., Gregg, A., Cisek, S., & Hart, C. (2007). The I that buys: narcissists as consumers. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 17(4), 254-257. DOI: 10.1080/10577400701542346
Hart, C. M., & Van Vugt, M. (2006). From fault line to group fission: understanding membership changes in small groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32(3), 392-404. DOI: 10.1177/0146167205282149
Van Vugt, M., Chang, K., & Hart, C. (2005). The impact of leadership style on group stability. Chinese Journal of Psychology, 47(4), 353-364.
Van Vugt, M., Jepson, S., Hart, C., & De Cremer, D. (2004). Autocratic leadership in social dilemmas: A threat to group stability. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40(1), 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00061-1
Van Vugt, M., & Hart, C. M. (2004). Social identity as social glue: the origins of group loyalty. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86(4), 585-598.
Cant, A. J., Gordon, S. B., Read, R. C., Hart, C. A., & Winstanley, C. (2002). Respiratory infections: Proceedings of the Eighth Liverpool Tropical School Bayer Symposium of Microbial Disease held on 3 February 2001. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 51(11), 903-914. DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-11-903

Book Chapters

Sedikides, C., Hart, C. M., & Cisek, S. Z. (2017). Narcissistic consumption. In T. Hermann, A. Brunnell, & J. Foster (Eds.), The Handbookof Trait Narcissim: Key Advances, Reseach Methods, and Controversies New York: Springer New York.
Hart, C. M., Hepper, E. G., & Sedikides, C. (2017). Understanding and mitigating narcissists’ low empathy. In T. Hermann, A. Brunell, & J. Foster (Eds.), The handbook of trait narcissism: Key advances, research methods, and controversies New York: Springer New York.
Sedikides, C., Hart, C. M., Cisek, S. Z., & Routledge, C. (2013). Finding meaning in the mirror: the existential pursuits of narcissists. In J. A. Hicks, & C. Routledge (Eds.), The Experience of Meaning in Life. Classical Perspectives, Emerging Themes, and Controversies (pp. 189-200). Dordrecht, NL: Springer.
Sedikides, C., Cisek, S. S., & Hart, C. (2011). Narcissists as consumers. In J. D. Miller, & W. K. Campbell (Eds.), The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Theoretical Approaches, Empirical Findings, and Treatments Oxford, GB: Wiley.
Gregg, A. P., Sedikides, C., & Hart, C. M. (2008). Self and identity: definition and overview. In S. Berjot, & B. Paty (Eds.), Stress et faire face aux menaces du soi et de l'identité (pp. 21-31). (Série Stress, santé, société; Vol. 4). France: ÉPURE - Éditions et Presses universitaires de Reims.
Sedikides, C., De Cremer, D., Hart, C., & Brebels, L. (1970). Procedural fairness responses in the context of self-uncertainty. In Handbook of the Uncertain Self (pp. 142-159). Oxford, UK: Routledge.

PSYC1014: The Psychology of Attractiveness
PSYC6046: Advanced Statistical Methods in Psychology
Undergraduate, MCs, DEdPsy, DClin, and PhD Supervision.

Dr Claire Hart
Building 44 Highfield Campus University of Southampton SO17 1BJ

Room Number: 44/4011

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